# 2019 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team

The 2019 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team represented the Southern Methodist University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 5. It was the program's 45th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 7th season in the AAC. The 2019 season was Kevin Hudson's fifth year as head coach for the program.
SMU finished the season with an 18–2–1 overall record and a 5–1–1 conference record, second-best in the AAC. The Mustangs went on to win the AAC Tournament for the third-consecutive time and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010.

## Background

The 2018 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team had a record of 10–5–3 overall and 5–1–1 in the AAC. The team beat UCF in the finals of the AAC Tournament to claim the program's second consecutive conference title. The Mustangs earned an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round by Oregon State.

## Player movement
### Players leaving

| Name | Nat. | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Akean Shackleford | JAM | 2 | FW | 6'0" | 180 | Jr. | Savanna-la-Mar | Transferred to Indian Hills Community College |
| Caleb Smith | USA | 8 | MF | 5'9" | 147 | Sr. | Arlington, TX | Graduated |
| Emil Cuello | USA | 10 | MF | 5'11" | 165 | Sr. | Orem, UT | Graduated |
| Christian Boorom | USA | 11 | MF | 5'11" | 180 | Sr. | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Graduated |
| Cristobal Moreno | ESP | 14 | MF | 6'0" | 150 | Fr. | Málaga | Left team |
| Dakota Okwuone | USA | 20 | FW | 5'11" | 185 | Jr. | Olathe, KS | Left team |
| Carlos Vargas | USA | 23 | DF | 6'4" | 185 | Fr. | Greeley, CO | Transferred to Midwestern State University |
| Elek Arany | USA | 29 | GK | 6'2" | 190 | Fr. | Highlands Ranch, CO | Left team |
| Carter Emack | USA | 30 | GK | 5'10" | 162 | Fr. | Birmingham, AL | Left team |
| Vlad Munteanu | USA | 31 | FW | 5'10" | 145 | Fr. | Stillwater, OK | Left team |
| Kyle Gehman | USA | 34 | DF | 6'1" | 175 | Fr. | Cedar Park, TX | Left team |
| Jack Meeker | USA | 35 | DF | 6'0" | 160 | So. | La Canada, CA | Left team |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Nat. | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Former School |
| Henrik Bredeli | NOR | 23 | DF | 6'2" | 187 | So. | Tranby | North Carolina |
| Gabriel Costa | BRA | 11 | MF | 5'7" | 160 | So. | Rio de Janeiro | Azusa Pacific |
| Nick Taylor | CAM | 16 | FW | 5'9" | 160 | Jr. | Coppell, TX | New Mexico |
| Brandon Terwege | USA | 5 | DF | 6'1" | 185 | Jr. | Highland Village, TX | UCLA |

### High school recruits

| Name | Nat. | Hometown | High School | Club |
| Stephen Canty GK | USA | Kerrville, TX | Tivy HS | Classics Elite |
| Matt McLaws FW | USA | Oklahoma City, OK | Deer Creek HS | OKC Energy PDL |
| Mitchell Murphy FW | USA | Quincy, IL | Notre Dame HS | Lou Fusz SC |
| Anthony Perea MF | USA | Frisco, TX | Lone Star HS | Dallas Texans |
| Henry Smith-Hastie MF | USA | Los Angeles, CA | Loyola HS | Santa Monica United |

## Squad
### Roster

    As of October 6, 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Grant Makela |
| 3 | DF | USA | Philip Ponder |
| 4 | DF | USA | Joshua Berney |
| 5 | DF | USA | Brandon Terwege |
| 6 | MF | USA | Noah Hilt |
| 7 | FW | USA | Garrett McLaughlin |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Nicky Hernandez |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Knut Ahlander |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Costa |
| 12 | DF | USA | Eddie Munjoma |
| 13 | GK | USA | Shane Lanson |
| 14 | MF | USA | Lane Warrington |
| 15 | MF | USA | DJ Williams |
| 16 | FW | CAM | Nick Taylor |
| 17 | MF | USA | Luke Thompson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | USA | Patrick Michael Hillyard |
| 19 | FW | USA | Wyatt Priest |
| 20 | MF | USA | Tobin Shanks |
| 21 | MF | USA | Jacob Cohen |
| 22 | DF | USA | Austin Vincent |
| 23 | DF | NOR | Henrik Bredeli |
| 24 | DF | USA | Talen Maples |
| 25 | FW | USA | Mitchell Murphy |
| 26 | MF | USA | Henry Smith-Hastie |
| 27 | DF | USA | Thomas Haney |
| 28 | FW | USA | Matt McLaws |
| 29 | GK | USA | Stephen Canty |
| 30 | MF | USA | Anthony Perea |
| 32 | DF | USA | Sevon Pendergrass |
| 33 | MF | USA | Ryan Capo |

### Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | Rick Hart |
| Head coach | Kevin Hudson |
| Associate head coach | Ben Stoddard |
| Assistant Coach | Brett Koziczkowski |

## Schedule

| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| August 30* 7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV | | Lipscomb | W 3–0 | 1–0–0 | Westcott Field (1,258) Dallas, TX |
| September 2* 7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV | | Houston Baptist | W 7–1 | 2–0–0 | Westcott Field (985) Dallas, TX |
| September 6* 8:20 p.m., PonyUp TV | | Saint Louis | W 2–0 | 3–0–0 | Westcott Field (1,589) Dallas, TX |
| September 9* 7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV | No. 22 | UC Riverside | W 1–0 | 4–0–0 | Westcott Field (881) Dallas, TX |
| September 13* 7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV | No. 22 | Valparaiso | W 6–0 | 5–0–0 | Westcott Field (1,215) Dallas, TX |
| September 16* 7:00 p.m. | No. 8 | at No. 2 Duke | W 2–0 | 6–0–0 | Koskinen Stadium (237) Durham, NC |
| September 21* 6:00 p.m. | No. 8 | at Denver | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 7–0–0 | CIBER Field (1,059) Denver, CO |
| American Athletic regular season ||||||
| September 28 7:00 p.m., ADN | No. 8 | at Tulsa Rivalry | W 5–1 | 8–0–0 (1–0–0) | HS&T Stadium (388) Tulsa, OK |
| October 1* 7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV | No. 4 | Central Arkansas | W 3–0 | 9–0–0 | Westcott Field (1,985) Dallas, TX |
| October 6 7:00 p.m., ADN | No. 4 | No. 11 UCF | T 3–3 $^{2OT}$ | 9–0–1 (1–0–1) | Westcott Field (2,719) Dallas, TX |
| October 11 6:00 p.m., ADN | No. 3 | at South Florida | W 3–0 | 10–0–1 (2–0–1) | Corbett Soccer Stadium (822) Tampa, FL |
| October 18 7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV | No. 3 | Memphis | L 3–4 $^{OT}$ | 10–1–1 (2–1–1) | Westcott Field (1,993) Dallas, TX |
| October 22* 7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV | No. 12 | Stetson | W 5–0 | 11–1–1 (2–1–1) | Westcott Field (1,389) Dallas, TX |
| October 26 6:00 p.m. | No. 12 | at Cincinnati | W 7–1 | 12–1–1 (3–1–1) | Gettler Stadium (311) Cincinnati, OH |
| November 1 7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV | No. 12 | UConn | W 1–0 | 13–1–1 (4–1–1) | Westcott Field (2,319) Dallas, TX |
| November 5 6:00 p.m. | No. 11 | at Temple | W 2–1 $^{2OT}$ | 14–1–1 (5–1–1) | Temple Owls Sports Complex (398) Philadelphia, PA |
| American Athletic Tournament ||||||
| November 13 4:00 p.m., ADN | (2) No. 10 | vs. (3) South Florida Semifinals | W 2–1 $^{2OT}$ | 15–1–1 | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (711) Orlando, FL |
| November 16 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | (2) No. 10 | at (1) No. 5 UCF Championship | W 1–0 | 16–1–1 | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (1,237) Orlando, FL |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 24 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (8) No. 5 | Coastal Carolina Second round | W 1–0 $^{2OT}$ | 17–1–1 | Westcott Field (1,150) Dallas, TX |
| November 30 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (8) No. 5 | (9) No. 8 UCF Third round | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 18–1–1 | Westcott Field (979) Dallas, TX |
| December 6 6:00 p.m., ACCN | (8) No. 5 | at (1) No. 1 Virginia Quarterfinals | L 2–3 $^{OT}$ | 18–2–1 | Klöckner Stadium (1,674) Charlottesville, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Statistics
### Players

| No. | Player | GP | G | A | Pts. | Sh. | Shot% | SOG | SOG% | GW | Pk. | Pk. At. |
| 7 | Garrett McLaughlin | 21 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 76 | .211 | 43 | .566 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Eddie Munjoma | 21 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 46 | .261 | 19 | .413 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Gabriel Costa | 18 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 54 | .148 | 22 | .407 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Knut Ahlander | 21 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 57 | .123 | 22 | .386 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Nicky Hernandez | 21 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 33 | .152 | 14 | .424 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Henrik Bredeli | 21 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | .167 | 5 | .278 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brandon Terwege | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | .125 | 8 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Noah Hilt | 20 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | .200 | 6 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Henry Smith-Hastie | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .500 | 3 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Wyatt Priest | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .250 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DJ Williams | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .067 | 8 | .533 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Talen Maples | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .250 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Thomas Haney | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .333 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Nick Taylor | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .000 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Lane Warrington | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .000 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Philip Ponder | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .000 | 4 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Grant Makela | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tobin Shanks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Luke Thompson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Patrick Michael Hillyard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jacob Cohen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Joshua Berney | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Shane Lanson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalies

| No. | Player | GP | Min | GA | GAA | Saves | SPct. | SHO |
| 1 | Grant Makela | 15 | 1395:24 | 14 | 0.90 | 63 | .818 | 7 |
| 13 | Shane Lanson | 8 | 570:40 | 2 | 0.32 | 16 | .889 | 4 |
| 18 | Patrick Michael Hillyard | 1 | 0:03 | 1 | 18.00 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| TM | TEAM | – | 0:00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | AAC Tournament | AAC Tournament | AAC Tournament | NCAA Tournament | NCAA Tournament | NCAA Tournament | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 6 | USA | MF | Noah Hilt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | USA | DF | Philip Ponder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | USA | DF | Brandon Terwege | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 23 | NOR | DF | Henrik Bredeli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | BRA | MF | Gabriel Costa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 27 | USA | DF | Thomas Haney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | USA | FW | Garrett McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 14 | USA | MF | Lane Warrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | NOR | MF | Knut Ahlander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | MEX | MF | Nicky Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 24 | USA | DF | Talen Maples | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | USA | DF | Eddie Munjoma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 26 | USA | MF | Henry Smith-Hastie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date |
| Talen Maples | Preseason All-AAC Team | August 20, 2019 |
| Nicky Hernandez | College Soccer News Team of the Week (9/1) | September 1, 2019 |
| Talen Maples | AAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/9) | September 9, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/10) | September 12, 2019 |
| Shane Lanson | United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (9/17) | September 17, 2019 |
| Brandon Terwege | Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/17) | September 19, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | College Soccer News Team of the Week (9/22) | September 22, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/23) | September 23, 2019 |
| Shane Lanson | AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (9/23) | September 23, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/24) | September 26, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/30) | September 30, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/1) | October 3, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | AAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/7) | October 7, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/8) | October 10, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | Senior CLASS Award Finalist | October 11, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | College Soccer News Player of the Week (10/27) | October 27, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | College Soccer News Team of the Week (10/27) | October 27, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | AAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/28) | October 28, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (10/29) | October 29, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/29) | October 31, 2019 |
| Grant Makela | AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (11/6) | November 6, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | AAC Defensive Player of the Year | November 12, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | AAC Midfielder of the Year | November 12, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | All-AAC First Team | November 12, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | All-AAC First Team | November 12, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | All-AAC First Team | November 12, 2019 |
| Knut Ahlander | All-AAC Second Team | November 12, 2019 |
| Henrik Bredeli | All-AAC Rookie Team | November 12, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player | November 16, 2019 |
| Grant Makela | AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player | November 16, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | AAC All-Tournament Team | November 16, 2019 |
| Grant Makela | AAC All-Tournament Team | November 16, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | AAC All-Tournament Team | November 16, 2019 |
| Brandon Terwege | AAC All-Tournament Team | November 16, 2019 |
| Nicky Hernandez | AAC All-Tournament Team | November 16, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | College Soccer News Team of the Week (11/17) | November 17, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (11/19) | November 21, 2019 |
| Grant Makela | College Soccer News Team of the Week (12/1) | December 1, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | College Soccer News Team of the Week (12/1) | December 1, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (12/3) | December 5, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (12/10) | December 12, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | Soccer America All-America First-Team | December 12, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | Soccer America All-America Third-Team | December 12, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | United Soccer Coaches All-America First-Team | December 12, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | United Soccer Coaches All-America Third-Team | December 12, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | College Soccer News All-America First-Team | December 16, 2019 |
| Garrett McLaughlin | College Soccer News All-America Second Team | December 16, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | College Soccer News All-America Third Team | December 16, 2019 |
| Eddie Munjoma | Top Drawer Soccer All-America First-Team | December 23, 2019 |
| Gabriel Costa | Top Drawer Soccer All-America Second-Team | December 23, 2019 |

## 2020 MLS Super Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Garrett McLaughlin | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 8 | FW |

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. NV=Not receiving votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Final |
| United Soccer | RV | None | RV | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 (1) | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 | None Released | None Released | None Released | 7 |
| Top Drawer Soccer | NV | NV | RV | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| College Soccer News | 22 | None | 20 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | None Released | None Released | None Released | 5 |
| Soccer America | NV | None | 21 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released |