2019 Tar Heel Men's Soccer
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2019 Tar Heel Men’s Soccer 2001 & 2011 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: TJ SCHOLL • [email protected] • (984) 484-0936 National Champions Carolina Men’s Soccer CAROLINA GAME DAY #20 North Carolina NCAA Championships (2) Sept. 9 #20 North Carolina (1-1-1, 0-0-0) Tar Heels 2001 • 2011 UNCG (1-2, 0-0) NCAA College Cup Appearances (8) 1-1-1, 0-0-0 1987 • 2001 • 2008 • 2009 Greensboro, N.C., 7 p.m. • 2010 • 2011 • 2016 • 2017 Coverage ESPN+ NCAA Appearances (26) Series UNC leads, 9-3-1 Head Coach: Carlos Somoano 1968 • 1987 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1993 Record at UNC: 122-31-23 1994 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 2019 Schedule & Results 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 Date Opponent Time/Result Record Overall: Same 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2105 • 2016 • Aug. 16 Stetson (Exh) W, 4-1 2017 • 2018 @UNCmenssoccer ACC Regular Season Championships (10) Aug. 18 NC State (Exh) L, 1-2 1966 • 2000 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 Aug. 24 Maryland (Exh) W, 3-1 2012 • 2015 (Coastal) • 2016 (Coastal) • Aug. 30 Creighton# T, 2-2 (2OT) 2017 (Coastal) • 2018 (Coastal) ACC Championship Titles (3) Sept. 1 No. 15 UCF# L, 1-2 1987 • 2000 • 2011 Sept. 6 Harvard W, 6-0 HISTORY WITH UNCG • North Carolina leads the all-time series with Statistical Matchup Sept. 9 at UNCG 7 p.m. UNCG 9-3-1 and have won 4 of the last 5 Carolina UNCG Sept. 13 at Virginia Tech* 7 p.m. dating back to 1999. The two sides first met in 3 Matches 3 Sept. 17 Davidson 7 p.m. 1978 when UNC won matchup 1-0 in Chapel 9/3.00 Goals Scored/Avg. 6/2.00 Sept. 20 Notre Dame* 6 p.m. Hill. 4/1.33 Goals Against/Avg. 6/2.00 .141 Shot Percentage .214 Sept. 27 Duke* 6 p.m. HISTORIC OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCE 21.3 Shots Per Game 9.3 Oct. 1 UNCW 7 p.m. • North Carolina fired off 35 shots against Har- 7 Assists 4 Oct. 4 at Pittsburgh* 7 p.m. vard on Friday, Sept. 6. The 35 total shots are a record for the Heels under head coach Carlos 20 Corner Kicks 10 Oct. 8 West Virginia 7 p.m. Somoano. 3 Yellow Cards 3 Oct. 12 Syracuse* 7 p.m. • The six goals scored also tied for the second 0 Red Cards 0 Oct. 18 at Wake Forest* 6 p.m. most under Carlos Somoano and the second larg- 25 Fouls 33 est margin of defeat. The record under Somoano its fourth match of the season when they defeated Oct. 22 at Campbell 7 p.m. for the Heels came on Oct. 11 of 2016 when the Akron 3-0. Oct. 25 Louisville* 6 p.m. Heels outscored UNC Asheville 7-0. Oct. 29 Appalachian State 7 p.m. KIRK URSO STUDENT SECTION SLOW START Nov. 1 at Virginia* 7 p.m. • At halftime on Friday Aug. 30, the Univer- • The Heels failed to win one of its games in the sity dedicated the student section after former # Carolina Nike Classic Carolina Nike Classic for the first time since Tar Heel captain, Kirk Urso. Urso was a 4-year 2007 when the Tar Heels lost 1-0 to Monmouth *ACC match starter from 2008-2011 and went to 4 consecutive and tied Old Dominion 1-1 in 2OT. The 2007 college cups before leading the 2011 Heels to the team finished the year 7-8-5. National Championship. Urso tragically passed • This is also the first time since 2007 that the away in 2012 at the age of 22 during his rookie Carolina In The Polls Heels have failed to win one of its first two Date SA USC CSN TDS RPI season with the Columbus Crew SC. Pre 1 6 7 7 NA games. The 2007 team didn’t win a game until Wk 1 10 20 10 10 NA Wk 2 tba tba tba tba tba North Carolina’s Probable Starting Lineup (SA - Soccer America; USC - Coaches; CSN - College Soc- cer News; TDS - Top Drawer Soccer) Position No. Name Notes GK 1 Alec Smir Redshirted in 2018, first year as a starter D 29 Jeremy Kelly Started in midfield in 2017 & 2018 NUMBER TO KNOW D 6 Matt Constant Transfer from New Mexico, didn’t feature in 2018 The Tar Heels have been D 4 Blake Malone True freshman, played in Sounders FC Academy picked the preseason favorite D 27 Mark Salas Two-year starter on defense for hte Heels in the ACC each of the last four M 15 Sebastian Berhalter True freshman, playe for Columbus Crew Acad. seasons. During that time, the M 19 Raul Aguilera Key midfield piece for the Tar Heels in 2018 M 2 Mauricio Pineda Preseason MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List Heels have won the previous F 26 Jelani Pieters Three-year starter, will play high on the wings three ACC Coastal Division 4 F 9 Santiago Herrera Junior transfer from UCLA Championships. F 8 Jack Skahan 3rd team All-ACC in 2018, 3-year starter 2019 Game Notes 2019 ACC TITLE FAVORITE - NCAA Championship wins: 19 North Carolina Quick Facts • For the fourth consecutive year, the Tar Heels - Sweet 16 Appearances: 8 (T-1st amongst D1 2019 Record: ................................................. 0-1-1, 0-0-0 are favored to claim the ACC title, claiming 9 programs) Program All-Time Record: ..........................755-329-108 of the possible 12 votes from the leagues head - Elite 8 Appearances: 7 (Most among D1 pro- Current Streak: .................................................One Loss coaches. grams) • Carolina is also favored to claim its fifth con- - Men’s College Cup Appearances: 5 (T-1st Head Coach: ......................................... Carlos Somoano secutive Coastal Division title. UNC scored 10 among D1 programs) Record at UNC: ..............................121-31-23 (9th Year) of the 12 first-place votes in the Coastal Division - All-Americans (16) Career Record: .......................................................Same while Virginia and Duke each received one. - ACC Titles (9) Assistant Coach: ..........................................Will Clayton Assistant Coach: ......................................... Grant Porter NEW, ON CAMPUS SOCCER STADIUM U.S. SOCCER COLLEGE PROGRAM CHAMPIONS • Carolina will be back on campus in 2019 with a • North Carolina claimed its second consecutive Volunteer Assistant Coach: ..............Michael Harrington brand new soccer stadium after spending the last U.S. Soccer Spring College Program champion- two seasons in Cary, N.C. ship by defeating Virginia Tech 4-2 on April 13. 2019 Leaders • The new soccer and lacrosse stadium is a state- • UNC went 3-0-1 in 2019 and is now the only Goals: ..........................................................Alex Rose - 2 of-the-art home for men’s and women’s soccer undefeated team, 8-0-1 in the last two seasons, in ............................................................. Mauricio Pineda- 1 as well as men’s and women’s lacrosse. It hosts the Spring Program. Assists: .................................................. Jelani Pieters - 2 meeting rooms, film rooms and locker rooms for • In 2019, UNC defeated Duke 1-0, tied Clemson Points: ......................................................... Aex Rose - 4 all sports. 2-2 and then defeated Wake Forest 3-1 before taking down VT in the championship. Shots: ................................................Mauricio Pineda - 7 • It has 4,200 individual chair backs, a new LED scoreboard and is located in the heart of campus. • Carolina is now 8-0-1 in the spring program and Saves: ...........................................................Alec Smir - 6 has outscored its opponents 23-7 in two years. No. 1 RECRUITING CLASS 2019 Carolina Honor Roll •According to TopDrawerSoccer, the Tar Heels MAC HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST brought in the No. 1 recruiting class in the coun- • Senior Mauricio Pineda was named to the MAC MAC Hermann Watch List try for the 2019 season. Hermann Trophy Watch list along with 35 other Mauricio Pineda • The incoming class consists of 10 freshman men’s players. The trophy is the most prestigious Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI and one junior transfer, Santiago Herrera, from individual award in college soccer and is pre- Mauricio Pineda.................................................First Team UCLA. sented annually to the most outstanding male and Blake Malone............................................Freshman Team • This is the second time in the last 5 years the Tar female players of the year. Heels have brought in the top class in the country. Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 They also did so in 2016, which is the current ANOTHER TOP 10 PRESEASON RANKING Mauricio Pineda.........................................................No. 4 senior class, and have been to the NCAA College • Carolina has been tabbed as the No. 6 team in Jeremy Kelly.............................................................No. 46 Cup two of the last three years since that class the country by United Soccer Coaches to start the Jack Skahan............................................................No. 59 stepped on campus. 2019 season. This is just the second time in the Matt Constant..........................................................No. 85 • Mauricio Pineda, Jack Skahan, Jeremy Kelly, last 11 seasons they haven’t been preseason top Gio Montesdeoca, Drew Romig and Cam Lind- 5. They were also No. 6 in 2014. ley were all part of the 2016 class that was ranked • Soccer America ranked the Tar Heels as the No. No. 1. 1 team in the country in its preseason poll. DECADE OF DOMINANCE TDS PRESEASON BEST XI • Over the last 10 seasons (2009-2018), UNC has • Senior Mauricio Pineda was named to the first- dominated the college soccer landscape: team TDC preseason best XI side while freshman Carolina’s record when.... .......................................................... 2019 .............. 2018 .............Last 9 .................... Last 12 Overall.............................................1-1-1 .............14-4-1 ........ 122-31-23 ...........169-45-33 Home ...............................................1-1-1 ..............9-2-0 .......... 81-16-10 ............112-20-14 Away ................................................0-0-0 ..............5-1-1 .......... 35-12-10 ..............48-18-12 Neutral ............................................0-0-0 ..............0-1-0 ............