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. 6 #20 North Carolina (0-1-1, 0-0-0) Tar Heels 2001 • 2011 Harvard (0-0-0, 0-0-0) NCAA College Cup Appearances (8) 0-1-1, 0-0-0 1987 • 2001 • 2008 • 2009 Chapel Hill, N.C., 7:30 p.m. • 2010 • 2011 • 2016 • 2017 Coverage ACC Network Extra NCAA Appearances (26) Series UNC leads, 2-0-0 Head Coach: Carlos Somoano 1968 • 1987 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1993 Record at UNC: 121-31-23 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 7:30 p.m. HISTORY WITH HARVARD • UNC and Harvard have only played twice in Statistical Matchup Sept. 9 at UNCG 7 p.m. their storied historys, with the Heels holding a Carolina Harvard (2018) Sept. 13 at Virginia Tech* 7 p.m. 2-0 edge in the series. Both games have been 2 Matches 16 Sept. 17 Davidson 7 p.m. played in Chapel Hill as UNC won the first meet- 3/1.50 Goals Scored/Avg. 12/0.75 Sept. 20 Notre Dame* 6 p.m. ing in 1995 with the score of 2-0 as well as the 4/2.00 Goals Against/Avg. 34/2.07 second meeting in 2003 by the score of 1-0. Sept. 27 Duke* 6 p.m. .103 Shot Percentage .109 14.5 Shots Per Game 6.9 Oct. 1 UNCW 7 p.m. SLOW START 2 Assists 8 Oct. 4 at Pittsburgh* 7 p.m. • The Heels failed to win one of its games in the Carolina Nike Classic for the first time since 8 Corner Kicks 55 Oct. 8 West Virginia 7 p.m. 2007 when the Tar Heels lost 1-0 to Monmouth 2 Yellow Cards 20 Oct. 12 Syracuse* 7 p.m. and tied Old Dominion 1-1 in 2OT. The 2007 0 Red Cards 0 Oct. 18 at Wake Forest* 6 p.m. team finished the year 7-8-5. 16 Fouls n/a • This is also the first time since 2007 that the away in 2012 at the age of 22 during his rookie Oct. 22 at Campbell 7 p.m. Heels have failed to win one of its first two season with the Columbus Crew SC. Oct. 25 Louisville* 6 p.m. games. The 2007 team didn’t win a game until Oct. 29 Appalachian State 7 p.m. its fourth match of the season when they defeated 2019 ACC TITLE FAVORITE Akron 3-0. Nov. 1 at Virginia* 7 p.m. • For the fourth consecutive year, the Tar Heels # Carolina Nike Classic KIRK URSO STUDENT SECTION are favored to claim the ACC title, claiming 9 of the possible 12 votes from the leagues head • At halftime on Friday Aug. 30, the Univer- *ACC match coaches. sity dedicated the student section after former • Carolina is also favored to claim its fifth con- Tar Heel captain, Kirk Urso. Urso was a 4-year secutive Coastal Division title. UNC scored 10 starter from 2008-2011 and went to 4 consecutive of the 12 first-place votes in the Coastal Division Carolina In The Polls college cups before leading the 2011 Heels to the Date SA USC CSN TDS RPI while Virginia and Duke each received one. Pre 1 6 7 7 NA National Championship. Urso tragically passed Wk 1 20 10 10 NA (SA - Soccer America; USC - Coaches; CSN - College Soc- North Carolina’s Probable Starting Lineup cer News; TDS - Top Drawer Soccer) Position No. Name Notes GK 1 Alec Smir Redshirted in 2018, first year as a starter NUMBER TO KNOW D 29 Jeremy Kelly Started in midfield in 2017 & 2018 The Tar Heels have been D 6 Matt Constant Transfer from New Mexico, didn’t feature in 2018 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 Heels have won the previous M 2 Mauricio Pineda Preseason MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List three ACC Coastal Division F 26 Jelani Pieters Three-year starter, will play high on the wings 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 NEW, ON CAMPUS SOCCER STADIUM U.S. SOCCER COLLEGE PROGRAM CHAMPIONS North Carolina Quick Facts • Carolina will be back on campus in 2019 with a • North Carolina claimed its second consecutive 2019 Record: ................................................. 0-1-1, 0-0-0 brand new soccer stadium after spending the last U.S. Soccer Spring College Program champion- Program All-Time Record: ..........................755-329-108 two seasons in Cary, N.C. ship by defeating Virginia Tech 4-2 on April 13. Current Streak: .................................................One Loss • The new soccer and lacrosse stadium is a state- • UNC went 3-0-1 in 2019 and is now the only of-the-art home for men’s and women’s soccer undefeated team, 8-0-1 in the last two seasons, in Head Coach: ......................................... Carlos Somoano as well as men’s and women’s lacrosse. It hosts the Spring Program. Record at UNC: ..............................121-31-23 (9th Year) meeting rooms, film rooms and locker rooms for • In 2019, UNC defeated Duke 1-0, tied Clemson Career Record: .......................................................Same all sports. 2-2 and then defeated Wake Forest 3-1 before Assistant Coach: ..........................................Will Clayton • It has 4,200 individual chair backs, a new LED taking down VT in the championship. Assistant Coach: ......................................... Grant Porter scoreboard and is located in the heart of campus. • Carolina is now 8-0-1 in the spring program and has outscored its opponents 23-7 in two years. Volunteer Assistant Coach: ..............Michael Harrington No. 1 RECRUITING CLASS •According to TopDrawerSoccer, the Tar Heels MAC HERMANN TROPHY WATCH LIST 2019 Leaders brought in the No. 1 recruiting class in the coun- • Senior Mauricio Pineda was named to the MAC Goals: ..........................................................Alex Rose - 2 try for the 2019 season. Hermann Trophy Watch list along with 35 other ............................................................. Mauricio Pineda- 1 • The incoming class consists of 10 freshman men’s players. The trophy is the most prestigious Assists: .................................................. Jelani Pieters - 2 and one junior transfer, Santiago Herrera, from individual award in college soccer and is pre- Points: ......................................................... Aex Rose - 4 UCLA. sented annually to the most outstanding male and Shots: ................................................Mauricio Pineda - 7 • 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. Saves: ...........................................................Alec Smir - 6 They also did so in 2016, which is the current ANOTHER TOP 10 PRESEASON RANKING senior class, and have been to the NCAA College • Carolina has been tabbed as the No. 6 team in 2019 Carolina Honor Roll Cup two of the last three years since that class the country by United Soccer Coaches to start the stepped on campus. 2019 season. This is just the second time in the MAC Hermann Watch List • Mauricio Pineda, Jack Skahan, Jeremy Kelly, last 11 seasons they haven’t been preseason top Mauricio Pineda Gio Montesdeoca, Drew Romig and Cam Lind- 5. They were also No. 6 in 2014. Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI ley were all part of the 2016 class that was ranked • Soccer America ranked the Tar Heels as the No. Mauricio Pineda.................................................First Team No. 1. 1 team in the country in its preseason poll. Blake Malone............................................Freshman Team DECADE OF DOMINANCE TDS PRESEASON BEST XI Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 • Over the last 10 seasons (2009-2018), UNC has • Senior Mauricio Pineda was named to the first- Mauricio Pineda.........................................................No. 4 dominated the college soccer landscape: team TDC preseason best XI side while freshman Jeremy Kelly.............................................................No. 46 - NCAA Championship wins: 19 Blake Malone was named to the all-freshman Jack Skahan............................................................No. 59 - Sweet 16 Appearances: 8 (T-1st amongst D1 TDS best XI team. Matt Constant..........................................................No. 85 programs) - Elite 8 Appearances: 7 (Most among D1 pro- SOMOANO TOP ACTIVE WIN PERCENTAGE grams) • Carlos Somoano owns the top winning per- - Men’s College Cup Appearances: 5 (T-1st centage (.763) among active Division I men’s among D1 programs) soccer coaches. - All-Americans (16) • Somoano is also the UNC program leader in - ACC Titles (9) winning percentage. • He has guided all eight of his teams to the Carolina’s record when.... .......................................................... 2019 .............. 2018 .............Last 9 .................... Last 12 Overall.............................................0-1-1 .............14-4-1 ........ 121-31-23 ...........168-45-33 Home ...............................................0-1-1 ..............9-2-0 .......... 80-16-10 ............111-20-14 Away ................................................0-0-0 ..............5-1-1 .......... 35-12-10 ..............48-18-12 Neutral ............................................0-0-0 ..............0-1-0 ............