2020_Clemson_Tigers_men's_soccer_team

2020 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
2020 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
ACC Tournament; Spring ACC Coastal Division
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 9
Record	14–3–3 (7–3–2 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Philip Jones (8th season); Camilo Rodriguez (5th season);
Captains	George Marks; James Brighton;
Home stadium	Riggs Field
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

American college soccer season

The 2020 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his eleventh season. They played home games at Riggs Field. This was the team's 60th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 33rd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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The teams' 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which curtailed the fall season and caused the NCAA Tournament to be played in spring 2021. The ACC was one of the only two conferences in men's soccer to play in the fall of 2020. The ACC also held a mini-season during the spring of 2021.

The Tigers finished the fall season 8–2–1 and 3–2–1 in ACC play to finish in third place in the North Division. They won the ACC Tournament by defeating Virginia Tech, Virginia and Pittsburgh in the final. They finished the spring season 4–1–1 and 4–1–1 in ACC play, to finish in first place in the Atlantic Division. They received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after defeating Pittsburgh in a game for the bid. As the first seed in the tournament, they defeated American in the Second Round before losing to Marshall in the Third Round on penalty kicks to end their season.

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Daniel Kuzemka	1	GK	6'1"	185	Sophomore	Clifton, Virginia	Transferred to Charlotte
Judson Burns	2	DF	5'8"	165	Freshman	Argyle, Texas	Transferred to SMU
Malick Mbaye	5	DF	6'0"	168	Senior	Dakar, Senegal	Drafted 33rd overall in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC
Tanner Dieterich	6	DF	6'0"	170	Senior	Nashville, Tennessee	Drafted 28th overall in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by Nashville SC
Robbie Robinson	7	FW	6'2"	170	Junior	Camden, South Carolina	Drafted 1st overall in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by Inter Miami
Adrian Nunez	10	FW	5'7"	150	Senior	San José, Costa Rica	Graduated
Adam Yorke	12	FW	6'1"	175	Freshman	Redondo Beach, California
Cale Thorne	16	MF	6'0"	193	Junior	Baltimore, Maryland	Graduated
Izzy Garcia-Perez	21	FW	5'9"	157	Freshman	Asheville, North Carolina
Nolan Lennon	22	GK	6'2"	190	Senior	Piedmont, South Carolina	Graduated
Sindri Björnsson	23	MF	6'1"	180	Junior	Brieðholt, Iceland	Transferred to Villanova
Nate Hall	28	FW	5'4"	145	Junior	Baltimore, Maryland	Graduated

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Hamady Diop DF	SEN	Dakar, Senegal	Montverde Academy	^[3]
Ben Erkens DF	USA	Greenville, SC	Carolina Elite Soccer Academy	^[4]
Joshua Hallenberger MF	USA	Perland, TX	Houston Dynamo	^[5]
Trevor Manion GK	USA	Phoenixville, PA	Penn Fusion SA	^[6]
Brandon Parrish MF	USA	Fairview, TN	Darlington Academy	^[7]
Titus Sandy Jr DF	USA	Matthews, NC	Charlotte Soccer Academy	^[8]
Ousmane Sylla MF	SEN	Dakar, Senegal	Montverde Academy	^[9]
Seth Wilson GK	USA	Frisco, TX	FC Dallas Academy	^[10]

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Dan Radakovich
Head coach	Mike Noonan
Associate head coach	Philip Jones
Assistant Coach	Camilo Rodriguez
Director of Operations	Rob Thompson

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Fall Exhibition
September 11, 2020* 7:00 p.m.		at Virginia	Cancelled^[16]	– (–)	Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
Fall Regular season
September 18, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCN		Wake Forest	Postponted^[17]		Riggs Field Clemson, SC
September 25, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN		North Carolina	Postponted^[17]		Riggs Field Clemson, SC
October 1, 2020* 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	at South Carolina Rivalry	W 3–0	1–0–0	Stone Stadium (460) Columbia, SC
October 5, 2020* 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 3	UAB	W 2–0	2–0–0	Riggs Field (748) Clemson, SC
October 9, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 3	at North Carolina	L 0–1	2–1–0 (0–1–0)	Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC
October 13, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 1 Wake Forest	W 2–1	3–1–0 (1–1–0)	Riggs Field (1,000) Clemson, SC
October 16, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN		Duke	W 2–1 ^2OT	4–1–0 (2–1–0)	Riggs Field (1,000) Clemson, SC
October 23, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 3	at NC State	W 1–0	5–1–0 (3–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (88) Raleigh, NC
October 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 3	No. 5 North Carolina	T 3–3 ^2OT	5–1–1 (3–1–1)	Riggs Field (1,000) Clemson, SC
October 30, 2020 6:00 p.m., RSN	No. 3	No. 2 Wake Forest	L 0–2	5–2–1 (3–2–1)	Spry Stadium (0) Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
November 15, 2020 Noon, ACCN	(S3) No. 4	vs. (N2) No. 5 Virginia Tech Quarterfinals	W 4–1	6–2–1	Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC
November 18, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN	(S3) No. 2	vs. (N4) Virginia Semifinals	W 2–1	7–2–1	Dorrance Field (50) Chapel Hill, NC
November 18, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	(S3) No. 2	vs. (N1) No. 1 Pittsburgh Final	W 2–1	8–2–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (350) Cary, NC
Spring Exhibition
February 20, 2021* 4:00 p.m.		vs. North Carolina	L 0–1	–	CSA OrthoCarolina Sportsplex (0) Pineville, NC
Spring Regular season
March 7, 2021 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	Syracuse	W 3–1	9–2–1 (4–2–1)	Riggs Field (813) Clemson, SC
March 13, 2021 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	at No. 21 Virginia Tech	W 1–0 ^2OT	10–2–1 (5–2–1)	Thompson Field (250) Blacksburg, VA
March 20, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	NC State	W 1–0	11–2–1 (6–2–1)	Riggs Field (753) Clemson, SC
March 27, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	at Boston College	W 3–2	12–2–1 (7–2–1)	Newton Soccer Complex (35) Chestnut Hill, MA
April 2, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	No. 4 Wake Forest	T 0–0 ^2OT	12–2–2 (7–2–2)	Riggs Field (1,000) Clemson, SC
April 9, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	at Louisville	L 1–2	12–3–2 (7–3–2)	Lynn Stadium (0) Louisville, KY
NCAA Automatic Bid Play-In
April 17, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 4	No. 1 Pittsburgh	W 2–0	13–3–2	Riggs Field (1,000) Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
May 2, 2021 5:00 p.m., ESPN3	(1) No. 1	vs. American Second Round	W 2–1	14–3–2	Spry Stadium (182) Winston-Salem, NC
May 6, 2021 3:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream	(1) No. 1	vs. No. 10 Marshall Third Round	T 1–1 (6–7 PKs) ^2OT	14–3–3	WakeMed Soccer Park (185) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	ACC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	9	FW	Kimarni Smith	4	4	0	8
2	25	FW	James Brighton	3	2	1	6
3	16	MF	Callum Johnson	4	0	1	5
4	14	MF	Mohamed Seye	2	1	1	4
5	5	DF	Hamady Diop	2	0	0	2
	10	MF	Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador	1	1	0	2
	11	FW	Grayson Barber	2	0	0	2
	17	MF	Quinn McNeill	1	1	0	2
	27	DF	Isaiah Reid	1	1	0	2
10	4	DF	Justin Malou	1	0	0	1
10	21	MF	Ousmane Sylla	1	0	0	1
Total				22	10	3	35

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2020 Clemson Tigers men's soccer

ACC Tournament Spring ACC Coastal Division
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 9
Record	14–3–3 (7–3–2 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Philip Jones (8th season) Camilo Rodriguez (5th season)
Captains	George Marks James Brighton
Home stadium	Riggs Field
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
North
No. 2 Pittsburgh	4	–	0	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Virginia Tech	3	–	1	–	2	3	–	2	–	2
Notre Dame	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Louisville	1	–	4	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	3	–	2	0	–	3	–	2
South
No. 3 Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	2	3	–	2	–	2
No. 1 Clemson‡	3	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Duke	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	5	–	1	0	–	6	–	1
Boston College†	0	–	0	–	0	0	–	0	–	0


‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion As of March 9, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, Boston College suspended the Fall 2020 men's soccer season; begins play in March.

v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 7 Clemson ‡	4	–	1	–	1	14	–	3	–	3
Louisville	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	8	–	1
No. 6 Wake Forest +	3	–	0	–	2	13	–	3	–	2
NC State	1	–	2	–	3	3	–	8	–	4
Boston College *	1	–	3	–	1	1	–	3	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	3	–	1	2	–	7	–	4
Coastal
No. 3 Pittsburgh +	5	–	1	–	0	16	–	4	–	0
No. 4 North Carolina +	4	–	1	–	1	9	–	5	–	4
Duke	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	10	–	3
Virginia	2	–	4	–	0	7	–	8	–	1
No. 15 Virginia Tech +	2	–	4	–	0	7	–	6	–	4
Notre Dame	1	–	5	–	0	8	–	9	–	0

‡ – 2020 ACC Fall Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA Tournament As of May 18, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC Note: *- Due to COVID-19, Boston College suspended the Fall 2020 men's soccer season; began play in March.

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Mohamed Seye	Co-offensive Player of the Week	October 5, 2020	^[18]
Kimarni Smith	Co-offensive Player of the Week	October 19, 2020	^[19]
George Marks	Defensive Player of the Week	October 19, 2020	^[19]
Grayson Barber	Co-offensive Player of the Week	October 26, 2020	^[20]
Oskar Ågren	Defensive Player of the Week	October 26, 2020	^[20]
Kimarni Smith	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 22, 2020	^[21]
Justin Malou
Grayson Barber
Philip Mayaka
Kimarni Smith	ACC Tournament MVP
Justin Malou	MAC Hermann Trophy Watchlist	January 28, 2021	^[22]
Kimarni Smith	MAC Hermann Trophy Watchlist	January 28, 2021	^[22]
Grayson Barber	All ACC First-Team	April 14, 2021	^[23]
Philip Mayaka
Kimarni Smith
Oskar Ågren	All ACC Second-Team
Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador	All ACC Third-Team
Justin Malou
George Marks
Hamady Diop	All ACC Rookie Team
Ousmane Sylla	All ACC Rookie Team

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Philip Mayaka	Colorado Rapids	1	3	MF
Kimarni Smith	D.C. United	1	4	FW
Justin Malou	Columbus Crew	1	27	DF

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	Final
United Soccer^[25]	None Released				1 (16)	1 (23)	1 (19)	1 (24)	1 (23)	3 (4)	4 (1)	1 (21)	None Released		7
TopDrawer Soccer ^[26]	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	1	9	9