2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

American college soccer season

2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
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NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 18
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 22
Record	11–7–2 (3–3–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Clark (17th season)
Assistant coaches	B. J. Craig (10th season) Michael Casper (3rd season)
Captains	Matt Habrowski Chris Hubbard Jon Gallagher
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons← 2016 2018 →

2017 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Wake Forest ‡	7	–	0	–	1	19	–	2	–	2
No. 7 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1	13	–	2	–	5
No. 17 Clemson +	4	–	4	–	0	12	–	6	–	1
NC State +	3	–	3	–	2	8	–	6	–	4
Boston College	1	–	6	–	1	6	–	10	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	6	–	2	6	–	8	–	4
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	1	17	–	4	–	1
No. 13 Duke +	4	–	3	–	1	13	–	4	–	3
No. 19 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	3	13	–	4	–	5
No. 18 Notre Dame +	3	–	3	–	2	11	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech +	3	–	5	–	0	10	–	10	–	0
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0	8	–	10	–	0

‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 40th season. It was the program's 5th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were led by head coach Bobby Clark, in his seventeenth year.

Roster

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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
0	GK	USA	Ryan Krutz
1	GK	USA	Chris Hubbard (captain)
3	FW	USA	Spencer Farina
4	DF	USA	Matt Habrowski (captain)
5	MF	FRA	Félicien Dumas
6	MF	SCO	Sean Macleod
7	MF	USA	Jack Casey
8	MF	USA	Nick Cullen
9	FW	USA	Jeffrey Farina
10	FW	IRL	Jon Gallagher (captain)
11	DF	USA	Sean Dedrick
12	MF	USA	Kyle Dedrick
13	GK	USA	Duncan Turnbull
14	FW	USA	Simon Roennecke


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	USA	Aiden McFadden
16	MF	USA	Tommy McCabe
17	DF	USA	Senan Farrelly
18	MF	USA	Townsend Meyer
20	MF	USA	Blake Townes
21	FW	USA	Thomas Ueland
22	FW	USA	Ian Aschieris
23	DF	USA	Mitch MacDonald
24	FW	USA	Paul Rothrock
25	DF	USA	Patrick Berneski
26	MF	USA	Kurt Roemer
27	FW	USA	John Rea
28	DF	USA	Brian Finn
30	GK	USA	Keagan McLaughlin

Prior to the season the Irish named three captains: Chris Hubbard, Matt Habrowski, and Jon Gallagher.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Jack Swarbrick
Head coach	Bobby Clark
Associate head coach	B.J. Craigh
Assistant coach	Michael Casper
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Vern Gingerich
Director of Operations	Giuliana Figliomeni

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Schedule

Source

Date Time, TV	Rank	Opponent	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 8:00 pm	No. 10	at Omaha	W 2-0	- (-)	Caniglia Field Omaha, NE
August 16* 8:00 pm	No. 10	at Drake	W 4-1	- (-)	Cownie Sports Complex Des Moines, IA
August 21* 5:00 pm	No. 10	Valparaiso	W 3-0	- (-)	Alumni Stadium (636) Notre Dame, IN
Regular Season
August 25* 7:30 pm	No. 10	San Diego Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament	W 2-0	1-0-0 (0-0-0)	Alumni Stadium (746) Notre Dame, IN
August 27* 2:00 pm	No. 10	Cal Poly Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament	W 2-1	2-0-0 (0-0-0)	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
September 2* 7:00 pm	No. 9	at Connecticut	W 1-0	3-0-0 (0-0-0)	Morrone Stadium (4,522) Storrs, CT
September 8 5:00 pm	No. 6	at Boston College	W 3-1	4-0-0 (1-0-0)	Newton Soccer Complex (846) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 15 7:30 pm	No. 2	NC State	W 3-0	5-0-0 (2-0-0)	Alumni Stadium (1,221) Notre Dame, IN
September 19* 7:00 pm	No. 1	Bowling Green	W 2-1	6-0-0 (2-0-0)	Alumni Stadium (678) Notre Dame, IN
September 22 7:00 pm	No. 1	at Virginia Tech	L 1-2	6-1-0 (2-1-0)	Thompson Field (1,526) Blacksburg, VA
September 26* 7:00 pm	No. 7	at No. 1 Indiana	L 0-1	6-2-0 (2-1-0)	Armstrong Stadium (4,654) Bloomington, IN
September 29 7:30 pm	No. 7	No. 10 Virginia	T 1-1	6-2-1 (2-1-1)	Alumni Stadium (2,158) Notre Dame, IN
October 3* 7:00 pm	No. 9	Northwestern	W 2-1	7-2-1 (2-1-1)	Alumni Stadium (565) Notre Dame, IN
October 6 7:00 pm	No. 9	at No. 5 Clemson	W 2-1	8-2-1 (3-1-1)	Riggs Field (4,035) Clemson, SC
October 10* 7:00 pm	No. 7	No. 24 Michigan	W 3-1	9-2-1 (3-1-1)	Alumni Stadium (660) Notre Dame, IN
October 13 7:00 pm	No. 7	Pittsburgh	L 0-1	9-3-1 (3-2-1)	Alumni Stadium (825) Notre Dame, IN
October 17* 7:00 pm	No. 12	at No. 19 Akron	L 0-2	9-4-1 (3-2-1)	FirstEnergy Stadium (1,905) Akron, OH
October 20 7:00 pm	No. 12	No. 15 Duke	T 0-0	9-4-2 (3-2-2)	Alumni Stadium (1,703) Notre Dame, IN
October 24* 7:00 pm	No. 16	at No. 7 Michigan State	Cancelled	9-4-2 (3-2-2)	DeMartin Soccer Complex East Lansing, MI
October 27 7:00 pm	No. 16	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 0-3	9-5-2 (3-3-2)	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,226) Cary, NC
ACC Tournament
November 1 7:00 pm	No. 21	Pittsburgh First Round	W 5-0	10-5-2 (3-3-2)	Alumni Stadium (128) Notre Dame, IN
November 5 1:00 pm	No. 21	at No. 3 North Carolina Quarterfinals	W 2-1	11-5-2 (3-3-2)	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC
November 8 7:00 pm	No. 13	at No. 17 Virginia Semifinals	L 2-1	11-6-2 (3-3-2)	Klöckner Stadium (1142) Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 19 6:00 pm	No. 12	No. 20 Wisconsin Second Round	L 0-1	11-7-2	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
*Non-conference game. Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date
Jon Gallagher	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 12
Felicien Dumas	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 18
Jon Gallagher	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 9
Jon Gallagher	All ACC First Team	November 7
Jeffrey Farina	All ACC Third Team	November 7
Jeff Farina	ACC All Tournament Team	November 12
Jon Gallagher	ACC All Tournament Team	November 12
Jon Gallagher	United Soccer Coaches All-American Second Team	December 7
	Soccer America All-American Second Team	December 8
	College Soccer News All-American First Team	January 4

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 Top 25 coaches poll

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others 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	10	9	6	2	1	7	9	7	12	16	21	13	12	None Released				18
TopDrawer Soccer	17	17	10	6	3	4	8	7	7	8	16	21	14	10	22	22	22	22

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Jon Gallagher	1	14	MF	Atlanta United

References

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v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
Venues	Alumni Stadium
Rivalries	Indiana
Culture & lore	Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March"
People	Head coaches Notable people
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
College Cup finals	2023
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA College Cup appearances in italics

v t e 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
Standings ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament
Atlantic Division	Boston College Clemson Louisville NC State Syracuse Wake Forest
Coastal Division	Duke Notre Dame North Carolina Pittsburgh Virginia Virginia Tech
← 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season 2018 →

v t e 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll

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