2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team

The 2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team is the college's 19th season of playing organized men's college soccer. It is the Wolverines' 19th season playing in the Big Ten Conference.

2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record12–5–2 (4–2–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tommy McMenemy (9th season)
  • Jhojan Obando (7th season)
  • Marcos Ugarte (2nd season)
Home stadiumU-M Soccer Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Indiana8002031
Wisconsin6201062
No. 4 Michigan State +4221454
No. 24 Michigan +4221254
No. 1 Maryland +4401264
Penn State332692
Rutgers2604131
Northwestern053695
Ohio State0711152
  • $ – Conference champion
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:The Big Ten Conference

Background

Michigan finished 1st in the Big Ten Conference regular season in 2017 with a 12–6–2 overall record and a 6–1–1 in-conference record.[1] Michigan won in the quarterfinal of the Big Ten Tournament against Northwestern but lost in the semifinal to eventual champion Wisconsin.[2] The team earned a spot in the NCAA tournament as a seeded team, and received a bye to the second round. However, the team lost to Colgate 2–3.[3]

Roster

[4]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
15MF  USACarlos Tellez
16FW  USANoah Kleedtke
17FW  CANSosa Emovon
18GK  USAHenry Mashburn
19MF  USAKevin Buca
20MF  USAAidan Nam
22MF  USAJoe Hertgen
23MF  USAMarc Ybarra
24MF  USALucas Rosendall
25MF  USAJackson Ragen
26DF  HKGC.Y. Cheng
27DF  USANash Pirie
28GK  USAJacob Nunner

Competitions

Preseason

August 18 Michigan 2–0 Loyola Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium

Regular season

August 24 1 Michigan 1–2 Tulsa Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 581
Referee: Tony Russo
August 27 2 Michigan 2–0 South Florida Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 657
Referee: Peter Dhima
August 31 3 Michigan 3–0 UC Riverside Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 806
Referee: Gregory Dopka
September 3 4 Michigan Canceled Canisius Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
September 7 5 Michigan 3–2 (OT) Western Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:30 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,245
Referee: Heber Estrada
September 10 6 Michigan 3–0 Marquette Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:30 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 490
Referee: Cesar Ibarra
September 14 7 Rutgers 0–2 Michigan New Brunswick, NJ
8:00 pm ETReportStadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1,287
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
September 21 8 Michigan 1–1 (2OT) Penn State Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,755
Referee: Nikola Aleksic
September 25 9 Michigan 3–1 Ohio State Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 759
Referee: Calin Radosav
September 29 10 Northwestern 0–2 Michigan Evanston, IL
9:00 pm ETReportStadium: Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
Attendance: 378
Referee: Carmen Sebio
October 3 11 Oakland 1–2 Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan
7:00 pm ETReportStadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 2,344
Referee: John Douglas
October 7 12 Michigan 0–1 Indiana Ann Arbor, Michigan
3:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,729
Referee: Carmen Serbio
October 10 13 Michigan 5–0 Detroit Mercy Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:30 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 660
Referee: Cesar Ibarra
October 16 14 Michigan 1–2 Notre Dame Ann Arbor, Michigan
6:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,536
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
October 19 15 Wisconsin 1–0 (OT) Michigan Madison, WI
8:00 pm ETReportStadium: Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,263
Referee: Calin Radosav
October 23 16 Michigan State 1–1 (2OT) Michigan East Lansing, MI
8:00 pm ETReportStadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex
Attendance: 2,139
October 28 17 Michigan 2–1 (OT) Maryland Ann Arbor, Michigan
4:00 pm ETReportStadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,006
Referee: Heber Estrada

Big Ten Tournament

November 4 QF #3 Michigan 3-1 #6 Penn State Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Umar Farouk Osman 28'
  • Umar Farouk Osman 52'
  • Jack Hallahan 80'
Report
  • 42' Ryan Gallagher
Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1094
Referee: Nicholas Balcer
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Assistant referees: Dimitrios Katsimingo
Fourth official: Michael Allie
November 9 SF #2 Wisconsin 0-1 #3 Michigan Westfield, Indiana
3:30 p.m. EDTReport
  • 20' Marc Ybarra
Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 360
Referee: Sergio Gonzalez
Assistant referees: Ethan Buege
Assistant referees: Landon Albert
Fourth official: Josh Kelley
November 11 F #3 Michigan 0-3 #1 Indiana Westfield, Indiana
12:00 p.m. EDTReport
  • Cory Thomas 6'
  • Jeremiah Gutjahr 72'
  • Spencer Glass 74'
Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 1700
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Assistant referees: Eulogio Vilalpando
Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli
Fourth official: Michael Allie

NCAA Tournament

November 15 First round Michigan 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(11–10 p)
Princeton Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 PM EST
  • Kleedtke 75'
Report
Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 474
Referee: Calin Radosav
Penalties
  • Ybarra
  • Zakyi
  • Brown
  • Hallahan
  • Mertz
  • Osman
  • Ragen
  • Kleedtke
  • Buca
  • Rosendall
  • Ybarra
  • Zakyi
  • Brown
  • Ragen
  • O'Toole
  • Prudil
  • Morokhovich
  • Hampton
  • McSherry
  • Paniagua
  • Belghiti
  • Roberts
  • Wusu
  • Wolf
  • O'Toole
  • Prudil
  • Morokhovich
  • Hampton
November 18 Second round No. 7 Notre Dame 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(11–10 p)
Michigan South Bend, Indiana
5:00 PM EST
  • Omar 80'
ReportStadium: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 363
Referee: Heber Estrada
Penalties
  • Berneski
  • MacLeod
  • Dumas
  • Dedrick
  • McCabe
  • Aschieris
  • Casey
  • Farina
  • McFadden
  • Townes
  • MacLeod
  • Dumas
  • Brown
  • Ybarra
  • Ragen
  • Zakyi
  • Mertz
  • Osman
  • Swiech
  • Buca
  • Kleedtke
  • Rosendall
  • Brown
  • Ybarra

Statistics

Transfers

See also

References