2021 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team

2021 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2021 record	7–8–2 (1–5–2 ACC)
Head coach	George Kiefer (5th season)
Assistant coach	Jeff Negalha (5th season)
Assistant coach	Kyle Nicholls (5th season)
Assistant coach	Lucas Champenois (3rd season)
Home stadium	Dail Soccer Field

2021 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 1 Clemson +	5	–	3	–	0			16	–	5	–	2
Louisville +	5	–	3	–	0			10	–	7	–	1
No. 17 Wake Forest +	4	–	3	–	1			13	–	7	–	1
Boston College	2	–	4	–	2			6	–	7	–	2
Syracuse	2	–	5	–	1			8	–	8	–	2
NC State	1	–	5	–	2			7	–	8	–	2
Coastal
No. 12 Duke +	5	–	2	–	1			14	–	5	–	1
No. 6 Pittsburgh +	5	–	2	–	1			13	–	5	–	2
No. 4 Notre Dame ‡	4	–	2	–	2			14	–	5	–	5
North Carolina +	4	–	4	–	0			11	–	7	–	2
No. 19 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1			11	–	5	–	4
Virginia	2	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	3
‡ – ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2021 NCAA Tournament As of December 14, 2021; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The 2021 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team represented North Carolina State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach George Kiefer, in his fifth season. They played their home games at Dail Soccer Field in Raleigh, North Carolina. This was the team's 71st season playing organized college soccer.

The Wolfpack finished the season 7–8–2 overall and 1–5–2 in ACC play to finish in sixth place in the Atlantic Division. As the twelfth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to fifth seed Notre Dame in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Background

Main article: 2020 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team

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 Wolfpack finished the fall season 0–6–1 and 0–5–1 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the South Division. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. They finished the spring season 3–2–3 and 1–2–3 in ACC play, to finish in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

At the end of the season, one Wolfpack men's soccer player was selected in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft: George Asomani.

Player Movement

Players Leaving

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Pau Palacin	11	FW	6'4"	180	Freshman	Alzira, Spain	Transferred to SUIE
George Asomani	14	MF	5'6"	135	Senior	Accra, Ghana	Graduated; Drafted 39th overall in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes
Marco Cottone	15	DF	5'8"	160	Freshman	Syosset, NY	—
Jared Miller	17	FW	5'7"	147	Sophomore	Fayetteville, NC	—
Cyrus Rad	24	DF	5'11"	181	Senior	Durham, NC	Graduated

Players Arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
George Buete MF	USA	Wake Forest	North Carolina FC Youth
Lucas Hatsios GK	USA	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Independence SC
Luke Hille MF	USA	Cary, NC	North Carolina FC Youth
Jaime Mendiola MF	USA	Dalton, GA	Chattanooga Red Wolves

Squad

Roster

As of January 26, 2022

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

No. Position Player 0 GK Tyler Perrie 1 GK Leon Krapf 2 DF Pablo Pedregosa 3 DF Pepe Garcia 4 MF Vusumzi Plamana 5 DF Jamie Smith 6 DF Kendall Edwards 7 FW Ivy Brisma 8 MF Brad Sweeney 9 FW Kuda Muskwe 10 MF AJ Seals 11 MF Noe Cabezas 12 DF Parker Cross 12 MF Alex Hernandez 14 FW Henrique Santos 15 MF Jake Usler 16 MF Yaniv Bazini

No. Position Player 17 MF Luke Hille 18 MF Tal Segev 19 DF Alex Bautista 20 FW Sheldon China 21 FW Jared Miller 22 MF Aidan Foster 23 FW James Orozco 24 DF Cam Murray 25 MF Jose Morales Jr. 26 GK David Merola 27 MF Declan Brose 28 MF Bailey O'Connor 29 GK Lucas Hatsios 30 GK Windham Ellis 31 MF Will Buete 32 MF Jarvis Cleal

Team Management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Boo Corrigan
Head Coach	George Kiefer
Associate Head Coach	Jeff Negalha
Assistant Coach	Kyle Nicholls
Assistant Coach	Lucas Champenois

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Schedule

Source:

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 17* 7:00 p.m.		at No. 15 Virginia Tech	W 2–0	—	Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
August 21* 11:00 a.m.		at Duke	W 3–1	—	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
Regular season
August 26* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		USC Upstate	W 2–0	1–0–0	Dail Soccer Field (1,141) Raleigh, NC
August 30* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		UNC Asheville	W 4–0	2–0–0	Dail Soccer Field (1,589) Raleigh, NC
September 3* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 20 Seton Hall George Tarantini Classic	L 1–3	2–1–0	Dail Soccer Field (842) Raleigh, NC
September 6* 7:00 p.m., ACCN		UCF George Tarantini Classic	W 2–1	3–1–0	Dail Soccer Field (802) Raleigh, NC
September 10 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 2 Clemson	L 0–2	3–2–0 (0–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,840) Raleigh, NC
September 14* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		James Madison	W 2–1	4–2–0	Dail Soccer Field (520) Raleigh, NC
September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Notre Dame	L 0–1	4–3–0 (0–2–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,001) Notre Dame, IN
September 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	T 1–1 2OT	4–3–1 (0–2–1)	Dail Soccer Field (1,570) Raleigh, NC
September 28* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Longwood	W 6–2	5–3–1	Longwood Athletics Complex (50) Farmville, VA
October 3 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at North Carolina	L 0–4	5–4–1 (0–3–1)	Dorrance Field (1,433) Chapel Hill, NC
October 8 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at Syracuse	T 0–0 2OT	5–4–2 (0–3–2)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,572) Syracuse, NY
October 12* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		High Point	W 4–0	6–4–2	Dail Soccer Field (480) Raleigh, NC
October 15 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN		Virginia	L 1–2	6–5–2 (0–4–2)	Dail Soccer Field (751) Raleigh, NC
October 19* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		William & Mary	L 0–1	6–6–2	Dail Soccer Field (369) Raleigh, NC
October 22 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Louisville	L 1–2	6–7–2 (0–5–2)	Lynn Stadium (608) Louisville, KY
October 29 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	W 1–0 2OT	7–7–2 (1–5–2)	Dail Soccer Field (931) Raleigh, NC
ACC Tournament
November 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	(12)	at (5) No. 23 Notre Dame First Round	L 0–1	7–8–2	Alumni Stadium (174) Notre Dame, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Leon Krapf	Preseason All-ACC Watchlist	August 18, 2021

2022 MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2022 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Ivy Brisma	CF Montréal	3	67	FW

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Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

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	Final
United Soccer		RV	RV										None Released
TopDrawer Soccer

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