The 2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 72nd season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's fourth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.
Background
The 2017 Wake Forest men's soccer team finished the season with a 19–2–2 overall record and a 7–0–1 ACC record. The Demon Deacons were seeded first–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, and they went on to win the tournament. The Demon Deacons earned an automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for winning the ACC Tournament. As the first–overall seed in the tournament, Wake Forest defeated Columbia and Butler, before losing to eventual champions Stanford in the Quarterfinals.
At the end of the season, three Demon Deacons men's soccer players were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Jon Bakero, Ema Twumasi and Luis Argudo. Bakero and Twumasi were both taken in the first round.
Player movement
Players leaving Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Luis Argudo 2 MF 5'8" 135 Senior New York City, NY Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 67th overall by Columbus Crew Kevin Politz 4 DF 6'0" 170 Senior Morganville, NJ Graduated Jon Bakero 7 FW 6'3" 165 Senior Sitges, ESP Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 5th overall by Chicago Fire Steven Echevarria 15 MF 5'9" 145 Senior Slate Hill, NY Graduated Ema Twumasi 22 MF 5'8" 160 Sophomore Accra, GHA Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 11th overall by FC Dallas
Players arriving
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating San Antonio, TX Houston Dynamo Youth San Diego, CA Pateadores SC Stewart Manor, NY Dix Hills SC Medina, OH Columbus Crew Academy Birmingham, AL FC Dallas Shoreview, MN Minnesota Thunder Casa Grande, AZ LA Galaxy
Squad
Roster
Updated:August 3, 2018
Team management Position Staff Athletic director Ron Wellman Head coach Bobby Muuss Assistant coach Steve Armas Assistant coach Dane Brenner Assistant coach Matt Poplawski Assistant Athletic Trainer Michael White Academic Counselor Brooke Taylor Strength & Conditioning Staff David Bass
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Schedule
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!colspan=8 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=7 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Awards and honors Bruno Lapa ACC Offensive Player of the Week August 28, 2018 Omir Fernandez September 10, 2018 September 17, 2018 Bruno Lapa United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week October 2, 2018 Logan Gdula ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 22, 2018 Bobby Muuss Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year November 7, 2018 Omir Fernandez Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Offensive Player of the Year Bruno Lapa Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Midfielder of the Year Omir FernandezAll-ACC First Team Bruno Lapa Brad Dunwell All-ACC Second Team Sam Raben All-ACC Third Team Aristotle Zarris All-ACC Freshman Team Machop Chol All-ACC Tournament Team November 11, 2018 Sam Raben Bruno Lapa United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American December 6, 2018 Omir Fernandez Brad Dunwell United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American
2019 MLS Super Draft
Logan Gdula FC Cincinnati 1 13 DF Brad Dunwell Houston Dynamo 3 56 MF
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Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. PollPre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Final United Soccer 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 None Released 6 TopDrawer Soccer 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 9 9 9
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