The 2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team represented North Carolina State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach George Kiefer, in his second season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. NC State finished the season with a 10–7–3 (2–4–2) record and earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Maryland in the second round.
Background
The 2017 NC State men's soccer team finished the season with an 8–6–4 overall record and a 3–3–2 ACC record. The Wolfpack were seeded eight–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Virginia Tech in the first round. The Wolfpack earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the tournament, the Wolfpack lost to Old Dominion in the first round.
At the end of the season, one Wolfpack men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Caleb Duvernay.
Player movement
Players Leaving Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Caleb Duvernay 3 DF 5'7" 162 Senior Cary, NC Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 61st overall by Portland Timbers Maximilian Luftl 15 MF 6'0" 174 Senior Fürstenstein, GER Graduated Julius Duchscherer 16 MF 5'6" 145 Senior Hadamar, GER Graduated Jake Dykes 19 DF 6'0" 173 Senior Sligo, IRE Graduated Roland Minogue 20 MF 5'7" 156 Senior Huntersville, NC Graduated Jan–Luca Ahillen 21 MF 6'1" 185 Senior Meppen, GER Graduated Anthony Ruggiero 22 MF 6'1" 192 Freshman Holtsville, NY Transferred Willy Ramirez 23 FW 5'7" 158 Junior Garner, NC Transferred
Players Arriving
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Mount Juliet, TN FC Dallas East Windsor, NJ Philadelphia Union Cary, NC North Carolina FC Youth Zephyrhills, FL N/A Raleigh, NC North Carolina FC Youth Durham, NC North Carolina FC Youth Durham, NC North Carolina FC Youth Orlando, FL Orlando City SC
Squad
Roster
Updated August 3, 2018
Team management Position Staff Athletic director Debbie Yow Head coach George Kiefer Associate Head Coach Jeff Negalha Assistant coach Kyle Nicholls Assistant coach Nahtan Walzer Director of Soccer Lindsey Krakower Director of Analytics Paul Forster Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach/Director of Sport Science Craig Turner Senior Associate AD/Sports Administration & Student Services Raymond Harrison Assistant Athletic Trainer Blake Wickerham Academics Maria Crockett
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Schedule
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!colspan=8 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=7 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=7 style=""| ACC tournament
!colspan=7 style=""| NCAA tournament
Awards and honors Gabriel Machado ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 3, 2018 Leon Krapf ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 24, 2018 David Loera ACC Offensive Player of the WeekOctober 15, 2018 Leon Krapf ACC Defensive Player of the Week Leon Krapf United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week October 16, 2018 David Loera All-ACC First TeamNovember 7, 2018 Manny Perez All-ACC Third Team
2019 MLS SuperDraft
NC State did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.
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 RV 8 18 18 12 17 RV 21 RV None Released RV TopDrawer Soccer 23 23 17 4 6 6 8 13 23 20 24 RV 24 24 24 24
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