The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the

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during the

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. It was the 72nd season of the university fielding a program. The 2018 season saw North Carolina win the inaugural U.S. Soccer Spring Men's College Program.

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was undergoing construction during the 2018 soccer season so the Tar Heels split their home matches between three stadiums:

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, Bryan Park, and

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Background

The 2017 North Carolina men's soccer team finished the season with a 17–4–1 overall record and a 6–1–1 ACC record. The Tar Heels were seeded second–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Tar Heels were upset in the Quarterfinals by the seventh seed Notre Dame. The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid into the

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. As the third-overall seed in the tournament, the Tar Heels defeated,

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, SMU, and Fordham before losing to

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in the College Cup. At the end of the season, one Tar Heels men's soccer player was selected in the

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: Alan Winn.

Player movement

Departures

Incoming transfers

2018 recruiting class

Squad

Roster

Updated August 6, 2018

Team management

Schedule

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Awards and honors

2019 MLS Super Draft

Source:

Rankings

References

External links

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