The Wake Forest University Demon Deacons men's soccer team is an

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Division I college soccer team composed of students attending

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...

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. They achieved their greatest result in 2007, winning the 2007 Division I Men's College Cup. Like all sports teams from Wake Forest, men's soccer competes in the

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(ACC). The

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play their home matches at Spry Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest.

History

left, Wake Forest (in white) v Boston College in 2005 Wake Forest fielded its first team in 1980, under the coaching of George Kennedy. The Deacons went 12–9–1 in their first season. They won their first ACC game that season, defeating Maryland 2–1. Coach Kennedy led Wake Forest through 1985 finishing with a 62–55–12 overall record and 6–27–3 in the ACC. Walt Chyzowych took over the program in 1986 until his death just prior to the 1994 season. Coach Chyzowych took the Deacons to a 77–59–22 overall record and 15–25–7 in the ACC in his eight seasons. The Deacons played in their first NCAA Tournament in 1988, losing in the first round to

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. Since 1988, Wake Forest has reached the NCAA tournament 15 times. Jay Vidovich, an assistant under Coach Chyzowych, was named Head Coach in 1994. In 19 seasons under Coach Vidovich, the Deacons went 254–103–48 overall and 65–44–22 in the ACC. To date, Wake Forest has won the ACC Regular Season Title in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, and 2017. They won the ACC Tournament in 1989, 2016, and 2017. With their inclusion in the 2009 College Cup, the Demon Deacons reached four consecutive College Cups, becoming the ninth team in NCAA history to achieve this feat.

2007 NCAA Champions

The most successful season in team history took place in 2007, when Wake Forest won the NCAA Division I Championship in a 2–1 decision over

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. It marked the program's only championship to date. During their championship run, the No. 2 seeded Deacons defeated Furman 1–0, No. 15

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3–1, and No. 10 Notre Dame 2–1 in overtime to reach the College Cup. In the semifinals, Marcus Tracy scored twice in a 2–0 win over

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. In the final, Wake Forest scored two second half goals to come from behind to defeat

2–1 to win the National Championship.

Current squad

Technical Staff

Notable alumni

Current professionals

:The players in bold have senior international caps. * Steve Holeman (1987–1990) currently head coach with Texas State * John Hackworth (1991–1992) currently interim head coach with St. Louis City SC * Mike McGinty (1991–1994) currently assistant coach with

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* Kelvin Jones (2000–2003) currently assistant coach with San Diego FC * James Riley (2001–2004) currently head coach with Ballard FC * Brian Edwards (2003–2007) currently goalkeeping coach with Charlotte FC * Jamie Franks (2005–2008) currently head coach with

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* Zack Schilawksi (2006–2009) currently assistant coach with

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* Ike Opara (2007–2009) currently assistant coach with Sporting Kansas City II * Akira Fitzgerald (2007–2010) currently with

* Chris Duvall (2010–2013) currently assistant coach with St. Louis City 2 * Collin Martin (2012) currently with

* Ian Harkes (2013–2016) currently with

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* Jon Bakero (2014–2017) currently with Charlotte Independence * Steven Echevarria (2014–2017) currently with Colorado Springs Switchbacks and has 1 cap for

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* Jack Harrison (2015) currently with Everton F.C. * Brad Dunwell (2015–2018) currently with Midwest United FC * Bruno Lapa (2016–2019) currently with Ansan Greeners FC * Mark McKenzie (2017) currently with

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and has 17 caps for

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* Brandon Servania (2017) currently with D.C. United and has 1 cap for the

* Omir Fernandez (2017–2018) currently with

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* Machop Chol (2017–2020) currently with

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and has 3 caps for

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* Andrew Pannenberg (2017–2020) currently with Carolina Core FC * Alistair Johnston (2018–2019) currently with Celtic FC and has 51 caps for

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* Michael DeShields (2018–2020) currently with Charlotte Independence * Isaiah Parente (2018–2020) currently with

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(2019–2020) currently with

* Nico Benalcazar (2019–2021) currently with FC Cincinnati 2 * Omar Hernandez (2019–2022) currently with Chattanooga Red Wolves SC * Jahlane Forbes (2020–2023) currently with Charlotte FC * Hosei Kijima (2020–2023) currently with D.C. United * Garrison Tubbs (2020–2023) currently with D.C. United * Tareq Shihab (2021) currently with HK and has 2 caps for

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* Roald Mitchell (2021–2023) currently with

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Wake Forest seasons

Awards

M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Winner: * Marcus Tracy – 2008 * Ian Harkes – 2016 * Jon Bakero – 2017 ACC Coach of the Year: * George Kennedy – 1981 * Jay Vidovich – 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 * Bobby Muuss – 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 ACC Offensive Player of the Year: * Jeremiah White – 2003 * Scott Sealy – 2004 * Corben Bone – 2009 * Jack Harrison – 2015 * Ian Harkes – 2016 * Jon Bakero – 2017 * Omir Fernandez – 2018 ACC Midfielder of the Year: * Bruno Lapa – 2018 ACC Defensive Player of the Year: *

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– 2004 * Ike Opara – 2008, 2009 * Kevin Politz – 2017 * Garrison Tubbs – 2023 ACC Freshman of the Year: * Justin Moose – 2002 * Corben Bone – 2007 * Jack Harrison – 2015

All-Americans

All-ACC Players

* The players are all first team All-ACC, unless otherwise noted * (*) Denotes 2nd Team All-ACC

Players in the MLS SuperDraft

References

External links

* {{ACC men's soccer teams 1980 establishments in North Carolina Association football clubs established in 1980