2015 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

2015 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
ACC Tournament Champions
Central New York Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament,
College Cup L vs. Clemson
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record16–5–4 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jukka Masalin (3rd season)
  • Matt Verni (2nd season)
  • Andrew Coughlin (1st season)
  • Fergus Barrie (1st season)
Home stadiumSU Soccer Stadium
2015 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 1 Wake Forest + 6 0 2 17 3 2
No. 3 Clemson + 6 1 1 16 2 3
Boston College + 4 4 0 11 8 2
No. 6 ‡ 3 4 1 16 5 3
Louisville 1 4 3 7 9 3
NC State 1 4 3 8 6 3
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina + 6 1 1 15 2 3
No. 8 Notre Dame + 4 2 2 11 5 6
No. 18 Virginia + 4 2 2 10 5 3
Duke 3 4 1 10 7 2
Virginia Tech 0 5 3 5 9 3
Pittsburgh 0 7 1 5 9 3
As of December 5, 2015
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2015 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 92nd season. The Orange reached the College Cup for the first time in program history, where they lost on penalties to eventual national runner-up Clemson, Clemson.[1]

Roster

Squad

This was the Syracuse roster for the 2015 season.[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  USA Austin Aviza
1 GK  USA Pat Castle
2 DF  NOR Oyvind Alseth
3 DF  SWE Oscar Sewerin
4 MF  USA Liam Callahan
5 DF  ENG Lewis Cross
6 MF  FIN Juuso Pasanen
7 FW  ENG Ben Polk
8 MF  SWE Jonathan Hagman
10 MF  GER Julian Buescher
11 FW  BIH Adnan Bakalović
12 FW  USA Noah Rhynhart
13 DF  HON Gabriel Menescal
14 FW  USA Danny Apajee
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  USA Korab Syla
16 MF  NOR Andreas Jenssen
17 FW  CAN Chris Nanco
18 MF  USA Morgan Hackworth
19 DF  USA Miles Robinson
20 DF  CAN Kamal Miller
21 MF  USA Chris Gomez
22 FW  USA Kenny Lassiter
24 FW  USA Jake Keller
25 GK  GER Hendrik Hilpert
26 MF  USA Trevor Alexander
28 DF  USA Brandon Albert
29 DF  USA Spencer Kopko

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Athletic Director Mark Coyle
Head coach Ian McIntyre
Associate head coach Jukka Masalin
Asst. coach Matt Verni
Volunteer Asst. coach Andrew Coughlin
Graduate Asst. coach Fergus Barrie

Last updated: December 17, 2015
Source: Syracuse Soccer

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibitions
August 15*
4:00 pm
No. 15 No. 3 Georgetown L 0–3 
SU Soccer Stadium (Not reported)
Syracuse, NY
August 19*
7:00 pm
No. 15 Buffalo W 1–0 
SU Soccer Stadium (Not reported)
Syracuse, NY
August 22*
7:00 pm
No. 15 at Connecticut W 2–1 
Morrone Stadium (1,200)
Storrs, CT
Regular season
August 28*
7:00 pm
at Hofstra L 1–2  0–1–0
Hofstra Soccer Stadium (1,073)
Hempstead, NY
August 30*
7:05 pm
at Bucknell W 1–0 OT 1–1–0
Emmitt Field (705)
Lewisburg, PA
September 4*
2:00 pm
UC Riverside
Central New York Classic
W 4–1  2–1–0
SU Soccer Stadium (1,759)
Syracuse, NY
September 6*
7:00 pm
Rutgers
Central New York Classic
W 2–1  3–1–0
SU Soccer Stadium (2,193)
Syracuse, NY
September 11
7:00 pm
No. 23 Louisville T 1–1 2OT 3–1–1
(0–0–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (2,237)
Syracuse, NY
September 19
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at No. 7 Wake Forest L 1–3  3–2–1
(0–1–1)
Spry Stadium (3,454)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 22*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Binghamton W 3–1  4–2–1
SU Soccer Stadium (811)
Syracuse, NY
September 25
7:00 pm
Pittsburgh W 5–0  5–2–1
(1–1–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (2,011)
Syracuse, NY
September 29*
7:00 pm, TWC SportsChannel
at Colgate W 2–0  6–2–1
Beyer-Small ‘76 Stadium (263)
Hamilton, NY
October 2
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Duke W 3–1  7–2–1
(2–1–1)
Koskinen Stadium (120)
Durham, NC
October 6*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 22 Albany W 2–1  8–2–1
SU Soccer Stadium (627)
Syracuse, NY
October 10
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 22 at No. 2 North Carolina L 1–2  8–3–1
(2–2–1)
Fetzer Field (728)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 13*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 16 Bowling Green W 3–0  9–3–1
SU Soccer Stadium (363)
Syracuse, NY
October 17
7:00 pm
No. 16 No. 4 Clemson L 0–1  9–4–1
(2–3–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,582)
Syracuse, NY
October 20*
7:00 pm, TWC SportsChannel
No. 16 Hartford T 2–2 2OT 9–4–2
SU Soccer Stadium (387)
Syracuse, NY
October 23
7:00 pm
No. 15 NC State W 2–1  10–4–2
(3–3–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,573)
Syracuse, NY
October 30
7:00 pm
No. 12 Boston College L 1–2  10–5–2
(3–4–1)
Newton Campus Field (871)
Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
November 4
7:00 pm
(7) No. 15 (10) NC State
Play-in round
W 2–0  11–5–2
SU Soccer Stadium (710)
Syracuse, NY
November 8
1:00 pm, ESPN3
(7) No. 15 at (2) No. 5 North Carolina
Quarterfinals
T 1–1 (4–3 PKs) 2OT 11–5–3
Fetzer Field (1,407)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 11
7:00 pm, ESPN3
(7) No. 13 at (3) No. 2 Clemson
Semifinals
W 2–0  12–5–3
Riggs Field (3,056)
Clemson, SC
November 15
1:00 pm, ESPN3
(7) No. 13 at (3) No. 9 Notre Dame
Finals
W 1–0  13–5–3
Alumni Stadium
Notre Dame, IN
NCAA Tournament
November 22
2:00 pm
(6) No. 6 Dartmouth
Second round
W 2–1  14–5–3
SU Soccer Stadium (1,120)
Syracuse, NY
November 29
1:00 pm
(6) No. 6 (11) No. 13 Seattle
Third round
W 3–1  15–5–3
SU Soccer Stadium (1,134)
Syracuse, NY
December 5
2:00 pm
(6) No. 6 Boston College
Quarterfinals
W 1–0  16–5–3
SU Soccer Stadium (1,923)
Syracuse, NY
December 11
6:00 pm, ESPNU
(6) No. 6 vs. (2) No. 3 Clemson
Semifinals
T 0–0 (1–4 PKs) 2OT 16–5–4
Sporting Park (4,047)
Kansas City, KS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

  1. ^ Pignatello, Connor (December 13, 2022). "Players from Syracuse's 2015 College Cup run reflect on 'brotherhood' of the squad". The Daily Orange. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "2015 Men's Soccer Roster". Syracuse University Athletics. Cuse.com.