Sport: | soccer |
Year: | 2020 |
Team: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Record: | 9–5–4 |
Conf Record: | 7–2–3 |
Head Coach: | Carlos Somoano |
Hc Year: | 10th |
Asst Coach1: | Grant Porter |
Ac1 Year: | 10th |
Asst Coach2: | Will Clayton |
Ac2 Year: | 3rd |
Tourney: | NCAA Tournament |
Tourney Result: | Semifinal |
Nscaarank: | 4 |
Tdsrank: | 4 |
Prev Year: | 2019 |
Next Year: | 2021 |
The 2020 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 74th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by tenth year head coach Carlos Somoano and played their home games at Dorrance Field.
The teams' 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which curtailed the fall season and caused the NCAA Tournament to be played in spring 2021. The ACC was one of the only two conferences in men's soccer to play in the fall of 2020. The ACC also held a mini-season during the spring of 2021.
The Tar Heels finished the fall season 3–2–2 and 3–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place in the South Division. In the ACC Tournament lost to Notre Dame in the Quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 4–2–1 and 4–1–1 in ACC play, to finish in second place in the Coastal Division. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team in the tournament, they progressed pass Charlotte in the Second Round via penalties, defeated Stanford in the Third Round, and Wake Forest in the Quarterfinals before losing to Marshall in the Semifinals to end their season.
See main article: article and 2019 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team.
The 2019 North Carolina men's soccer team finished the season with a 7–7–4 overall record and a 3–5–0 ACC record. The Tar Heels were seeded seventh–overall in the 2019 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Tar Heels were upset in the first round by the tenth seed Syracuse. The Tar Heels were not invited to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. This marked the first year since 2007 that the Tar Heels were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.
At the end of the season, two Tar Heels men's soccer players wer selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft: Jeremy Kelly and Jack Skahan.[1]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Mauricio Pineda | 2 | MF | 6'1" | 175 | Senior | Graduated | ||
4 | DF | 6'0" | 165 | Freshman | Signed with Orange County SC | |||
8 | MF | 5'10" | 165 | Senior | Declared for 2020 MLS SuperDraft; selected 27th overall by San Jose Earthquakes | |||
Drew Romig | 12 | GK | 6'1" | 186 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Lenny Aharon | 14 | DF | 5'8" | 169 | Freshman | |||
15 | FW | 5'10" | 154 | Freshman | Signed with Columbus Crew | |||
Martin Salas | 19 | MF | 5'10" | 148 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Alex Moztarzadeh | 20 | MF | 5'9" | 153 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Jake Walker | 23 | DF | 6'0" | 160 | Sophomore | |||
Liam Williams | 25 | DF | 6'0" | 178 | Junior | |||
Jelani Pieters | 26 | FW | 6'0" | 165 | Senior | Graduated | ||
28 | MF | 5'9" | 155 | Junior | Signed with Orlando City B | |||
29 | MF | 5'10" | 155 | Senior | Declared for 2020 MLS SuperDraft; selected 9th overall by Montreal Impact |
Name | Nat. | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating | |
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FC United (IL) | [2] | ||||
Manhattan SC | [3] | ||||
Taft School | [4] | ||||
Washburn | [5] | ||||
Black Rock FC | [6] | ||||
North Carolina Fusion | [7] | ||||
F.A Euro | [8] | ||||
United Futbol Academy (GA) | [9] |
Updated December 10, 2020[10]
Position | Staff | |
---|---|---|
Athletic Director | Bubba Cunningham | |
Head Coach | Carlos Somoano | |
Assistant Coach | Grant Porter | |
Assistant Coach | Will Clayton | |
Volunteer Assistant Coach | Michael Harrington | |
Director of Operations | Tim Kübel |
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Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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Alec Smir | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | October 5, 2020 | [12] |
Fillipo Zattarin | Co-ACC Defensive Player of the Week | October 12, 2020 | [13] |
Giovanni Montesdeoca | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | March 9, 2021 | [14] |
ACC Offensive Player of the Week | March 15, 2021 | [15] | |
Alec Smir | All ACC Second-Team | April 14, 2021 | [16] |
Giovanni Montesdeoca |
See main article: article and 2021 MLS SuperDraft.
Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position | |
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2 | 50 | DF | |||
3 | 76 | DF | |||
3 | 79 | FW |
Source:[17]
See main article: 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings.
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Poll | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Final | |
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United Soccer[18] | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
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Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Final | |
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United Soccer | None Released | RV | 15 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 16 | None Released | 4 | ||||||
TopDrawer Soccer [19] | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | RV | 16 | 8 | 4 |