2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Runner-Up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 2
Record	13–3–6 (6–0–2 ACC)
Head coach	Chad Riley (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Graczyk (4th season); Jeff Rowland (3rd season);
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 46th season.^[1] It was the program's eleventh season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were led by head coach Chad Riley, in his sixth year and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

2023 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 15 Wake Forest +	4	–	1	–	3	11	–	3	–	5
No. 1 Clemson ‡	4	–	2	–	2	15	–	3	–	5
No. 25 Syracuse +	2	–	1	–	5	9	–	5	–	7
No. 24 Louisville +	2	–	4	–	2	12	–	6	–	3
NC State	1	–	5	–	2	6	–	9	–	3
Boston College	0	–	5	–	3	3	–	9	–	5
Coastal
No. 2 Notre Dame +	6	–	0	–	2	13	–	3	–	6
No. 13 Virginia +	5	–	2	–	1	11	–	4	–	4
No. 20 Duke+	4	–	3	–	1	11	–	4	–	3
No. 6 North Carolina +	2	–	3	–	3	11	–	3	–	7
Pittsburgh +	2	–	3	–	3	6	–	7	–	4
Virginia Tech	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	9	–	4


‡ – ACC tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The Fighting Irish finished the season 13–3–6 overall and 6–0–2 in ACC play to finish in first place in the Coastal Division. As the first overall seed in the ACC Tournament and received a First Round bye. They were defeated by Louisville in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded the second overall seed. After a First Round bye, they defeated Kentucky in the Second Round, Western Michigan on penalties in the Third Round, and Indiana in the Quarterfinals to qualify for their third College Cup in program history. They defeated Oregon State to reach the final where they lost 2–1 to Clemson.^[2]

Background

The Fighting Irish finished the season 8–7–2 overall and 3–4–1 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the Coastal Division. As the ninth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they were defeated by Clemson in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Player movement

Players leaving

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Reese Mayer	3	DF	6'2"	175	Senior	Baltimore, Maryland	Graduated
Aaron Hill	4	DF	6'3"	190	Senior	Albuquerque, NM	Graduated
PJ Bujouves	22	MF	5'8"	155	Senior	Toronto, Ontario	Graduated
Ben Giacobello	26	MF	5'9"	145	Graduate Student	San Clemente, California	Graduated

Players arriving

Recruiting Class

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Nicholas Bartlett MF	USA	Bloomingdale, Illinois	Sockers FC Chicago	^[3]
Jack Flanagan FW	USA	Rancho Palos Verdes, California	Pateadores	^[4]
Lukas Kamrath DF	USA	Longboat Key, Florida	Tampa Bay United	^[5]
Sean McDowd DF	USA	Lake Oswego, Oregon	Portland Timbers Academy	^[6]
Jack Ross DF	USA	Naples, Florida	Shattuck St. Mary’s Academy	^[7]
Nolan Spicer MF	USA	Bay Village, Ohio	Team Challenger FC	^[8]
Nate Zimmermann FW	USA	Mendham, New Jersey	Players Development Academy	^[9]

Squad

Roster

As of January 24, 2024^[10]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	ITA	Simone Baravelli
1	GK	USA	Owen Cornell
2	DF	USA	Mitch Ferguson
3	DF	USA	Sean McDowd
4	DF	USA	Jack Ross
5	DF	USA	Kyle Genenbacher
6	MF	USA	Wyatt Lewis
7	MF	USA	Ethan O'Brien
8	MF	CAN	Matthew Radivojsa
9	FW	ENG	Eno Nto
10	MF	USA	Matthew McLaughlin
11	FW	USA	Daniel Russo
12	MF	GHA	Daniel Boateng
13	MF	USA	Bryce Boneau
14	DF	USA	Mo Williams
15	DF	NIR	Paddy Burns
16	MF	GHA	KK Baffour


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	USA	Mateo Acosta
18	DF	USA	Josh Ramsey
19	FW	USA	Michael Rossi
20	FW	USA	Nate Zimmermann
21	FW	USA	Matthew Roou
22	MF	USA	Nolan Spicer
23	FW	USA	Alex Salvino
24	MF	USA	Sebastian Green
25	MF	USA	Nico Bartlett
26	FW	USA	Jack Flanagan
27	FW	USA	Wyatt Borso
28	FW	USA	Nicholas Legendre
29	DF	USA	Cleveland Sellers IV
30	GK	USA	Liam Egan
31	GK	USA	Bryan Dowd
32	DF	USA	Lukas Kamrath
33	MF	USA	Michael Pellegrino

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Jack Swarbrick
Head Coach	Chad Riley
Assistant Coach	Mike Graczyk
Assistant Coach	Jeff Rowland
Director of Operations	Chris Rolfe

Source:^[10]

Schedule

Source:^[11]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 1:00 p.m.		at No. 24 Saint Louis		–	Hermann Stadium St. Louis, MO
August 16* 7:00 p.m.		Holy Cross		–	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
August 19* 7:00 p.m.		Butler		–	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
Regular Season
August 24* 8:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 2 Indiana	T 1–1	0–0–1	Alumni Stadium (2,092) Notre Dame, IN
August 27* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		IUPUI	W 5–0	1–0–1	Alumni Stadium (512) Notre Dame, IN
September 1* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		NIU	W 1–0	2–0–1	Alumni Stadium (1,301) Notre Dame, IN
September 5* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 20	Detroit Mercy	W 1–0	3–0–1	Alumni Stadium (204) Notre Dame, IN
September 9 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 21	Clemson	W 3–2	4–0–1 (1–0–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,703) Notre Dame, IN
September 12* 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 10	Michigan State	L 0–1	4–1–1	Alumni Stadium (532) Notre Dame, IN
September 15 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	at North Carolina	T 1–1	4–1–2 (1–0–1)	Dorrance Field (4,298) Chapel Hill, NC
September 19* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 15	at No. 4 Akron	T 0–0	4–1–3	FirstEnergy Stadium (2,535) Akron, OH
September 22 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 15	Virginia	W 3–1	5–1–3 (2–0–1)	Alumni Stadium (1,710) Notre Dame, IN
October 1 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 13	at NC State	W 3–1	6–1–3 (3–0–1)	Dail Soccer Field (1,615) Raleigh, NC
October 7 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 11	No. 14 Duke	W 1–0	7–1–3 (4–0–1)	Alumni Stadium (1,451) Notre Dame, IN
October 10* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 8	Oberlin	W 6–0	8–1–3	Alumni Stadium (229) Notre Dame, IN
October 13 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 8	at Virginia Tech	W 1–0	9–1–3 (5–0–1)	Thompson Field (2,115) Blacksburg, VA
October 17* 7:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 6	at Michigan	W 3–0	10–1–3	Alumni Stadium (1,893) Notre Dame, IN
October 20 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 6	at No. 3 Wake Forest	T 1–1	10–1–4 (5–0–2)	Spry Stadium (2,261) Winston-Salem, NC
October 27 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 5	No. 20 Pittsburgh	W 6–0	11–1–4 (6–0–2)	Alumni Stadium (2,224) Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
November 5 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(1) No. 2	(9) Louisville Quarterfinals	L 3–4	11–2–4	Alumni Stadium (794) Notre Dame, IN
NCAA Tournament
November 19 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 4	Kentucky Second Round	W 2–0	12–2–4	Alumni Stadium (1,243) Notre Dame, IN
November 26 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 4	No. 16 Western Michigan Third Round	T 0–0 (4–2 PKs) ^2OT	12–2–5	Alumni Stadium (1,768) Notre Dame, IN
December 2 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 4	Indiana Quarterfinals	T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) ^2OT	12–2–6	Alumni Stadium (3,108) Notre Dame, IN
December 8 8:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 4	vs. Oregon State Semifinals	W 1–0	13–2–6	Lynn Family Stadium (3,853) Louisville, KY
December 11 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2) No. 4	vs. (9) No. 14 Clemson Final	L 1–2	13–3–6	Lynn Family Stadium (4,449) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Paddy Burns	Pre-Season All-ACC Team	August 26, 2023	^[12]
Matthew Roou	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week	August 29	^[13]
Bryan Dowd	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 26	^[14]
Eno Nto	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 31	^[15]
Chad Riley	ACC Coach of the Year	November 8, 2023	^[16]
Bryan Dowd	ACC Goalkeeper of the Year
Matthew Roou	All-ACC First Team
Bryan Dowd	All-ACC First Team
Eno Nto	All-ACC Second Team
Bryce Boneau	All-ACC Third Team
Kyle Genenbacher	All-ACC Third Team
Nolan Spicer	All-ACC Freshman Team

2024 MLS Super Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Bryan Dowd	Chicago Fire	1	6	GK
Bryce Boneau	Nashville SC	3	75	MF

Source:^[17]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer^[18]	—	—	20	10	15	15	11	8	6	5	2	4	Not released				2 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer^[19]	—	—	—	20	—	22	16	6	4	4	2	4	6	5	5	4	2

References

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^ "Parrish and Sylla each score to help Clemson beat Notre Dame for program's 4th men's soccer title". apnews.com. Associated Press. December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
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^ "Sean McDowd". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
^ "Jack Ross". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
^ "Nolan Spicer". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
^ "Nate Zimmermann". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2023-24 Men's Soccer Roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
^ "2023–24 Men's Soccer Schedule". und.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
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[1] "UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME MEN'S SOCCER 2016 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT" (PDF). UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

[2] "Parrish and Sylla each score to help Clemson beat Notre Dame for program's 4th men's soccer title". apnews.com. Associated Press. December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.

[3] "Nicholas Bartlett". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[4] "Jack Flanagan". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[5] "Lukas Kamrath". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[6] "Sean McDowd". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[7] "Jack Ross". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[8] "Nolan Spicer". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[9] "Nate Zimmermann". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[auto-10] "2023-24 Men's Soccer Roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[11] "2023–24 Men's Soccer Schedule". und.com. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[12] "Clemson Selected 2023 Preseason ACC Men's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

[13] "ACC Announces Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.

[14] "ACC Unveils Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023.

[15] "ND's Nto, UVa's O'Connor Notch ACC Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 31, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2023.

[16] "2023 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[17] "Dowd And Boneau Selected In 2024 MLS Draft". und.com. University of Notre Dame. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

[18] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.

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