2015 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

2015 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, National Runners-Up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2015 record	17–3–4 (6–1–1 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (6th year)
Home stadium	Riggs Field

2015 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
#1 Wake Forest +	6	–	0	–	2			17	–	3	–	2
#3 Clemson +	6	–	1	–	1			16	–	2	–	3
Boston College +	4	–	4	–	0			11	–	8	–	2
#6 Syracuse ‡	3	–	4	–	1			16	–	5	–	3
Louisville	1	–	4	–	3			7	–	9	–	3
NC State	1	–	4	–	3			8	–	6	–	3
Coastal
#4 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	1			15	–	2	–	3
#8 Notre Dame +	4	–	2	–	2			11	–	5	–	6
#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
+ - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 5, 2015; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2015 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represents Clemson University during the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Tigers are led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his sixth season. They play home games at Riggs Field.^[1] Riggs Field celebrated its 100-year anniversary this year, in October. This is team's 55th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 28th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Roster

Updated 11/13/15 ^[2]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Michael Zierhoffer 2 DF Kyle Fisher 3 DF Patrick Bunk-Anderson 4 MF Oliver Shannon 5 DF Mauriq Hill 6 MF Paul Clowes 7 MF Imran Mafi 8 FW Michele Bottari 9 FW Diego Campos 10 FW T. J. Casner 11 DF Aaron Jones 12 MF Saul Chinchilla 13 MF Michael Melvin 14 MF Grayson Raynor

No. Position Player 15 MF Alex Happi 16 MF John Cajka 17 MF Thales Moreno 18 DF Tyler Rider 19 FW Kyle Murphy 20 FW Austen Burnikel 21 DF Michael Serrano 22 GK Andrew Tarbell 23 MF Jonny Heckman 24 GK Brady Allardice 25 DF Chris Heijjer 26 DF Trey Langolis 27 MF Philip Tran 29 DF Andrew Burnikel 30 GK Nolan Lennon

Clemson had 7 players who received all ACC Honors ^[3] in the 2015 season. Paul Clowes was named ACC Midfielder of the Year and to the all ACC first team. Kyle Fisher was named ACC Defender of the Year and to the all ACC first team. Andrew Tarbell and TJ Casner were named to the all ACC first team. Oliver Shannon and Iman Mafi were named to the all ACC third team. Patrick Bunk-Andersen was named to the all ACC freshman team. Paul Clowes and Kyle Murphy were also named to the ACC All-Tournament team.^[4] Paul Clowes and Andrew Tarbell were named Scholar All-Americans by the NSCAA.^[5] Kyle Fisher was named to the TopDrawerSoccer Postseason Best XI First team, while Paul Clowes and Andrew Tarbell were named to the second team. Patrick Bunk-Anderson was named to the Freshman Best XI Team.^[6]

Draft Picks

The Tigers had four players drafted in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft. ^[7]

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Andrew Tarbell	San Jose Earthquakes	1st	8th	GK
Kyle Fisher	Montreal Impact	1st	14th	DF
Paul Clowes	D.C. United	2nd	33rd	MF
T. J. Casner	Houston Dynamo	3re	47th	FW

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 15*	No. 11	Presbyterian	W 2–0		Soccer Practice Fields Clemson, SC
August 20*	No. 11	Campbell	W 2–0		Soccer Practice Fields Clemson, SC
August 22*	No. 11	at UAB	W 5–1		West Campus Field Birmingham, AL
Regular season
August 28*	No. 11	East Tennessee State	W 3–1	1–0–0	Riggs Field (2,424) Clemson, SC
August 30*	No. 11	Mercer	W 4–1	2–0–0	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
September 4*	No. 6	South Carolina	W 3–0	3–0–0	Riggs Field (7,868) Clemson, SC
September 7*	No. 6	No. 11 Coastal Carolina	T 1–1 ^2OT	3–0–1	Riggs Field (2,748) Clemson, SC
September 12	No. 5	at No. 2 Notre Dame	L 0–1	3–1–1 (0–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,379) Notre Dame, IN
September 15*	No. 5	at Furman	W 3–0	4–1–1	Stone Soccer Stadium (2,948) Greenville, SC
September 18	No. 7	No. 16 Duke	W 2–1	5–1–1 (1–1–0)	Riggs Field (3,111) Clemson, SC
September 20*	No. 7	No. 21 Brown	W 3–1	6–1–1	Riggs Field (1,559) Clemson, SC
September 26	No. 5	at No. 8 Wake Forest	T 1–1 ^2OT	6–1–2 (1–1–1)	Spry Stadium (2,346) Winston-Salem, NC
September 29*	No. 5	at Gardner–Webb	W 4–0	7–1–2	Greene–Harbison Stadium (1,261) Boiling Springs, NC
October 2	No. 5	Virginia Tech	W 2–0	8–1–2 (2–1–1)	Riggs Field (2,296) Clemson, SC
October 6*	No. 5	at Charlotte	W 1–0	9–1–2	Transamerica Field (1,495) Charlotte, NC
October 9	No. 5	Louisville	W 4–2	10–1–2 (3–1–1)	Riggs Field (3,286) Clemson, SC
October 17	No. 4	at No. 16 Syracuse	W 1–0	11–1–2 (4–1–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,582) Syracuse, NY
October 20*	No. 4	Georgia Southern	W 3–1	12–1–2	Riggs Field (1,463) Clemson, SC
October 23	No. 3	No. 25 Boston College Senior Night	W 1–0	13–1–2 (5–1–1)	Riggs Field (3,538) Clemson, SC
October 30	No. 3	at NC State	W 4–1	14–1–2 (6–1–1)	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,289) Raleigh, NC
ACC Tournament
November 08	No. 3	Boston College Quarterfinal	W 3–0	15–1–2	Riggs Field (1,355) Clemson, SC
November 11	No. 3	No. 16 Syracuse Semifinal	L 0–2	15–2–2	Riggs Field (3,056) Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 22*	No. 2	Elon First Round	W 5–2	16–2–2	Riggs Field (1,941) Clemson, SC
November 29*	No. 2	No. 15 UC Santa Barbara Second Round	W 3–2	17–2–2	Riggs Field (1,015) Clemson, SC
December 4*	No. 2	No. 10 Maryland Elite Eight	T 1–1 (3–1) ^2OT	17–2–3	Riggs Field (3,411) Clemson, SC
December 11*	No. 2	vs. No. 6 Syracuse Final Four	T 0–0 (4–1) ^2OT	17–2–4	Children's Mercy Park (4,047) Kansas City, KS
December 13*	No. 2	vs. No. 8 Stanford Championship Game	L 0–4	17–3–4	Children's Mercy Park (4,081) Kansas City, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from NSCAA.

After finishing 2nd in the ACC Atlantic Division for the regular season, the Tigers received a first round bye in the ACC Tournament. They defeated Boston College in the Quarterfinals, but lost to Syracuse in the Semifinals. With this strong performance, the Tigers were seeded #2 overall in the NCAA tournament. The Tigers beat Elon in the first round of the tournament. With that win the Tigers advanced to the second round where they met UC Santa Barbara. The Tigers recorded a 3-2 victory. In the Quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, Clemson hosted 10th seeded Maryland. Clemson advanced 3–-1 in the penalty shootout, after the game was tied 1–-1. Clemson won its final four match over Syracuse in penalties after the match was tied 0–-0 after double overtime. Clemson advanced to the championship match vs. Stanford. The Tigers lost the Championship match 4–-0, finishing runners up in the NCAA tournament.

References

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5. "Clowes & Tarbell named to NSCAA Scholar All-America Team". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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