2021 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

2021 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 19
Record	11–5–4 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Brizendine (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Patrick McSorley (12th season) James Lofton (1st season)
Home stadium	Thompson Field

2021 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 1 Clemson +	5	–	3	–	0			16	–	5	–	2
Louisville +	5	–	3	–	0			10	–	7	–	1
No. 17 Wake Forest +	4	–	3	–	1			13	–	7	–	1
Boston College	2	–	4	–	2			6	–	7	–	2
Syracuse	2	–	5	–	1			8	–	8	–	2
NC State	1	–	5	–	2			7	–	8	–	2
Coastal
No. 12 Duke +	5	–	2	–	1			14	–	5	–	1
No. 6 Pittsburgh +	5	–	2	–	1			13	–	5	–	2
No. 4 Notre Dame ‡	4	–	2	–	2			14	–	5	–	5
North Carolina +	4	–	4	–	0			11	–	7	–	2
No. 19 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1			11	–	5	–	4
Virginia	2	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	3
‡ – ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 50th season of the University fielding a program. The Hokies played their home games at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by thirteenth-year head coach Mike Brizendine.

The Hokies finished the season 11–5–4 overall and 3–4–1 in ACC play to finish fifth in the Coastal Division. As the eighth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated ninth seed Boston College in the first round before losing to top seeded Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Campbell in the first round before losing to West Virginia in a penalty shoot-out to end their season.

Previous season

Main article: 2020 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

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 Hokies finished the fall season 3–2–2 and 3–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place in the North Division. In the ACC Tournament they lost to Clemson in the quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 4–4–2 and 2–4–0 in ACC play, to finish in fifth place in the Coastal Division. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Oregon State in the second round before losing to the number six seed Seton Hall in the third round to end their season.

In the 2021 MLS SuperDraft, the Hokies had two players drafted:Daniel Periera and Kristofer Strickler.^[1]

Player movement

Players leaving

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Mathijs Swaneveld	1	GK	6'4"	Senior	Schoonhoven, Netherlands	Graduated
Oreyem Kilama	7	FW		Sophomore	Wilmington, DE	—
Daniel Pereira	9	MF	5'9"	Sophomore	Roanoke, VA	Drafted 1st overall in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft by Austin FC
Kristo Strickler	15	MF	5'10"	Senior	Hilliard, OH	Graduated; Drafted 30th overall in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft by the Houston Dynamo
Birkir Eythórsson	16	MF	6'0"	Freshman	Reykjavík, Iceland	Signed professional contract with Fylkir
Hayden Kickbush	27	GK	6'2"	Junior	Arlington, VA	Graduated
Alex Adjetey	30	FW	5'7"	Sophomore	Accra, Ghana	—
Jakob Bluemler	31	GK	5'10"	Senior	Frankfurt, Germany	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Carsten Bay DF	USA	Chesapeake, VA	Beach FC	[2]
Jordan Black DF	USA	Woodbridge, VA	Loudoun Soccer Club	[3]
Danny Flores DF	USA	Faribault, MN	Philadelphia Union	[4]
Ethan Fraser FW	USA	Leesburg, VA	Loudoun Soccer Club	[5]
Carter Hensley MF	USA	Charlotte, NC	Charlotte Soccer Academy	[6]
Ben Martino GK	USA	Pittsburgh, PA	Philadelphia Union	[7]
James Declan Quill FW	USA	Falls Church, VA	Braddock Road YC	[8]
Chris Thompson DF	USA	Woodbridge, VA	Loudoun Soccer Club	[9]

Squad

Roster

As of February 2, 2022^[10]

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 Connor Jordan-Hyde 1 GK  USA Ben Martino 2 DF  USA Jack Dearie 3 DF  NOR Sivert Haugli 4 MF  USA Kyle Stenzel 5 DF  BRA Welnilton da Silva 6 MF  AUS Camron Joice 7 FW  USA Declan Quill 8 MF  GHA Mayola Kinyua 9 FW  ESP Pol Monells 10 MF  USA Chris Little 11 FW  USA Daniel Starr 12 MF  USA Andrew Weber 13 MF  USA Carter Hensley 14 FW  USA Kahlil Dover 15 FW  USA Ethan Fraser 16 MF  EIR Conor Pugh

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  USA Nick Backlock 18 FW  USA Jacob Labovitz 20 MF  USA Landon Ameres 21 MF  USA Camron Lennon 22 DF  USA Mason McClendon 23 MF  USA Danny Flores 24 MF  ENG Kyle McDowell 25 GK  USA Matt Zambetti 26 DF  USA Chris Nicola 27 GK  USA Timi Adams 28 DF  USA Zane Bubb 29 DF  USA Chris Thompson 30 MF  USA Tyler Taber 31 DF  CAN Joel Opoku 32 DF  USA Carsten Bay 33 DF  USA Jordan Black

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Whit Babcock
Head Coach	Mike Brizendine
Assistant Coach	Patrick McSorley
Assistant Coach	James Lofton

Source:^[10]

Schedule

Source:^[11][12]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 7:00 p.m.	No. 15	No. 18 Charlotte	L 0–1[13]	–	Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
August 17* 7:00 p.m.	No. 15	NC State	L 0–2	–	Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
August 21* 1:00 p.m.	No. 15	at No. 5 Georgetown		–	Shaw Field Washington, D.C.
Regular season
August 26* 5:00 p.m.	No. 15	vs. Kansas City JMU Invitational	T 2–2 ^2OT	0–0–1	Sentara Park (0) Harrisonburg, VA
August 29* 3:30 p.m.	No. 15	vs. No. 1 Marshall JMU Invitational	W 3–2	1–0–1	Sentara Park (113) Harrisonburg, VA
September 3* 4:00 p.m.	No. 10	vs. UCF George Tarantini Classic	W 2–1	2–0–1	Dail Soccer Field (50) Raleigh, NC
September 6* 1:00 p.m.	No. 10	vs. No. 20 Seton Hall George Tarantini Classic	T 3–3 ^2OT	2–0–2	Dail Soccer Field (116) Raleigh, NC
September 11 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	at No. 19 Duke	L 0–1	2–1–2 (0–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium (863) Durham, NC
September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 17	Virginia Commonwealth Clash	W 2–1 ^2OT	3–1–2 (1–1–0)	Thompson Field (2,725) Blacksburg, VA
September 21* 7:00 p.m.	No. 12	at William & Mary	W 3–2	4–1–2	Albert–Daly Field (1,129) Williamsburg, VA
September 24 7:00 p.m.	No. 12	Notre Dame	W 2–1 ^OT	5–1–2 (2–1–0)	Thompson Field (1,423) Blacksburg, VA
September 28* 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	East Tennessee State	W 2–0	6–1–2	Thompson Field (511) Blacksburg, VA
October 1 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	at Boston College	T 0–0 ^2OT	6–1–3 (2–1–1)	Newton Soccer Complex (1,956) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 8 6:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 9	No. 23 Louisville	W 4–2	7–1–3 (3–1–1)	Thompson Field (765) Blacksburg, VA
October 12* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 5	Davidson	W 4–0	8–1–3	Thompson Field (435) Blacksburg, VA
October 16 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	at Wake Forest	L 1–3	8–2–3 (3–2–1)	Spry Stadium (3,026) Winston–Salem, NC
October 20* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 13	Winthrop	W 3–0	9–2–3	Thompson Field (551) Blacksburg, VA
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 13	North Carolina	L 0–2	9–3–3 (3–3–1)	Thompson Field (1,115) Blacksburg, VA
October 29 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 21	at No. 12 Pittsburgh	L 1–4	9–4–3 (3–4–1)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (900) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Tournament
November 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	(8)	(9) Boston College First Round	W 1–0 ^OT	10–4–3	Thompson Field (1,535) Blacksburg, VA
November 7 4:00 p.m., ACCN	(8)	at (1) No. 6 Pittsburgh Quarterfinals	L 1–2 ^2OT	10–5–3	Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,443) Pittsburgh, PA
NCAA Tournament
November 18 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Campbell First Round	W 2–1	11–5–3	Thompson Field (369) Blacksburg, VA
November 21 1:00 p.m.		(11) No. 21 West Virginia Second Round	T 1–1 (3–4 PKs) ^2OT	11–5–4	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,017) Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Honors and awards

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Sivert Haugli	Preseason All-ACC Watchlist	August 18, 2021	[14]
Jacob Labovitz	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 21, 2021	[15]
Danny Flores	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week	September 28, 2021	[16]
Jacob Labovitz	All-ACC First Team	November 10	[17]
Mayola Kinyua	All-ACC Third Team
Danny Flores	ACC All-Freshman Team

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer[18]	15	10	6	17	12	11	9	5	13	21	RV	RV	Not released				19
TopDrawer Soccer[19]	19	18	18	—	—	—	—	21	21	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

2022 MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2022 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Sivert Haugli	Portland Timbers	3	83	DF

Source:^[20]

References

1. "2021 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". MLSSoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
2. "Carsten Bay". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
3. "Jordan Black". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
4. "Danny Flores". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
5. "Ethan Fraser". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
6. "Carter Hensley". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
7. "Ben Martino". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
8. "James Declan Quill". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
9. "Chris Thompson". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
10. "2021 Men's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
11. "2021 Men's Soccer Schedule". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
12. "Hokies release 2021 schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. July 19, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
13. @CharlotteMSoc (August 13, 2021). "Here's a few photos of evidenceDouble exclamation mark Not quite 1-0 just yet, but a 1-0 win over a quality opponent on the road is always something to smile about! Grinning face with smiling eyes #GoldStandard" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
14. "Pitt Named Preseason ACC Men's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
15. "Virginia Tech's Labovitz, Duke's Hamill Notch ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
16. "Bailey, Flores, Hamill Earn ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
17. "2021 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Unveiled". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
18. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
19. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
20. "Haugli selected in MLS SuperDraft by Portland Timbers". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. January 11, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2022.

External links

• Virginia Tech Men's Soccer