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2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–5–5 (3–3–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Graczyk (5th season)
  • Jeff Rowland (4th season)
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Pittsburgh + 6 – 2 – 0 14 – 6 – 0
No. 9 Clemson + 5 – 2 – 1 15 – 3 – 4
No. 15 Duke + 4 – 1 – 3 11 – 4 – 4
No. 6 Wake Forest ‡ 4 – 2 – 2 12 – 5 – 7
No. 5 SMU + 4 – 2 – 2 12 – 3 – 6
North Carolina + 4 – 3 – 1 9 – 4 – 5
No. 13 Stanford + 3 – 2 – 3 9 – 5 – 6
No. 17 Virginia + 3 – 3 – 2 11 – 7 – 3
No. 14 NC State + 3 – 3 – 2 10 – 5 – 5
Notre Dame 3 – 3 – 2 7 – 5 – 5
Syracuse 2 – 4 – 2 7 – 7 – 3
California 2 – 4 – 2 8 – 8 – 2
Boston College 1 – 4 – 3 5 – 5 – 6
Virginia Tech 1 – 5 – 2 7 – 6 – 4
Louisville 0 – 5 – 3 6 – 7 – 4
As of December 17, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 47th season.[1] It was the program's 12th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were by head coach Chad Riley, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

The Fighting Irish began the season as runners up and ranked second in the nation. They got off to a slow start and fell out of the rankings after drawing Akron and Indiana in their first two games. After defeating 15th ranked Louisville, they returned to number twenty-three in the polls. Their stay wouldn't last long as they drew Duquesne and lost to number 3 Stanford before falling back out of the rankings. Their best portion of the season followed, as the won four straight games. The only game of note was a 2–1 victory over number 12, and last year's national champions Clemson. They followed this run with two losses and drew draws. The defeated UIC and California before losing their final regular season game of the season against number 5 Duke.

The Fighting Irish finished the regular season 7–4–5 and 3–3–2 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. Notre Dame lost the tiebreaker and was the tenth seed in the ACC Tournament. They lost in the first round to seventh seed Stanford 2–3. They did not receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They finished the season 7–5–5 overall.

Background

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Main article: 2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The Fighting Irish finished the season at 13–3–6 overall and 6–0–2 in ACC play to finish in 1st place in the Coastal Division. As the first overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they were defeated by Louisville in the Quarterfinals by the score of 4–3. They reached the finals of the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Clemson.

Player movement

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Players leaving

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Ethan O'Brien 7 MF 6'0" 170 Graduate Student Bellevue, Washington Graduated
Matthew Radivojsa 8 MF 5'10" 150 Senior Oakville, Ontario Graduated
Eno Nto 9 FW 5'11" 157 Junior Derby, England Signed with Derby U-21
Daniel Russo 11 FW 6'0" 165 Senior Jackson, New Jersey Graduated
Mo Williams 14 DF 6'2" 190 Graduate Student West Orange, New Jersey Graduated
Paddy Burns 15 DF 6'0" 175 Senior Crumlin, Northern Ireland Graduated
Alex Salvino 23 FW 6'3" 190 Senior Western Springs, Illinois Graduated
Bryan Dowd 31 GK 6'3" 175 Senior Willow Springs, Illinois Graduated, drafted 6th overall
in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft
Lukas Kamrath 32 DF 6'4" 200 Freshman Longboat Key, Florida Transferred to High Point[2]
Michael Pellegrino 33 MF 6'0" 175 Senior Wenonah, New Jersey Graduated

Players arriving

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Incoming transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Collin Travasos 99 GK 6'3" 195 Graduate Student Encinitas, California North Carolina

Recruiting Class

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Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Jacob Bartlett
MF
  USA Overland Park, Kansas Sporting Kansas City Academy [3]
Stephen Dunphy
FW
  USA Carlsbad, California San Diego Surf [4]
Brady Hilden
MF
  USA Reno, Nevada Shattuck St. Mary’s [5]
Blake Kelly
GK
  USA Holt, Michigan Real Salt Lake Academy [6]
William Schroeder
MF
  USA Inverness, Illinois Sockers FC [7]
Ian Shaul
MF
  USA Saint Paul, Minnesota Minnesota United FC Academy [8]

Squad

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Roster

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As of September 12, 2024[9]

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 Italy ITA Simone Baravelli
1 GK United States USA Owen Cornell
2 DF United States USA Mitch Ferguson
3 DF United States USA Sean McDowd
4 DF United States USA Jack Ross
5 DF United States USA Kyle Genenbacher
6 MF United States USA Wyatt Lewis
7 FW United States USA Nate Zimmermann
8 MF United States USA Nico Bartlett
9 FW United States USA Wyatt Borso
10 FW Ghana GHA KK Baffour
11 FW United States USA Jack Flanagan
12 MF Ghana GHA Daniel Boateng
13 MF United States USA Bryce Boneau
14 MF United States USA Will Schroeder
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF United States USA Ian Shaul
16 MF United States USA Jacob Bartlett
17 DF United States USA Mateo Acosta
18 DF United States USA Josh Ramsey
19 FW United States USA Michael Rossi
20 FW United States USA Brady Hilden
21 FW United States USA Matthew Roou
22 MF United States USA Nolan Spicer
23 FW United States USA Stevie Dunphy
24 MF United States USA Sebastian Green
28 MF United States USA Nicholas Legendre
29 DF United States USA Cleveland Sellers IV
30 GK United States USA Liam Egan
31 GK United States USA Blake Kelly
99 GK United States USA Collin Travasos

Team menagement

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

Source:[9]

Schedule

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Source:[10]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Exhibition
August 10*
8:00 p.m. 		No. 2 No. 8 Marshall  None Reported  –
 Alumni Stadium
Notre Dame, IN
August 14*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 2 at IU Indy  None Reported  –
 Michael A. Carroll Stadium
Indianapolis, IN
August 17*
8:00 p.m. 		No. 2 Creighton  None Reported  –
 Alumni Stadium
Notre Dame, IN
Regular Season
August 22*
8:00 p.m. 		No. 2 Akron T 1–1  0–0–1
 Alumni Stadium (607)
Notre Dame, IN
August 29*
8:00 p.m. 		at Indiana
Rivalry 		T 2–2  0–0–2
 Bill Armstrong Stadium (4,573)
Bloomington, IN
September 6
7:00 p.m. 		at No. 15 Louisville W 2–1  1–0–2
(1–0–0) 		Lynn Stadium (1,165)
Louisville, KY
September 10*
8:00 p.m. 		No. 23 Duquesne T 1–1  1–0–3
 Alumni Stadium (306)
Notre Dame, IN
September 14
7:00 p.m. 		No. 23 No. 3 Stanford L 0–1  1–1–3
(1–1–0) 		Alumni Stadium (1,172)
Notre Dame, IN
September 20*
7:00 p.m. 		Chicago State W 6–1  2–1–3
 Alumni Stadium (1,233)
Notre Dame, IN
September 24*
7:00 p.m. 		Detroit Mercy W 3–1  3–1–3
 Alumni Stadium (203)
Notre Dame, IN
September 27
7:00 p.m. 		No. 12 Clemson W 2–1  4–1–3
(2–1–0) 		Alumni Stadium (2,820)
Notre Dame, IN
October 1*
7:00 p.m. 		Trine W 7–1  5–1–3
 Alumni Stadium (254)
Notre Dame, IN
October 5
7:00 p.m. 		at Syracuse L 1–2  5–2–3
(2–2–0) 		SU Soccer Stadium (1,701)
Syracuse, NY
October 8*
7:00 p.m. 		Michigan L 0–1  5–3–3
 Alumni Stadium (1,089)
Notre Dame, IN
October 11
7:00 p.m. 		No. 7 North Carolina T 1–1  5–3–4
(2–2–1) 		Alumni Stadium (3,108)
Notre Dame, IN
October 19
7:00 p.m. 		Boston College T 1–1  5–3–5
(2–2–2) 		Alumni Stadium (828)
Notre Dame, Indiana
October 22*
7:00 p.m. 		UIC W 5–0  6–3–5
 Alumni Stadium (304)
Notre Dame, IN
October 27th
7:00 p.m. 		at California W 2–0  7–3–5
(3–2–2) 		Edwards Stadium (1,587)
Berkeley, CA
November 1
7:00 p.m. 		at No. 5 Duke L 0–4  7–4–5
(3–3–2) 		Koskinen Stadium (1,089)
Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
November 6*
9:00 p.m. 		(10) at (7) Stanford L 2–3  7–5–5
 Cagan Stadium (768)
Stanford, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[11]2RV—23RV—RV—————Not released—
TopDrawer Soccer[12]2878171751317————————

References

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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 August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Panthers Welcome Fifth Straight Top-Ranked Recruiting Class". highpointpanthers.com. High Point University Athletics. August 9, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  3. ^ "Jacob Bartlett". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "Stephen Dunphy". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  5. ^ "Brady Hilden". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  6. ^ "Blake Kelly". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  7. ^ "William Schroeder". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  8. ^ "Ian Shaul". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  9. ^ a b "2024 Men's soccer roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  10. ^ "2024-25 Men's Soccer Schedule". und.com. Notre Dame University Athletics. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  11. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 17, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  12. ^ "College Soccer National Ranking". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawerSoccer. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
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