2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team

2017 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
	‡ – 2017 MAC Tournament champion; + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship; As of December 13, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer
2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer
MAC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 9
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 11
2017 record	17–4–1 (5–0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Chad Wiseman (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Josh Ross (4th season); Shane Lyons (2nd season); Marc Frankland (4th season);
Home stadium	WMU Soccer Complex
	Seasons ← 2018 →

The 2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team represented Western Michigan University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 47th season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's fifth season with Chad Wiseman as head coach. The Broncos played their home matches at WMU Soccer Complex.

The 2017 season has been, by far, the most successful season in program history. The program won their first conference regular season title in their 47-year history, and posted the most victories in program history. The Broncos achieved their first ever United Soccer Coaches national ranking since 2003 and climbed into the Top 10 for the first time in their program's history. The team beat three ranked opponents during the season: Butler, Michigan and Akron.

Roster[]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Kathy Beauregard
Head coach	Chad Wiseman
Assistant coach	Josh Ross
Assistant coach	Shane Lyons
Assistant coach	Marc Frankland
Assistant athletic trainer	Danny Walen
Director of operations	Doug Raak
Strength and conditioning coach	Tim Hermann

Source:^[1]

Schedule[]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Non-conference regular season
August 25*		LIU Brooklyn	W 3–2	1–0–0	WMU Soccer Complex (421) Kalamazoo, MI
August 27*		Stetson	W 5–0	2–0–0	WMU Soccer Complex (650) Kalamazoo, MI
September 1*		at Eastern Illinois	T 0–0 ^2OT	2–0–1	(98) Charleston, IL
September 4*		Cincinnati	W 2–0	3–0–1	WMU Soccer Complex (850) Kalamazoo, MI
September 8*		at No. 15 Butler	W 3–2	4–0–1	Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl (688) Indianapolis, IN
September 10*		at Drake	W 2–1	5–0–1	(144) Des Moines, IA
September 13*	No. 24	at Oakland	W 2–1	6–0–1	Oakland Soccer Field (472) Rochester, MI
September 17*	No. 24	Dayton	W 1–0	7–0–1	WMU Soccer Complex (750) Kalamazoo, MI
September 20*	No. 12	No. 22 Michigan	W 1–0	8–0–1	WMU Soccer Complex (2,317) Kalamazoo, MI
September 23*	No. 12	at UMBC	W 2–0	9–0–1	Retriever Soccer Park (977) Baltimore, MD
September 29*	No. 9	at Portland	L 4–1	9–1–1	Merlo Field (1,440) Portland, OR
October 4*	No. 12	No. 6 Michigan State	L 1–0	9–2–1	WMU Soccer Complex (3,422) Kalamazoo, MI
MAC regular season
October 7	No. 12	Akron	W 1–0	10–2–1 (1–0–0)	WMU Soccer Complex (1,221) Kalamazoo, MI
October 14	No. 13	at Northern Illinois	W 5–0	11–2–1 (2–0–0)	NIU Soccer Complex (104) DeKalb, IL
October 17*	No. 8	Green Bay	W 3–0	12–2–1	WMU Soccer Complex (523) Kalamazoo, MI
October 20	No. 8	at West Virginia	W 1–0 ^OT	13–2–1 (3–0–0)	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (852) Morgantown, WV
October 28	No. 6	SIU Edwardsville	W 1–0	14–2–1 (4–0–0)	WMU Soccer Complex (594) Kalamazoo, MI
November 5	No. 5	Bowling Green	W 1–0	15–2–1 (5–0–0)	WMU Soccer Complex (211) Kalamazoo, MI
MAC Tournament
November 10 2:00 pm	(1) No. 4	(4) West Virginia Semifinals	W 1–0	16–2–1	WMU Soccer Complex (532) Kalamazoo, MI
November 12 1:00 pm	(1) No. 4	(2) No. 7 Akron Final	L 3–1	16–3–1	WMU Soccer Complex (650) Kalamazoo, MI
NCAA Tournament
November 19 1:00 pm	(10) No. 6	Albany Second round	W 2–0	17–3–1	WMU Soccer Complex (731) Kalamazoo, MI
November 25 6:00 pm	(10) No. 6	(7) No. 15 Michigan State Third round	L 2–1	17–4–1	DeMartin Soccer Complex (1,558) East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings[]

The following table lists WMU's movement in the 2017 United Soccer Coaches poll,^[2] the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll,^[3] the Unites Soccer Coaches Great Lake regional poll^[4] and the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) computer ranking.^[5]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
United Soccer Coaches	NR	RV	NR	24	12	9	12	13	8	6	5	4	6	9
TopDrawerSoccer.com	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	11	20	8	9	7	6	7	11
Great Lakes Regional	Not released	3	7	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	Not released
RPI	Not released						11	9	11	6	8	8	8	9

The TopDrawerSoccer.com poll releases rankings during the NCAA Tournament. WMU was ranked as high as No. 4 following their Second Round victory over Albany.

MLS Draft[]

The following members of 2017 Western Michigan Broncos men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.^[6]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Brandon Bye	1	8	DF	New England Revolution	^[7]
Drew Shepherd	2	46	GK	Toronto FC	^[8]

References[]

^ "Western Michigan Men's Soccer Coaching Staff". wmubroncos.com. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
^ "2017 NCAA DI MEN". United Soccer Coaches. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
^ "College Soccer National Ranking".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2017-11-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/ncaa-mens-soccer-rpi
^ "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ "Revolution Select Brandon Bye, Mark Segbers in First Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". revolutionsoccer.net. New England Revolution. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ "Toronto FC select two players in 2018 MLS SuperDraft". torontofc.ca. Toronto FC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[1] "Western Michigan Men's Soccer Coaching Staff". wmubroncos.com. Retrieved November 12, 2017.

[2] "2017 NCAA DI MEN". United Soccer Coaches. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2017.

[3] "College Soccer National Ranking".

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2017-11-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] ttps://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/ncaa-mens-soccer-rpi

[mls_draft-6] "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[bye-7] "Revolution Select Brandon Bye, Mark Segbers in First Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". revolutionsoccer.net. New England Revolution. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[shepherd-8] "Toronto FC select two players in 2018 MLS SuperDraft". torontofc.ca. Toronto FC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

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2017 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 Western Michigan +	5	–	0	–	0	17	–	4	–	1
No. 3 Akron ‡	4	–	1	–	0	18	–	4	–	2
SIU Edwardsville	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	10	–	1
West Virginia	1	–	2	–	2	9	–	6	–	4
Bowling Green	1	–	3	–	1	7	–	9	–	1
Northern Illinois	0	–	4	–	1	3	–	11	–	1

‡ – 2017 MAC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches