2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Liam O'Gara
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Winston-Salem, N.C.
- High School:
- Mount Tabor
- Deals:
Career Honors
- 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
- 2023 ACC All-Freshman Team
- 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI First-Team
- 2023 College Soccer News All-Freshman First-Team
- 2023 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Freshmen (No. 4)
2024 (Sophomore)
Appeared in five matches with two starts … Made his season-debut in Wake Forest’s 5-1 victory over Virginia (Nov. 14) in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament … Converted on his penalty kick attempt against Clemson (Nov. 17) en route to Wake Forest’s ACC Championship … Earned starts and played the entirety in Wake Forest’s NCAA Tournament matches against Clemson (Dec. 1) and Ohio State (Dec. 7).
2023 (Freshman)
Started all 18 of his appearances during the 2023 season, recording 1,457 minutes of action with two assists … Named to the All-ACC Freshman Team … Recorded 90 minutes of action nine times including victories over Grand Canyon (Aug. 24), Clemson (Sept. 22), Boston College (Sept. 29), NC State (Oct. 6) and No. 14 North Carolina (Oct. 14) … Made his collegiate debut in the 3-1 victory over Grand Canyon … Recorded assists in victories over Furman (Sept. 4) and Robert Morris (Oct. 17) … Instrumental in the Deacs recorded seven clean sheets on the season.
Background
Was named NC Fusion’s Player of the Year four times … Attended Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, N.C., where he earned All-Conference honors … Chose Wake Forest over Cornell, High Point, Campbell and UNC Greensboro.
Son of Tadhg and Kathleen O’Gara … Has four siblings: Nolan, Brendan, Aidan and Nora … Nolan is currently serving in the US Navy … His great grandfather Francis Eugen Curran was an All-American for Iowa football and was selected in the NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears … Born Oct. 4, 2004 ... Major is Undeclared.
