2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Sidney Paris
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Oakville, Ontario
Career Honors
- 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023-24 ACC Top Six For Service
- 2023 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
- 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Concacaf Nations League Best XI, League C (March 30, 2023)
- Puerto Rican National Team Selection (March 20, 2023)
- 2022 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
- 2021 All-Patriot League First-Team Selection
- Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 27, 2021)
- 2021 Naval Academy's Commandant's List
2024 (Graduate)
Appeared in 11 matches with six starts … Scored in the second goal for the Demon Deacons in a 2-0 victory over Boston College (Oct. 5) … Started six-straight matches between Sept. 27-Oct. 15, as Wake Forest went 4-0-2 during that stretch … Appeared in two of Wake Forest’s NCAA Tournament matches (Clemson on Dec. 1 and Ohio State on Dec. 7).
2023 (Senior)
Appeared in 15 matches with four starts, recording eight points off of three goals and two assists in 726 minutes of action … Recorded three points in the Deacs’ 3-1 season-opening victory against Grand Canyon on Aug. 24, with a goal and an assist … Scored in back-to-back matches against 2022 NCAA Champions Syracuse (a game-tying penalty kick in a 1-1 decision) and against Liberty in a 3-1 victory … Registered an assist on the Deacs’ game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at Boston College on Sept. 29.
2022 (Junior)
Appeared in 19 matches during his debut season with the Demon Deacons, logging 393 minutes of action … Played 24 minutes in his Wake Forest debut in a 1-0 victory over UCF on Aug. 25 … Recorded four assists, all coming victories for the Deacs … Collected two assists in Wake Forest’s 6-1 victory over Clemson on Sept. 24.
Prior To Wake Forest
Played two seasons at the Naval Academy, appearing in 24 matches with 23 starts … Was named an All-Patriot League First-Team selection in 2021 … Scored four goals along with tallying seven assists … Finished third on the team in points (15) … Was named Patriots League Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 27, 2021 … Made his collegiate debut on Oct. 18, 2020 against NC State.
Background
Played soccer in seven countries during his youth career and most recently played in Canada for the Toronto FC Academy team within the U.S. Soccer Development Academy for four seasons while also playing with Vaughn SC … With Toronto FC, played at the USSDA Playoffs and USSDA Championships in 2019 while also helping his club advance to the championship round of the Generations Adidas U17 Tournament during the 2019 season … In 2018, he was a part of the USSDA summer and winter showcases and the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup … Prior to playing in Canada, he played for the Chicago Fire Academy club and the Chicago United Soccer Club … Played youth soccer abroad in Spain on the Real Madrid Club, La Fundacion, and also in the United Kingdom for the Ascot United Soccer Club.
Personal
Father, Theodore, was on the Georgetown diving team for three seasons and his cousin, Gabriel Joseph, played soccer for four years at Princeton … Son of Theodore and Joelle Paris … Named to the Naval Academy's Commandant's List once ... Born April 26, 2002 ... Graduated from Wake Forest with a degree in Communication ... Pursuing a Certificate in Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment.
