Rutgers Scarlet Knights
men's soccer
2023 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team
Founded1938 (1938)[n 1]
UniversityRutgers University–New Brunswick
Head coachJim McElderry (5th season)
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationNew Brunswick, New Jersey
StadiumYurcak Field
(Capacity: 5,000)
NicknameScarlet Knights
ColorsScarlet[7]
 
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament runner-up
1990
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1989, 1990, 1994
NCAA Tournament appearances
1960, 1961, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2022

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Rutgers University–New Brunswick in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Rutgers's first varsity's men's soccer team was fielded in 1938, although organized soccer has been played at the university since at least 1869. The team plays its home games at Yurcak Field in New Brunswick. The Knights are coached by Jim McElderry.

History

"The Foot-Ball Match", Chronicle of the first game at The Targum, Nov 1869
Rutgers (in black kit) v Maryland match in 2021

The origins of Rutgers soccer trace back to the 1869 college soccer season, where the first ever collegiate soccer game was played in the United States. The then-Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) played an exhibition match that ended in a 6–4 result.[8][9] Rutgers won the game by a score of 64[10] In addition to being considered one of the earlier soccer games reported in the United States, these two games are considered to be the first organized American college football games to ever be played.[11][12]

Rutgers' first varsity team was fielded in 1938, where they Knights competed as an independent team. Rutgers remained unaffiliated with any formal athletic conference and was considered an independent until joining the Atlantic 10 Conference as an associate soccer member in the mid-1980s. The Knights Big East Conference for soccer in 1995.[13] On July 1, 2014, Rutgers became a member of the Big Ten athletic conference, after paying an $11.5 million exit fee to the American Athletic Conference (which formed as a result of the splitting of the Big East Conference).[14][15]

Roster

As of August 22, 2023 [16]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Aurie Briscoe
1 GK United States USA Ciaran Dalton
2 DF United States USA Sawyer Koza
3 DF United States USA Chris Tiao
4 DF United States USA Nick Collins
5 DF Canada CAN Saahb Kular
6 DF United States USA Cole Sotack
7 DF United States USA Joey Zalinsky
8 MF Ghana GHA Gabriel Addo
9 MF United States USA Curt Calov
10 MF United States USA Jason Bouregy
11 FW Canada CAN Nick Spittle
12 MF United States USA Jackson Temple
13 MF United States USA William Baker
14 FW United States USA Sam Delgado
15 FW United States USA Nico Rosamilia
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF United States USA Matthew Acosta
17 FW Norway NOR Ola Maeland
18 FW United States USA Luciano Sanchez
19 FW United States USA Colin Beasley
20 FW United States USA Ian Abbey
21 MF United States USA Nestor Cabrera
22 MF United States USA Francesco Di Ponzio
23 DF United States USA Aidan Flynn
24 MF United States USA Cole Cruthers
25 DF United States USA Devon Stopek
27 MF United States USA Jace Orvos
29 DF United States USA Bryan Keating
32 GK United States USA Andrew Noel

Head coaching history

There have been five coaches in Rutgers' history.

Years Coach GP W L T Pct.
19381970George Dochat27814111621.545
19711974J. William Maytas4710325.266
19751980Kalman Caspo7526418.400
1980*Geza Kiss4211.625
19812009Bob Reasso60635118471.638
20102018Dan Donigan112465511.460

* Geza Kiss was an interim coach.

Individual achievements

All-Americans

Rutgers has produced eight All-Americans.[17]

Player Pos. Year
Alexi Lalas D 1991
Dave Masur MF 1983, 1984
Steve Rammel FW 1990
Richard Schiesswohl MF 1966
Herb Schmidt FW 1966
Mike Shaw MF 1996
Peter Vermes DF 1987
Bill Walsh FW 1997
Jason Wright MF 2014

Notes

  1. Although the first official soccer season was held in 1959, the first de facto college football game held in 1869 between Ruters and Princeton Universities (with rules based on The Football Association)[1][2][3] is considered the first "not official" collegiate soccer match and the birth of the sport in the United States.[4][5][6]

References

  1. Best of the 1870s: The defining players and teams of college football’s first decade by Matt Brown on The Athletic, 28 Jan 2019
  2. First ever college soccer football game on Pro Football Hall of Fame
  3. First college football game played at Rutgers in 1869 by Shaunna Stuck, The Pitt News, 20 Sep 2002
  4. "U.S. Soccer Timeline". U.S. Soccer. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. Wangerin, David (2008). Soccer in a football world : the story of America's forgotten game. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  6. 1st college football game ever was New Jersey vs. Rutgers in 1869 at Ncaa.com
  7. "Colors | Visual Identity System". Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  8. Saperecom. "The History of Football". www.historyoffootball.net. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  9. "1800s". Rutgers Through The Years. Rutgers University. Archived from the original on 2007-01-20. Retrieved 2007-05-16.
  10. DeLassus, David. "Princeton Yearly Results (1869)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  11. Carzo, Rocco J. "Jumbo Footprints: A History of Tufts Athletics", Medford, MA: Tufts University Gallery, 2005; summarized in Another 'Pass' At History by Tufts University eNews on 27 September 2004. Accessed 2 January 2012.
  12. Citing Research, Tufts Claims Football History is on its Side Archived 2013-05-26 at the Wayback Machine Boston Globe Article, 23 September 2004, Accessed 1 January 2012.
  13. Rutgers Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine at BigEast.org (Official Site of the Big East Conference. Published by the Big East Conference (no further authorship information available). Retrieved 12 January 2007.
  14. "University of Maryland and Rutgers University Become Official Members of Big Ten Conference". Big Ten Conference. July 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-06-26. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  15. McMurphy, Brett (February 12, 2014). "Rutgers to pay $11.5M exit fee". ESPN. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  16. men's soccer roster on Rutgers website
  17. "All Americans - Rutgers Men's Soccer Quick Facts" (PDF). Rutgers University Athletics. p. 27. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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