PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer
Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer
2023 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team
Founded	1938; 87 years ago
University	Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Head coach	Jim McElderry (5th season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	New Brunswick, New Jersey
Stadium	Yurcak Field ; (Capacity: 5,000)
Nickname	Scarlet Knights
Colors	Scarlet;
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 origins of Rutgers soccer trace back to 1869, where the first ever collegiate football 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.^[9]^[10] Rutgers won the game by a score of 6–4^[11] 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.^[12]^[13]

Rutgers' first varsity team was fielded in 1938,^[1] 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.^[14] 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).^[15]^[16]

Players

Current roster

As of 9 Sep 2024^[17]

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	USA	Aurie Briscoe
1	GK	USA	Ciaran Dalton
2	DF	USA	Sawyer Koza
3	DF	USA	Devon Stopek
4	DF	USA	Nick Collins
5	DF	ISL	Arnar Adalsteinsson
6	DF	ENG	Scott Godden
7	DF	USA	Joey Zalinsky
8	MF	USA	Cole Cruthers
9	MF	USA	Curt Calov
10	FW	USA	Ian Abbey
11	FW	CAN	Anthony Morano
12	MF	USA	Lenny Aviles
13	MF	USA	Thomas Angelone


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	USA	Nico Rosamilia
16	MF	USA	Dylan Carlson
17	FW	NOR	Ola Maeland
18	FW	USA	Illia Tyrkus
19	FW	USA	Eddie Krupski
21	MF	USA	Nestor Cabrera
22	MF	USA	Francesco Di Ponzio
23	DF	USA	Aidan Flynn
24	FW	USA	Matty Lynch
26	DF	USA	Erick Ruiz
29	DF	USA	Bryan Keating
31	GK	USA	Graham Kois
32	GK	USA	Andrew Noel
88	MF	ISL	Kristófer Arnarsson

All-Americans

Rutgers has produced eight All-Americans.^[18]

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

Coaches

Head coaching history

There have been five coaches in Rutgers' history.

Years	Coach	GP	W	L	T	Pct.
1938–1970	George Dochat	278	141	116	21	.545
1971–1974	J. William Maytas	47	10	32	5	.266
1975–1980	Kalman Caspo	75	26	41	8	.400
1980*	Geza Kiss	4	2	1	1	.625
1981–2009	Bob Reasso	606	351	184	71	.638
2010–2018	Dan Donigan	112	46	55	11	.460

* Geza Kiss was an interim coach.

Honours

Big Ten tournament
- Winners (1): 2022
NCAA Division I Championship
- Runners-up (1): 1990

Notes

^ Although Rutgers fielded its first soccer team in 1938,^[1] the first de facto college football game held in 1869 between Ruters and Princeton Universities (with rules based on The Football Association)^[2]^[3]^[4] is considered the first "not official" collegiate soccer match and the birth of the sport in the United States.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b History on Rutgers men's soccer
^ Best of the 1870s: The defining players and teams of college football’s first decade by Matt Brown on The Athletic, 28 Jan 2019
^ First ever college soccer football game on Pro Football Hall of Fame
^ First college football game played at Rutgers in 1869 by Shaunna Stuck, The Pitt News, 20 Sep 2002
^ "U.S. Soccer Timeline". U.S. Soccer. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
^ Wangerin, David (2008). Soccer in a football world : the story of America's forgotten game. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
^ 1st college football game ever was New Jersey vs. Rutgers in 1869 at Ncaa.com
^ "Colors | Visual Identity System". Retrieved April 6, 2017.
^ Saperecom. "The History of Football". www.historyoffootball.net. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ "1800s". Rutgers Through The Years. Rutgers University. Archived from the original on 2007-01-20. Retrieved 2007-05-16.
^ DeLassus, David. "Princeton Yearly Results (1869)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ McMurphy, Brett (February 12, 2014). "Rutgers to pay $11.5M exit fee". ESPN. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
^ men's soccer roster on scarletknights.com
^ "All Americans - Rutgers Men's Soccer Quick Facts" (PDF). Rutgers University Athletics. p. 27. Retrieved February 10, 2017.