New Hampshire Wildcats men's soccer
| New Hampshire Wildcats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Founded | 1924 | ||
| University | University of New Hampshire | ||
| Head coach | Rich Weinrebe (1st season) | ||
| Conference | America East | ||
| Location | Durham, New Hampshire | ||
| Stadium | Wildcat Stadium (Capacity: 11,015) | ||
| Nickname | Wildcats | ||
| Colors | Blue, gray, and white[1] | ||
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| NCAA Tournament Round of 16 | |||
| 2017, 2021, 2023 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | |||
| 1994, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1994, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |||
| Conference Tournament championships | |||
| 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 | |||
| Conference Regular Season championships | |||
| 2009, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | |||
The New Hampshire Wildcats men's soccer team represents the University of New Hampshire in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. The Wildcats play in the America East Conference. They play in Wildcat Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire.
New Hampshire has 6 America East regular season titles (2009, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023), and eight NCAA tournament appearances (1994, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023).[2]
The Wildcats saw a surge to the top under the guidance of head coach Marc Hubbard which has gained them both regional and national recognition. He helped UNH secure 4 regular-season conference titles, 4 conference tournament titles, and 6 NCAA tournaments during his 8-year tenure. Following the 2023 season, Hubbard announced he would be leaving the program. On January 4th, 2024, it was announced that Rich Weinrebe would become UNH's 12th men's soccer head coach.[3]
In recent years, the Wildcats have developed a rivalry with fellow America East member Vermont. The all-time record between the teams lies at 38-20-20 in favor of Vermont. and both teams regularly compete for the America East title.[4]
Coaching staff[edit]
As of March 9th, 2024
| Name | Position coached | |
|---|---|---|
| Rich Weinrebe | Head coach | |
| Stefan Defregger | Assistant coach | |
| Ian de Oliveira | Assistant coach | |
| Dave Williams | Goalkeeper coach | |
| Panos Galatas | Director of Operations | |
| Reference:[5] | ||
Postseason[edit]
NCAA Tournament[edit]
New Hampshire has appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. They first appeared in the tournament in 1994. They didn't return to the national stage until 2017, achieving automatic qualification following their America East Conference tournament win. Their deepest runs into the tournament were in 2017, 2021, and 2023 when they reached the Third Round before losing to Indiana, Oregon State, and Clemson respectively.[6]
America East Conference Tournament[7][edit]
New Hampshire secured their first-ever America East conference tournament title in 2018 as they routed No. 5 UMBC 5–0 in the championship. This win kicked off a string of three consecutive America East tournament championships in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. In 2019, the Wildcats came in as the No. 1 seed and got by No. 3 Hartford 1–0 to clinch the title. In the 2020 season (partially played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), UNH again came into the tournament as the No. 1 seed and held off No. 2 seeded Vermont 2–0 to complete the three-peat. After a loss to Vermont in 2021, the Wildcats captured their fourth America East championship in five years after defeating Albany 2–0 in the 2022 championship game.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | First round | Brown | L 2–32OT |
| 2017 | First round Second round Third Round |
Fairfield Dartmouth Indiana |
W 3–0 T 0–04–1 PK L 1–2 |
| 2018 | First round | Colgate | L 0–1 |
| 2019 | First round Second round |
Fairleigh Dickinson Virginia Tech |
W 1-0 L 1-4 |
| 2020-21 | First Round | Kentucky | L 0-2 |
| 2021 | Second Round Third Round |
North Carolina Oregon State |
W 4-1 L 0-1 |
| 2022 | First Round Second Round |
Seton Hall Florida International |
W 2-1 L 2-210-9 PK |
| 2023 | Second Round Third Round |
Syracuse Clemson |
W 3-0 L1-0 |
Year by year results[edit]
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Noonan (North Atlantic Conference) (1991–2014) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Mike Noonan | 10–6–4 | 4-3-0 | ||||||
| 1992 | Mike Noonan | 9-7-3 | 5-2-0 | ||||||
| 1993 | Mike Noonan | 14–5–0 | 5-2-0 | ||||||
| 1994 | Mike Noonan | 15–5–2 | 6-0-1 | NCAA First round | |||||
| Rob Thompson (America East Conference) (1995–1994) | |||||||||
| 1995 | Rob Thompson | 10–9–1 | 5–4 | 6th | |||||
| 1996 | Rob Thompson | 3–12–4 | 3–4–2 | 7th | |||||
| 1997 | Rob Thompson | 9–7–2 | 3–4–2 | T-4th | |||||
| 1998 | Rob Thompson | 9–8–1 | 5–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1999 | Rob Thompson | 6–11–1 | 2–6–1 | 9th | |||||
| 2000 | Rob Thompson | 6–10 | 3–6 | 7th | |||||
| 2001 | Rob Thompson | 7–8–3 | 5–4–2 | 6th | |||||
| 2002 | Rob Thompson | 10–5–2 | 4–2–2 | 4th | |||||
| 2003 | Rob Thompson | 8–9 | 3–6 | 9th | |||||
| 2004 | Rob Thompson | 6–6–7 | 3–3–3 | 6th | |||||
| 2005 | Rob Thompson | 9–5–3 | 2–4–2 | 7th | |||||
| 2006 | Rob Thompson | 12–5–3 | 6–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 2007 | Rob Thompson | 5–5–9 | 2–1–5 | 5th | |||||
| 2008 | Rob Thompson | 7–7–4 | 2–4–2 | 6th | |||||
| 2009 | Rob Thompson | 9–7–2 | 6–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 2010 | Rob Thompson | 9–5–6 | 2–3–2 | 5th | |||||
| 2011 | Rob Thompson | 7–9–2 | 1–4–2 | 7th | |||||
| 2012 | Rob Thompson | 7–7–6 | 2–3–2 | 6th | |||||
| 2013 | Rob Thompson | 12–5–1 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2014 | Rob Thompson | 4–13–2 | 2–5 | 8th | |||||
| Rob Thompson: | 155–153–59 | 66–71–29 | |||||||
| Marc Hubbard (America East) (2015–2023) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Marc Hubbard | 10–5–3 | 3–3–1 | 6th | |||||
| 2016 | Marc Hubbard | 12–7 | 4–3 | 5th | |||||
| 2017 | Marc Hubbard | 13–4–5 | 4–2–1 | 4th | NCAA third round | ||||
| 2018 | Marc Hubbard | 12–4–2 | 4–2–1 | 2nd | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2019 | Marc Hubbard | 15–2–3 | 5–1–1 | T-1st | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2020-21 | Marc Hubbard | 8-1-1 | 5–0–1 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2021 | Marc Hubbard | 17-2-2 | 7–0–1 | 1st | NCAA third round | ||||
| 2022 | Marc Hubbard | 15-0-5 | 6–0–1 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
| 2023 | Marc Hubbard | 13-3-4 | 4–0–3 | 1st | NCAA third round | ||||
| Marc Hubbard: | 115-39-31 | 42-11-10 |
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Postseason invitational champion
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2023 Roster[8][edit]
| Name | Position | # | Year | Name | Position | # | Year | Name | Position | # | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Hall | Goalkeeper | 0 | Jr. | Bruno Piva de Castro | Midfielder | 12 | Sr. | Henrik Boer | M/F | 24 | So. |
| Erik Lauta | Goalkeeper | 1 | So. | Nick Awada | Forward | 13 | Gr. | Luke Fagerson | Midfielder | 25 | Jr. |
| Cameron Briggs | Defender | 2 | Gr. | Jacob Stazenski | Defender | 14 | So. | Isaac Heffess | Defender | 26 | So. |
| Ronan Hurley | Defender | 3 | Gr. | Eddy Fandunyan | Midfielder | 15 | Fr. | Dominik Kurija | Defender | 27 | Gr. |
| Harrison Solomon | Defender | 4 | Fr. | Brady Lewis | Midfielder | 16 | Fr. | Austin Bush | M/F | 28 | Fr. |
| Baptiste Gateau | Defender | 5 | Gr. | Eli Goldman | Forward | 17 | Gr. | Michael Gouvin | Defender | 29 | Fr. |
| Yannick Brick | Midfielder | 6 | Sr. | Jiwoo Lee | Midfielder | 18 | Sr. | Joseba Incera | Goalkeeper | 30 | Gr. |
| Taig Healy | M/F | 7 | So. | Iñaki Rodríguez | Midfielder | 19 | Gr. | Alex Bachmann | Goalkeeper | 31 | So. |
| Atila Ashrafi | M/F | 8 | Gr. | Dylan Maxon | Midfielder | 20 | Gr. | Matteo Piccardo | Defender | 32 | Fr. |
| Ibrahim Conde | Forward | 9 | Jr. | Aaron Fernandez | Defender | 21 | Jr. | ||||
| Bilal Kamal | Midfielder | 10 | Gr. | Liam Bennett | Midfielder | 22 | Gr. | ||||
| Georgios Koliniatis | Midfielder | 11 | Gr. | Adi Hicks | M/D | 23 | Gr. |
References[edit]
- ^ "Athletics Branding". University of New Hampshire Brand & Visual Guidelines. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- ^ "Men's Soccer". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "Rich Weinrebe '08 Named Men's Soccer Head Coach". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "2022 Men's Soccer Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ "UNH Men's Soccer Coaching Staff". UNHWildcats.com. University of New Hampshire. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "NCAA Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "MSOC Record Book (PDF) - America East Conference" (PDF). americaeast.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ "2023 Men's Soccer Roster". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
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