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New Hampshire Wildcats men's soccer

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New Hampshire Wildcats
2024 New Hampshire Wildcats soccer team
Founded1924; 100 years ago (1924)
UniversityUniversity of New Hampshire
Head coachRich Weinrebe (1st season)
ConferenceAmerica East
LocationDurham, New Hampshire
StadiumWildcat Stadium
(Capacity: 11,015)
NicknameWildcats
ColorsBlue, gray, and white[1]
     
Home
Away
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]

Roster

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As of 29 Sep 2024[5]

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 Scott Williams
1 GK United States USA Erik Lauta
2 DF Germany GER Max Voigt
3 DF United States USA Arian Recinos
4 DF South Korea KOR Jaehyuk Moon
5 DF France FRA Baptiste Gateau
7 FW United States USA Michael Tsicoulias
8 MF France FRA Mattéo Brossel
9 FW Canada CAN Ibrahim Conde
10 FW United States USA Federico Tellez
11 MF France FRA Terry Makedika
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Brazil BRA João Catafesta
14 DF United States USA Jacob Stazenski
15 MF United States USA Eduard Fandunyan
16 MF United States USA Brady Lewis
17 MF United States USA Austin Bush
18 MF South Korea KOR Jiwoo Lee
19 FW United States USA Matthew Goncalves
20 MF United States USA Dylan Maxon
21 DF England ENG Aaron Williams
22 MF United States USA Reed Cash
23 DF United States USA Adison Hicks

Coaching staff

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As of March 2024[6]
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

Postseason

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NCAA Tournament

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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.[7]

America East Conference Tournament[8]

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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

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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


Total:

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics Branding". University of New Hampshire Brand & Visual Guidelines. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Men's Soccer". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  3. ^ "Rich Weinrebe '08 Named Men's Soccer Head Coach". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  4. ^ "2022 Men's Soccer Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  5. ^ Men's soccer roster on unhwildcats.com
  6. ^ "UNH Men's Soccer Coaching Staff". UNHWildcats.com. University of New Hampshire. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "NCAA Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  8. ^ "MSOC Record Book (PDF) - America East Conference" (PDF). americaeast.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
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