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 was won by Rutgers 6–4. In addition to being considered one of the earliest 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.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 Boston Globe Article, 23 September 2004, Accessed 1 January 2012.
Rutgers' first varsity team was fielded in 1938, where the 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.Rutgers 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. 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).
Players
Current roster men's soccer roster on scarletknights.com
All-Americans Rutgers has produced ten All-Americans.
PlayerPos.YearJon ConwayGK1999Alexi LalasD1991Dave MasurMF1983, 1984Steve RammelFW1990Richard SchiesswohlMF1966Herb Schmidt FW1966Mike ShawMF1996Peter VermesDF1987Bobby Joe EspositoFW1986Bill WalshFW1997Jason WrightMF2014
Coaches There have been six head coaches in Rutgers' history. YearsCoachGPWLTPct. 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 2019–present Jim McElderry 98 41 40 17 * Geza Kiss was an interim coach.
Honours Big Ten tournament Winners (1): 2022 NCAA Division I Championship Runners-up (1): 1990
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