The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) Spartans Men's Soccer Team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The team is a member of the Southern Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. UNCG's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1971. The team plays its home games at UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro.
Historically, UNCG has been one of the most successful college soccer teams in North Carolina. In the 1980s, UNCG, while still playing in NCAA Division III, won five NCAA Division III Men's Soccer National Championships. In the mid-2000s, the Spartans reached three Sweet Sixteens in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, the program had several NCAA violations that caused the program to forfeit several losses; In addition to the losses, the program also suffered the loss of their head coach at the time, a fine of $5,000 payable to the NCAA, and significant recruitment and recruitment communications suspensions.
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Individual Honors +First team All-Americans Player Position Year Mike Sweeney 1983 Ed Radwanski 1983 Eddie Radwanski (2) 1984 Brian Japp 1985 Jason Haupt 1989 Jason Haupt (2) 1990 Sigurður Eyjólfsson 1997 Randi Patterson 2004 Scott Jones 2005 J.C. Ngando 2022 +Second team All-Americans Player Position Year George Dyer 1984 Carl Fleming 1988 Sigurður Eyjólfsson 1996 Chris Goos 2002 Scott Jones 2004 Randi Patterson 2005 Théo Collomb 2021
Third team All-Americans Player Position Year Lewis Johnstone 1982 Steve Harrison 1985 Andrew Mehalko 1986 Willie Lopez 1987 Sigurður Eyjólfsson 1998 Scott Jones 2006 Enzo Dovlo Forward 2025
Team Honors NCAA Division I Honors Big South Conference Regular season (4): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Tournament (3): 1993, 1994, 1996 Southern Conference Regular season (12): 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 Tournament (8): 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020–21, 2022
NCAA Division II Honors NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Tournament Runners-up (1): 1989
NCAA Division III Honors NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Tournament Winners (5): 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 Dixie Conference Regular season (7): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 Tournament (6): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
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