Carlo Acquista is an American retired soccer player and the current head coach the Fordham Rams men's soccer team.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Fordham |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1978 or 1979 (age 45–46)[1] |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1999 | St. John's |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2006 | St. Francis Brooklyn |
| 2007–2017 | Adelphi |
| 2019– | Fordham |
Early life
editAcquista played at St. John's University and graduated in 2000.[2] As a freshman, he was a member of the 1996 National Champion team.[3]
Coaching
editAcquista began his head coaching career with St. Francis College in 2002. At the time of his hiring, Acquista was one of the country's youngest head coaches (23 years old).[2] In 2007, he became the head coach of the Adelphi Panthers men's soccer team.[4] Acquista was head coach of the Panthers for 11 seasons and led them to 3 Division II NCAA Tournaments. On January 30, 2019, Acquista was appointed just the fifth head coach in the history of the Fordham Rams men's soccer program.[2]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (Northeast Conference) (2002–2006) | |||||||||
| 2002 | St. Francis (NY) | 3–11–3 | 3–5–2 | 7th | |||||
| 2003 | St. Francis (NY) | 1–14–2 | 0–9–0 | 10th | |||||
| 2004 | St. Francis (NY) | 8–9–1 | 5–4–0 | 5th | |||||
| 2005 | St. Francis (NY) | 4–11–2 | 1–8–0 | 10th | |||||
| 2006 | St. Francis (NY) | 2–13–2 | 2–5–2 | 7th | |||||
| St. Francis (NY): | 18–58–10 | 11–31–4 | |||||||
| Adelphi Panthers (Atlantic Soccer Conference) (2007–2012) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Adelphi | 4–11–3 | |||||||
| 2008 | Adelphi | 12–6–0 | |||||||
| 2009 | Adelphi | 13–2–4 | 2–1–1 | 1st | |||||
| 2010 | Adelphi | 11–6–3 | |||||||
| 2011 | Adelphi | 8–9–2 | 4–0–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2012 | Adelphi | 3–13–0 | |||||||
| Adelphi (Division I): | 51–47–12 | 0–0–0 | |||||||
| Adelphi Panthers (Northeast-10 Conference–Division II) (2013–2017) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Adelphi | 11–7–0 | 9–4–0 | 4th | |||||
| 2014 | Adelphi | 12–6–1 | 9–4–0 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2015 | Adelphi | 13–5–2 | 9–2–2 | T-2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2016 | Adelphi | 19–1–2 | 12–0–1 | 1st | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2017 | Adelphi | 14–3–2 | 11–1–1 | 1st | NCAA Third Round | ||||
| Adelphi (Division II): | 69–22–7 | 50–11–4 | |||||||
| Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Fordham | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | ||||||
| Total: | 138–127–29 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Meet the Acquistas a Hudson River derby divided family". prosoccerusa.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Carlo Acquista Rams Bio". fordhamsports.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ^ Dylan Butler. "Meet the Acquistas, a Hudson River Derby-divided family". prosoccerusa.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ^ "Carlo Acquista Panthers Bio". aupanthers.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.