Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represents the University of Notre Dame in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's soccer. The team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is currently coached by Chad Riley. The team has made twenty four appearances in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament with the most recent coming in 2023. The Fighting Irish won the 2013 national championship.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
men's soccer
2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team
UniversityUniversity of Notre Dame
Athletic directorPete Bevacqua
Head coachChad Riley[1] (6th season)
ConferenceACC
LocationNotre Dame, Indiana
StadiumAlumni Stadium
(Capacity: 2,500)
NicknameFighting Irish
ColorsBlue and gold[2]
   
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament championships
2013
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2013, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2006, 2007, 2013, 2018, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2012, 2021
Conference Regular Season championships
1989, 1993, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2023

Current roster

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As of September 12, 2024[3]

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   ITA Simone Baravelli
1 GK   USA Owen Cornell
2 DF   USA Mitch Ferguson
3 DF   USA Sean McDowd
4 DF   USA Jack Ross
5 DF   USA Kyle Genenbacher
6 MF   USA Wyatt Lewis
7 FW   USA Nate Zimmermann
8 MF   USA Nico Bartlett
9 FW   USA Wyatt Borso
10 FW   GHA KK Baffour
11 FW   USA Jack Flanagan
12 MF   GHA Daniel Boateng
13 MF   USA Bryce Boneau
14 MF   USA Will Schroeder
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   USA Ian Shaul
16 MF   USA Jacob Bartlett
17 DF   USA Mateo Acosta
18 DF   USA Josh Ramsey
19 FW   USA Michael Rossi
20 FW   USA Brady Hilden
21 FW   USA Matthew Roou
22 MF   USA Nolan Spicer
23 FW   USA Stevie Dunphy
24 MF   USA Sebastian Green
28 MF   USA Nicholas Legendre
29 DF   USA Cleveland Sellers IV
30 GK   USA Liam Egan
31 GK   USA Blake Kelly
99 GK   USA Collin Travasos

Year-by-year statistical leaders

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Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders[4]
Year Goals Leader G Assists Leader A
1977 Jim Mollering 14 Bill Hagerty 13
1978 Kevin Lovejoy 29 Ted Carnevale 10
1979 Kevin Lovejoy 22 Mike Mai 15
1980 Kevin Lovejoy 16 Sami Kahale 8
1981 Sami Kahale 12 Sami Kahale 15
Ed O'Malley 12
Rob Snyder 12
1982 Mario Manta 16 Richard Herdegen 9
Steve Chang 9
1983 Richard Herdegen 16 Tom Daley 11
Pat Szanto 16
1984 Richard Herdegen 16 Pat Szanto 6
1985 Joe Sternberg 10 Tommy Gerlacher 8
1986 Bruce McCourt 13 Randy Morris 10
1987 Bruce McCourt 13 Randy Morris 17
Joe Sternberg 13
1988 Randy Morris 14 Randy Morris 12
1989 Kevin Pendergast 12 Steve LaVigne 7
1990 Kevin Pendergast 7 Kevin Pendergast 4
Kenyon Meyer 7
1991 Jean Joseph 11 Jean Joseph 6
1992 Bill Lanza 8 Bill Lanza 4
Brendan Dillman 4
1993 Bill Lanza 15 Bill Lanza 10
1994 Tim Oates 12 Tim Oates 11
1995 Ben Bocklage 9 Bill Lanza 11
1996 Tony Capasso 7 Tony Capasso 6
1997 Ryan Turner 12 Scott Wells 8
1998 Shane Walton 10 Ryan Cox 8
1999 Erich Braun 9 Erich Braun 6
2000 Erich Braun 4 Chad Riley 6
Justin Detter 4
Griffin Howard 4
2001 Erich Braun 12 Devon Prescod 6
Chad Riley 6
2002 Erich Braun 11 Chad Riley 12
2003 Justin Detter 14 Kevin Goldthwaite 9
2004 Justin McGeeney 5 Ian Etherington 5
Tony Megna 5
2005 Joseph Lapira 7 Joseph Lapira 5
Ryan Miller 5
2006 Joseph Lapira 22 Nate Norman 7
2007 Joseph Lapira 9 Joseph Lapira 10
2008 Bright Dike 12 Jeb Brovsky 6
2009 Bright Dike 11 Michael Thomas 6
2010 Steven Perry 12 Brendan King 6
Harrison Shipp 6
2011 Ryan Finley 7 Adam Mena 5
2012 Ryan Finley 21 Dillon Powers 9
2013 Harrison Shipp 12 Harrison Shipp 10
2014 Patrick Hodan 9 Jeffrey Farina 7
2015 Jon Gallagher 9 Evan Panken 9
2016 Jon Gallagher 14 Jon Gallagher 7
2017 Jon Gallagher 13 Félicien Dumas 8
2018 Thomas Ueland 6 Félicien Dumas 6
Patrick Berneski
2019 Jack Lynn 9 Félicien Dumas 6
2020 Jack Lynn 8 Aiden McFadden 4
2021 Jack Lynn 10 Dawson McCartney 5
Paddy Burns
Ethan O'Brien
2022 Daniel Russo 6 Daniel Russo 4
Matthew Roou
2023 Eno Nto 11 KK Baffour 7
Bryce Boneau

Notable alumni

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Current professionals

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  • Updated January 24, 2024

Honours

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Origins

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Inaugural Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The Irish soccer team was started as a club sport in 1961 by Joe Echelle and Faculty Advisor Mr. Christopher Fagan. The club was made up students representing five continents and was a manifestation of the increasing popularity of soccer as a college sport. The team posted a respectable inaugural 3-2 record winning games against Indiana Tech, Goshen College and Purdue[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Chad Riley ('04) Named Irish Men's Soccer Head Coach".
  2. ^ "Color | Athletics Branding | On Message | University of Notre Dame". Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Men's soccer roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics.
  4. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nd/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/msoccer-14-media-supplement.pdf Archived December 15, 2014, at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ Men's soccer history on fightingirish.com
  6. ^ University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN) - Class of 1962. Pages 278-279.
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