UMass Minutemen soccer

The UMass Minutemen soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. UMass' first men's soccer team was fielded in 1930. The team plays its home games at Rudd Field. The Minutemen are coached by Fran O'Leary.

UMass Minutemen men's soccer
Founded	1930; 94 years ago (1930)
University	University of Massachusetts Amherst
Head coach	Fran O'Leary (9th season)
Conference	A-10
Location	Amherst, Massachusetts
Stadium	Rudd Field (Capacity: 800)
Nickname	Minutemen
Colors	Maroon and white[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2007
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2007
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2007
NCAA Tournament appearances
2001, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2020
Conference Tournament championships
2001, 2007, 2017
Conference Regular Season championships
1994, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2017

Seasons

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UMass (Independent) (1930–1986)
1930	Lawrence Briggs	1–4–0
1931	Lawrence Briggs	6–0–0
1932	Lawrence Briggs	4-1-1
1933	Lawrence Briggs	4-3-0
1934	Lawrence Briggs	2-2-2
1935	Lawrence Briggs	2-4-1
1936	Lawrence Briggs	5-3-0
1937	Lawrence Briggs	4-2-1
1938	Lawrence Briggs	3-2-2
1939	Lawrence Briggs	3-4-0
1940	Lawrence Briggs	2-3-2
1941	Lawrence Briggs	4-2-1
1942	Lawrence Briggs	1-4-3
UMass (No team due to World War II) (1943–1945)
1946	Lawrence Briggs	1-6-0
1947	Lawrence Briggs	4-5-0
1948	Lawrence Briggs	5-4-0
1949	Lawrence Briggs	4-5-1
1950	Lawrence Briggs	2-7-1
1951	Lawrence Briggs	3-6-2
1952	Lawrence Briggs	4-6-1
1953	Lawrence Briggs	6-5-1
1954	Lawrence Briggs	7-5-0
1955	Lawrence Briggs	4-4-0
1956	Lawrence Briggs	1-4-4
1957	Lawrence Briggs	3-4-1
1958	Lawrence Briggs	3-6-0
1959	Lawrence Briggs	2-7-0
1960	Lawrence Briggs	0-10-0
1961	Lawrence Briggs	3-6-1
1962	Lawrence Briggs	5-5-0
1963	Lawrence Briggs	2-7-1
1964	Lawrence Briggs	5-4-1
1965	Lawrence Briggs	7-3-0
1966	Lawrence Briggs	6-3-1
1967	Lawrence Briggs	5-5-0
1968	Peter Broacca	4-6-1
1969	Peter Broacca	6-4-0
1970	Peter Broacca	7-2-2
1971	Jack Berryman	5-3-3
1972	Gerry Redmond	5-3-2
1973	Aloysius Rufe	6-3-1
1974	Aloysius Rufe	8-3-1
1975	Aloysius Rufe	3-9-2
1976	Russ Kidd	5-8-1
1977	Russ Kidd	10-5-0
1978	Russ Kidd	12-5-0
1979	Russ Kidd	7-5-2
1980	Russ Kidd	5-11-0
1981	Russ Kidd	5-10-1
1982	Jeff Gettler	7-8-2
1983	Jeff Gettler	3-12-4
1984	Jeff Gettler	9-8-3
1985	Jeff Gettler	15-6-0
1986	Jeff Gettler	9-10-1
UMass (Atlantic 10 Conference[3]) (1987–present)
1987	Jeff Gettler	7–11–2	2–2–0	3rd, East
1988	Jeff Gettler	8–8–2	1–2–1	4th, East
1989	Jeff Gettler	7–9–2	1–3–0	T–4th, East
1990	Jeff Gettler	3–11–3	1–5–2	8th
1991	Sam Koch	11–5–4	3–3–1	T–4th	A10 Semifinal
1992	Sam Koch	10–6–4	4–2–1	3rd	A10 Runners-up
1993	Sam Koch	9–10–0	3–4–0	T–6th
1994	Sam Koch	13–6–1	6–1–0	1st	A10 Runners-up
1995	Sam Koch	15–5–2	8–2–1	2nd	A10 Runners-up
1996	Sam Koch	10–6–1	7–4–0	T–4th
1997	Sam Koch	11–7–1	7–4–0	T–3rd
1998	Sam Koch	4–12–2	4–6–1	9th
1999	Sam Koch	13–7–0	8–3–0	T–3rd	A10 Semifinal
2000	Sam Koch	12–6–2	8–1–1	T–1st	A10 Semifinal
2001	Sam Koch	14–5–1	8–3–0	T–3rd	A10 Champions NCAA Second round
2002	Sam Koch	12–6–2	8–1–2	1st	A10 Semifinal
2003	Sam Koch	11–7–1	5–5–1	T–7th
2004	Sam Koch	8–9–2	5–4–2	7th
2005	Sam Koch	8–10–2	4–3–2	T–5th	A10 First Round
2006	Sam Koch	8–8–3	2–6–1	12th
2007	Sam Koch	17–8–1	6–3–0	3rd	A10 Champions NCAA College Cup
2008	Sam Koch	10–8–3	7–1–1	1st	A10 Runners-up NCAA First Round
2009	Sam Koch	7–7–3	4–5–0	T–9th
2010	Sam Koch	5–5–8	4–2–3	T–6th
2011	Sam Koch	4–13–2	2–5–2	12th
2012	Sam Koch	5–10–2	2–7–0	14th
2013	Sam Koch	4–14–1	3–5–0	8th	A10 Quarterfinal
2014	Sam Koch	3–14–1	2–5–1	12th
2015	Fran O'Leary	5–13–1	4–3–1	5th	A10 Quarterfinal
2016	Fran O'Leary	7–9–3	4–2–2	4th	A10 Quarterfinal
2017	Fran O'Leary	15–4–3	6–1–1	1st	A10 Champions NCAA First Round
2018	Fran O'Leary	7–8–3	3–5–0	9th	A10 Quarterfinal
2019	Fran O'Leary	7–10–0	3–5–0	8th
2020-21	Fran O'Leary	7–2-3	3–1-2		NCAA Second Round
2021	Fran O'Leary	8-4-5	2-2-4	9th
2022	Fran O'Leary	7-4-7	2-1-5	8th	A10 Quarterfinal
2023	Fran O'Leary	7-6-6	4-3-1	7th	A10 Semifinal
2024	Fran O'Leary	10-3-4	5-2-1	3rd
Total:		567–561–137
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

Source: 1930–2024 season.^[4]

NCAA tournament results

UMass has appeared in five NCAA tournaments.

Year	Record	Seed	Region	Round	Opponent	Results
2001	14–5–1	N/A	Dallas	First round Second round	Creighton St. John's	W 1–0 L 0–1[5]
2007	17–8–1	N/A	Boston	First round Second round Round of 16 Quarterfinals College Cup	Boston University #1 Boston College Central Connecticut State UIC #5 Ohio State	W 2–1 W 2–1 W 3–1 W 2–1 L 0–1[6]
2008	10–7–3	N/A	Winston-Salem	First round	Harvard	L 0–12OT[7]
2017	15–4–3	N/A	Louisville	First round	Colgate	L 0–2
2020	7-2-3	N/A	Greensboro	Second round	Penn State	L 4-1

Coaching history

Years	Coach	Games	W	L	T	Pct.
1930–1967	Lawrence Briggs	302	123	151	28	.454
1968–1970	Peter Broacca	32	17	12	3	.578
1971	Jack Berryman	11	5	3	3	.591
1972	Gary Redmond	10	5	3	2	.600
1973–1975	Aloysius Rufe	36	17	15	4	.528
1976–1981	Russ Kidd	92	44	44	4	.500
1982–1990	Jeff Gettler	170	68	83	19	.456
1991–2013	Sam Koch	453	222	182	49	.550
2014	Devin O'Neill	18	3	14	1	.194
2015–	Fran O'Leary	114	56	50	8	.524

Individual achievements

All-Americans

UMass has produced 17 All-Americans, won by 15 different individuals. The most recent All-American came in 2017.^[8]

Player	Position	Year
Davis Smith	FW	2017
Zack Simmons	GK	2007
Jeff Deren	FW	2002
Jeff Deren	FW	2001
Tasso Koutsoukos	MF	1977
Thomas Coburn	FW	1974
Raymond Yando	DF	1965
Raymond Yando	DF	1964
Richard Repeta	DF	1962
Stephen Lapton	DF	1952
Edward McGrath	GK	1948
Charles Stebbins	DF	1941
John Giannotti	GK	1941
John Donovan	FW	1941
Saul Klaman	DF	1940
Arthur Howe	DF	1939
Granville Pruyne	FW	1932

References

1. "University of Massachusetts Amherst Athletics Official Style Guide" (PDF). Retrieved July 4, 2021.
2. "Men's Soccer". UMass Athletics. UMassAthletics.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11.
3. "Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Soccer Record Book (1987-2019)" (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference. Atlantic10.com. pp. 6–15. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
4. "UMass Men's Soccer All-Time Record Book" (PDF). UMass Athletics. pp. 2–6. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
5. "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 41. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
6. "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 46. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
7. "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 47. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
8. All-Americans (PDF). Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Athletics. July 26, 2008. p. 38.

External links

• Official website