Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer

The Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Wisconsin's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1977. The team plays its home games at Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex. The Badgers are coached by Neil Jones.

Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer
Founded	1977; 47 years ago (1977)
University	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Head coach	Neil Jones (1st season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Madison, Wisconsin
Stadium	Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex[1] (Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname	Badgers
Colors	Cardinal and White
Home Away
NCAA Tournament championships
1995
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1995
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1993, 1995
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1991, 1993, 1995, 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances
1981, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2017
Conference Tournament championships
1995, 2017
Conference Regular Season championships
1991, 1992, 1995

The Badgers' greatest success came during the mid-1990s, where the program won the NCAA championship and Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament in 1995. They won their second Big Ten Tournament in 2017.^[2] The program has produced professional soccer players including Sam Brotherton and A. J. Cochran.

Players

Current roster

As of December 2024^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CAN Matisse Hébert 2 DF  ISL Birgir Baldvinsson 3 MF  USA Noah Glorioso 4 MF  USA Julian Kuhr 5 DF  USA Ryan Quintos 6 DF  USA Roberto Burlew 7 FW  USA Kevin Andrews 8 MF  USA Trip Fleming 9 FW  USA Markie Hrvojevic 10 MF  USA Charlie Crockford 11 FW  GER Mason Henderson 12 DF  USA Drew Brown

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 FW  USA Dean Boltz 16 FW  USA Roman Eisa 17 DF  USA Ryan Keefe 18 MF  USA Matthew Zachemski 20 FW  NZL Thomas Raimbault 23 DF  USA Will Smith 24 DF  USA Eliot Popkewitz 25 DF  ENG Ellis Jones 26 MF  ENG Liam Chadwick 28 MF  USA Andrew Chavez 30 GK  USA Adam Braman 33 GK  USA Luke Shrivers

Head coaches

Current staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Neil Jones
Assistant coach	Nate Boyden
Assistant coach	Ryan Osborne
Assistant coach	Daniel Bermingham

Head coaching history

#	Name	Tenure
1	Bill Reddan	1977–1981
2	Jim Launder	1982–1996
3	Kalekeni Banda	1997–2001
4	Jeff Rohrman	2002–2008
5	Todd Yeagley	2009
6	John Trask	2010–2021
7	Neil Jones	2022–

Seasons

A Wisconsin match c. 1975

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Big Ten (1977–present)
1977	Bill Reddan	6–5–1	2–2–0
1978	Bill Reddan
1979	Bill Reddan
1980	Bill Reddan
1981	Bill Reddan				NCAA First Round
1982	Jim Launder
1983	Jim Launder
1984	Jim Launder
1985	Jim Launder
1986	Jim Launder
1987	Jim Launder
1988	Jim Launder
1989	Jim Launder
1990	Jim Launder
1991	Jim Launder			1st	NCAA Second Round
1992	Jim Launder			1st
1993	Jim Launder			2nd	NCAA Quarterfinal
1994	Jim Launder			T-3rd	NCAA First Round
1995	Jim Launder	20–4–1	4–1–0	1st	Big Ten co-champions NCAA Champions
1996	Jim Launder	11–5–5	2–2–1	T-3rd
1997	Kalekeni Banda	7–13–0	2–3–0	T-4th
1998	Kalekeni Banda	4–15–1	1–4–0	T-4th
1999	Kalekeni Banda	6–13–1	1–4–0	T-5th
2000	Kalekeni Banda	10–9–1	3–3–0	T-4th
2001	Kalekeni Banda	10–8–1	3–3–0	T-4th
2002	Jeff Rohrman	9–10–0	3–3–0	T-2nd
2003	Jeff Rohrman	11–10–1	1–4–1	5th
2004	Jeff Rohrman	9–10–0	2–4–0	4th
2005	Jeff Rohrman	8–11–0	2–4–0	T-5th
2006	Jeff Rohrman	9–8–2	3–2–1	T-2nd
2007	Jeff Rohrman	6–7–6	0–3–3	6th
2008	Jeff Rohrman	9–7–3	1–4–1	7th
2009	Todd Yeagley	7–9–2	3–3–0	4th
2010	John Trask	4–13–1	1–4–1	7th
2011	John Trask	10–8–2	4–2–0	T-2nd	Big Ten Semifinals
2012	John Trask	6–8–5	1–3–2	6th	Big Ten Quarterfinals
2013	John Trask	14–5–2	4–2–0	2nd	Big Ten Quarterfinals NCAA Second Round
2014	John Trask	3–12–3	0–7–1	9th	Big Ten Play-In
2015	John Trask	5–11–3	2–3–3	7th	Big Ten Quarterfinals
2016	John Trask	11–4–4	4–2–2	3rd	Big Ten Runners-up
2017	John Trask	10–4–5	4–3–1	5th	Big Ten Champions
2018	John Trask	10–6–2	6–2–0	2nd	Big Ten Semifinals
2019	John Trask	3–11–4	1–4–3	7th	Big Ten Quarterfinals
Big Ten Total:
Total:
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

NCAA tournament results

Wisconsin have appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments. Their most recent appearance came in 2017.^[2]

Year	Record	Seed	Region	Round	Opponent	Results
1981	15–2–2	—	—	Second round	Indiana	L 1–5
1991	17–4–1	—	—	First round Second round	Evansville Indiana	W 2–0 L 0–1 (a.e.t.)
1993	15–4–4	—	—	First round Second round Quarterfinals	Notre Dame Indiana Virginia	W 2–1 W 1–0 L 0–3
1994	14–6–0	—	1	First round	SMU	L 1–2
1995	20–4–1	—	2	First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	Bowling Green William & Mary #2 SMU Portland Duke	W 2–0 W 1–0 W 2–0 W 1–0 W 2–0
2013	14–5–2	—	3	First round Second round	Milwaukee #3 Notre Dame	W 1–0 L 0–4
2017	12–5–5	—	2	First round Second round Third round	Illinois-Chicago #12 Notre Dame #5 Akron	W 4–1 W 1–0 (a.e.t.) L 2–3 (a.e.t.)

Rivalries

Wisconsin in action against Marquette

Wisconsin has rivalries with the three in-state Division I programs.^[4]

• Green Bay Phoenix men's soccer: the two program compete for the Chancellor's Cup when they meet
• Marquette Golden Eagles men's soccer
• Milwaukee Panthers men's soccer: the two programs compete for the Governor's Cup when they meet

Governor's Cup

As of September 1, 2019^[5]

Milwaukee victories

Wisconsin victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 20, 1995 Hartland, WI Wisconsin 1–0 2 October 6, 2000 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–2 3 October 5, 2001 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee 3–1 4 October 16, 2002 Madison, WI Milwaukee 1–0 5 October 1, 2003 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 1–0 6 October 6, 2004 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–1 7 October 4, 2005 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee 2–0 8 September 20, 2006 Madison, WI Tie 2–2 9 October 10, 2007 Milwaukee, WI Tie 1–1 10 November 5, 2009 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 1–0 11 October 27, 2010 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 12 October 26, 2011 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 2–0 13 October 10, 2012 Madison, WI Milwaukee 1–0 14 October 23, 2013 Milwaukee, WI Tie 1–1 15 November 21, 2013[a] Madison, WI Wisconsin 1–0 16 October 22, 2014 Madison, WI Wisconsin 1–0 17 October 21, 2015 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 1–0 18 October 18, 2016 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–0 19 October 24, 2017 Milwaukee, WI Tie 0–0 20 October 3, 2018 Madison, WI Tie 1–1 21 October 2, 2019 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee 1–0 Series: Wisconsin leads 11–5–5

1. NCAA Tournament game.

References

1. "Facilities – McClimon Track/Soccer Complex". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
2. "Wisconsin Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Title". Big Ten Conference. November 13, 2017. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
3. Men's Soccer Roster on Wisconsin Badgers
4. "UW-Madison Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). uwbadgers.com. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
5. "Wisconsin Men's Soccer History vs. Milwaukee". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Team Year-by-Year Records (2011)