Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer

The Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer team represents Ohio State University in NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer
Founded	1953; 71 years ago (1953)
University	Ohio State University
Head coach	Brian Maisonneuve (4th season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Stadium	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)
Nickname	Buckeyes
Colors	Scarlet and white
Home Away
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2007
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2007, 2024
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2007, 2024
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2004, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2024
NCAA Tournament appearances
2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
2000, 2007, 2009 , 2024
Conference Regular Season championships
2004, 2009, 2015, 2024

Ohio State has an overall record of 456–516–123 (.473) in their 68-year history. They have appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament 12 times including a runner-up finish in the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

The Buckeyes have participated in the Big Ten Conference since the conference began sponsoring men's soccer in 1991. Since then, they have been 76–92–18 (.457) in the conference. The team has four regular season titles (2004, '09, '15, '24) and four conference tournament titles (2000, '07, '09, '24).^[1]

The team has played their home games at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium since 1999. The facility has a Natural Grass surface and has a capacity of 8,000.^[2]

Brian Maisonneuve has been the head coach of the Buckeyes since 2018. He previously served as an assistant coach for the Indiana Hoosiers from 2010 to 2017 and played for the Columbus Crew from 1996 to 2004.

Current roster

As of 12 Sep 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  MEX Max Trejo 2 DF  USA Dyland Onwona 3 DF  CAN Nathan Demian 4 DF  USA Nick McHenry 5 MF  GIB Johnny Rush 6 DF  GER Thomas Gilej 7 MF  ENG Marko Borkovic 8 MF  USA Andre Roberts 9 FW  USA Tanner Creech 10 MF  USA Parker Grinstead 11 MF  USA Luciano Pechota 12 DF  USA Deylen Vellios 14 MF  USA Nick Skubis 15 MF  USA Ashton Bilow

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  USA Anthony Samways 17 MF  NGA Michael Adedokun 18 FW  USA David Ajagbe 20 MF  USA Jacob Maisonneuve 21 MF  USA Tommaso Villa 23 DF  USA Donovan Williams 24 GK  USA RJ Stoller 25 MF  USA David Wrona 26 MF  USA Cole Evans 28 GK  USA Luke Laramore 29 FW  USA Zsombor Onodi 30 DF  ISL Siggi Magnusson 32 GK  USA Patrick McLaughlin

Seasons

Ohio State v Oberlin College match, 1955

Ohio State full roster of 1961

Year	Head Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record	Standing	Postseason
Bruce Bennett (Independent) (1953–1953)
1953	Bruce Bennett	3–6–1
Bruce Bennett:		3–6–1
Howard Knuttgen (Independent) (1954–1957)
1954	Howard Knuttgen	3–6–1
1955	Howard Knuttgen	5–3–1
1955	Howard Knuttgen	5–3–1
1956	Howard Knuttgen	7–3–0
1957	Howard Knuttgen	3–6–0
Howard Knuttgen:		18–18–2
Walter Ersing (Independent) (1958–1968)
1958	Walter Ersing	3–5–1
1959	Walter Ersing	1–8–0
1960	Walter Ersing	3–4–1
1961	Walter Ersing	0–7–1
1962	Walter Ersing	3–5–0
1963	Walter Ersing	2–5–2
1964	Walter Ersing	3–6–0
1965	Walter Ersing	5–4–0
1966	Walter Ersing	3–6–0
1967	Walter Ersing	7–2–0
1968	Walter Ersing	2–7–0
Walter Ersing:		32–59–5
Forrest Tyson (Independent) (1969–1970)
1969	Forrest Tyson	2–6–1
1970	Forrest Tyson	2–6–2
Forrest Tyson:		4–12–3
Bill Servedio (Independent) (1971–1973)
1971	Bill Servedio	4–5–2
1972	Bill Servedio	0–9–2
1973	Bill Servedio	2–3–5
Al Bianco (Independent) (1974–1974)
1974	Al Bianco	11–6–3
Bill Servedio (Independent) (1975–1975)
1975	Bill Servedio	5–6–2
Bill Servedio:		11–23–11
Jerry Bell (Independent) (1976–1978)
1976	Jerry Bell	6–6–1
1977	Jerry Bell	10–4–0
1978	Jerry Bell	5–9–2
Jerry Bell:		21–19–3
Al Bianco (Independent) (1979–1986)
1979	Al Bianco	7–8–1
1980	Al Bianco	11–6–3
1981	Al Bianco	7–9–4
1982	Al Bianco	11–7–2
1983	Al Bianco	10–11–0
1984	Al Bianco	7–12–2
1985	Al Bianco	7–12–2
1986	Al Bianco	12–5–3
Al Bianco:		83–76–20
Gary Avedikian (Independent) (1987–1990)
1987	Gary Avedikian	11–9–2
1988	Gary Avedikian	7–12–1
1989	Gary Avedikian	5–12–2
1990	Gary Avedikian	10–8–3
Gary Avedikian (Big Ten Conference) (1991–1996)
1991	Gary Avedikian	4–16–0	1–4–0	5th
1992	Gary Avedikian	8–11–2	3–2–0	T–3rd
1993	Gary Avedikian	5–13–2	0–5–0	6th
1994	Gary Avedikian	8–11–1	2–3–0	T–3rd
1995	Gary Avedikian	7–11–1	1–4–0	5th
1996	Gary Avedikian	7–8–3	2–2–1	T–3rd
Gary Avedikian:		89–111–17	9–17–1
John Bluem (Big Ten Conference) (1997–2017)
1997	John Bluem	11–7–2	3–1–1	2nd
1998	John Bluem	8–9–3	3–2–0	3rd
1999	John Bluem	11–8–0	3–2–0	T-2nd
2000	John Bluem	12–5–4	2–2–1	T-4th	NCAA First Round
2001	John Bluem	10–7–2	1–4–1	6th	NCAA First Round
2002	John Bluem	11–7–1	3–3–0	T-2nd
2003	John Bluem	4–12–4	2–3–1	4th
2004	John Bluem	12–7–2	5–1–0	T-1st	NCAA Third Round
2005	John Bluem	11–8–2	3–2–1	2nd	NCAA First Round
2006	John Bluem	11–7–3	3–2–1	2nd
2007	John Bluem	17–4–5	4–1–1	2nd	NCAA Runner-Up
2008	John Bluem	9–9–3	2–4–0	T-5th	NCAA Second Round
2009	John Bluem	12–5–4	4–2–0	1st	NCAA Second Round
2010	John Bluem	11–8–3	4–2–0	T-2nd	NCAA Third Round
2011	John Bluem	10–7–2	4–2–0	T-2nd
2012	John Bluem	6–10–3	0–4–2	7th
2013	John Bluem	5–8–5	1–3–2	6th
2014	John Bluem	9–8–5	5–3–0	T-2nd	NCAA Second Round
2015	John Bluem	13–7–3	5–2–1	1st	NCAA Third Round
2016	John Bluem	5–13–1	3–4–1	T-6th
2017	John Bluem	8–10–1	5–5–1	6th
John Bluem:		206–161–58	63–54–13
Brian Maisonneuve (Big Ten Conference) (2018–present)
2018	Brian Maisonneuve	1–15–2	0–7–1	9th
2019	Brian Maisonneuve	7–11–1	1–6–1	T-8th
2020	Brian Maisonneuve	3–6–1	3–5–1	7th
2021	Brian Maisonneuve	6–9–1	2–6–0	9th
2022	Brian Maisonneuve	10–3–5	4–2–2	T–2nd	NCAA Tournament Second Round
2023	Brian Maisonneuve	6–6–5	3–4–1	T–7th
2024	Brian Maisonneuve	12–1–3	7–1–2	1st
Brian Maisonneuve:		45–51–18	20–31–10
Total:		435–401–90
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

Team Management

Head Coaching history

These people served as the head coach for Ohio State's men's soccer program.^[4]

Years	Coach	Overall	Conference
1953	Bruce Bennett	3–6–1 (.350)
1954–1957	Howard Knuttgen	18–18–2 (.500)
1958–1968	Walter Ersing	32–59–5 (.359)
1969–1970	Forrest Tyson	4–12–3 (.289)
1971–1973; 1975	Bill Servedio	11–23–11 (.367)
1974; 1979–1986	Al Bianco	83–76–20 (.520)
1976–1978	Jerry Bell	21–19–3 (.523)
1987–1996	Gary Avendikian	89–111–17 (.449)	9–17–1 (.352)
1997–2017	John Bluem	206–161–58 (.553)	63–54–13 (.535)
2018–present	Brian Maisonneuve	33–50–10 (.409)	13–30–8 (.333)

NCAA Tournament Results

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2000	First Round	Creighton	L, 0–1
2001	First Round	American	L, 1–2
2004	First Round	Memphis	W, 1–0
	Second Round	Notre Dame	W, 2–1
	Third Round	Duke	L, 0–3
2005	First Round	Santa Clara	L, 0–1
2007	Second Round	Louisville	W, 1–0
	Third Round	UC Santa Barbara	W, 4–32OT
	Quarterfinals	Bradley	W, 4–0
	Semifinals	Massachusetts	W, 1–0
	Finals	Wake Forest	L, 1–2
2008	First Round	Oakland	W, 0–04–3 PK
	Second Round	Akron	L, 0–12OT
2009	Second Round	Drake	L, 0–1OT
2010	Second Round	Providence	W, 2–1
	Third Round	Louisville	L, 1–2
2014	First Round	Akron	W, 1–113–12 PK
	Second Round	Notre Dame	L, 1–2
2015	Second Round	Dayton	W, 1–14–3 PK
	Third Round	Stanford	L, 3–1
2022	First Round	Wake Forest	W, 3–0
	Second Round	UNC Greensboro	L, 1–15–6 PK

Awards and honors

Team

• NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
  • Runners-Up (1): 2007

Big Ten Regular Season Championships

Season	Coach	Overall record	Big Ten record
2004	John Bluem	12–7–2	5–1–0
2009	John Bluem	12–5–4	4–2–0
2015	John Bluem	13–7–3	5–2–1
2024	Brian Maisonneuve	12–1–3	7–1–2
Big Ten Regular Season Championships			4

Big Ten Tournament Championships

Season	Coach	Location	Opponent	Score
2000	John Bluem	Columbus, OH	Penn State	3–2OT
2007	John Bluem	East Lansing, MI	Indiana	0–05–4PK
2009	John Bluem	Bloomington, IN	Penn State	1–0
2024	Brian Maisonneuve	Columbus, OH	Michigan	1–0
Big Ten Tournament Championships				4

Individual

• All-Americans
  • Rich Nichols (LHB), 1951 Second Team
  • Eugene Bak (RHB), 1954 Honorable Mention
  • Richard Bertz (CHB), 1955 Honorable Mention
  • Richard Bertz (IR), 1956 Honorable Mention
  • Gunars Neiders (FB), 1956 Honorable Mention
  • Hans Lesheim (CF), 1957 Honorable Mention
  • Robert Black (GK), 1967 Honorable Mention
  • Justin Cook (F), 2004 Third Team
  • Xavier Balc (F), 2007 First Team
  • Eric Brunner (D), 2007 First Team
  • Liam Doyle (D), 2015 Third Team
• Big Ten Player of the Year
  • 2004: Justin Cook
  • 2007: Xavier Balc
• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2009: Doug Verhoff
  • 2010: David Tiemstra
  • 2011: David Tiemstra
  • 2015: Liam Doyle
• Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2011: Chris Hegngi
• Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year
  • 2015: Chris Froschauer
  • 2022: Keagan McLaughlin
• Big Ten Midfielder Player of the Year
  • 2022: Laurence Wootton
  • 2023: Laurence Wootton
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year
  • 1998: John Monebrake
  • 1999: John Tomaino
  • 2000: Justin Cook
  • 2009: Matt Lampson
  • 2021: Laurence Wootton
• Big Ten Coach of the Year
  • 1992: Gary Avedikian
  • 1999: John Bluem
  • 2004: John Bluem
  • 2009: John Bluem
  • 2014: John Bluem

References

1. "Men's Soccer". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
2. "Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium". Ohio State Buckeyes. 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
3. Men's soccer roster on ohiostatebuckeyes.com
4. "Team Records – Ohio State Soccer" (PDF). OSU Athletics. p. 23.

External links

• Official website