1997 VCU Rams men's soccer team

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1997 VCU Rams men's soccer
CAA Tournament Champions
Hoya Classic Champions
Sheraton Invitational Co-Champions
Hartwick Invitational Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round, L 0–1 vs. Georgetown
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Record15–4–4 (4–2–2 CAA)
Head coach
  • Tim Sullivan (3rd season)
Home stadium Cary Street Field
Seasons
  1996
1998  
1997 CAA men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 American + 6 0 217 4 4
George Mason 5 2 112 8 2
No. 21 VCU4 2 215 4 4
William & Mary 4 2 214 6 2
Richmond 4 3 19 7 4
James Madison 3 3 212 5 2
Old Dominion 3 5 07 9 1
East Carolina 2 6 07 13 0
UNCW 0 8 06 14 0
As of 1 December 1997
Rankings from NSCAA

The 1997 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 1997 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Rams played in the Colonial Athletic Association for their third season. It was the program's 20th season fielding a men's varsity college soccer program.

Contents

The 1997 season was the first season that the VCU Rams earned a berth into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, by the virtue of winning the CAA Men's Soccer Tournament. VCU played Georgetown in the first round of the tournament, losing the match.

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season
08-30-1997*
at  Georgetown
Hoya Classic
W 1–0 1–0
Yates Field
Washington, DC
09-01-1997*
vs.  George Washington
Hoya Classic
W 2–1 2–0
Yates Field
Washington, DC
09-06-1997*
vs.  Hartford
Sheraton Invitational
W 3–0 3–0
Mauck Stadium
Harrisonburg, VA
09-07-1997*
vs.  Wright State
Sheraton Invitational
W 4–3 4–0
Mauck Stadium
Harrisonburg, VA
09-12-1997*
No. 24at  Radford W 2–0 5–0
New River Soccer Complex
Radford, VA
09-20-1997*
No. 21at  Loyola (MD) W 4–1 6–0
Geppi-Aikens Field
Baltimore, MD
09-24-1997*
No. 18at No. 6  Virginia L 1–2 6–1
Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
09-27-1997
No. 18at No. 17  American T 0–0 2OT6–1–1 (0–0–1)
Reeves Field
Washington, DC
09-30-1997
No. 23 Richmond
Capital City Classic
W 1–0 7–1–1 (1–0–1)
Cary Street Field
Richmond, VA
10-04-1997*
No. 23vs.  Lafayette
Hartwick Invitational
W 2–0 8–1–1
Elmore Field
Hartwick, NY
10-05-1997*
No. 23vs.  Penn
Hartwick Invitational
W 3–2 9–1–1
Elmore Field
Hartwick, NY
10-08-1997*
No. 15 Howard T 1–1 2OT9–1–2
Cary Street Field
Richmond, VA
10-15-1997
No. 19at No. 25  James Madison L 1–2 9–2–2 (1–1–1)
Mauck Stadium
Harrisonburg, VA
10-18-1997
No. 19at  Old Dominion
Rivalry
W 1–0 10–2–2 (2–1–1)
Cary Street Field
Richmond, VA
10-20-1997*
No. 24 Liberty W 1–0 11–2–2
Cary Street Field
Richmond, VA
10-25-1997
No. 24at  UNCW W 4–0 12–2–2 (3–1–1)
Legion Field
Wilmington, NC
10-29-1997
No. 22 William & Mary T 1–1 2OT12–2–3 (3–1–2)
Cary Street Field
Richmond, VA
11-01-1997
No. 22at  George Mason
Rivalry
L 0–5 12–3–3 (3–2–2)
George Mason Stadium
Fairfax, VA
11-08-1997
East Carolina W 2–1 13–3–3 (4–2–2)
Cary Street Field
Richmond, VA
CAA Tournament
11-12-1997
No. 25 (3)No. (6) James Madison
Quarterfinal
W 1–0 14–3–3
Cary Street Field
Richmond, VA
11-14-1997
No. 25 (3)vs. No. (2) George Mason
Semifinal
W 2–0 15–3–3
Reeves Field
Washington, DC
11-16-1997
No. 25 (3)vs. No. 5 (1) American
Final
T 2–2 4OT
W 9–8 PK
 
15–3–4
Reeves Field
Washington, DC
NCAA Tournament
11-12-1997
No. 14Georgetown
Quarterfinal
L 0–1 15–4–4
Cary Street Field
Richmond, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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