2004 VCU Rams men's soccer team

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2004 VCU Rams men's soccer
VCU Rams logo.svg
CAA Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 8
Record12–6–2 (7–2–1 CAA)
Head coach
  • Tim O'Sullivan (9th season)
Home stadium Sports Backers Stadium
Seasons
  2003
2005  
2004 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 VCU7 1 112 6 3
James Madison + 7 2 015 3 1
No. 21 Old Dominion + 6 2 113 6 2
UNCW 5 3 112 6 2
William & Mary 4 4 19 7 2
Hofstra4 4 112 10 1
Towson 3 5 18 7 2
George Mason 3 6 07 11 1
Drexel 2 7 05 12 0
Delaware 1 8 04 13 1
As of December 21, 2004
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2004 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University in all 2004 NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions.

Contents

The 2004 season saw the Rams make their deepest-ever run in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, reaching the quarterfinals of the competition, before losing to eventual national runners-up, UC Santa Barbara. During their quarterfinal run, the Rams knocked off Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament champions, George Washington, and the number one team in the country, Wake Forest. Outside of NCAA play, the Rams won the Colonial Athletic Association regular season title. It would not be until 2018 the Rams would again win a conference regular season championship.

Background

Roster

Updated: December 7, 2004 [1]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rob Szymanik
1 GK Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Saul Montero
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ryan Wood
3 DF Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Gonzalo Segares
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Veit Schaidinger
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hugh MacDonald
6 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Simon Toselli
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shane DuBay
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ricardo Valverde
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Pat Viray
10 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Helmis Matute
11 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brian Morris
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matthew Warncke
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Chaves
14 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Scott Millar
15 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Ricardo Opoku
16 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Samuel Asante
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Aust
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Evan Morris
19 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Bear
20 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Stephen Shirley
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Wes Reed
23 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Dominic Oduro
24 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jason Jackson

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season
09/03/2004*
7:00 pm
No. 13 La Salle W 2–0 1–0–0
Sports Backers Stadium (232)
Richmond, VA
09/05/2004*
7:00 pm
No. 13No. 28  New Mexico L 1–2 OT1–1–0
Sports Backers Stadium (245)
Richmond, VA
09/10/2004*
7:00 pm
No. 22vs. No. 5  Wake Forest
Carolina Nike Classic
L 0–1 2OT1–2–0
Fetzer Field
Chapel Hill, NC
09/12/2004*
7:00 pm
at No. 5  North Carolina
Carolina Nike Classic
W 5–2 2–2–0
Fetzer Field (893)
Chapel Hill, NC
CAA Tournament
11/14/2004
7:00 pm
(1) No. 11(5) Hofstra
Semifinals
L 0–1 11–5–2
Sports Backers Stadium
Richmond, VA
NCAA Tournament
11/23/2004
2:00 pm
(16) No. 15 George Washington
Second round
W 2–0 12–5–2
Sports Backers Stadium (746)
Richmond, VA
11/27/2004
2:00 pm
(16) No. 15at (1) No. 1  Wake Forest
Third round
T 2–2
W 3–2 pen.
 2OT
12–5–3
Spry Stadium (1,447)
Winston-Salem, NC
12/04/2004
9:00 pm
(16) No. 15at (9) No. 8  UC Santa Barbara
Quarterfinals
L 1–4 12–6–3
Harder Stadium (11,214)
Santa Barbara, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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NSCAA National13RVRVRVNone Released
NSCAA South Atlantic Regional6None Released
Soccer America 16RVRV
Soccer Times22RVRV
College Soccer News192323

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References

  1. "VCU Men's Soccer 2004 Player Statistics" (PDF). vcuathletics.com. Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics. Retrieved November 15, 2018.