Alabama A&M Bulldogs
men's soccer |
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| Founded | 1977 [1] |
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| Folded | November 2011;14 years ago (2011-11) [2] |
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| University | Alabama A&M University |
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| Head coach | Salah Yousif (21th. [1] [2] season) |
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| Conference | SWAC
I Division |
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| Location | Normal, Alabama |
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| Stadium | John Hunt Park Stadium [3]
(Capacity: 2,000 [4] ) |
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| Nickname | Bulldogs |
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| Colors | Maroon and white [5]
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| 1978, 1981 |
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| 1977, 1979 |
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The Alabama A&M Bulldogs men's soccer was the intercollegiate varsity soccer team representing the Alabama A&M University, located in Normal, Alabama. The team was a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) athletic conference of NCAA Division I. [6]
The Bulldogs' last head coach was Salah Yousif, [7] who had started his coaching tenure in 1977 and leaded the team to win two national championships, [8] in 1977 and 1979. [9] [10]
Alabama A&M played their home matches at the John Hunt Park Stadium, [3] located in Huntsville [11] with capacity for 2,000 spectators. [4] , which also served as home venue to the women's team. [12]
History
The Bulldogs' won their first NCAA DII national championship in 1977, which was also the first NCAA tournament contested by Alabama A&M. [13] The Bulldogs eliminated Loyola Maryland 2–1 on extra time, Florida International 4–0, New Haven 2–0, and finally defeated Seattle Pacific 2–1 to win their first championship. [13]
Alabama A&M also made a great campaign in 1978, where they not only eliminated but thrashed their opponents: Florida International (6–0), Loyola MD (4–0), Eastern Illinois (5–0) to reach their second consecutive NCAA final against the same opponent (Seattle Pacific, 17–5–4 record) [14] , but the team lost 0–1 on extra time with a golden goal by Bruce Raney. [15] Until the final, the Bulldogs had an impressive record of 15 goals scored in only 3 matches. [13]
By 1980, the Southwestern Athletic Conference had been promoted to NCAA Division I so the team participated in the NCAA DI championship. that same year the team debuted in the tournament, where they finished third after defeating Duke (2–0), William & Mary (1–0), and losing to San Francisco (0–1) in semifinals. Alabama A&M then defeated Hartwick 2–0 in the third place match.
Alabama A&M contested their second consecutive NCAA DI tournament in 1981. They eliminated Duke (1–0), Clemson (2–1), West Virginia (2–1), and Philadelphia Textile (3–2) to play their first final in the top division, but they were defeated by Connecticut 1–2 on extra time at Stanford Stadium. [16]
Despite the success of their first years in the NCAA, the program decreased considerably in its later years. The 2010 season ended with no wins, being defeated in all of their games. The negative performances included several heavy defeats at the hands of UC Riverside (0–5), UNLV (1–8), Bradley (0–9), Evansville (0–9), and Jacksonville (0–7), among other disastrous results. [17] That same season, the university announced its plans to cut off the program due to budget cuts. At the moment of the annoucement, A&M was the only SWAC school that sponsored men's soccer. [18]
On November 3, 2011, the A&M team played their last game, with a 0–8 defeat to Memphis to finish with another negative record of 0–15. The program only had two winning seasons in the last eight. [2]
The program was discontinued following the 2011 season. [19] [20]
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