Bowling Green Falcons men's soccer

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Bowling Green Falcons men's soccer
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Founded1965;60 years ago (1965)
University Bowling Green State University
Head coach Eric Nichols
Conference MVC
Location Bowling Green, Ohio
Stadium Mickey Cochrane Stadium
(Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname Falcons
ColorsBrown and orange [1]
   
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Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1972, 1973, 1995
NCAA Tournament appearances
1972, 1973, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2020, 2021
Conference Tournament championships
1991, 1995, 1996, 1997
Conference Regular Season championships
1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2020

The Bowling Green Falcons men's soccer team is the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Division I intercollegiate college soccer team of Bowling Green State University located in Bowling Green, Ohio. [2]

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History

Bowling Green State University first fielded a men's soccer team in 1965. The team initially competed as an independent. [3]

A Bowling Green match in 2007 BGSU Men's Soccer (3988884873).jpg
A Bowling Green match in 2007

From 1986 through 1992, the Falcons were a member of the Mid-America Soccer Conference, winning the season championship in 1987, 1989, 199, and 1992 and the conference's only tournament championship in 1991.

From 1993 through 2022, BGSU competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference. They won the regular season title in 1986, 2000, 2002, and 2020. The Falcons won the first three MAC Tournament championships in 1985–87, and have advanced to the title game more than five times since then.

The team played in BGSU's full-time home of the Mid-American Conference through the 2022 season, after which the MAC dropped that sport. [4] Bowling Green joined the Missouri Valley Conference as a single-sport member effective in 2023. [5]

Colors and badge

The BGSU school colors are burnt orange and seal brown. In 1914, Professor Leon Winslow of the industrial arts department reportedly saw the color combination on a woman's hat while riding the interurban trolley to Toledo and recommended to the board of trustees that those colors be adopted.

Stadium

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Mickey Cochrane Stadium, venue

The Falcons play at Mickey Cochrane Field (Cochrane Soccer Stadium) on the BGSU campus. The stadium seats 700 with portable seating for 800 more available and standing room for hundreds more. [6] [3]

Rivalries

Bowling Green's main college soccer rival is Wright State. The two compete for the I-75 Cup. [7]

Honors

Source: [3] More than 30 BGSU Falcons have gone on to play professional soccer

Bowling Green men's soccer's first head coach, Mickey Cochrane, was inducted into the NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America, now known as United Soccer Coaches) Hall of Fame in 1995.

All-Americans

Academic All-Americans

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "BGSU Athletic Brand Standards". May 16, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bowling Green State University". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "MAC Men's Soccer". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "MAC to Suspend Sponsoring Men's Soccer Following 2022 Season" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Missouri Valley Conference To Expand in Men's Soccer for 2023" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cochrane Soccer Stadium". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bowling Green Wins I-75 Cup". Mid-American Conference. November 5, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
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