Carlo Acquista

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Carlo Acquista
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Fordham
Biographical details
Born1978/1979(age 44–45) [1]
Playing career
1996–1999 St. John's
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2006 St. Francis Brooklyn
2007–2017 Adelphi
2019– Fordham

Carlo Acquista is an American retired soccer player and the current head coach the Fordham Rams men's soccer team. [2]

Contents

Early life

Acquista played at St. John's University and graduated in 2000. [2] As a freshman, he was a member of the 1996 National Champion team. [3]

Coaching

Acquista began his head coaching career with St. Francis College in 2002. At the time of his hiring, Acquista was one of the country's youngest head coaches (23 years old). [2] In 2007, he became the head coach of the Adelphi Panthers men's soccer team. [4] Acquista was head coach of the Panthers for 11 seasons and led them to 3 Division II NCAA Tournaments. On January 30, 2019, Acquista was appointed just the fifth head coach in the history of the Fordham Rams men's soccer program. [2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (Northeast Conference)(2002–2006)
2002 St. Francis (NY) 3–11–33–5–27th
2003 St. Francis (NY) 1–14–20–9–010th
2004 St. Francis (NY) 8–9–15–4–05th
2005 St. Francis (NY) 4–11–21–8–010th
2006 St. Francis (NY) 2–13–22–5–27th
St. Francis (NY):18–58–1011–31–4
Adelphi Panthers (Atlantic Soccer Conference)(2007–2012)
2007 Adelphi 4–11–3
2008 Adelphi 12–6–0
2009 Adelphi 13–2–42–1–11st
2010 Adelphi 11–6–3
2011 Adelphi 8–9–24–0–01st
2012 Adelphi 3–13–0
Adelphi (Division I):51–47–120–0–0
Adelphi Panthers (Northeast-10 ConferenceDivision II)(2013–2017)
2013 Adelphi 11–7–09–4–04th
2014 Adelphi 12–6–19–4–0T-3rd
2015 Adelphi 13–5–29–2–2T-2nd NCAA First Round
2016 Adelphi 19–1–212–0–11st NCAA Quarterfinals
2017 Adelphi 14–3–211–1–11st NCAA Third Round
Adelphi (Division II):69–22–750–11–4
Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2019–present)
2019 Fordham 0–0–00–0–0
Total:138–127–29

      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

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