Connecticut Huskies men's soccer

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Connecticut Huskies
men's soccer
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Founded 1939
University University of Connecticut
Head coach Ray Reid (15th season)
Conference The American
Location Mansfield, CT
Stadium Joseph J. Morrone Stadium
(Capacity: 5,100)
Nickname Huskies
Colors National Flag Blue and White [1]
         
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NCAA Tournament championships
1948, 1981, 2000
NCAA Tournament Semifinals
1960, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
NCAA Tournament appearances
1960, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Conference Tournament championships
1983, 1984, 1989, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Conference Regular Season championships
1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012

The Connecticut Huskies men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of Connecticut. The team is a member of the American Athletic Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Varsity is an alteration and shortening of the term university. The meaning differs depending on the region, but is usually related to sporting activity.

University of Connecticut Public research university in Connecticut

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land grant, National Sea Grant and National Space Grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881.

American Athletic Conference US college sports conference

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History

Connecticut soccer existed prior to 1969, but was not considered a major sport and did not even have a real stadium. However, in 1969, Joe Morrone was hired as head coach, and made significant changes that would make the Huskies a premiere program. He started by building Connecticut Soccer Stadium, which now bears his name as Joseph J. Morrone Stadium. Eventually, in Morrone's words, the team became "the Notre Dame of college soccer". [2] Morrone would ultimately coach the team until he retired in 1994.

Joseph John "Joe" Morrone was a head men's collegiate soccer coach. He is the father of former American soccer midfielder Joe Morrone, Jr.. He is best known to have coached soccer at Connecticut from 1969 to 1996. He is credited with transforming a struggling UConn soccer program into one of the nation's best. He won the 1981 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship at UConn. From 1981 to 1983, his teams reached the Final Four three times. His teams reached the NCAA tournament 16 out of the past 18 years he coached there.

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In 1981, the Huskies won their first NCAA-sanctioned College Cup, defeating Alabama A&M 2-1 in overtime at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. The Huskies also won a title in 1948, although that was before the NCAA. The Huskies, under coach Ray Reid, would win their second title in 2000, beating Creighton 2-0 in Charlotte. [3]

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However, in the latter part of the 2000s decade, the Huskies struggled in the NCAA Tournament, losing their openers on penalty kicks in both 2009 [4] and 2010. [5] The Huskies would advance to the 2011 Quarterfinals, but PKs would once again prove to be their undoing, losing to Charlotte at home in a shootout.

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The Present Day

UConn's student section is known as the Goal Patrol, and as of 2007, it is the largest in America with 540 members. [6] The Goal Patrol is known for being very rowdy, and has made Morrone Stadium one of the toughest places to play. In 2011, College Soccer News ranked the rivalry between UConn and St. John's as the sixth best college soccer rivalry in America. [7] Two Uconn players have been selected first overall by the MLS SuperDraft in consecutive years, Andre Blake in 2014 and MLS Rookie of the Year Award winner Cyle Larin in 2015. While other players such as Sergio Campbell (2015), Carlos Alvarez (2nd overall 2013), Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Tony Cascio in 2012 and Hermann Trophy winner O'Brian White in 2009 have been other recent MLS SuperDraft selections.

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Head Coaches

TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
1928Roy Guyer12–1–0.500
1929Jack Seman10–4–0.000
1930–31Billie Darrow21–12–2.133
1932–36Jack Dennerley511–27–0.289
1937–41 John Squires 515–26–1.360
1942Carl Fischer13–6–0.333
1946–68 John Squires 23133–114–14.536
1969–96 Joe Morrone 28358–178–53.653
1997– Ray Reid 19267–92–56.711

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References

  1. ↑ "Brand identity Standards" (PDF). University of Connecticut. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ If you build it, they will come, Daily Campus, September 30, 2008. Accessed September 4, 2011
  3. ↑ Division I Men's Soccer Champions, ncaa.org
  4. ↑ UConn Huskies 2009 schedule
  5. ↑ UConn Huskies 2010 schedule
  6. ↑ ESPN Soccernet
  7. ↑ College Soccer News Lists St. John's - UConn rivalry as sixth best RedStormSports.com, May 10, 2011, retrieved September 4, 2011
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