Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer

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Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer
Soccerball current event.svg 2022 Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer team
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Founded1980
University Florida Atlantic University
Head coach Joey Worthen (1st season)
Conference The American
Location Boca Raton, Florida
Stadium FAU Soccer Stadium
(Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameOwls
ColorsBlue and red [1]
   
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Conference Tournament championships
2007
Conference Regular Season championships
2004
For information on all Florida Atlantic University sports, see Florida Atlantic Owls

The Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. As of the upcoming 2022 season, the team is a member of the NCAA Division I American Athletic Conference (The American). FAU's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1980. The team plays its home games at FAU Soccer Stadium in Boca Raton. The Owls are coached by Joey Worthen. [2]

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The Owls' most successful achievement in their history came in 2004, where they finished as co-regular season champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference. In 2007, the Owls won the Atlantic Soccer Conference Tournament, although it does not have a binding NCAA birth. Their strongest performance in the Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament came in 1997, 1999 and 2003, where the Owls reached the finals, but lost on all three occasions. In 2021, the Owls reached the finals of the 2021 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament bust lost to Kentucky in extra time. Florida Atlantic has never qualified for the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

FAU's most recent conference change was announced during the 2021–22 offseason, when it left Conference USA (C-USA) for The American. The decision of the Sun Belt Conference to reinstate its men's soccer league effective with the 2022 season dropped the C-USA men's soccer membership to four. [3] Of these four schools, three, including FAU, were scheduled to move fully to The American in the near future, most likely in July 2023. [4] Accordingly, The American brought all four remaining C-USA men's soccer teams into its own soccer league. [5]

Roster

As of August 5, 2022. [6] 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 Israel.svg  ISR Neil Strauber
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Diego Orduña
3 DF Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Tycho Collins
4 DF Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Graeme Pratt
5 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Leo Keller
6 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Chadi Mayati
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Edgardo Obregón
8 FW Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Yochai Kariv
9 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Leon Reilhac
10 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Jose Alastuey
11 FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Victor Claudel
12 MF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Sebastian Zettl
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kyle Gruno
16 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Eric Zech
17 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Andreas Raisanen
18 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Liad Mordechi
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Davide Viola
20 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Tom Abrahamsson
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Zach Hassell
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Blake Dean
23 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Pontus Steffensen
27 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Axel Hofmann
28 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Luis Sailer Fidalgo
29 MF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Pepo Bravo
30 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Tim Bernhardsson
31 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Yuval Oren
33 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Fritz Kleiner
34 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ricardo Packer
35 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Spencer Mallion
FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Emmanuel Abolo Carré
MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Arthur Widiez

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Coaching history

There have been five head coaches in FAU history. [7]

YearsCoachGPWLTPct.
1980–1982Regis Patter4317233.430
1983Steve Pete16952.625
1984–1986Chris Holloway4618253.424
1987–2016Kos Donev34115916814.487
2017–present Joey Worthen 7826466.333

Honors

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