Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
men's soccer
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University University of Notre Dame
Athletic director Pete Bevacqua
Head coach Chad Riley [1] (8th season)
Conference ACC
Location Notre Dame, Indiana
Stadium Alumni Stadium
(Capacity: 2,500)
NicknameFighting Irish
ColorsBlue and gold [2]
   
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Away
NCAA Tournament championships
2013
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2023
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2013, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2006, 2007, 2013, 2018, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2012, 2021
Conference Regular Season championships
1989, 1993, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2023

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represents the University of Notre Dame in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's soccer. The team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is currently coached by Chad Riley. The team has made twenty four appearances in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament with the most recent coming in 2023. The Fighting Irish won the 2013 national championship.

Contents

Current roster

As of September 16, 2025 [3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cole Kowalski
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Blake Kelly
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mitch Ferguson
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sean McDowd
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jack Ross
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Wyatt Lewis
7 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nate Zimmermann
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nico Bartlett
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Wyatt Borso
10 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA KK Baffour
11 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jack Flanagan
12 MF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Daniel Boateng
13 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Martin Von Thun
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Will Schroeder
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ian Shaul
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Leo Brummell
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alex Rosin
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Diego Ochoa
19 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ren Sylvester
20 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brady Hilden
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Karson Baquero
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nolan Spicer
23 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stevie Dunphy
24 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sebastian Green
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Diego Green
27 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Luke Burton
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Liam Egan

Year-by-year statistical leaders

Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders [4]
YearGoals LeaderGAssists LeaderA
1977Jim Mollering14Bill Hagerty13
1978Kevin Lovejoy29Ted Carnevale10
1979Kevin Lovejoy22Mike Mai15
1980Kevin Lovejoy16Sami Kahale8
1981Sami Kahale12Sami Kahale15
Ed O'Malley12
Rob Snyder12
1982Mario Manta16Richard Herdegen9
Steve Chang9
1983Richard Herdegen16Tom Daley11
Pat Szanto16
1984Richard Herdegen16Pat Szanto6
1985Joe Sternberg10Tommy Gerlacher8
1986Bruce McCourt13Randy Morris10
1987Bruce McCourt13Randy Morris17
Joe Sternberg13
1988Randy Morris14Randy Morris12
1989Kevin Pendergast12Steve LaVigne7
1990Kevin Pendergast7Kevin Pendergast4
Kenyon Meyer7
1991Jean Joseph11Jean Joseph6
1992Bill Lanza8Bill Lanza4
Brendan Dillman4
1993Bill Lanza15Bill Lanza10
1994Tim Oates12Tim Oates11
1995Ben Bocklage9Bill Lanza11
1996Tony Capasso7Tony Capasso6
1997 Ryan Turner 12Scott Wells8
1998 Shane Walton 10Ryan Cox8
1999Erich Braun9Erich Braun6
2000Erich Braun4 Chad Riley 6
Justin Detter 4
Griffin Howard4
2001Erich Braun12Devon Prescod6
Chad Riley 6
2002Erich Braun11 Chad Riley 12
2003 Justin Detter 14 Kevin Goldthwaite 9
2004Justin McGeeney5Ian Etherington5
Tony Megna5
2005 Joseph Lapira 7 Joseph Lapira 5
Ryan Miller 5
2006 Joseph Lapira 22Nate Norman7
2007 Joseph Lapira 9 Joseph Lapira 10
2008 Bright Dike 12 Jeb Brovsky 6
2009 Bright Dike 11 Michael Thomas 6
2010 Steven Perry 12 Brendan King 6
Harrison Shipp 6
2011 Ryan Finley 7 Adam Mena 5
2012 Ryan Finley 21 Dillon Powers 9
2013 Harrison Shipp 12 Harrison Shipp 10
2014 Patrick Hodan9Jeffrey Farina7
2015 Jon Gallagher 9Evan Panken9
2016 Jon Gallagher 14 Jon Gallagher 7
2017 Jon Gallagher 13Félicien Dumas8
2018 Thomas Ueland6Félicien Dumas6
Patrick Berneski
2019 Jack Lynn 9Félicien Dumas6
2020 Jack Lynn 8 Aiden McFadden 4
2021 Jack Lynn 10 Dawson McCartney 5
Paddy Burns
Ethan O'Brien
2022 Daniel Russo6Daniel Russo4
Matthew Roou
2023 Eno Nto11KK Baffour7
Bryce Boneau
2024 Matthew Roou14 Bryce Boneau 8

Notable alumni

Current professionals

Honours

Origins

Inaugural Fighting Irish men's soccer team IrishSoccer1962.jpg
Inaugural Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The Irish soccer team was started as a club sport in 1961 by Joe Echelle and Faculty Advisor Mr. Christopher Fagan. The club was made up students representing five continents and was a manifestation of the increasing popularity of soccer as a college sport. The team posted a respectable inaugural 3–2 record winning games against Indiana Tech, Goshen College and Purdue [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Chad Riley ('04) Named Irish Men's Soccer Head Coach".
  2. ↑ "Color | Athletics Branding | On Message | University of Notre Dame" . Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Men's soccer roster". und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics.
  4. ↑ "Men's soccer - 2014 Media supplement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ Men's soccer history on fightingirish.com
  6. ↑ University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN) - Class of 1962. Pages 278-279.
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