UBC Thunderbirds men's soccer

UBC Thunderbirds men's soccer
Founded	1918;108 years ago (1918) [1]
University	University of British Columbia
Head coach	Mike Mosher (31st. [2] season)
Conference	CWUAA I Division
Location	Vancouver, British Columbia
Stadium	Thunderbird Stadium (Capacity: 3,500 [3] )
Nickname	Thunderbirds
Colors	Blue and gold [4]
Home Away
U Sports National Championships
1974, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
1974, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024

The UBC Thunderbirds men's soccer is the intercollegiate varsity soccer team representing the University of British Columbia (UBC), located in Vancouver. The team is a member of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) of U Sports Division I. ^[5]

The Thunderbirds' current head coach is Mike Mosher, ^[2] who is in charge since 1996 ^[1] has leaded the team to a record of 5 national and 12 Canada West championships. He was also named "Coach of the Year" two times (national) and four times (conference). ^[6]

The team play their home matches at the Thunderbird Stadium, with capacity for 3,500 spectators, which also serves as home venue to the women's team. ^[3]

Established in 1918, ^[1] the UBC soccer program has won 14 national championships, and 17 conference titles. ^[7]

Players

Current roster

As of January 2026 ^{[update] [2]}

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. Nation Player 1 GK   CAN Jack Garner 2 DF   CAN Cameron Hajdu 3 DF   CAN Joshua Tomé 4 DF   CAN Marcus Puhalj 5 DF   CAN Lars Gierull 6 MF   TAI Yu-Hsuan Yuan 7 FW   CAN Henri Godbout 8 FW   CAN Theo Afework 9 FW   CAN Max Comsia 10 FW   CAN Tomas Pena 11 MF   CAN Brennen Fuerst 12 MF   CAN Joven Mann 13 DF   CAN Eric Lajeunesse 14 MF   CAN Oliver Herbert

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   CAN Sebastian Agerskov 17 FW   CAN Asvin Chauhan 18 DF   CAN Josh Njongwe 19 DF   CAN Adriano Carvalheiro 20 FW   CAN Kyle Dent 21 MF   CAN Nicolas Nadeau 22 GK   CAN Roko Vukic 23 FW   CAN Josiah Walter 24 MF   CAN Luke Norman 27 FW   CAN Markus Rukavina 28 MF   CAN Markus Kaiser 30 GK   CAN Hayden Franks 31 FW   CAN Brandon Momotani

Players in the pros

UBC professional players

Caleb Clarke

Mark Watson

Thomas Gardner

Pat Onstad

• Nico Berg ^[8]
• Jim Berry ^[9]
• Brian Budd ^{[n 1] [11] [12]}
• Rick Celebrini ^[13]
• Caleb Clarke ^[14]
• Jack Cowan ^{[n 2]}
• Paul Dailly ^[16]
• Srdjan Djekanovic ^{[17] [18]}
• Gagan Dosanjh ^[19]
• Sebastian Dzikowski
• Jackson Farmer ^[20]
• Chris Franks
• Mike Franks
• Thomas Gardner
• Felix Gelt
• Henri Godbout
• Jordan Haynes ^[21]
• Markus Kaiser
• Navid Mashinchi
• Patrick Metcalfe
• Kent O'Connor
• Giuliano Oliviero
• Pat Onstad ^{[22] [23]}
• Mark Rogers
• Darryl Samson
• Chris Șerban
• Boris Si
• Zach Verhoven
• Mark Watson
• Greg Weber
• Ken Whitehead

Notes

1. Member of the Ontario Sport Hall of Fame. ^[10]
2. Member of the BC Sport Hall of Fame. ^[15]

Coaches

Current staff

As of January 2026

Source: ^[2]

Position	Name
Head coach	Mike Mosher
Assoc. head coach	Joe Zupo
Assist. coach	Barson Man Ho Tin
Assist. coach	Jordano Pinto

Coaching history

Source: ^[1]

# Name Seas. Tenure – (no coach) 5 1918–22 1 E.A. Lloyd 4 1922–25 2 Alex Fordyce 2 1925–26 – (no coach) 9 1926–34 3 Charlie Hitchens 9 1934–42 4 Laurie Baker 4 1942–45 5 Millar McGill 4 1945–48 6 Geoffrey Davies 2 1948–49 7 Gordie Baum 2 1949–50 8 A.E. Richman 2 1950–51

# Name Seas. Tenure 9 Ivan Carr 2 1951–52 10 Ed Luckett 6 1952–57 11 Frank Kurucz 4 1957–60 12 Roy Nosella 2 1960–61 13 Joe Johnson 26 1961–86 14 Dick Mosher 7 1986–92 15 David Partridge 2 1992–93 – Dick Mosher [n 1] 4 1993–96 16 Mike Mosher 31 1996–present

Notes

1. Second tenure.

Stadium

Main article: Thunderbird Stadium

UBC play their home matches at Thunderbird Stadium, which is primarily used by the UBC football team. It seats 3,500 in the main grandstand, plus grass seating for about 5,000 people on the west side and ends of the stadium, and by using the surrounding grass embankment the facility can accommodate up to 12,000 spectators. ^[3]

The stadium was opened on October 7, 1967. ^[24] The facility has been also used for rugby union international matches and championships, ^[25] and Australian rules football matches, including the West Coast Challenge tournament.

Honours

National

Competition	Titles	Winning years
U Sports championship	14	1974, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2024

Conference

Conference	Competition	Titles	Winning years
Canada West	Division I	21	1974, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024

References

1. Coaches history
2. Men's soccer roster at gothunderbirds.ca
3. Thunderbird Stadium
4. UBC Colour Palettes (PDF). Retrieved September 7, 2016.
5. Division I – San Jose, CA | San Jose State University on ncaa.com
6. Mike Mosher achievements
7. Overview - Men's soccer at gothunderbirds.ca
8. Nico Berg profile
9. Jim Berry bio at heritage.bcsoccer.net
10. Brian Budd at the Ontario Sport Hall of Fame
11. Canadian soccer voice Budd dead at 56 - The Canadian Press. 12 Jun 2008
12. Budd, Brian (1952-2008) at the UBC School of Kinesiology
13. Rick Celebrini at canadasoccer.com
14. Caleb Clark on Team Canada (Olympic)
15. Jack Cowan biography at bcsportshall.com
16. Profile at Capilano athletics
17. Srdjan Djekanovic career stats at ESPN.com
18. Srdjan Djekanovic profile at MLS
19. Gagan Dosanjh profile
20. Farmer on Team Canada
21. Jordan Haynes profile at MLS
22. Pat Onstad profile at canadasoccer.com
23. Pat Onstad profile at MLS
24. "Thunderbird Stadium". University of British Columbia Archives.
25. "Ireland". Irish Rugby. Archived from the original on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

External links

• Official website