UC Riverside Highlanders men's soccer

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UC Riverside Highlanders men's soccer
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Founded1965;60 years ago (1965) [1]
University University of California, Riverside
Head coachTim Cupello [2] (13rd. season)
Conference Big West
I Division
Location Riverside, California
Stadium UCR Soccer Stadium
(Capacity: 878 [3] )
Nickname Highlanders
ColorsBlue and gold [4]
   
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Home
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NCAA Tournament appearances
2018, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
2018, 2022
Conference Regular Season championships
2022

The UC Riverside Highlanders men's soccer is the intercollegiate varsity soccer team representing the University of California, Riverside, located in Riverside, California. The team is a member of the Big West athletic conference of NCAA Division I. [5]

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The Highlanders' current head coach is Tim Cupello, who is in charge since 2013. [1] The team play their home matches at the UCR Soccer Stadium, which has a capacity for 878 spectators. [3]

The team was established in 1965, and plays in the Big West since 2002, [1] where it has won two tournament championships (in 2018 [6] and 2022, when the team also won the regular season) [7] .

Players

Current roster

As of December 2025 [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.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jackson D’Alessandro
3 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jakob Schnitzler
4 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mika Kosch
5 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Matti Richter
6 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Grant Miller
7 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Edward Castro
8 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Wes Hastings
11 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP José M. Rabadan
12 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brady Elliott
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ethan Walker
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tarek Hamideh
15 FW Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Andrija Radonjic
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ethan Gonzalez
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ace Tendale
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jona Martinez
20 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Silvio Termini
21 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Wyatt Ponting
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Roman Rodriguez
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Diego Ramirez
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kevin Meza
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Grayson Gilmore

Records

Source: [1]

Professional players

UCR players that play/have played at professional levels are:

Nat.PlayerPro.Professional career (teams)Ref.
Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Long 2012 Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, New York Red Bulls, Los Angeles FC [8] [9] [10]
Flag of England.svg Otis Earle 2014 FC Tucson, FC Dallas [11] [12]
Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Aguirre 2021 LA Galaxy, Guadalajara [13] [14]

Coaches

Current staff

As of 15 December 2025
PositionName
Head coachAndres Ochoa
Assist. coachChris Volk
Assist. coachRomario Lomeli
Assist. coachTony Huerta

Coaching history

Source: [1]

As of December 2025
#NameTenureRecord
1Peter Hofinga1965–7359–55–5
2Charles Stamos19749–7–2
3Francisco Salcedo1975–7717–19–2
4Cliff Singh1978–8026–20–2
5Nat Gonzalez2001–0312–36–8
6Junior Gonzalez2004–1253–96–12
7Tim Cupello2013–present75–112–38 [n1 1]
Notes
  1. ↑ As of 2025

Stadium

UC Riverside play their home matches at UCR Soccer Stadium, also used by the women's soccer team. The venue has a capacity of 878 people, although there is room for an additional 278 people on the grass. The field was renovated in 2007 with a TigerTurf artificial grass. One year later, a scoreboard was added to the facility. Moreover the lighting system was improved to allow men's and women's programs to host night games. [3]

Team statistics

NCAA appearances

UB's appearances in NCAA tournament are listed below: [1]

Key
UC Riverside v Air Force match in 2024 UC Riverside Highlanders vs. Air Force Falcons men's soccer (240920-F-NU281-2096).jpg
UC Riverside v Air Force match in 2024
SeasonStageRivalRes.Score
2018 First round Pacific L0–1
2022 First round Portland L1–2

Titles

Conference

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 UCR Men's Soccer Record Book (2025)
  2. 1 2 Men's soccer roster at gohighlanders.com
  3. 1 2 3 UCR Soccer Stadium at gohighlanders.com
  4. ↑ "UCR Colors | Brand Identity". June 13, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ Division I - Riverside, CA | UC Riverside on ncaa.com
  6. ↑ Men's Soccer Wins First Big West Conference Championship at news.ucr.com. 14 Nov 2018
  7. ↑ UC Riverside men’s soccer wins first Big West regular season title at news.ucr.com - 30 Oct 2022
  8. ↑ Aaron Long - Career Summary at timbers.com
  9. ↑ Aaron Long - Career Summary at soundersfc.com
  10. ↑ USMNT perdería todo el verano al defensa Aaron Long by Jorge Herrera Navas on As.com, 17 May 2021
  11. ↑ Three former FC Tucson players selected in MLS draft on the Arizona Daily Star. Jan 15, 2015
  12. ↑ Otis Earle statistics on ESPN Deportes.com
  13. ↑ "LA Galaxy II sign midfielder Daniel Aguirre | LA Galaxy". lagalaxy.
  14. ↑ Daniel Aguirre joins Chivas for AP24. 6 Oct 2024
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