New Hampshire Wildcats men's soccer

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New Hampshire Wildcats
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Founded1924
University University of New Hampshire
Head coachMarc Hubbard (9th season)
Conference America East
Location Durham, New Hampshire
Stadium Wildcat Stadium
(Capacity: 11,015)
NicknameWildcats
ColorsBlue, gray, and white [1]
     
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Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2017, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1994, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
1994, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Conference Regular Season championships
2009, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

The New Hampshire Wildcats men's soccer team represents the University of New Hampshire in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. The Wildcats play in the America East Conference. They play in Wildcat Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire.

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New Hampshire has 6 America East regular season titles (2009, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023), and eight NCAA tournament appearances (1994, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023). [2]

The Wildcats have seen a surge to the top under the guidance of head coach Marc Hubbard which has gained them both regional and national recognition. He has helped UNH secure 4 regular-season conference titles, 4 conference tournament titles, and 6 NCAA tournaments in his tenure. In recent years, the Wildcats have developed a rivalry with fellow America East member Vermont. The all-time record between the teams lies at 38-20-20 in favor of Vermont. and both teams regularly compete for the America East title. [3]

Coaching staff

As of November 17, 2022

NamePosition coachedConsecutive season at
UNH in current position
Marc Hubbard Head coach 9th
Brad CampionAssistant coach2nd
Jon ShaadAssistant coach3rd
Dave WilliamsGoalkeeper coach5th
Panos GalatasDirector of Operations2nd
Reference: [4]

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

New Hampshire has appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. They first appeared in the tournament in 1994. They didn't return to the national stage until 2017, achieving automatic qualification following their America East Conference tournament win. Their deepest runs into the tournament were in 2017, 2021, and 2023 when they reached the Third Round before losing to Indiana, Oregon State, and Clemson respectively. [5]

America East Conference Tournament [6]

New Hampshire secured their first-ever America East conference tournament title in 2018 as they routed No. 5 UMBC 5–0 in the championship. This win kicked off a string of three consecutive America East tournament championships in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. In 2019, the Wildcats came in as the No. 1 seed and got by No. 3 Hartford 1–0 to clinch the title. In the 2020 season (partially played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), UNH again came into the tournament as the No. 1 seed and held off No. 2 seeded Vermont 2–0 to complete the three-peat. After a loss to Vermont in 2021, the Wildcats captured their fourth America East championship in five years after defeating Albany 2–0 in the 2022 championship game.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1994First round Brown L 2–32OT
2017First round
Second round
Third Round
Fairfield
Dartmouth
Indiana
W 3–0
T 0–04–1 PK
L 1–2
2018First round Colgate L 0–1
2019First round
Second round
Fairleigh Dickinson
Virginia Tech
W 1-0
L 1-4
2020-21First Round Kentucky L 0-2
2021Second Round
Third Round
North Carolina
Oregon State
W 4-1
L 0-1
2022First Round
Second Round
Seton Hall
Florida International
W 2-1
L 2-210-9 PK
2023Second Round
Third Round
Syracuse
Clemson
W 3-0
L1-0

Year by year results

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Mike Noonan (North Atlantic Conference)(1991–2014)
1991Mike Noonan 10–6–44-3-0
1992Mike Noonan 9-7-35-2-0
1993Mike Noonan 14–5–05-2-0
1994Mike Noonan 15–5–26-0-1 NCAA First round
Rob Thompson (America East Conference)(1995–1994)
1995Rob Thompson 10–9–15–46th
1996Rob Thompson 3–12–43–4–27th
1997Rob Thompson 9–7–23–4–2T-4th
1998Rob Thompson 9–8–15–45th
1999Rob Thompson 6–11–12–6–19th
2000Rob Thompson 6–103–67th
2001Rob Thompson 7–8–35–4–26th
2002Rob Thompson 10–5–24–2–24th
2003Rob Thompson 8–93–69th
2004Rob Thompson 6–6–73–3–36th
2005Rob Thompson 9–5–32–4–27th
2006Rob Thompson 12–5–36–2–13rd
2007Rob Thompson 5–5–92–1–55th
2008Rob Thompson 7–7–42–4–26th
2009Rob Thompson 9–7–26–0–11st
2010Rob Thompson 9–5–62–3–25th
2011Rob Thompson 7–9–21–4–27th
2012Rob Thompson 7–7–62–3–26th
2013Rob Thompson 12–5–15–22nd
2014Rob Thompson 4–13–22–58th
Rob Thompson:155–153–5966–71–29
Marc Hubbard (America East)(2015–present)
2015Marc Hubbard 10–5–33–3–16th
2016Marc Hubbard 12–74–35th
2017Marc Hubbard 13–4–54–2–14th NCAA third round
2018Marc Hubbard 12–4–24–2–12nd NCAA first round
2019Marc Hubbard 15–2–35–1–1T-1st NCAA second round
2020-21Marc Hubbard 8-1-15–0–11st NCAA second round
2021Marc Hubbard 17-2-27–0–11st NCAA third round
2022Marc Hubbard 15-0-56–0–11st NCAA second round
2023Marc Hubbard 13-3-44–0–31st NCAA third round
Marc Hubbard:115-39-3142-11-10
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      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

2023 Roster [7]

NamePosition#YearNamePosition#YearNamePosition#Year
Cameron HallGoalkeeper0Jr.Bruno Piva de CastroMidfielder12Sr.Henrik BoerM/F24So.
Erik LautaGoalkeeper1So.Nick AwadaForward13Gr.Luke FagersonMidfielder25Jr.
Cameron BriggsDefender2Gr.Jacob StazenskiDefender14So.Isaac HeffessDefender26So.
Ronan HurleyDefender3Gr.Eddy FandunyanMidfielder15Fr.Dominik KurijaDefender27Gr.
Harrison SolomonDefender4Fr.Brady LewisMidfielder16Fr.Austin BushM/F28Fr.
Baptiste GateauDefender5Gr.Eli GoldmanForward17Gr.Michael GouvinDefender29Fr.
Yannick BrickMidfielder6Sr.Jiwoo LeeMidfielder18Sr.Joseba InceraGoalkeeper30Gr.
Taig HealyM/F7So.Iñaki RodríguezMidfielder19Gr.Alex BachmannGoalkeeper31So.
Atila AshrafiM/F8Gr.Dylan MaxonMidfielder20Gr.Matteo PiccardoDefender32Fr.
Ibrahim CondeForward9Jr.Aaron FernandezDefender21Jr.
Bilal KamalMidfielder10Gr.Liam BennettMidfielder22Gr.
Georgios KoliniatisMidfielder11Gr.Adi HicksM/D23Gr.

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