Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer


The Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Rutgers University–New Brunswick in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Rutgers's first varsity's men's soccer team was fielded in 1938, although organized soccer has been played at the university since at least 1869. The team plays its home games at Yurcak Field in New Brunswick. The Knights are coached by Jim McElderry.

History

The origins of Rutgers soccer trace back to the 1869 college soccer season, where the first ever collegiate soccer game was played in the United States. The then-Rutgers College and the College of New Jersey played an exhibition match that ended in a 6-4 result. Rutgers won the game by a score of 6-4 In addition to being considered one of the earlier soccer games reported in the United States, these two games are considered to be the first organized American college football games to ever be played.
Rutgers' first varsity team was fielded in 1938, where they Knights competed as an independent team. Rutgers remained unaffiliated with any formal athletic conference and was considered an independent until joining the Atlantic 10 Conference as an associate soccer member in the mid 1980s. The Knights Big East Conference for soccer in 1995. On July 1, 2014 Rutgers became a member of the Big Ten athletic conference, after paying an $11.5 million exit fee to the American Athletic Conference.

Head coaching history

There have been five coaches in Rutgers' history.
YearsCoachGPWLTPct.
1938-1970George Dochat27814111621.545
1971-1974J. William Maytas4710325.266
1975-1980Kalman Caspo7526418.400
1980*Geza Kiss4211.625
1981-2009Bob Reasso60635118471.638
2010-presentDan Donigan112465511.460

* Geza Kiss was an interim coach.

Individual achievements

All-Americans

Rutgers has produced eight All-Americans.
PlayerPos.Year
Dave MasurMF1983, 1984
Steve RammelFW1990
Richard SchiesswohlMF1966
Herb SchmidtFW1966
Mike ShawMF1996
Peter VermesDF1987
Bill WalshFW1997
Jason WrightMF2014
Alexei LalasD1991