New Hampshire Wildcats men's soccer

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.

New Hampshire Wildcats
Founded	1924
University	University of New Hampshire
Head coach	Rich Weinrebe (1st season)
Conference	America East
Location	Durham, New Hampshire
Stadium	Wildcat Stadium (Capacity: 11,015)
Nickname	Wildcats
Colors	Blue, gray, and white^[1]
Home 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

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 saw a surge to the top under the guidance of head coach Marc Hubbard which has gained them both regional and national recognition. He helped UNH secure 4 regular-season conference titles, 4 conference tournament titles, and 6 NCAA tournaments during his 8-year tenure. Following the 2023 season, Hubbard announced he would be leaving the program. On January 4th, 2024, it was announced that Rich Weinrebe would become UNH's 12th men's soccer head coach.^[3]

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.^[4]

Coaching staff

As of March 9th, 2024

Name	Position coached
Rich Weinrebe	Head coach
Stefan Defregger	Assistant coach
Ian de Oliveira	Assistant coach
Dave Williams	Goalkeeper coach
Panos Galatas	Director of Operations
Reference:^[5]

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.^[6]

America East Conference Tournament^[7]

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.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1994	First round	Brown	L 2–3^2OT
2017	First round Second round Third Round	Fairfield Dartmouth Indiana	W 3–0 T 0–0^4–1 PK L 1–2
2018	First round	Colgate	L 0–1
2019	First round Second round	Fairleigh Dickinson Virginia Tech	W 1-0 L 1-4
2020-21	First Round	Kentucky	L 0-2
2021	Second Round Third Round	North Carolina Oregon State	W 4-1 L 0-1
2022	First Round Second Round	Seton Hall Florida International	W 2-1 L 2-2^10-9 PK
2023	Second Round Third Round	Syracuse Clemson	W 3-0 L1-0

Year by year results

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Mike Noonan (North Atlantic Conference) (1991–2014)
1991	Mike Noonan	10–6–4	4-3-0
1992	Mike Noonan	9-7-3	5-2-0
1993	Mike Noonan	14–5–0	5-2-0
1994	Mike Noonan	15–5–2	6-0-1		NCAA First round
Rob Thompson (America East Conference) (1995–1994)
1995	Rob Thompson	10–9–1	5–4	6th
1996	Rob Thompson	3–12–4	3–4–2	7th
1997	Rob Thompson	9–7–2	3–4–2	T-4th
1998	Rob Thompson	9–8–1	5–4	5th
1999	Rob Thompson	6–11–1	2–6–1	9th
2000	Rob Thompson	6–10	3–6	7th
2001	Rob Thompson	7–8–3	5–4–2	6th
2002	Rob Thompson	10–5–2	4–2–2	4th
2003	Rob Thompson	8–9	3–6	9th
2004	Rob Thompson	6–6–7	3–3–3	6th
2005	Rob Thompson	9–5–3	2–4–2	7th
2006	Rob Thompson	12–5–3	6–2–1	3rd
2007	Rob Thompson	5–5–9	2–1–5	5th
2008	Rob Thompson	7–7–4	2–4–2	6th
2009	Rob Thompson	9–7–2	6–0–1	1st
2010	Rob Thompson	9–5–6	2–3–2	5th
2011	Rob Thompson	7–9–2	1–4–2	7th
2012	Rob Thompson	7–7–6	2–3–2	6th
2013	Rob Thompson	12–5–1	5–2	2nd
2014	Rob Thompson	4–13–2	2–5	8th
Rob Thompson:		155–153–59	66–71–29
Marc Hubbard (America East) (2015–2023)
2015	Marc Hubbard	10–5–3	3–3–1	6th
2016	Marc Hubbard	12–7	4–3	5th
2017	Marc Hubbard	13–4–5	4–2–1	4th	NCAA third round
2018	Marc Hubbard	12–4–2	4–2–1	2nd	NCAA first round
2019	Marc Hubbard	15–2–3	5–1–1	T-1st	NCAA second round
2020-21	Marc Hubbard	8-1-1	5–0–1	1st	NCAA second round
2021	Marc Hubbard	17-2-2	7–0–1	1st	NCAA third round
2022	Marc Hubbard	15-0-5	6–0–1	1st	NCAA second round
2023	Marc Hubbard	13-3-4	4–0–3	1st	NCAA third round
Marc Hubbard:		115-39-31	42-11-10
Total:
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^[8]

Name	Position	#	Year	Name	Position	#	Year	Name	Position	#	Year
Cameron Hall	Goalkeeper	0	Jr.	Bruno Piva de Castro	Midfielder	12	Sr.	Henrik Boer	M/F	24	So.
Erik Lauta	Goalkeeper	1	So.	Nick Awada	Forward	13	Gr.	Luke Fagerson	Midfielder	25	Jr.
Cameron Briggs	Defender	2	Gr.	Jacob Stazenski	Defender	14	So.	Isaac Heffess	Defender	26	So.
Ronan Hurley	Defender	3	Gr.	Eddy Fandunyan	Midfielder	15	Fr.	Dominik Kurija	Defender	27	Gr.
Harrison Solomon	Defender	4	Fr.	Brady Lewis	Midfielder	16	Fr.	Austin Bush	M/F	28	Fr.
Baptiste Gateau	Defender	5	Gr.	Eli Goldman	Forward	17	Gr.	Michael Gouvin	Defender	29	Fr.
Yannick Brick	Midfielder	6	Sr.	Jiwoo Lee	Midfielder	18	Sr.	Joseba Incera	Goalkeeper	30	Gr.
Taig Healy	M/F	7	So.	Iñaki Rodríguez	Midfielder	19	Gr.	Alex Bachmann	Goalkeeper	31	So.
Atila Ashrafi	M/F	8	Gr.	Dylan Maxon	Midfielder	20	Gr.	Matteo Piccardo	Defender	32	Fr.
Ibrahim Conde	Forward	9	Jr.	Aaron Fernandez	Defender	21	Jr.
Bilal Kamal	Midfielder	10	Gr.	Liam Bennett	Midfielder	22	Gr.
Georgios Koliniatis	Midfielder	11	Gr.	Adi Hicks	M/D	23	Gr.

References

1. "Athletics Branding". University of New Hampshire Brand & Visual Guidelines. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
2. "Men's Soccer". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
3. "Rich Weinrebe '08 Named Men's Soccer Head Coach". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
4. "2022 Men's Soccer Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
5. "UNH Men's Soccer Coaching Staff". UNHWildcats.com. University of New Hampshire. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
6. "NCAA Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
7. "MSOC Record Book (PDF) - America East Conference" (PDF). americaeast.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
8. "2023 Men's Soccer Roster". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2022-11-18.

External links

• Official website