East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's soccer

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The East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, United States. The team is a member of the Southern Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. ETSU's first men's soccer team was fielded in 2008. The team plays its home games at Summers-Taylor Stadium on the ETSU campus. The Buccaneers were coached by Bo Oshoniyi until he was hired away by Dartmouth College. In March 2018, ETSU announced the hiring of former University of Kentucky assistant coach David Casper.^[2] Following his dismissal in 2021, David Lilly assumed the post of head coach.^[3]

East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's soccer
Founded	2008
University	East Tennessee State University
Head coach	David Lilly
Conference	SoCon
Location	Johnson City, Tennessee
Stadium	Summers-Taylor Stadium (Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname	Bucs
Colors	Navy blue and gold^[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament appearances
2010, 2013, 2016
Conference Tournament championships
2010, 2013
Conference Regular Season championships
2016

History

East Tennessee State's varsity soccer program began in 2008, when the Buccaneers began play in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Since the Bucs had already been an established Division I school in other sports and a full-member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, the new program was immediately eligible for postseason play, namely the Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament and the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

During the 2008 campaign, the Buccaneers fared well in non-conference play, achieving a record of 5–3 record; however, the Bucs finished towards the bottom of the A-Sun table, with a 1–7–1 conference record. It was not until 2010 that ETSU achieved a winning record, where the Bucs finished the season 15–6 overall and with a 7–2 conference record. Led by future professional Aaron Schoenfeld, the Bucs won both the Atlantic Sun regular season and the conference tournament, earning their first NCAA berth two years after the beginning of the program. The Bucs lost their first NCAA tournament match, 3–2, to the College of Charleston Cougars. The Bucs returned to the NCAAs in 2013 and 2016.

Current squad

• Updated March 30, 2022^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Josh Perryman 2 DF   GER Henrik Guenther 3 DF   ENG Dominic Foster 4 DF   ENG Ryan Suckling 5 DF   ENG Josh Hancock 6 MF   USA Aiden O'Brien 7 MF   BRA Gabriel Ramos 8 MF   CAN Charles Abong 9 FW   GER Tarik Pannholzer 10 MF   NZL Kieran Richards 11 FW   NZL Rayhan Carlson-Du Toit 12 MF   USA Jack Perry 13 FW   USA Alex Magnuson 14 FW   USA Dailyn Crawley

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   CAN Yves Tcheuyap 16 MF   USA Lucas Lightner 17 MF   CAN Christian Inchima 18 GK   USA Andrew Prescott 19 MF   USA Ben Katt 20 DF   USA Ethan Strati 21 MF   ESP Carlos Portas 22 DF   USA Edafe Evivie 23 DF   USA Tyson Williams 24 MF   USA Josh Salinas 25 MF   USA Cameron Carroll 26 GK   USA Cole Hunter 30 DF   USA Michael Clow 35 GK   USA Russell Robles

Seasons

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Scott Calabrese (A-SUN) (2008–2013)
2008	Scott Calabrese	6–10–1	1–7–1	9th
2009	Scott Calabrese	6–9–3	4–4–1	4th
2010	Scott Calabrese	15–6–0	7–2–0	1st	NCAA 1st round
2011	Scott Calabrese	10–7–4	3–4–1	6th
2012	Scott Calabrese	10–6–4	5–2–1	3rd
2013	Scott Calabrese	10–6–4	5–2–1	2nd	NCAA 1st round
Scott Calabrese:		57–44–16 .556	25–21–5 .539
Bo Oshoniyi (SoCon) (2014–2017)
2014	Bo Oshoniyi	7–10–1	3–6–1	5th
2015	Bo Oshoniyi	8–7–4	4–4–2	4th
2016	Bo Oshoniyi	12–5–3	7–1–2	1st	NCAA 1st round
2017	Bo Oshoniyi	9–2–7	6–0–4	1st
Bo Oshoniyi:		36–24–15 .580	20–11–9 .613
David Casper (SoCon) (2018–present)
2018	David Casper	9-7-1	4-1-1	2nd
2019	David Casper	8-8-2	4-2-0	3rd
2020	David Casper	TBA	TBA	TBA
—:		–
Total:		101–76–33 .560
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

NCAA tournament results

ETSU has appeared in three NCAA tournaments.

Year	Record	Seed	Region	Round	Opponent	Results
2010	15–6	N/A	1	First Round	Charleston	L 2–3^[5]
2013	10–6–4	N/A	2	First Round	Coastal Carolina	L 0–2^[6]
2016	12–5–3	N/A	4	First Round	Virginia Tech	L 0–1^[7]

Notable players

• Aaron Schoenfeld (born 1990) - former professional soccer player
• Cameron Woodfin (born 1996) - semi-professional soccer player
• Nick Spielman (born 1996) - professional soccer player

References

1. "Logos". ETSUBucs.com. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
2. "ETSU hires Kentucky assistant Casper as men's soccer coach".
3. "ETSU names David Lilly men's soccer head coach". etsubucs.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
4. "Men's Soccer | Roster | Official Site of East Tennessee State Athletics".
5. Vlattas, Nick (November 18, 2010). "Soccer Box Score (Final) 2010 ETSU Soccer ETSU vs Coll. of Charleston". East Tennessee State Buccaneers. ETSUBucs.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
6. "ETSU vs Coastal Carolina (Nov 21, 2013): Soccer Box Score". East Tennessee State Buccaneers. StreamlineHosting.net. November 23, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
7. "Historic season ends in NCAA Tournament as ETSU falls 1-0 at Virginia Tech". East Tennessee State Buccaneers. ETSUBucs.com. November 17, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.

External links

• Official website