Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer

The Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. The Thundering Herd plays its home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex in Huntington and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Sun Belt Conference (SBC).^[2] Marshall fielded its first intercollegiate men's soccer team in 1979. The Herd are coached by Chris Grassie, who has a record of 67–32–18 and a national championship during his six previous seasons at Marshall.

Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer
2022 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team
Founded	1979; 44 years ago (1979)
University	Marshall University
Head coach	Chris Grassie (6th season)
Conference	Sun Belt
Location	Huntington, West Virginia
Stadium	Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex (Capacity: 1,006)
Nickname	Thundering Herd
Colors	Kelly green and white^[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament championships
2020
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2020
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2020
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2019, 2020, 2022
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
2019
Conference Regular Season championships
2000, 2019, 2020

Seasons

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Conference^[3] (1979–1996)
1979	Ed Saad	1–11–1	1–5–1	7th
1980	Ed Saad	3–14–0	0–8–0	9th
1981	Sam Hood	6–8–2	2–4–2	7th
1982	Jack Defazio	13–6–0	5–2–0	2nd
1983	Jack Defazio	10–10–0	4–2–0	2nd (North)
1984	Jack Defazio	12–5–0	2–4–0	3rd (North)
1985	Jack Defazio	10–7–1	3–3–0	3rd (North)
1986	Jack Defazio	5–11–2	1–4–0	5th
1987	Jack Defazio	4–14–0	0–5–0	6th
1988	Jack Defazio	1–13–1	0–4–0	5th	SoCon First Round
1989	John Gibson	7–10–3	1–2–1	3rd	SoCon Semifinals
1990	John Gibson	9–10–2	1–1–2	3rd	SoCon Semifinals
1991	John Gibson	9–9–4	2–2–0	3rd	SoCon Runners-up
1992	John Gibson	3–13–2	0–4–2	7th	SoCon First Round
1993	John Gibson	5–15–1	2–3–1	5th	SoCon Semifinals
1994	Scott Fischer	4–14–2	1–4–1	7th	SoCon First Round
1995	Bob Gray	10–10–0	3–3–0	4th	SoCon Semifinals
1996	Bob Gray	11–7–2	4–1–1	2nd	SoCon Semifinals
SoCon Total:		123–187–23	31–61–11
Mid-American Conference^[4] (1997–2004)
1997	Bob Gray	9–10–3	4–2–1	4th	MAC Quarterfinals
1998	Bob Gray	11–9–1	4–4–0	5th	MAC Quarterfinals
1999	Bob Gray	9–11–1	3–3–1	4th	MAC Semifinals
2000	Bob Gray	14–5–1	4–2–0	T–1st	MAC Semifinals
2001	Bob Gray	12–7–0	3–3–0	3rd	MAC Semifinals
2002	Bob Gray	7–9–2	3–2–0	4th	MAC Semifinals
2003	Bob Gray	6–13–0	2–4–0	T–5th	MAC Quarterfinals
2004	Bob Gray	10–7–3	3–2–1	T–4th	MAC Quarterfinals
MAC Total:		78–71–11	26–22–3
Conference USA^[5] (2005–2021)
2005	Bob Gray	8–9–2	4–3–2	5th	C-USA Semifinals
2006	Bob Gray	4–10–2	1–6–1	9th
2007	Bob Gray	10–9–1	3–5–0	6th	C-USA Semifinals
2008	Bob Gray	3–14–1	3–5–0	7th	C-USA Quarterfinals
2009	Bob Gray	10–7–2	6–2–0	2nd	C-USA Runners-up
2010	Bob Gray	9–5–4	3–4–1	7th
2011	Bob Gray	8–8–1	4–3–1	5th	C-USA Quarterfinals
2012	Bob Gray	11–5–1	3–5–0	7th
2013	Bob Gray	2–11–6	0–6–3	10th
2014	Bob Gray	7–9–3	3–4–1	6th	C-USA Quarterfinals
2015	Bob Gray	8–9–2	2–5–1	7th	C-USA Runners-up
2016	Bob Gray	6–11–1	1–6–1	9th
2017	Chris Grassie	8–10–2	3–5–0	6th
2018	Chris Grassie	8–9–3	3–3–2	5th	C-USA Semifinals
2019	Chris Grassie	16–3–3	5–1–1	1st	C-USA Champions NCAA Third Round
2020	Chris Grassie	13–2–3	6–0–1	1st	NCAA Champions
2021	Chris Grassie	11–4–3	5–1–2	2nd	C-USA Semifinals NCAA Second Round
C-USA Total:		142–135–40	55–64–17
Sun Belt Conference (2022–present)
2022	Chris Grassie	11–4–4	4–1–3	2nd	SBC Quarterfinals NCAA Third Round
SBC Total:		11–4–4	4–1–3
Total:		354–397–78
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

2020 season

 

Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer plays its home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex

In 2020, the Marshall Men's soccer team, coached by Chris Grassie, broke several records and made a historic run in the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. After winning the Conference USA Regular Season championship, they received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. The team was unseeded going into the tournament; however, they beat #23 ranked Fordham University in the second round, upset #1 seed Clemson in the third round, beat defending national champions and #8 seed Georgetown in the quarterfinals, and beat North Carolina in the College Cup semifinals. The season was capped off with a OT golden goal win over #3 seed Indiana in the College Cup final, giving Marshall its first-ever NCAA Division I National Championship in men's soccer. It was also Conference USA's first-ever national championship in any team sport.^[6]

Individual achievements

All-Americans

• Pedro Dolabella - 2021 United Soccer Coaches Second Team
• Vitor Dias - 2020 Consensus All-American First Team, 2021 United Soccer Coaches Third Team
• Nathan Dossantos - 2020 Top Drawer Soccer Third Team
• Milo Yosef - 2019 United Soccer Coaches Second Team, 2019 Soccer America Second Team, 2022 United Soccer Coaches Second Team

Conference Players of the Year

Year	Player	Conference
2022	Milo Yosef	Sun Belt
2021	Pedro Dolabella	C-USA
2020	Vitor Dias	C-USA
2012	Daniel Withrow	C-USA
2002	Byron Carmichael	MAC
2000	Byron Carmichael	MAC

Career goalscorers

Bryon Carmichael leads Marshall's goalscoring record, scoring 58 career goals.

Rank	Player	Years	Goals^[7]
1	Byron Carmichael	1999–2002	58
2	Andy Zulauf	1981–85	39
3	Greg Ogle	1982–1985	28
	Scott Laskowitz	1983–1986
5	Milo Yosef	2019–22	27

Former Herd players in the professional ranks

MLS SuperDraft Selections

Year	Player	Selection	Round	MLS Team
2023	Oliver Semmle	41st	2nd Round	Colorado Rapids
2022	Nathan Dossantos	46th	2nd Round	Orlando City
2022	Vitor Dias	86th	3rd Round	Vancouver Whitecaps
2021	Jamil Roberts	77th	3rd Round	Sporting KC
2020	Paulo Pita	24th	1st Round	Los Angeles FC
2013	Daniel Withrow	66th	4th Round	Columbus Crew
2006	Jeremy Ashe	46th	4th Round	Chicago Fire
2003	Byron Carmichael	60th	6th Round	Kansas City Wizards

Active Professional Players

Player	Current Team	Former Team
Pedro Dolabella	Rochester New York FC	n/a
Vitor Dias	St. Louis City SC 2	n/a
Nathan Dossantos	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	n/a
Jan-Erik Leinhos	One Knoxville SC	Louisville City
Jamil Roberts	Tormenta FC	Sporting Kansas City II
Max Schneider	St. Louis City SC	St. Louis City SC 2
Milo Yosef	FC Tulsa	n/a

Retired Professional Players and Other Notable Alumni

Player	Former Teams
Jeremy Ashe	Chicago Fire
Travis Brent	Heracles Almelo, Almere City FC, Harrisburg City Islanders
Phillip Buffington	Mississippi Brilla, Harrisburg City Islanders
Byron Carmichael	Wilmington Hammerheads, Ocean City Nor'easters
Sterling Flunder	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
Bijan Gloston	Guam national football team
Kolby LaCrone	Cleveland City Stars, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, Louisville Lightning, Dayton Dutch Lions
Paulo Pita	North Carolina FC
Illal Osumanu	Union Omaha
Eddy Prugh	Bodens BK, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, Skellefteå FF
Avneet Shergill	Salgaocar F.C.
Daniel Withrow	Columbus Crew, MLS Pool Goalkeeper, Portland Timbers, Portland Timbers 2
Anthony Virgara	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

References

General

• "Conference USA Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Conference USA. ConferenceUSA.com. August 1, 2016. pp. 1–35. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
• "Marshall Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Marshall Thundering Herd. CBS Sports Interactive. July 31, 2016. pp. 1–10. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
• "Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. MAC-Sports.com. August 27, 2015. pp. 27–52. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
• "Southern Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Southern Conference. SoConSports.com. June 2012. pp. 3–24. Retrieved February 6, 2017.

Footnotes

1. Marshall University Brand Guidelines (PDF). Retrieved November 16, 2020.
2. "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
3. SoCon Record Book, pp. 5–11
4. MAC Record Book, pp. 27–31
5. CUSA Record Book, pp. 1–6
6. "Unseeded Marshall tops IU for first soccer title". ESPN.com. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
7. Marshall Record Book, p. 8

External links

• Official website