The South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and, as of the 2022 college soccer season, competes in the Sun Belt Conference. The team is coached by Tony Annan, who succeeded Mark Berson as head coach after the 2020 season.[a] Berson had been the Gamecocks' only head coach since the program's inception in 1978 and had participated in 20 NCAA Tournaments, reaching the Quarterfinals on four occasions. Since 1981, South Carolina has played its home games at Stone Stadium, which is affectionately called "The Graveyard" by South Carolina fans due to an adjoining cemetery.[2][3]
South Carolina first fielded a men's soccer team in 1978 under the direction of current coach Mark Berson. The program wasted little time making a name for itself on the national stage, as it reached the NCAA Quarterfinals in 1985. The 14-year period from 1985 to 1998 was a dominant era for South Carolina, as it posted a 213–61–22 overall record with 12 NCAA Tournament appearances. Of the 12 NCAA Tournament trips during this run, the Gamecocks advanced to the second round or beyond on nine occasions.
Throughout its history, South Carolina has made 22 NCAA Tournaments, with four Quarterfinal appearances, two Semi-final appearances, and a 1993 National Runner-up finish. The 1993 squad won 16 contests before falling to Virginia 2–0 in the National Title game. The Gamecocks' most recent NCAA Tournament appearance came in 2016. Since the SEC does not sponsor NCAA Men's Soccer, South Carolina has participated as an Independent (even in its original years in the Metro Conference), finally joining the Metro for men's soccer in 1993 and 1994, but was forced back to independent status following the 1995 reunification with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA (C-USA) until 2005, when Kentucky left the Mid-American Conference in order to allow the two SEC schools to play in C-USA together. South Carolina and Kentucky continued to play in C-USA through the 2021 season, after which both left to join the revived men's soccer league of the Sun Belt Conference.
In terms of conference championships, South Carolina won the Metro Conference season title in 1993 and the Conference USA tournament in 2005 and 2010, along with its regular season title in 2011.
^Due to COVID-19 issues, the NCAA moved the Division I men's soccer tournament from its normal fall 2020 schedule to spring 2021. The NCAA continued to designate that season as the "2020" season.
Referencesedit
^"Colors – Communications and Public Affairs | University of South Carolina". Retrieved July 16, 2019.
^"University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site". Gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
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The South Carolina Gamecocks men s soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and as of the 2022 college soccer season competes in the Sun Belt Conference The team is coached by Tony Annan who succeeded Mark Berson as head coach after the 2020 season a Berson had been the Gamecocks only head coach since the program s inception in 1978 and had participated in 20 NCAA Tournaments reaching the Quarterfinals on four occasions Since 1981 South Carolina has played its home games at Stone Stadium which is affectionately called The Graveyard by South Carolina fans due to an adjoining cemetery 2 3 South Carolina GamecocksFounded1978UniversityUniversity of South CarolinaHead coachTony Annan 2nd season ConferenceSun BeltLocationColumbia South CarolinaStadiumStone Stadium Capacity 5 700 NicknameGamecocksColorsGarnet and black 1 HomeAwayNCAA Tournament runner up1993NCAA Tournament College Cup1988 1993NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals1985 1988 1989 1993NCAA Tournament Round of 161979 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1995 1997 1998 2010NCAA Tournament Round of 321985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 2000 2001 2010 2015 2016NCAA Tournament appearances1979 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2010 2011 2015 2016Conference Tournament championshipsC USA 2005 2010Conference Regular Season championshipsMetro 1993 C USA 2011 Contents 1 Program history 2 Head coaches 3 Year by year results 4 Championships 5 Records 5 1 All Time career leaders 5 1 1 Scoring 5 1 2 Goalkeeping 5 2 Single season records 6 Notable former players 6 1 Current professionals 6 2 Retired professionals 6 3 In other fields 7 Footnotes 8 References 9 External linksProgram history editSouth Carolina first fielded a men s soccer team in 1978 under the direction of current coach Mark Berson The program wasted little time making a name for itself on the national stage as it reached the NCAA Quarterfinals in 1985 The 14 year period from 1985 to 1998 was a dominant era for South Carolina as it posted a 213 61 22 overall record with 12 NCAA Tournament appearances Of the 12 NCAA Tournament trips during this run the Gamecocks advanced to the second round or beyond on nine occasions Throughout its history South Carolina has made 22 NCAA Tournaments with four Quarterfinal appearances two Semi final appearances and a 1993 National Runner up finish The 1993 squad won 16 contests before falling to Virginia 2 0 in the National Title game The Gamecocks most recent NCAA Tournament appearance came in 2016 Since the SEC does not sponsor NCAA Men s Soccer South Carolina has participated as an Independent even in its original years in the Metro Conference finally joining the Metro for men s soccer in 1993 and 1994 but was forced back to independent status following the 1995 reunification with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA C USA until 2005 when Kentucky left the Mid American Conference in order to allow the two SEC schools to play in C USA together South Carolina and Kentucky continued to play in C USA through the 2021 season after which both left to join the revived men s soccer league of the Sun Belt Conference In terms of conference championships South Carolina won the Metro Conference season title in 1993 and the Conference USA tournament in 2005 and 2010 along with its regular season title in 2011 Head coaches editName Years Seasons Won Lost Tie Pct Mark Berson 1978 2020 43 511 261 76 654 Tony Annan 2021 present 1 5 9 2 375 All Time 44 516 270 78 642Year by year results editSeason Coach Record Notes Overall Conference Independent 1978 Mark Berson 13 3 1 1979 Mark Berson 14 5 0 NCAA First Round 1980 Mark Berson 12 5 2 1981 Mark Berson 16 4 1 1982 Mark Berson 12 5 2 1983 Mark Berson 8 11 2 1984 Mark Berson 14 4 2 1985 Mark Berson 20 3 1 NCAA Quarterfinals 1986 Mark Berson 17 5 0 NCAA First Round 1987 Mark Berson 16 2 3 NCAA Second Round 1988 Mark Berson 14 4 4 NCAA Semi finals 1989 Mark Berson 17 3 2 NCAA Quarterfinals 1990 Mark Berson 14 5 2 NCAA Second Round 1991 Mark Berson 14 5 0 1992 Mark Berson 13 5 3 NCAA First Round Metro Conference 1993 Mark Berson 16 4 4 4 0 1 Metro Champions NCAA Runners up 1994 Mark Berson 16 4 4 1 0 NCAA First Round Independent 1995 Mark Berson 16 4 0 NCAA Second Round 1996 Mark Berson 8 9 2 1997 Mark Berson 16 3 1 NCAA Second Round 1998 Mark Berson 16 5 0 NCAA Second Round 1999 Mark Berson 10 7 2 2000 Mark Berson 12 4 3 NCAA First Round 2001 Mark Berson 12 5 2 NCAA Second Round 2002 Mark Berson 11 8 1 NCAA First Round 2003 Mark Berson 9 7 2 2004 Mark Berson 12 7 1 NCAA First Round Conference USA 2005 Mark Berson 12 7 2 7 1 1 Conference USA Tournament Champions NCAA First Round 2006 Mark Berson 11 5 1 4 3 1 2007 Mark Berson 11 6 2 4 2 2 2008 Mark Berson 8 6 5 2 2 4 2009 Mark Berson 7 8 3 2 4 2 2010 Mark Berson 13 7 2 4 2 2 Conference USA Tournament Champions NCAA Third Round 2011 Mark Berson 9 7 3 6 1 1 Conference USA Regular Season Champions NCAA First Round 2012 Mark Berson 5 11 2 2 5 1 2013 Mark Berson 7 7 5 4 2 3 2014 Mark Berson 10 10 0 3 5 0 2015 Mark Berson 11 8 2 6 2 0 NCAA Second Round 2016 Mark Berson 11 8 1 5 2 1 NCAA Second Round 2017 Mark Berson 6 9 2 2 4 2 2018 Mark Berson 7 10 0 2 6 0 2019 Mark Berson 7 9 2 2 5 0 2020 Mark Berson 8 7 1 2 4 1 2021 Tony Annan 5 9 2 1 5 2 Sun Belt Conference 2022 Tony AnnanChampionships editMetro Conference 1993 Conference USA 2005 2010 2011Records editAll Time career leaders edit Scoring edit Career Points Rank Player Goals Assists Points Years 1 Doug Allison 63 32 158 1984 87 2 Chris Faklaris 55 14 124 1991 94 3 Clint Mathis 53 15 121 1994 97 4 Clark Brisson 36 26 98 1987 90 5 Dan Ratcliff 37 20 94 1983 86 6 Jordan Quinn 37 13 87 1999 02 7 Andrew Coggins 33 15 81 1988 91 8 Brian Winstead 33 14 80 1978 79 9 Billy Baumhoff 22 34 78 1991 94 Rob Smith 19 40 78 1991 94 Career Goals Rank Player Goals Years 1 Doug Allison 63 1984 87 2 Chris Faklaris 55 1991 94 3 Clint Mathis 53 1994 97 4 Dan Ratcliff 37 1983 86 Jordan Quinn 37 1999 02 6 Clark Brisson 36 1987 90 7 Andrew Coggins 33 1988 91 Brian Winstead 33 1978 79 9 Dave Goodchild 28 1992 2004 John Harr 28 1997 99 Career Assists Rank Player Assists Years 1 Rob Smith 40 1991 94 2 Billy Baumhoff 34 1991 94 3 Doug Allison 32 1984 87 4 Ruben Tufino 30 1989 92 5 Clark Brisson 26 1987 90 6 Arni Arnthorsson 25 1984 87 7 Grenville Pope 23 1985 88 8 Mike Sambursky 22 2003 2006 9 Dan Ratcliff 20 1983 86 John Harr 20 1997 99 Scott Cook 20 1985 87 Matt Haiduk 20 1989 93 Goalkeeping edit Career Goals Against Average Rank Player GAA Years 1 Charles Arndt 0 70 1985 88 2 Chris Foley 0 72 1986 89 3 Paul Turin 0 86 1978 79 4 Henry Ring 1 03 1997 00 John Mills 1 03 1987 90 Career Shutouts Rank Player Shutouts Years 1 Charles Arndt 29 5 1985 88 2 Jimmy Maurer 28 2007 10 3 Henry Ring 25 5 1997 00 4 David Turner 21 5 1990 93 5 Glen Thompson 21 1980 82 84 Single season records edit Points 53 Clint Mathis 1995 Goals 25 Clint Mathis 1995 Assists 16 Ruben Tufino 1989 GAA 0 49 Charles Arndt 1987 Shutouts 13 Warren Lipka 1985Notable former players editCurrent professionals edit Joshua Alcala Free Agent Bradlee Baladez FC Dallas Blake Brettschneider Rochester Rhinos Brad Guzan Atlanta United United States men s national soccer team Tim Hankinson Head coach of Indy Eleven Makan Hislop United Petrotrin Trinidad and Tobago national football team Jimmy Maurer New York Cosmos Janny Rivera Atlanta Silverbacks Jack Cummings Cleveland City Tyler Ruthven Miami FC Joey Worthen Head coach of Florida Atlantic Men s Soccer Team Braeden Troyer Richmond Kickers Retired professionals edit Clint Mathis Los Angeles Galaxy New York Red Bulls Hannover 96 Colorado Rapids Ergotelis Real Salt Lake Former member of US National Team Josh Wolff Sporting Kansas City 1860 Munich D C United Former member of US National Team Eric Hawkes Played 5 Seasons for Maryland Bays in the ASL amp APSL National Champions Doug Allison Played 5 seasons in the NPSL Current Furman men s soccer coach Paul Turin Played for the Tulsa Roughnecks of the NASL Henry Ring Chicago Fire Clark Brisson Charleston Battery Rob Smith Columbus Crew Ruben Tufino Played in Liga de Futbol Profesional Boliviano most notably with Blooming and Bolivar earned 35 caps for Bolivian National Team Mike Gosselin earned one cap for US National Team Billy Clifford played three seasons for the Jacksonville Cyclones Ray Vigliotti Played for the Miami Americans of the ASL played for the New York Arrows Tampa Bay Rowdies Baltimore Blast and Wichita Wings of the Major Indoor Soccer League Richard Wurdack Played for the Denver Avalanche and Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League Warren Lipka Played for the Fort Wayne Flames Indiana Kick and the Detroit Rockers of the American Indoor Soccer Association Scott Cook Played for the Maryland Bays of the American Professional Soccer League Charles Arndt Played for the Maryland Bays of the ASL In other fields edit Jim Sonefeld Went on to become drummer for Hootie amp the Blowfish nbsp Soccer portal nbsp United States portalFootnotes edit Due to COVID 19 issues the NCAA moved the Division I men s soccer tournament from its normal fall 2020 schedule to spring 2021 The NCAA continued to designate that season as the 2020 season References edit Colors Communications and Public Affairs University of South Carolina Retrieved July 16 2019 University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site Gamecocksonline com Retrieved 2015 04 26 Stone Stadium Review stadiumjourney com Retrieved 2015 04 26 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Carolina Gamecocks men s soccer Official website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Carolina Gamecocks men 27s soccer amp oldid 1172124113, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
