Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer

The Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Wisconsin's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1977. The team plays its home games at Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex. The Badgers are coached by Neil Jones.

Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer
Founded	1977; 46 years ago (1977)
University	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Head coach	Neil Jones (1st season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Madison, Wisconsin
Stadium	Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex^[1] (Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname	Badgers
Colors	Cardinal and White
Home Away
NCAA Tournament championships
1995
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1995
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1993, 1995
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1991, 1993, 1995, 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances
1981, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2017
Conference Tournament championships
1995, 2017
Conference Regular Season championships
1991, 1992, 1995

The Badgers' greatest success came during the mid-1990s, where the program won the NCAA championship and Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament in 1995. They won their second Big Ten Tournament in 2017.^[2] The program has produced professional soccer players including Sam Brotherton and A. J. Cochran.

Roster

As of May 16, 2021 ^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   USA Ben Leas 3 MF   ESP Iñaqui Iribarren 4 DF   USA Ethan Chung 5 DF   GER Moriz Kappelsberger 6 MF   USA Finn Trondson 7 FW   USA Jack Finnegan 8 FW   USA Andrew Akindele 9 MF   USA Alex Alfaro 10 MF   USA Tim Bielic 11 FW   GER Henry Tophoven 12 DF   USA Zach Klancnik 13 MF   USA Kyle McCurly 14 MF   USA Murat Calkap

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   USA Dawson Gulley 16 MF   USA Patrick Yim 18 MF   USA Bennett Pauls 20 FW   USA Noah Melick 21 MF   USA Michael Wampler 22 DF   USA Dylan McClary 23 DF   USA Austin Holtebeck 24 DF   USA Eliot Popkewitz 26 DF   USA Justin Bobb 27 MF   USA Liam Bailey 31 GK   GER Sven Kleinhans 32 GK   USA Ben Krongard 35 GK   USA Carter Abbott

Seasons

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Big Ten (1977–present)
1977	Bill Reddan	6–5–1	2–2–0
1978	Bill Reddan
1979	Bill Reddan
1980	Bill Reddan
1981	Bill Reddan				NCAA First Round
1982	Jim Launder
1983	Jim Launder
1984	Jim Launder
1985	Jim Launder
1986	Jim Launder
1987	Jim Launder
1988	Jim Launder
1989	Jim Launder
1990	Jim Launder
1991	Jim Launder			1st	NCAA Second Round
1992	Jim Launder			1st
1993	Jim Launder			2nd	NCAA Quarterfinal
1994	Jim Launder			T-3rd	NCAA First Round
1995	Jim Launder	20–4–1	4–1–0	1st	Big Ten co-champions NCAA Champions
1996	Jim Launder	11–5–5	2–2–1	T-3rd
1997	Kalekeni Banda	7–13–0	2–3–0	T-4th
1998	Kalekeni Banda	4–15–1	1–4–0	T-4th
1999	Kalekeni Banda	6–13–1	1–4–0	T-5th
2000	Kalekeni Banda	10–9–1	3–3–0	T-4th
2001	Kalekeni Banda	10–8–1	3–3–0	T-4th
2002	Jeff Rohrman	9–10–0	3–3–0	T-2nd
2003	Jeff Rohrman	11–10–1	1–4–1	5th
2004	Jeff Rohrman	9–10–0	2–4–0	4th
2005	Jeff Rohrman	8–11–0	2–4–0	T-5th
2006	Jeff Rohrman	9–8–2	3–2–1	T-2nd
2007	Jeff Rohrman	6–7–6	0–3–3	6th
2008	Jeff Rohrman	9–7–3	1–4–1	7th
2009	Todd Yeagley	7–9–2	3–3–0	4th
2010	John Trask	4–13–1	1–4–1	7th
2011	John Trask	10–8–2	4–2–0	T-2nd	Big Ten Semifinals
2012	John Trask	6–8–5	1–3–2	6th	Big Ten Quarterfinals
2013	John Trask	14–5–2	4–2–0	2nd	Big Ten Quarterfinals NCAA Second Round
2014	John Trask	3–12–3	0–7–1	9th	Big Ten Play-In
2015	John Trask	5–11–3	2–3–3	7th	Big Ten Quarterfinals
2016	John Trask	11–4–4	4–2–2	3rd	Big Ten Runners-up
2017	John Trask	10–4–5	4–3–1	5th	Big Ten Champions
2018	John Trask	10–6–2	6–2–0	2nd	Big Ten Semifinals
2019	John Trask	3–11–4	1–4–3	7th	Big Ten Quarterfinals
Big Ten Total:
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

NCAA tournament results

Wisconsin have appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments. Their most recent appearance came in 2017.^[2]

Year	Record	Seed	Region	Round	Opponent	Results
1981	15–2–2	—	—	Second round	Indiana	L 1–5
1991	17–4–1	—	—	First round Second round	Evansville Indiana	W 2–0 L 0–1 (2OT)
1993	15–4–4	—	—	First round Second round Quarterfinals	Notre Dame Indiana Virginia	W 2–1 W 1–0 L 0–3
1994	14–6–0	—	1	First round	SMU	L 1–2
1995	20–4–1	—	2	First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	Bowling Green William & Mary #2 SMU Portland Duke	W 2–0 W 1–0 W 2–0 W 1–0 W 2–0
2013	14–5–2	—	3	First round Second round	Milwaukee #3 Notre Dame	W 1–0 L 0–4
2017	12–5–5	—	2	First round Second round Third round	Illinois-Chicago #12 Notre Dame #5 Akron	W 4–1 W 1–0 (OT) L 2–3 (OT)

Rivalries

 

Wisconsin in action against Marquette

Wisconsin has rivalries with the three in-state Division I programs.^[4]

• Green Bay Phoenix men's soccer: the two program compete for the Chancellor's Cup when they meet
• Marquette Golden Eagles men's soccer
• Milwaukee Panthers men's soccer: the two programs compete for the Governor's Cup when they meet

Governor's Cup

As of September 1, 2019^[5]

Milwaukee victories

Wisconsin victories

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 October 20, 1995 Hartland, WI Wisconsin 1–0 2 October 6, 2000 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–2 3 October 5, 2001 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee 3–1 4 October 16, 2002 Madison, WI Milwaukee 1–0 5 October 1, 2003 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 1–0 6 October 6, 2004 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–1 7 October 4, 2005 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee 2–0 8 September 20, 2006 Madison, WI Tie 2–2 9 October 10, 2007 Milwaukee, WI Tie 1–1 10 November 5, 2009 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 1–0 11 October 27, 2010 Madison, WI Wisconsin 2–0 No. Date Location Winner Score 12 October 26, 2011 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 2–0 13 October 10, 2012 Madison, WI Milwaukee 1–0 14 October 23, 2013 Milwaukee, WI Tie 1–1 15 November 21, 2013^[a] Madison, WI Wisconsin 1–0 16 October 22, 2014 Madison, WI Wisconsin 1–0 17 October 21, 2015 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin 1–0 18 October 18, 2016 Madison, WI Wisconsin 3–0 19 October 24, 2017 Milwaukee, WI Tie 0–0 20 October 3, 2018 Madison, WI Tie 1–1 21 October 2, 2019 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee 1–0 Series: Wisconsin leads 11–5–5

1. NCAA Tournament game.

Head coaching history

• Bill Reddan (1977–1981)
• Jim Launder (1982–1996)
• Kalekeni Banda (1997–2001)
• Jeff Rohrman (2002–2008)
• Todd Yeagley (2009)
• John Trask (2010–2021)
• Neil Jones (2022–)

References

1. "Facilities – McClimon Track/Soccer Complex". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
2. "Wisconsin Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Title". bigten.org. November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
3. 2020-21 Men's Soccer Roster on Wisconsin Badgers
4. "UW-Madison Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). uwbadgers.com. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
5. "Wisconsin Men's Soccer History vs. Milwaukee". uwbadgers.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

External links

• Official website  
• Team Year-by-Year Records (2011)