2012 VCU Rams men's soccer team

VCU Rams men's soccer

2012 season
Athletic Director	Norwood Teague
Head Coach	David Giffard
A-10 Regular Season	4th
A-10 Tournament	Runners-up
NCAA Tournament	Second round
VCU Tournament	1–0–1
ODU Tournament	2–0–0
FGCU Tournament	1–0–0
Top goalscorer	League: All: Johnson (11)
Highest home attendance	2,242 vs. Virginia
Home colors Away colors
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The 2012 VCU Rams men's soccer team was the 33rd season of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia fielding a men's varsity college soccer program. The team played their inaugural season in the Atlantic 10 Conference of the NCAA Division I after playing the previous 17 seasons in the Colonial Athletic Association.

After an eight-year absence, the Rams returned to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, securing an at-large bid, and being one of the 16 seeded teams, earning a fourteen seed and a bye to the second round. In their return to the NCAA Tournament, VCU lost through an overtime golden goal to unseeded Syracuse, losing 2–3. In the 2012 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament, VCU upset Charlotte and played Saint Louis in the final, losing 3–0.

Background

The team is coming off an 11–9–0 record from 2011, where they were the only team in the country to have both a winning conference and overall record, and not qualify for their conference tournament. By a tiebreaker against Georgia State, the Rams finished seventh in their conference, missing out on the 2012 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament. Their season, however, began in impressive fashion, coming out with a 5–0–0 record, good enough to be ranked as high as sixteenth in the nation at one point. The five-match winning streak, saw the Rams drop their next four matches.

Review

Team

Roster

As of September 19, 2012^[1]

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  USA Clark Hankins 2 DF  USA Isaac Owusu 3 DF  CRC Dennis Castillo 4 DF  USA Garrett Harvey 5 MF  LBN Joseph Haboush 7 FW  CRC Juan Monge Solano 8 MF  USA Dakota Barnathan 10 MF  JAM Romena Bowie 11 FW  JAM Jason Johnson 12 FW  USA Kharlton Belmar 14 MF  MEX Mario Herrera Meraz 15 MF  USA Chris Maimone 16 DF  COL Juan Arbelaez

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  USA Peter Lee 19 DF  SEN Assane Keita 20 FW  USA K.C. Onyeador 21 GK  USA Andrew Wells 22 DF  USA Brad Seymour 23 FW  ESP Jose Manel 24 MF  USA Devon Fisher 25 DF  USA Jack Bates 27 FW  USA Matt Freibaum 28 MF  USA Ritchie Duffie 30 GK  USA Richie Ongaro 31 GK  CAN Garrett Cyprus 32 MF  USA Cameron Foster

Coaching staff

Competitions

Key

Item	Description
W	Win
L	Loss
T	Tie
¤	Conference match
No. (##)	Opponent's ranking

Spring 2012 season

Preseason

Regular season

A-10 standings

2012 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 23 Charlotte	7	–	1	–	1			15	–	4	–	3
No. 19 Saint Louis†	7	–	2	–	0			16	–	5	–	0
Xavier	6	–	1	–	2			14	–	3	–	5
No. 25 VCU	6	–	1	–	2			12	–	4	–	5
Temple	6	–	1	–	2			10	–	6	–	3
Dayton	5	–	3	–	1			11	–	5	–	2
La Salle	4	–	4	–	1			10	–	7	–	3
Duquesne	4	–	4	–	1			7	–	12	–	1
Butler	3	–	5	–	1			5	–	8	–	5
Rhode Island	3	–	5	–	1			4	–	11	–	3
St. Bonaventure	3	–	6	–	0			5	–	14	–	0
Fordham	2	–	4	–	3			6	–	7	–	4
Richmond	2	–	6	–	1			6	–	11	–	1
Massachusetts	2	–	7	–	0			5	–	11	–	2
George Washington	2	–	7	–	0			5	–	13	–	0
Saint Joseph's	1	–	6	–	2			5	–	11	–	2
As of December 11, 2012 Rankings from NCSAA

Results summary

Results by round

Match reports

Home team on the right, away team on the left.

Atlantic 10 Tournament

NCAA Tournament

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on October 16, 2012.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season		A-10 Tournament		NCAA Tournament
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Clark Hankins	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Isaac Owusu	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers and recruits

See also

• Virginia Commonwealth University
• VCU Rams
• VCU Rams men's soccer
• NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
• CAA Men's Soccer Tournament

References