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]

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	49–34–14 .577
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

^ East Tennessee State University Brand Guidelines. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "ETSU hires Kentucky assistant Casper as men's soccer coach".
^ "ETSU names David Lilly men's soccer head coach". etsubucs.com. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^ "Men's Soccer | Roster | Official Site of East Tennessee State Athletics".
^ 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.
^ "ETSU vs Coastal Carolina (Nov 21, 2013): Soccer Box Score". East Tennessee State Buccaneers. StreamlineHosting.net. November 23, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ "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.