Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer

For the women's team, see Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer.

Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
2016 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team
University	Virginia Tech
Head coach	Michael Layne Brizendine (6th season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Blacksburg, Virginia
Stadium	Thompson Field (Capacity: 2,500)
Nickname	Hokies, Fighting Gobblers
Colors	Chicago maroon and burnt orange
Home Away
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2007
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2007, 2016
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2007, 2016
NCAA Tournament appearances
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016
Conference Regular Season championships
1997

The Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represents the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. The Hokies are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home matches at Sandra D. Thompson Field.

Historically, Virginia Tech has been one of the weaker outfits in the ACC, regularly finishing towards the bottom of the conference standings. The program's most successful era came briefly in the early to mid-2000's, where the five years, the Hokies earned three berths into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. In 2003 and 2005, the Hokies made their first two appearances in the tournament, where they reached the Second Round of the tournament. In 2007, the team made a remarkable run to the College Cup, making their deepest run in tournament history. Since their 2007 run, did not qualify for an NCAA Tournament bid again until 2016.

History

Oliver Weiss era, NCAA violations

The improved greatly with the arrival of head coach Oliver Weiss in 2000. Under Weiss, Tech has made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament (second round in 2003, 2005, first round in 2006, and the semifinals in 2007), the only four in school history. The team is currently ranked 4th in the nation under the Division I NSCAA/adidas National Rankings (last updated Tuesday, November 6, 2007). In the 2007 season, the team achieved its highest national ranking in school history when they reached #4 on October 23. The previous highest ranking was in the 2005 season at 8th in the country. Also, Tech set a new school record with a 15-game unbeaten streak (10-0-5 from September 2 to November 3) during the 2007 season.

The popularity for the team and game attendance has increased since the invite to the Atlantic Coast Conference and with the recent 2006 FIFA World Cup. 2008 was by all accounts a rebuilding year, as the Hokies went winless (0-8) in ACC play.

In 2009, Coach Weiss resigned, days before the school self-reported recruiting violations to the NCAA in connection with Weiss allegedly fronting application fees for recruits. Though a good faith mistake, paying for a recruit's application fees, even if the recruit repays the loan, is not permitted by the NCAA. Mike Brizendine, a Weiss assistant and former head coach of Bridgewater College, was promoted to head coach to replace him.

Recent events

On September 11, 2011, the Hokies defeated the UNC Tar Heels 1–0 in extra time, making it one of the largest college soccer upsets of the 2011 season. Tech, at the time was unranked, while North Carolina was ranked first in the nation.

Rivalries

Boston College

Main article: Boston College–Virginia Tech rivalry

Translating across all sports, Virginia Tech is often seen as rivals with Boston College.

Radford

Main article: New River Valley rivalry

A local derby between the two sides, Virginia Tech regularly plays against the Radford Highlanders men's soccer program.

Virginia

Main article: Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry

Virginia Tech's major rival in soccer is the Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer program. The two sides have a longstanding rivalry across all sports which translates over to soccer. Generally, matches between the two sides attract larger than average crowds. In the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years, the program-wide rivalry was called the Commonwealth Challenge. A renewed rivalry competition began for the 2014–15 season, called the "Commonwealth Clash."

Roster

2016 Roster.

As of 17 March 2017.

The Roster for 2017 will be announced in August 2017

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	GER	Morten Lamps
1	GK	USA	Ben Lundgaard
2	DF	USA	Will Mejia
3	MF	USA	Collin Verfurth
4	MF	USA	Alessandro Mion
5	FW	GER	Andre Thomas
6	FW	USA	Brendan Moyers
7	FW	GER	Som Essome
8	FW	USA	James Kasak
9	DF	FIN	Elias Tamburini
10	DF	USA	Ousmane Sanogo
11	FW	CRC	Marcelo Acuna
14	FW	CRC	Humberto Montero
16	MF	USA	Rory Slevin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	USA	Drew Ott
20	DF	BRA	Rodrigo Zampieri
21	DF	TRI	Jonathan Cruickshank
22	FW	USA	Gino Rossi
23	MF	USA	Forrest White
24	MF	USA	Kevin Lozada
25	GK	USA	Charles Filby
26	DF	USA	Juan Pablo Saavedra
27	GK	USA	Brian Howard
28	MF	USA	Daniel Damiani
29	FW	USA	Burke Bender
30	FW	FRA	Gaetan Roux
32	FW	USA	Nico Quashie

Seasons

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Virginia Tech (Independent) (1972–1994)
1972	George Snead	2–4–3
1973	George Snead	4–3–3
1974	Jerry Cheynet	5–6–0
1975	Jerry Cheynet	4–5–1
1976	Jerry Cheynet	4–6–1
1977	Jerry Cheynet	7–4–1
1978	Jerry Cheynet	9–4–2
1979	Jerry Cheynet	8–6–1
1980	Jerry Cheynet	8–5–1
1981	Jerry Cheynet	10–5–1
1982	Jerry Cheynet	5–10–0
1983	Jerry Cheynet	1–11–3
1984	Jerry Cheynet	8–8–2
1985	Jerry Cheynet	10–7–1
1986	Jerry Cheynet	7–9–2
1987	Jerry Cheynet	9–8–3
1988	Jerry Cheynet	11–9–0
1989	Jerry Cheynet	10–10–1
1990	Jerry Cheynet	10–10–1
1991	Jerry Cheynet	10–8–3
1992	Jerry Cheynet	10–7–2
1993	Jerry Cheynet	10–8–1
1994	Jerry Cheynet	7–12–0
Independent (1972–1994) Total:		193–165–33
Virginia Tech (Atlantic 10) (1995–1999)
1995	Jerry Cheynet	8–10–2	6–3–2	T–3rd	A10 Semifinal
1996	Jerry Cheynet	12–8–0	7–4–0	T–4th	A10 Semifinal
1997	Jerry Cheynet	14–5–1	8–2–1	1st	A10 Semifinal
1998	Jerry Cheynet	11–9–1	7–3–1	T–3rd	A10 Final
1999	Jerry Cheynet	11–8–0	7–4–0	T–3rd
A10 Total:		56–40–4	35–16–4
Virginia Tech (Independent) (2000–2000)
2000	Jerry Cheynet	8–9–2
Independent (2000) Total:		8–9–2
Virginia Tech (Big East) (2001–2003)
2001	Jerry Cheynet	11–6–2	4–4–2	8th	Big East Quarterfinal
2002	Oliver Weiss	10–7–1	5–5–0	9th
2003	Oliver Weiss	14–5–3	7–3–0	2nd	Big East Quarterfinal NCAA Second Round
Big East Total:		35–18–6	16–12–2
Virginia Tech (ACC) (2004–present)
2004	Oliver Weiss	9–10–1	2–5–0	8th	ACC Quarterfinal
2005	Oliver Weiss	10–5–5	3–2–3	4th	ACC Quarterfinal NCAA Second Round
2006	Oliver Weiss	11–8–1	2–5–1	8th	ACC First Round NCAA First Round
2007	Oliver Weiss	14–4–5	3–1–4	4th	ACC Semifinal NCAA College Cup
2008	Oliver Weiss	5–13–1	0–8–0	9th	ACC First Round
2009	Mike Brizendine	5–12–0	2–6–0	8th	ACC First Round
2010	Mike Brizendine	5–13–1	1–6–1	9th
2011	Mike Brizendine	4–13–2	1–6–1	9th	ACC First Round
2012	Mike Brizendine	7–10–3	0–7–1	9th	ACC Quarterfinal
2013	Mike Brizendine	4–8–5	1–5–5	11th
2014	Mike Brizendine	7–8–2	2–5–1	9th	ACC First Round
2015	Mike Brizendine	5–9–3	0–5–3	11th
2016	Mike Brizendine	13–5–4	3–4–2	9th	ACC First Round NCAA Quarterfinal
ACC Total:		99–113–32	22–60–18
Total:		391–350–78
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

Source:

• A10 Standings source
• ACC Standings source
• Big East Standings source

Notable players

• Patrick Nyarko
• Joseph Chris McNally
• Eric Mclellan
• Ray Crittenden
• Marcelo Acuna
• Tyreek Walker

External links

• Men's Soccer-Hokie Sports