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South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer

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Location
  
Columbia, SC

Home
  
Away

Head coach
  
Mark Berson

Colors
  
Garnet, Black

Nickname
  
Gamecocks

Conference
  
Conference USA

Date founded
  
1978


University
  
University of South Carolina

Ground
  
Eugene E. Stone III Stadium

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The South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in Conference USA. The team has been coached by Mark Berson since its inception in 1978 and has 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.

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Program history

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 1985-1998 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 21 NCAA Tournaments, with four Quarterfinal appearances, two Semifinal 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 2015. 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 until 2005, when Kentucky left the Mid-American Conference in order to allow the two SEC schools to play in Conference USA together.

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.

Championships

  • Metro Conference: 1993
  • Conference USA: 2005, 2010, 2011

    • Single season records

    Points: 53, Clint Mathis-1995
    Goals: 25, Clint Mathis-1995
    Assists: 16, Rubén Tufiño-1989
    GAA: 0.49, Charles Arndt-1987
    Shutouts: 13, Warren Lipka - 1985

    Current professionals

  • Joshua Alcala – Free Agent
  • Bradlee Baladez – FC Dallas
  • Blake Brettschneider – Rochester Rhinos
  • Brad Guzan – Middlesbrough, United States men's national soccer team
  • Tim Hankinson – Head coach of San Antonio Scorpions
  • Makan Hislop – United Petrotrin, Trinidad and Tobago national football team
  • Jimmy Maurer – New York Cosmos
  • Janny Rivera – Atlanta Silverbacks
  • Tyler Ruthven – KuPS
  • Joey Worthen – Austin Aztex

    • Retired professionals

  • 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
  • Warren Lipka – Played for Maryland Bays in the ASL; Former US women's youth national team assistant
  • Doug Allsion – 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
  • Rubén Tufiño – Played in Liga de Fútbol 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

  • Jim Sonefeld – Went on to become drummer for Hootie & the Blowfish.

    • References

    South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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