New Hampshire Wildcats men's soccer

New Hampshire Wildcats
New Hampshire Wildcats
2024 New Hampshire Wildcats soccer team
Founded	1924; 100 years ago
University	University of New Hampshire
Head coach	Rich Weinrebe (1st season)
Conference	America East
Location	Durham, New Hampshire
Stadium	Wildcat Stadium ; (Capacity: 11,015)
Nickname	Wildcats
Colors	Blue, gray, and white;
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
	2017, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
	1994, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1994, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
	2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Conference Regular Season championships
	2009, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

The New Hampshire Wildcats men's soccer team represents the University of New Hampshire in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. The Wildcats play in the America East Conference. They play in Wildcat Stadium in Durham, New Hampshire.

New Hampshire has 6 America East regular season titles (2009, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023), and eight NCAA tournament appearances (1994, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023).^[2]

The Wildcats saw a surge to the top under the guidance of head coach Marc Hubbard which has gained them both regional and national recognition. He helped UNH secure 4 regular-season conference titles, 4 conference tournament titles, and 6 NCAA tournaments during his 8-year tenure. Following the 2023 season, Hubbard announced he would be leaving the program. On January 4th, 2024, it was announced that Rich Weinrebe would become UNH's 12th men's soccer head coach.^[3]

In recent years, the Wildcats have developed a rivalry with fellow America East member Vermont. The all-time record between the teams lies at 38-20-20 in favor of Vermont. and both teams regularly compete for the America East title.^[4]

Roster

As of 29 Sep 2024^[5]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Scott Williams
1	GK	USA	Erik Lauta
2	DF	GER	Max Voigt
3	DF	USA	Arian Recinos
4	DF	KOR	Jaehyuk Moon
5	DF	FRA	Baptiste Gateau
7	FW	USA	Michael Tsicoulias
8	MF	FRA	Mattéo Brossel
9	FW	CAN	Ibrahim Conde
10	FW	USA	Federico Tellez
11	MF	FRA	Terry Makedika


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	MF	BRA	João Catafesta
14	DF	USA	Jacob Stazenski
15	MF	USA	Eduard Fandunyan
16	MF	USA	Brady Lewis
17	MF	USA	Austin Bush
18	MF	KOR	Jiwoo Lee
19	FW	USA	Matthew Goncalves
20	MF	USA	Dylan Maxon
21	DF	ENG	Aaron Williams
22	MF	USA	Reed Cash
23	DF	USA	Adison Hicks

Coaching staff

As of March 2024^[6]

Name	Position coached
Rich Weinrebe	Head coach
Stefan Defregger	Assistant coach
Ian de Oliveira	Assistant coach
Dave Williams	Goalkeeper coach
Panos Galatas	Director of Operations

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

New Hampshire has appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. They first appeared in the tournament in 1994. They didn't return to the national stage until 2017, achieving automatic qualification following their America East Conference tournament win. Their deepest runs into the tournament were in 2017, 2021, and 2023 when they reached the Third Round before losing to Indiana, Oregon State, and Clemson respectively.^[7]

America East Conference Tournament^[8]

New Hampshire secured their first-ever America East conference tournament title in 2018 as they routed No. 5 UMBC 5–0 in the championship. This win kicked off a string of three consecutive America East tournament championships in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. In 2019, the Wildcats came in as the No. 1 seed and got by No. 3 Hartford 1–0 to clinch the title. In the 2020 season (partially played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), UNH again came into the tournament as the No. 1 seed and held off No. 2 seeded Vermont 2–0 to complete the three-peat. After a loss to Vermont in 2021, the Wildcats captured their fourth America East championship in five years after defeating Albany 2–0 in the 2022 championship game.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1994	First round	Brown	L 2–3^2OT
2017	First round Second round Third Round	Fairfield Dartmouth Indiana	W 3–0 T 0–0^{4–1 PK} L 1–2
2018	First round	Colgate	L 0–1
2019	First round Second round	Fairleigh Dickinson Virginia Tech	W 1-0 L 1-4
2020-21	First Round	Kentucky	L 0-2
2021	Second Round Third Round	North Carolina Oregon State	W 4-1 L 0-1
2022	First Round Second Round	Seton Hall Florida International	W 2-1 L 2-2^{10-9 PK}
2023	Second Round Third Round	Syracuse Clemson	W 3-0 L1-0

Year by year results

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Mike Noonan (North Atlantic Conference) (1991–2014)
1991	Mike Noonan	10–6–4	4-3-0
1992	Mike Noonan	9-7-3	5-2-0
1993	Mike Noonan	14–5–0	5-2-0
1994	Mike Noonan	15–5–2	6-0-1		NCAA First round
Rob Thompson (America East Conference) (1995–1994)
1995	Rob Thompson	10–9–1	5–4	6th
1996	Rob Thompson	3–12–4	3–4–2	7th
1997	Rob Thompson	9–7–2	3–4–2	T-4th
1998	Rob Thompson	9–8–1	5–4	5th
1999	Rob Thompson	6–11–1	2–6–1	9th
2000	Rob Thompson	6–10	3–6	7th
2001	Rob Thompson	7–8–3	5–4–2	6th
2002	Rob Thompson	10–5–2	4–2–2	4th
2003	Rob Thompson	8–9	3–6	9th
2004	Rob Thompson	6–6–7	3–3–3	6th
2005	Rob Thompson	9–5–3	2–4–2	7th
2006	Rob Thompson	12–5–3	6–2–1	3rd
2007	Rob Thompson	5–5–9	2–1–5	5th
2008	Rob Thompson	7–7–4	2–4–2	6th
2009	Rob Thompson	9–7–2	6–0–1	1st
2010	Rob Thompson	9–5–6	2–3–2	5th
2011	Rob Thompson	7–9–2	1–4–2	7th
2012	Rob Thompson	7–7–6	2–3–2	6th
2013	Rob Thompson	12–5–1	5–2	2nd
2014	Rob Thompson	4–13–2	2–5	8th
Rob Thompson:		155–153–59	66–71–29
Marc Hubbard (America East) (2015–2023)
2015	Marc Hubbard	10–5–3	3–3–1	6th
2016	Marc Hubbard	12–7	4–3	5th
2017	Marc Hubbard	13–4–5	4–2–1	4th	NCAA third round
2018	Marc Hubbard	12–4–2	4–2–1	2nd	NCAA first round
2019	Marc Hubbard	15–2–3	5–1–1	T-1st	NCAA second round
2020-21	Marc Hubbard	8-1-1	5–0–1	1st	NCAA second round
2021	Marc Hubbard	17-2-2	7–0–1	1st	NCAA third round
2022	Marc Hubbard	15-0-5	6–0–1	1st	NCAA second round
2023	Marc Hubbard	13-3-4	4–0–3	1st	NCAA third round
Marc Hubbard:		115-39-31	42-11-10
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

References

^ "Athletics Branding". University of New Hampshire Brand & Visual Guidelines. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
^ "Men's Soccer". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
^ "Rich Weinrebe '08 Named Men's Soccer Head Coach". University of New Hampshire Athletics. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
^ "2022 Men's Soccer Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
^ Men's soccer roster on unhwildcats.com
^ "UNH Men's Soccer Coaching Staff". UNHWildcats.com. University of New Hampshire. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
^ "NCAA Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
^ "MSOC Record Book (PDF) - America East Conference" (PDF). americaeast.com. Retrieved 2022-11-18.