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The VCU Rams men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports

Varsity team

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team of Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...

. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association

Colonial Athletic Association

The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

of the National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

History

Beginning in 1978, Virginia Commonwealth University fielded a men's varsity soccer program, that competed independently. Ben Satterfield was the team's initial head coach and was at the helm until the end of the 1982 season. Still then, an independent side, Roosevelt Landy took over. In 1987, the team joined the Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...

for men's soccer, where they struggled to do well in the conference under Landy.

Following Steuckenschneider's departure in 1994, Tim Sullivan took over the head coaching job. It was also the same year VCU left the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...

to join the Colonial Athletic Association

Colonial Athletic Association

. Under Sullivan's tenure, the team enjoyed their most success both in conference play and in NCAA play, earning their first ever berth in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

Initially, the young team had struggles in the Colonial Athletic Association

Colonial Athletic Association

, finishing towards the bottom of the conference standings in its first two years. In 1997, the team vastly improved, earning a third-place regular season record and earning the CAA championship that year. In the 1997 Championship, the Rams defeated American University

American University

American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...

9-8 in a penalty kick shootout after drawing 2-2 in regulation time.

Since then the team won the CAA championship in 2002 and 2003, as well as winning the regular season title those same years as well as winning the honor in 2004.

The team's most successful run in the College Cup, the men's NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament, came in 2004

2004 Division I Men's College Cup

The 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was a tournament of 48 teams from NCAA Division I. This year's College Cup Final Four was held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team. The final was held on...

, where the Rams entered the tournament as ranked 16th in the nation, earning a bye to the second round proper. In the second round, the Rams defeated George Washington

George Washington Colonials

The George Washington Colonials are the athletic teams of George Washington University. The school sponsors 21 varsity sports , the majority of which compete in the Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. The men's and women's water polo teams compete in the Collegiate Water Polo Association and the...

, before upsetting the number-one seeded, Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer

The Wake Forest University Demon Deacons men's soccer team is an amateur, NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of students attending the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They achieved their greatest result in 2007, winning the 2007 Division I Men's College Cup. ...

in penalty kicks. Reaching the regional finals, or quarterfinals in the entire tournament, VCU lost to eventual national finalists, the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.

Following the end of the 2009 season, VCU hit a team nadir, falling to last place in the CAA, their worst in the history. Following the conclusion of the season, 15-year head coach, Tim O'Sullivan was fired to be replaced by David Giffard, thus making Giffard the sixth head coach in VCU men's soccer history. Giffard's facelifting of the team was credited in their finishing as regular season runners-up in 2010.

Stadium

Along with the women's soccer

VCU Rams women's soccer

The VCU Rams women's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Virginia Commonwealth University. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.- 2011 squad :...

and the track & field teams, the Virginia Commonwealth men's soccer team plays at the 3,250-seat Sports Backers Stadium

Sports Backers Stadium

Sports Backers Stadium is a 3,250-seat stadium in Richmond, Virginia. The facility was opened in 1999.Sports Backers Stadium is used throughout the year by various parties including the soccer and college athletics teams from Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Union...

. Located three miles north of the Monroe Park Campus, the stadium is adjacent to The Diamond ballpark, where the baseball team plays. Since its completion in 1999, the stadium has served as the primary venue for the team.

Fan

Like all VCU Rams sports teams, the men's soccer team's man fan group is the Super Ram Fans. The Super Ram Fans are situated in the bleachers in front of the nets, and switch sides each half to invoke intimidation on the opposing sides goalkeeper. The Ram Fans sit with the university's marching band.

Rivalries

Over the years, the Rams have developed rivalries with intrastate colleges, both in the Colonial Athletic Association

Colonial Athletic Association

and against non-conference opponents. The team's main rivals are considered to be George Mason

George Mason Patriots men's soccer

The George Mason Patriots men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of George Mason University. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.- External links :*...

and Old Dominion

Old Dominion Monarchs soccer

The Old Dominion Monarchs men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Old Dominion University. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.- External Links :* page...

, who both play with the Rams in the CAA. Due to the recent success of the teams' programs, some consider William & Mary and James Madison

James Madison Dukes men's soccer

The James Madison Dukes men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of James Madison University. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. They began play in 1968...

to be tertiary conference rivals of the Rams.

Outside of the CAA, the Rams primary interconference rival is widely considered to be the Richmond Spiders primarily due to the geographical proximity of the two universities. Due to record attendances, some cite Virginia Tech and University of Virginia as intra-conference, state rivals. Of the three largest attendance crowds in VCU soccer history, two came from home matches against VT and UVA.

Roster

As of July 20, 2011

Team management

Coaching Staff

Head coaching history

Dates	Name	Notes
1978–1982	Ben Satterfield
1983–1989	Roosevelt Lundy
1989–1994	Lincoln Phillips
1994	Jon Steuckenschneider
1995–2009	Tim Sullivan	Led team to first CAA championship first NCAA tournament appearance led team to quarterfinals in 2004
2010–present	David Giffard

Key

Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Wooden Spoon

Key to conference record

GP = Games played
W = Won
L = Lost
T = Tied
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos. = Final conference position

Key to conference tournament rounds

R1 = First round
QF = Quarterfinals
SF = Final
F = Final

Key to NCAA tournament rounds

R1 = First round
R2 = Second round
R3 = Third round
RSF = Regional semifinal (final sixteen)
RF = Regional final (final eight)
SF = College Cup (semifinal)

List of seasons

Season	Conference Regular Season									Overall							Conference Tournament	NCAA	Additional Honors
Season	Division	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts.	Pos.	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts.	Conference Tournament	NCAA	Additional Honors
1978	Independent	Unknown								Unknown
1978	Independent
1979	Independent
1980	Independent
1981	Independent
1982	Independent
1983	Independent
1984	Independent
1985	Independent
1986	Independent
1987	Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...
1988	Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...
1989	Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...
1990	Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...
1991	Metro Metro Conference The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because all of its charter members were in urban metropolitan areas in, or at least on the fringes of, the Southern United States...	Unknown								Unknown
1992	Metro Metro Conference The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because all of its charter members were in urban metropolitan areas in, or at least on the fringes of, the Southern United States...	Unknown								Unknown
1993	Metro Metro Conference The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because all of its charter members were in urban metropolitan areas in, or at least on the fringes of, the Southern United States...	5	4	1	0			12	1st	18	15	3	0			45	SF
1994	Metro Metro Conference The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because all of its charter members were in urban metropolitan areas in, or at least on the fringes of, the Southern United States...	5	0	5	0			0	5th	19	5	14	0			15
1995	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	8	2	5	1	4	15	7	7th	19	8	10	1	30	28	25	QF
1996	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	8	2	5	1	9	16	7	6th	19	6	9	4	24	26	22	QF
1997	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	10	4	4	2	15	11	14	3rd	23	15	4	4	40	23	49	Champions	R2
1998	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	8	7	0	1	21	7	22	1st	21	12	6	3	38	25	39	SF	R1
1999	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	8	6	2	0	20	8	18	2nd	22	14	7	1	46	25	43	Runners-up	R1
2000	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	8	2	3	3	10	11	9	6th	21	9	8	4	22	23	31	SF
2001	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	5	2	2	1	7	7	7	4th	21	8	10	3	32	26	27	Runners-up
2002 2002 VCU Rams men's soccer team The 2002 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University in all 2002 NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions.- Competitions :Key- Games :Source: - See also :* Virginia Commonwealth University* VCU Rams...	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	9	7	1	1	21	6	22	1st	22	15	5	1	44	20	46	Champions	R3
2003 2003 VCU Rams men's soccer team The 2003 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2003 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, playing in the Colonial Athletic Association....	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	9	8	1	0	23	4	24	1st	22	17	5	0	50	24	51	Champions	RSF
2004	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	9	7	1	1	14	6	22	1st	21	12	6	3	36	22	39	SF	RF
2005	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	11	4	3	4	11	7	16	4th	18	6	10	4	20	25	22	QF
2006	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	11	2	8	1	10	16	7	10th	18	4	13	1	17	25	13
2007	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	11	7	4	0	28	12	21	3rd	20	12	6	2	48	18	38	SF
2008	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	11	4	5	2	10	10	14	9th	18	8	8	2	23	18	26
2009	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	11	2	8	1	15	19	7	10th	17	5	10	2	25	27	17
2010 2010 VCU Rams men's soccer team The 2010 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.In the team's history, this was the first time they were no led by former head coach, Tim O'Sullivan who was released of his coaching duties following a poor showing...	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	13	5	2	4			19	2nd	19	8	5	6	23	17	30	SF
2011 2011 VCU Rams men's soccer team The 2011 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. For the Rams, it was the 32nd season fielding a varsity soccer program, and their 17th in the Colonial Athletic Association....	CAA Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...	11	6	5	0	15	14	18	7th	20	11	9	0	34	24	33
TOTAL		157	83	59	23	218	155	248		336	168	128	39	534	376	953

Source for CAA record: NM Athletics

Source for Metro and Sun Belt record: VCU Athletics

Attendance records

2,927 v. Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
The Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team is a college soccer program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Coastal Division of Atlantic Coast Conference. Their home games are played at Virginia Tech Lacrosse and Soccer Stadium....

(Oct. 26, 2003)
1,987 v. William & Mary (Oct. 12, 2011)
1,853 v. Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
The Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represent the University of Virginia in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference....

(Sept. 12, 2008)

Career Records

EWLINE

Points
Pos.	Player	Career	Pts.
1	Matthew Delicâte Matthew Delicâte Matthew Delicâte is an English footballer who currently plays for Richmond Kickers in the USL Professional Division.-College and amateur:...	2000–03	103
2	Ricardo Capilla	1997–99	94
3	Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi	1992–95	80
4	Orlin Weise	1985–88	72
5	Tedmore Henry	1980–82	66

EWLINE

Goals
Pos.	Player	Career	G
1	Matthew Delicâte Matthew Delicâte Matthew Delicâte is an English footballer who currently plays for Richmond Kickers in the USL Professional Division.-College and amateur:...	2000–03	45
2	Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi	1992–95	34
3	Ricardo Capilla	1997–99	30
4	Kevin Jeffrey	1998–99	29
4	Orlin Weise	1985–88	29

EWLINE

Game-Winning Goals
Pos.	Player	Career	GWG
1	Matthew Delicâte Matthew Delicâte Matthew Delicâte is an English footballer who currently plays for Richmond Kickers in the USL Professional Division.-College and amateur:...	2000–03	17
2	Ricardo Capilla	1997–99	8
3	McColm Cephas	1998–99	7
3	Kevin Jeffrey	1998–99	7
5	Mike Aust	2002–05	5
5	Gonzalo Segares Gonzalo Segares Gonzalo Segares Gonzalez is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.-Youth and college:...	2001–04	5

Honors

NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

Men's Soccer Region 1
- Runners-up (1): 2004

Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

Tournament
- Champions (3): 1997, 2002, 2003
- Runners-up (2): 1999, 2001

Colonial Athletic Association
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

Regular Season
- Winners (4): 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Runners-up (2): 1999, 2010

Metro Conference
Metro Conference
The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because all of its charter members were in urban metropolitan areas in, or at least on the fringes of, the Southern United States...

Regular Season
- Winters (1): 1993

Notable Alumni

Matthew Delicâte

Matthew Delicâte is an English footballer who currently plays for Richmond Kickers in the USL Professional Division.-College and amateur:...

(Richmond Kickers

Richmond Kickers

The Richmond Kickers are an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the American Division of the USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid...

) Andrew Dykstra

Andrew Dykstra

Andrew Dykstra is an American soccer player currently playing for Charleston Battery in the USL Professional Division.-College and amateur:...

(Charleston Battery

Charleston Battery

Charleston Battery is an American professional soccer team based in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the American Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....

) Dominic Oduro

Dominic Oduro

Dominic Oduro is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.-College:Oduro started his playing career in Ghana, playing for both Prempeh College and the University of Ghana before transferring to Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004...

(Chicago Fire) Gonzalo Segares

Gonzalo Segares

Gonzalo Segares Gonzalez is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.-Youth and college:...

(Chicago Fire)

External links

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History

Stadium

Fan

Rivalries

Roster

Team management

Head coaching history

Key

List of seasons

Attendance records

Career Records

Honors

Notable Alumni

See also

External links