East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's soccer

East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's soccer
East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's soccer
Founded	2008
University	East Tennessee State University
Head coach	Allen Vital (1st season)
Conference	SoCon
Location	Johnson City, Tennessee
Stadium	Summers-Taylor Stadium ; (Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname	Bucs
Colors	Navy blue and gold;
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament appearances
	2010, 2013, 2016
Conference Tournament championships
	2010, 2013
Conference Regular Season championships
	2016, 2023

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] Lilly would go on to win the 2023 SoCon Coach of the Year award. ^[4] Allen Vital was appointed as the head coach in February of 2024 following the departure of David Lilly to UAB Blazers men's soccer. ^[5]

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.

Players

Current squad

Updated June 12, 2024^[6]

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	USA	Sam McGee
1	GK	USA	Cole Hunter
2	DF	GER	Henrik Guenther
4	DF	ENG	Ryan Suckling
5	MF	DEN	Sebastien Reventlow-Mourier
6	MF	SVN	David Kovacic
7	MF	BRA	Gabriel Ramos
8	MF	ENG	Louie Salkeld
9	FW	GER	Tarik Pannholzer
10	MF	NZL	Kieran Richards
11	FW	SWE	Axel Boden
12	MF	USA	Jack Perry
13	DF	USA	Jason Gun
14	FW	USA	Dailyn Crawley
15	DF	CAN	Yves Tcheuyap


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	USA	Lucas Lightner
17	FW	USA	Lucas Nordin
18	GK	USA	Andrew Prescott
19	FW	USA	Zayd Idlibi
20	MF	USA	Gabriel Betancourt
21	MF	USA	Israel Garcia-Perez
22	DF	NOR	Simon Klevberg
23	DF	USA	Tyson Williams
24	DF	GER	Nico Kross
25	MF	USA	Cameron Carroll
26	GK	CAN	Marc Kouadio
27	GK	USA	Noah Franks
30	DF	SCO	Chris McKenna
31	DF	USA	Preston Holmes
35	GK	USA	Will Bowers

Notable players

Aaron Schoenfeld (born 1990) - former professional soccer player
Jonny Campbell (born 1991) - professional soccer player
Charlie Machell (born 1994) - professional soccer player
Cameron Woodfin (born 1996) - semi-professional soccer player
Nick Spielman (born 1996) - professional soccer player

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) (2018–2022)
2018	David Casper	9-7-1	4-1-1	2nd
2019	David Casper	8-8-2	4-2-0	3rd
2020	David Casper	3-5-3	3-1-2	3rd
2021	David Casper	4-8-3	1-3-2	5th
David Casper:		24–28–9 .467	12–7–5 .604
David Lilly (SoCon) (2022–2024)
2022	David Lilly	8-6-3	3-1-1	2nd
2023	David Lilly	9-5-3	4-0-1	1st
David Lilly:		17–11–6 .588	7–1–2 .800
Allen Vital (SoCon) (2024–present)
2024	Allen Vital	TBD	TBD	TBD
—:		–
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	Ref.
2010	15–6	N/A	1	First Round	Charleston	L 2–3	^[7]
2013	10–6–4	N/A	2	First Round	Coastal Carolina	L 0–2	^[8]
2016	12–5–3	N/A	4	First Round	Virginia Tech	L 0–1	^[9]