Fordham Rams men's soccer

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The Fordham Rams men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Fordham University in The Bronx, New York, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Fordham's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1952. The team plays its home games at Coffey Field in The Bronx, New York. The Rams are coached by Carlo Acquista.

Fordham Rams men's soccer
Founded	1952; 73 years ago (1952)
University	Fordham University
Head coach	Carlo Acquista (5th season)
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	The Bronx, New York
Stadium	Coffey Field (Capacity: 7,000)
Nickname	Rams
Colors	Maroon and white[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2017
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2017
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2017, 2020
NCAA Tournament appearances
1996, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
1986, 1987, 1990, 1996, 2014, 2016, 2020
Conference Regular Season championships
1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2011

Seasons

Fordham University has only kept statistics from the 1979 season onward on file, although the program began in 1952.

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Records unavailable (1952–1978)
Eastern College Athletic Conference (1979)
1979	Frank Schnur	9–8–2
ECAC Total:		9–8–2
1980	Frank Schnur	11–6–0
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (1981–1989)
1981	Frank Schnur	9–6–2	4–0–1	1st
1982	Frank Schnur	11–2–4	5–0–0	1st
1983	Frank Schnur	12–6–2	6–1–0
1984	Frank Schnur	10–6–4	4–1–2
1985	Frank Schnur	13–4–3	6–0–1	2nd
1986	Frank Schnur	5–14–1	3–2–0	2nd
1987	Frank Schnur	11–7–3	4–1–0	2nd
1988	Frank Schnur	9–11–1	5–2–0	3rd
1989	Frank Schnur	5–13–1	3–1–1	2nd, North
MAAC Total[3]:		85–69–21	40–8–5
Patriot League (1990–1994)
1990	Frank Schnur	12–7–1	4–2–0	2nd
1991	Frank Schnur	2–15–3	2–5–0	6th
1992	Frank Schnur	5–13–1	3–4–0	5th
1993	Frank Schnur	5–12–2	1–6–0	8th
1994	Frank Schnur	6–10–0	0–7–0	8th
Patriot League Total[4]:		30–57–7	10–24–0
Atlantic-10 Conference (1995–present)
1995	Frank Schnur	9–5–4	3–4–4	7th
1996	Frank Schnur	12–10–1	7–3–1	3rd	A-10 Champions NCAA First Round
1997	Frank Schnur	7–13–0	3–8–0	T–10th
1998	Frank Schnur	12–7–1	8–3–0	2nd	A-10 Semifinal
1999	Frank Schnur	0–20–0	0–11–0	12th
2000	Frank Schnur	6–11–0	3–7–0	T–9th
2001	Frank Schnur	4–14–0	3–8–0	T–10th
2002	Frank Schnur	4–14–0	1–10–0	12th
2003	Jim McElderry	4–12–1	3–8–0	T–9th
2004	Jim McElderry	3–12–3	1–7–3	12th
2005	Jim McElderry	8–5–5	2–4–3	10th
2006	Jim McElderry	9–3–5	3–3–3	7th
2007	Jim McElderry	6–10–3	5–4–0	5th	A-10 Quarterfinal
2008	Jim McElderry	9–8–2	5–3–1	5th	A-10 Quarterfinal
2009	Jim McElderry	9–7–3	6–1–2	3rd	A-10 Quarterfinal
2010	Jim McElderry	10–8–0	5–4–0	T–6th
2011	Jim McElderry	11–7–1	7–2–0	1st	A-10 Semifinal
2012	Jim McElderry	6–7–4	2–4–3	11th
2013	Jim McElderry	5–11–1	2–5–1	11th
2014	Jim McElderry	8–9–4	3–3–2	7th	A-10 Champions NCAA First Round
2015	Jim McElderry	7–8–4	4–3–1	T–4th	A-10 Semifinal
2016	Jim McElderry	10–7–4	5–2–1	2nd	A-10 Champions NCAA First Round
2017	Jim McElderry	14–6–3	5–2–1	5th	A-10 Semifinals NCAA Quarterfinals
2018	Jim McElderry	8–5–4	4–3–1	6th	A-10 Quarterfinals
2019	Carlo Acquista	7–10–3	5–2–1	5th	A-10 Semifinals
2020	Carlo Acquista	7–1–2	3–0–2	3rd	A-10 Champions
2021	Carlo Acquista	7–9–3	4–3–1	4th	A-10 Semifinals
2022	Carlo Acquista	3–4–9	1–2–5	12th
2023	Carlo Acquista	6–4–7	3–3–2	8th	A-10 Quarterfinals
2024	Carlo Acquista	8–6–5	4–1–3	T–5th	A-10 Semifinals
A10 Total[5]:		171–212–50	85–108–28
Total:		306–352–80
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:^[6]

NCAA tournament results

Fordham has appeared in five NCAA tournaments. Their best performance came in 2017, where they reached the quarterfinals for the first time in program history.

Year	Record	Seed	Region	Round	Rival	Results
1996	11–10–1	N/A	Williamsburg	Play-in round First round	Loyola (MD) St. John's	3–2 1–5
2014	8–9–4	N/A	Regional 3	First round	No. 20 Dartmouth	1–2
2016	10–6–4	N/A	Regional 3	First round	Boston College	0–1
2017	14–5–3	N/A	Regional 3	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals	St. Francis Brooklyn #11 Virginia #6 Duke #3 North Carolina	3–2 (a.e.t.) 1–0 2–2 (8–7 p) 1–2
2020	7–1–2	N/A	N/A	Second round	Marshall	1–2 (a.e.t.)

Notable alumni

• Grant Kerr
• Sal Leanti
• Matt Lewis
• Mark Lugris
• Ryan Meara
• Rashid Nuhu
• Jack Shannon
• John Wolyniec
• Janos Loebe

Honors

• Tri-State Conference^[7]
  • Regular Season (3): 1982, 1984, 1985
• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference^[7]
  • Tournament (2): 1986, 1987
  • Regular Season (3): 1981, 1982, 1986
• Patriot League^[7]
  • Tournament (1): 1990
• Atlantic-10 Conference^[7]
  • Tournament (3): 1996, 2014, 2016
  • Regular Season (1): 2011

Rivalries

Fordham's biggest rivals are St. John's and Manhattan. Fordham's rivalry with St. John's goes back to the 1970s,^[8] and their rivalry with Manhattan is known as the Battle of the Bronx.^[9]