Central Arkansas Bears soccer

The Central Arkansas Bears men's soccer team represents the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in the ASUN Conference of NCAA Division I men's soccer.^[2] Before joining the ASUN on July 1, 2021, UCA had been an all-sports member of the Southland Conference, which sponsors soccer only for women, and had played men's soccer in the Sun Belt Conference.^[3] The Bears play their home matches at the Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex located on the UCA campus in Conway, Arkansas. The team is currently coached by Frank Kohlenstein.^[4]

Central Arkansas Bears men's soccer
2022 Central Arkansas Bears soccer team
Founded	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
University	University of Central Arkansas
Head coach	Frank Kohlenstein (3rd season)
Conference	ASUN
Location	Conway, Arkansas
Stadium	Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex
Nickname	Bears
Colors	Purple and gray[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament College Cup
D II: 2002
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
D II: 2002, 2004
NCAA Tournament appearances
D II: 2002, 2004, 2005 D I: 2017, 2018
Conference Tournament championships
GSC: MVC: 2017, 2018
Conference Regular Season championships
GSC: 2002, 2005 MVC: 2018 SBC: 2019

Roster

As of 30 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 01 GK  USA Javier Ramirez 1 GK  USA Connor Wachtel 2 DF  USA Alex Kiss 3 FW  BRB Devonte Richards 4 DF  USA Elijah Bishop 5 MF  USA Lucas Shearer 6 DF  USA Josh Baros 7 FW  CAN Franco DiGiovanni 8 MF  JPN Sohma Ichikawa 9 FW  USA Michael Oliveri 10 MF  USA Aby Gomez 11 MF  BRB Tajio James 12 MF  USA Andres Robles

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  USA Jonathan Abusada 14 MF  CAN Charles Brunet 15 MF  FRA Matheo Francou 16 DF  USA Kevin Ventura 17 DF  ESP Joan Sureda 18 DF  JPN Kaisei Matsudo 19 MF  USA Cristian Marcucci 20 MF  GER Pharis Petrica 21 GK  CAN Matthew Dovale 22 MF  USA Baruc Delgado 23 FW  USA Christian Chavez 24 DF  USA Jaxon Hinds 25 DF  POR Edgar Correia

Record by year

Reference^[6]

A soccer match between Central Arkansas and Air Force in 2018

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Central Arkansas (Gulf South Conference (Div. II)[7]) (1996–2005)
1996	Ryan Strong	6-11-1	0-3-1	6th
1997	Ryan Strong	11-8-0	3-2-0	3rd
1998	Ryan Strong	9-7-1	2-3-0	3rd (tie)
1999	Joel Harrison	12-3-2	2-2-1	3rd
2000	Joel Harrison	7-9-1	3-3-1	5th (tie)
2001	Joel Harrison	13-6-0	5-2-0	3rd (tie)
2002	Joel Harrison	17-2-2	7-0-0	1st	NCAA Div.II 3rd
2003	Chad Flanders	11-5-2	4-2-1	2nd (tie)
2004	Chad Flanders	11-6-2	5-1-1	2nd (tie)	NCAA Div.II Elite 8
2005	Chad Flanders	14-4-2	7-1-0	1st	NCAA Div.II 1st round
Central Arkansas (Division I Independent[8]) (2006–2009)
2006	Chad Flanders	6-8-2
2007	Chad Flanders	6-10-0
2008	Chad Flanders	3-14-1
2009	Chad Flanders	7-7-1
Central Arkansas (Missouri Valley Conference[9][10]) (2010–2018)
2010	Chad Flanders	3-13-0	0-7-0	8th of 8
2011	Chad Flanders	2-12-4	1-4-1	5th of 7
2012	Ross Duncan	8-9-1	1-4-1	6th of 7
2013	Ross Duncan	4-11-2	0-4-2	7th of 7
2014	Ross Duncan	3-13-1	0-5-1	7th of 7
2015	Ross Duncan	2-15-1	1-5-0	6th of 7
2016	Ross Duncan	7–7–3	4–3–1	4th of 7
2017	Ross Duncan	9–10–1	5–3–-0	2nd of 7	NCAA Tournament
2018	Ross Duncan	8–6–4	4–1–1	1st of 7	NCAA Tournament
Central Arkansas (Sun Belt Conference) (2019–2020)
2019	Ross Duncan	10–7–1	4–1–0	1st of 6
2020	Ross Duncan	6-9-2	3-3-0	3rd of 4
Central Arkansas (ASUN Conference) (2021–present)
2021	Frank Kohlenstein	11–6–0	5–2–0	2nd
Total:		195-212-37	61-59-12
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