Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represents the University of Notre Dame in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's soccer. The team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is currently coached by Chad Riley. The team has made twenty four appearances in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament with the most recent coming in 2023. The Fighting Irish won the 2013 national championship.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team
University	University of Notre Dame
Athletic director	Pete Bevacqua
Head coach	Chad Riley[1] (7th season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Notre Dame, Indiana
Stadium	Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 2,500)
Nickname	Fighting Irish
Colors	Blue and gold[2]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament championships
2013
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2023
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2013, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2006, 2007, 2013, 2018, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2012, 2021
Conference Regular Season championships
1989, 1993, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2023

Current roster

As of September 12, 2024^[3]

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  ITA Simone Baravelli 1 GK  USA Owen Cornell 2 DF  USA Mitch Ferguson 3 DF  USA Sean McDowd 4 DF  USA Jack Ross 5 DF  USA Kyle Genenbacher 6 MF  USA Wyatt Lewis 7 FW  USA Nate Zimmermann 8 MF  USA Nico Bartlett 9 FW  USA Wyatt Borso 10 FW  GHA KK Baffour 11 FW  USA Jack Flanagan 12 MF  GHA Daniel Boateng 13 MF  USA Bryce Boneau 14 MF  USA Will Schroeder

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  USA Ian Shaul 16 MF  USA Jacob Bartlett 17 DF  USA Mateo Acosta 18 DF  USA Josh Ramsey 19 FW  USA Michael Rossi 20 FW  USA Brady Hilden 21 FW  USA Matthew Roou 22 MF  USA Nolan Spicer 23 FW  USA Stevie Dunphy 24 MF  USA Sebastian Green 28 MF  USA Nicholas Legendre 29 DF  USA Cleveland Sellers IV 30 GK  USA Liam Egan 31 GK  USA Blake Kelly 99 GK  USA Collin Travasos

Year-by-year statistical leaders

Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders^[4]

Year	Goals Leader	G	Assists Leader	A
1977	Jim Mollering	14	Bill Hagerty	13
1978	Kevin Lovejoy	29	Ted Carnevale	10
1979	Kevin Lovejoy	22	Mike Mai	15
1980	Kevin Lovejoy	16	Sami Kahale	8
1981	Sami Kahale	12	Sami Kahale	15
	Ed O'Malley	12
	Rob Snyder	12
1982	Mario Manta	16	Richard Herdegen	9
			Steve Chang	9
1983	Richard Herdegen	16	Tom Daley	11
	Pat Szanto	16
1984	Richard Herdegen	16	Pat Szanto	6
1985	Joe Sternberg	10	Tommy Gerlacher	8
1986	Bruce McCourt	13	Randy Morris	10
1987	Bruce McCourt	13	Randy Morris	17
	Joe Sternberg	13
1988	Randy Morris	14	Randy Morris	12
1989	Kevin Pendergast	12	Steve LaVigne	7
1990	Kevin Pendergast	7	Kevin Pendergast	4
	Kenyon Meyer	7
1991	Jean Joseph	11	Jean Joseph	6
1992	Bill Lanza	8	Bill Lanza	4
			Brendan Dillman	4
1993	Bill Lanza	15	Bill Lanza	10
1994	Tim Oates	12	Tim Oates	11
1995	Ben Bocklage	9	Bill Lanza	11
1996	Tony Capasso	7	Tony Capasso	6
1997	Ryan Turner	12	Scott Wells	8
1998	Shane Walton	10	Ryan Cox	8
1999	Erich Braun	9	Erich Braun	6
2000	Erich Braun	4	Chad Riley	6
	Justin Detter	4
	Griffin Howard	4
2001	Erich Braun	12	Devon Prescod	6
			Chad Riley	6
2002	Erich Braun	11	Chad Riley	12
2003	Justin Detter	14	Kevin Goldthwaite	9
2004	Justin McGeeney	5	Ian Etherington	5
	Tony Megna	5
2005	Joseph Lapira	7	Joseph Lapira	5
			Ryan Miller	5
2006	Joseph Lapira	22	Nate Norman	7
2007	Joseph Lapira	9	Joseph Lapira	10
2008	Bright Dike	12	Jeb Brovsky	6
2009	Bright Dike	11	Michael Thomas	6
2010	Steven Perry	12	Brendan King	6
			Harrison Shipp	6
2011	Ryan Finley	7	Adam Mena	5
2012	Ryan Finley	21	Dillon Powers	9
2013	Harrison Shipp	12	Harrison Shipp	10
2014	Patrick Hodan	9	Jeffrey Farina	7
2015	Jon Gallagher	9	Evan Panken	9
2016	Jon Gallagher	14	Jon Gallagher	7
2017	Jon Gallagher	13	Félicien Dumas	8
2018	Thomas Ueland	6	Félicien Dumas	6
	Patrick Berneski
2019	Jack Lynn	9	Félicien Dumas	6
2020	Jack Lynn	8	Aiden McFadden	4
2021	Jack Lynn	10	Dawson McCartney	5
			Paddy Burns
			Ethan O'Brien
2022	Daniel Russo	6	Daniel Russo	4
			Matthew Roou
2023	Eno Nto	11	KK Baffour	7
			Bryce Boneau
2024	Matthew Roou	14	Bryce Boneau	8

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer players

Current professionals

• Updated March 4, 2025

• Chad Riley (2000–2003) – Currently Head Coach with Notre Dame
• John Mousinho (2003–2005) – Currently Head Coach with Portsmouth F.C.
• Greg Dalby (2003–2006) – Currently Head Coach with Air Force
• Dillon Powers (2009–2012) – Currently with Orange County SC
• Brandon Aubrey (2013–2016) – Currently with the Dallas Cowboys (switched codes)
• Jon Gallagher (2014–2017) – Currently with Austin FC
• Tommy McCabe (2016–2018) – Currently with Loudoun United FC
• Paul Rothrock (2017–2018) – Currently with Seattle Sounders FC
• Aiden McFadden (2017–2020) – Currently with Louisville City FC
• Mohamed Omar (2018–2021) – Currently with San Antonio FC
• Philip Quinton (2018–2021) – Currently with Real Salt Lake
• Mohammad Abualnadi (2019–2021) – Currently with Selangor F.C. and Jordan international
• Dawson McCartney (2020–2021) – Currently with Birmingham Legion FC
• Bryan Dowd (2020–2023) – Currently with Chicago Fire FC
• Bryce Boneau (2021–2023) – Currently with Huntsville City FC
• Josh Ramsey (2021–2024) – Currently with Lexington SC

Honours

• NCAA Division I tournament (1): 2013
• Atlantic Coast Conference (1): 2021
• Other conference(s) titles (6): 1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2012 ^[5]

Origins

Inaugural Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The Irish soccer team was started as a club sport in 1961 by Joe Echelle and Faculty Advisor Mr. Christopher Fagan. The club was made up students representing five continents and was a manifestation of the increasing popularity of soccer as a college sport. The team posted a respectable inaugural 3–2 record winning games against Indiana Tech, Goshen College and Purdue^[6]