Syracuse Orange men's soccer

Syracuse Orange is the NCAA College soccer team for Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. They are a Division I team in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Syracuse Orange
2024 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team
Founded	1920; 105 years ago (1920)
University	Syracuse University
Head coach	Ian McIntyre (15th season)
Conference	ACC (2013–present)
Location	Syracuse, New York
Stadium	SU Soccer Stadium (Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname	Orange
Colors	Orange and Blue
Home Away
Pre-tournament ISFA/ISFL championships
1936
NCAA Tournament championships
2022
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2015, 2022
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2015, 2022
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
1984, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
1982, 1985, 2015, 2022

Syracuse is currently coached by Ian McIntyre who has brought the team to the National Championship, two NCAA Tournament College Cup, and two ACC Conference Titles in 2015 and 2022. McIntyre was named the National College Coach of the Year in 2022, the ACC Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2022, and the Big East Coach of the Year in 2012.^[1][2][3]

The Orange won the National Championship in the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, defeating eight time NCAA Champions Indiana 7–6 on Penalty Kicks.^[4]

History

Syracuse Orangemen Soccer team in 1922

Syracuse fielded its first varsity soccer team in 1920.^[5] The program rose to national prominence early in its history, being recognized by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association as national champions for 1936. Syracuse competed with the other northeastern soccer programs as an independent until 1979.

The University was a founding member of the Big East Conference in 1979^[6] and the Orange broke new ground in 1982 when they finished with a record of 17-3-2 and won the inaugural BIG EAST Tournament^[7] by beating Boston College in the final. On July 1, 2013, Syracuse joined the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Players

See also: Category:Syracuse Orange men's soccer players

Current roster

As of 12 Sep 2024^[8]

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 1 GK  USA Jason Smith 2 DF  CAN Chimere Omeze 3 DF  USA Andre Cutler-DeJesus 4 DF  AUS Sam Layton 5 DF  CAN Dominic Bell 6 MF  USA Ezra Widman 7 MF  USA Nathan Scott 8 MF  USA Elton Chifamba 9 FW  USA Nicholas Kaloukian 10 MF  GHA Ernest Bawa 11 MF  USA Carlos Zambrano 12 DF  USA Gavin Wigg 13 MF  USA Sam Sery 14 FW  USA Alex Wharton 15 FW  USA Ben Rosenblatt 16 MF  USA Michal Gradus

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  USA Giona Leibold 18 FW  GHA Michael Acquah 19 FW  USA Daniel Burko 21 MF  USA Gabe Threadgold 22 MF  MOZ Kelvin Da Costa 23 MF  USA Abokye Bikyeombe 24 MF  BER Sachiel Ming 25 GK  USA Thomas Hut 26 MF  CAN Kristjan Fortier 27 DF  USA Garrett Holman 28 FW  USA Jack Grossman 29 MF  USA Quinn Olcott 30 GK  CAN Jahiem Wickham 31 FW  USA Braedon Smith 40 MF  USA Kyle Jansen

Orange in the MLS

See also: MLS SuperDraft

MLS Draft History

*	Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team or/and an MLS All-Star Game

Kamal Miller with Inter Miami in 2023

Year	Player	Team	Pick
1996	Eric Puls	Colorado Rapids	12th round (112th overall)
1996	Paul Young	Columbus Crew	13th round (121st overall)
1997	Mike Britton	Colorado Rapids	3rd round (23rd overall)
2004	Chris Aloisi	LA Galaxy	6th round (57th overall)
2006	Ezra Prendergast	Chicago Fire FC	3rd round (34th overall)
2007	Richard Asante	Toronto FC	3rd round (27th overall)
2009	Kyle Hall	Toronto FC	3rd round (39th overall)
2015	Alex Bono	Toronto FC	1st round (6th overall)
2015	Skylar Thomas	Toronto FC	1st round (11th overall)
2015	Jordan Murrell	Real Salt Lake	3rd round (57th overall)
2016	Julian Büscher	D.C. United	1st round (11th overall)
2016	Ben Polk	Portland Timbers	1st round (20th overall)
2017	Miles Robinson	Atlanta United FC	1st round (2nd overall)
2017	Liam Callahan	Colorado Rapids	2nd round (24th overall)
2018	Mo Adams	Chicago Fire	1st round (10thoverall)
2019	Tajon Buchanan	New England Revolution	1st round (9th overall)
2019	Kamal Miller	Orlando City SC	2nd round (27th overall)
2020	Ryan Raposo	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1st round (4th overall)
2020	Nyal Higgins	Toronto FC	1st round (19th overall)
2021	Luther Archimède	New York Red Bulls	1st round (13th overall)
2021	Sondre Norheim	Nashville SC	3rd round (73rd overall)
2023	Abdi Salim	Orlando City	1st round (17th overall)
2023	Levonte Johnson	Vancouver Whitecaps	1st round (29th overall)
2023	Amferny Sinclair	Real Salt Lake	2nd round (45th overall)
2023	Russell Shealy	LA Galaxy	2nd round (52nd overall)
2023	Buster Sjöberg	Vancouver Whitecaps	2nd round (71st overall)
2024	Jeorgio Kocevski	Orlando City	1st round (21st overall)[9]
2024	Olu Oyegunle	Chicago Fire	2nd round (33rd overall)[10]

Generation Adidas Players

See also: Generation Adidas

Tajon Buchanan (left) and Alex Bono, two of the Generation Adidas Syracuse players

Name	Age	Pos.	Hometown
Alex Bono	20	GK	Syracuse, NY
Julian Büscher	22	M	Dülmen, Germany
Miles Robinson	19	D	Arlington, MA
Mo Adams	21	M	Nottingham, England
Tajon Buchanan	19	F	Brampton, ON
Ryan Raposo	19	M	Hamilton, ON

MAC Hermann Trophy

See also: Hermann Trophy

Name	Pos.	Year	Place
Alex Bono	GK	2014	Finalist
Levonte Johnson	F	2022	Finalist

All-Americans

See also: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer First-Team All-America teams

Name	Year	Team
John McEwan	1932	1st
Vincent Black	1932	1st
Vincent Black	1933	1st
Bill Nelson	1952	1st
Joe Papaleo	1982	3rd
Paul Young	1992	2nd
Alex Bono	2014	1st
Julian Buescher	2015	2nd
Miles Robinson	2016	1st
Nathan Opoku	2022	3rd
Levonte Johnson	2022	1st
Jeorgio Kocevski	2023	3rd

Source:^[11]

The 30-Goal Club

Player	Goals	Tenure
Marcello Vitale	44	1979–1982
Steve Morris	43	1986, 1988 – 1990
Mark DiMonte	42	1984–1987
Greg Kolodziey	35	1983–1986
Paul Young	32	1990–1992
Kirk Johnson	30	2000–2003

Current professionals

As of February 27, 2025

Patrice Bernier with CF Montréal

• Steve Morris (1986–1990) – Currently head coach of Bavarian United SC
• Alex Bono (2012–2014) – Currently with New England Revolution
• Miles Robinson (2015–2016) – Currently with FC Cincinnati and United States men's national soccer team international
• Kamal Miller (2015–2018) – Currently with Portland Timbers and Canada international
• Sergio Camargo (2016) – Currently with Cavalry FC
• Mo Adams (2016–2017) – Currently with Al Batin FC
• Hampus Bergdahl (2016–2017) – Currently with Team TG FF
• Tajon Buchanan (2017–2018) – Currently with Inter Milan and Canada international
• Simon Triantafillou (2017–2020) – Currently with Burlington SC
• Nathaniel St. Louis (2018) – Currently with Simcoe County Rovers FC
• Massimo Ferrin (2018–2019) – Currently with York United FC
• Ryan Raposo (2018–2019) – Currently with LAFC
• Nyal Higgins (2019) – Currently with York United FC
• Matt Orr (2019) – Currently with Shenzhen Peng City F.C.
• Luther Archimède (2019–2020) – Currently with Monterey Bay FC and Guadeloupe international
• Deandre Kerr (2020–2021) – Currently with Toronto FC
• Abdi Salim (2020–2022) – Currently with Somalia international
• Russell Shealy (2020–2022) – Currently with Union Omaha
• Luke Biasi (2021) – Currently with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
• Oluwaseun Oyegunle (2021–2023) – Currently with Chicago Fire FC II
• Levonte Johnson (2022) – Currently with Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
• Nathan Opoku (2022) – Currently with Leicester City F.C.
• Joshua Belluz (2023) – Currently with Colorado Rapids 2
• Nathaniel Edwards (2023) – Currently with Toronto FC
• Gabriel Mikina (2023) – Currently with St. Louis City 2
• Jason Smith (2023–2024) - Currently with Chattanooga Red Wolves

Honours

National

• NCAA Division I tournament (1): 2022

Conference

• Atlantic Coast Conference (2): 2015, 2022
• Big East Conference (2): 1982, 1985^[12]

Tournament details

2022 College Cup

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

2022 NCAA soccer season was the most successful in the history of the Orange program. Syracuse achieved a Treble by winning ACC Conference regular season, ACC Conference tournament, and NCAA National Championships.

	Semifinals WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina					Championship WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina
		Pittsburgh	0
	13	Indiana	2
						3	Syracuse	2 (7)
						13	Indiana	2 (6)
	3	Syracuse	3
		Creighton	2

2015 College Cup

Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

	Semifinals Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas					Championship Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas
	8	Stanford (pen.)	0(8)
	4	Akron	0(7)
						8	Stanford	4
						2	Clemson	0
	6	Syracuse	0(1)
	2	Clemson (pen.)	0(4)

2022 ACC Conference Champions

Main article: 2022 ACC men's soccer tournament

	First Round ACCN & ACCNX					Quarterfinals ACCN					Semifinals ACCN					Final ESPNU
						1	Duke	0
	8	Clemson	3			8	Clemson	2
	9	Notre Dame	1								8	Clemson	2
											4	Wake Forest	0
						4	Wake Forest	1
	5	Louisville	1			12	Virginia Tech	0
	12	Virginia Tech	2													8	Clemson	0
																2	Syracuse	2
						3	Virginia	1
	6	Pittsburgh (a.e.t.)	4			6	Pittsburgh	0
	11	NC State	1								3	Virginia	2 (3)
											2	Syracuse (pen.)	2 (5)
						2	Syracuse	1
	7	North Carolina	1			7	North Carolina	0
	10	Boston College	0

2015 ACC Conference Champions

Main article: 2015 ACC men's soccer tournament

	Preliminary Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship
						1	Wake Forest (OT)	2
	8	Duke	1			9	Louisville	1
	9	Louisville	2								1	Wake Forest	0
											4	Notre Dame	1
						4	Notre Dame	1
						5	Virginia	0
																4	Notre Dame	0
																7	Syracuse	1
						3	Clemson	3
	7	Syracuse	2			6	Boston College	0
	10	NC State	0								3	Clemson	0
											7	Syracuse	2
						2	North Carolina	1 (3)
						7	Syracuse (pen.)	1 (4)

Big East Conference Champions

See also: Big East Conference (1979–2013)

The Orange soccer program competed in the Big East Conference since its first season of existence until the Orange joined to play in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013.^[13]

1982 Big East Conference Tournament [14] Round Opponent Score Semifinal St. John's 3–2 Final Boston College 1–0

1985 Big East Conference Tournament [15] Round Opponent Score Semifinal Pittsburgh 2–0 Final Connecticut 1–0

Footnotes

1. ^
   A: Co-champions with Penn State, Princeton and West Chester.^[16]

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