St. John's University Athletics
Men's Soccer History
11/6/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Head coach Dave Masur has established the men's soccer program among the elite in NCAA Division I competition.
Since his arrival in 1991, the Red Storm have reached the NCAA Tournament 12 times, advancing to the Sweet 16 in each of the last eight seasons. The soccer program won St. John's first-ever NCAA Championship in any sport in 1996, and advanced to the Final Four in 2001 and 2003, reaching the title game last year. The list of men's soccer accomplishments is chronicled below:
- 1996 National Champions
- 2003 NCAA Championship Game participant
- 2001 NCAA Final Four
- 11 Big East Championships (six tournament titles, five regular season)
- 2003 BIG EAST Regular Season Champions
- 2003 NSCAA Team Academic Award
- 2003 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy recipient - Chris Wingert
- 2003 NSCAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Chris Wingert
- 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Chris Wingert
- Two First Team Academic All-American's in 2003 (Chris Wingert and Matt Groenwald)
- 13 All-American honors since 1992 (Chris Wingert, 2002-03; Jeff Matteo and Shalrie Joseph, 2001)
- Currently nine former players are playing Professional Soccer, including three in the MLS (Shalrie Joseph, New England Revolution; Dan Popik, Los Angeles Galaxy; Chris Wingert, Columbus Crew)
- Since 1991 the team has compiled a record of 206-53-34
- National Coach of the Year honors (Dave Masur - 1996 and 2001)
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