Connecticut Huskies men's soccer

Connecticut Huskies men's soccer
2015 Connecticut Huskies men's soccer team
University	University of Connecticut
Conference	The American
Location	Mansfield, CT
Head Coach	Ray Reid (15th year)
Stadium	Joseph J. Morrone Stadium (Capacity: 5,100)
Nickname	Huskies
Colors	Navy and White
Home Away
NCAA Tournament Champions
1948, 1981, 2000
NCAA Tournament Semifinal
1960, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal
1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1960, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
Conference Tournament Champions
1983, 1984, 1989, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Conference Regular Season Champions
1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2012

The Connecticut Huskies men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of Connecticut. The team is a member of the American Athletic Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

History

Connecticut soccer existed prior to 1969, but was not considered a major sport and did not even have a real stadium. However, in 1969, Joe Morrone was hired as head coach, and made significant changes that would make the Huskies a premiere program. He started by building Connecticut Soccer Stadium, which now bears his name as Joseph J. Morrone Stadium. Eventually, in Morrone's words, the team became "the Notre Dame of college soccer".^[1] Morrone would ultimately coach the team until he retired in 1994.

In 1981, the Huskies won their first NCAA-sanctioned College Cup, defeating Alabama A&M 2-1 in overtime at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. The Huskies also won a title in 1948, although that was before the NCAA. The Huskies, under coach Ray Reid, would win their second title in 2000, beating Creighton 2-0 in Charlotte.^[2]

However, in the latter part of the 2000s decade, the Huskies struggled in the NCAA Tournament, losing their openers on penalty kicks in both 2009 ^[3] and 2010.^[4] The Huskies would advance to the 2011 Quarterfinals, but PKs would once again prove to be their undoing, losing to Charlotte at home in a shootout.

The Present Day

UConn's student section is known as the Goal Patrol, and as of 2007, it is the largest in America with 540 members.^[5] The Goal Patrol is known for being very rowdy, and has made Morrone Stadium one of the toughest places to play. In 2011, College Soccer News ranked the rivalry between UConn and St. John's as the sixth best college soccer rivalry in America.^[6]

Sellouts

Note: Attendance goes back to the 2007 Season.

Date	Opponent	Result	Seats	Stadium
September 24, 2011	St. John's	W 2-0	5,100	Morrone Stadium
October 22, 2011	Georgetown	T 0-0	5,100	Morrone Stadium
December 4, 2011	Charlotte	L 1-1	5,100	Morrone Stadium
August 8, 2012	St. Francis	W 1-0	5,100	Morrone Stadium
September 22, 2012	St. John's	W 3-0	5,100	Morrone Stadium
September 29, 2012	Notre Dame	W 2-1	5,100	Morrone Stadium
October 27, 2012	Providence	W 2-0	5,100	Morrone Stadium
December 2, 2012	Creighton	L 0-1	5,100	Morrone Stadium
August 31, 2015	Quinnipiac	T 0-0	5,100	Morrone Stadium
October 17, 2015	UCF	W 2-1	5,100	Morrone Stadium

External links

• UConn Men's Soccer

References

1. If you build it, they will come, Daily Campus, September 30, 2008. Accessed September 4, 2011
2. Division I Men's Soccer Champions, ncaa.org
3. UConn Huskies 2009 schedule
4. UConn Huskies 2010 schedule
5. ESPN Soccernet
6. College Soccer News Lists St. John's - UConn rivalry as sixth best RedStormSports.com, May 10, 2011, retrieved September 4, 2011