Syracuse Orange soccer

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Syracuse
Full name	Syracuse Orange
Nickname(s)	The Orange
Founded	1920
Ground	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, New York (Capacity 1,500)
Chairman	Syracuse University
Manager	Dean Foti
League	Big East Conference
Home colours 　 Away colours

Syracuse Orange is the NCAA college soccer (football) team for Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. They are a Division 1 team in the Big East Conference.

Syracuse head coach Dean Foti has accumulated more wins than any other Orange soccer coach in his 16 seasons on the sideline. Foti has a school-record 124 victories, including four seasons of at least 10 triumphs, and 11 wins versus ranked opponents since 1997.^[1]

Contents 1 Success After Syracuse 2 Current roster 3 Current Standings 4 Head Coaches 5 SU's MLS Draft History 6 SU Players Who Have Played in Europe 6.1 Patrice Bernier 6.2 John Andrade 6.3 Cameron Hall 6.4 Eric Puls 7 Records 7.1 Single Game Records 7.1.1 Team 7.1.2 Player 7.2 Single Season Records 7.2.1 Team 7.2.2 Player 7.3 Career 8 The 30-Goal Club 9 Footnotes 10 See also 11 External links

[edit] Success After Syracuse

Foti’s student-athletes have found professional soccer success after Syracuse. Chris Aloisi, captain of the 2003 team, was drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer and was a member of the Houston Dynamo during its run to the MLS Cup 2006.^[2]

Richard Asante, an All-BIG EAST and All-Northeast Region selection in 2006, became the latest member of the Orange to be selected in the MLS SuperDraft. He was taken with the first pick in the third round (27th overall) by Toronto FC.^[3]

In addition, the Orange has had a player selected in the USL First Division College Draft in eight of the last 10 years, including 2006 when Ezra Prendergast was chosen by the Rochester Raging Rhinos. Prendergast was also picked in the MLS Supplemental Draft by the Chicago Fire. Syracuse has also had players compete in the NPSL, WISL and USISL.^[4]

[edit] Current roster

The official 2007 roster for the Men's Soccer team of the Syracuse Orange.^[5]

No. Position Player 1 GK Robert Cavicchia 2 DF Brien Chamney 3 DF Brad Peetoom (Captain) 4 DF Karol Wasielewski (Captain) 5 MF Kyle Hall (Captain) 6 MF Hansen Woodruff (Captain) 7 DF Ryan McCormick 8 DF James Goodwin 9 DF Pete Hill 10 MF Luis Martinez 11 MF Elliot Townsend 12 FW Spencer Schomaker 13 FW Erik Kreider 14 MF Geoff Lytle

No. Position Player 15 DF Ryan Teager 16 DF Aaron Bonser 17 DF Tyler Stoviak 18 MF Kenny Caceros 19 MF Justin Arena 20 MF Eric Kleiman 21 DF Daniel Sherry 22 MF Tom Perevegyencev 23 DF Scott Campbell 24 MF Nick Olivetti 25 GK Robert Smith 26 GK Andrew Usyk 27 GK Christian Iordanou -- MF Isaac Collings -- FW Pete Rowley

[edit] Current Standings

Last updated Sept 23, 2007 ^[6]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pct
8th	Syracuse	18	6	4	8	21	16	5	22	.444

[edit] Head Coaches

Since 1920 till present time, the Syracuse Orange have had 14 Head Coaches. Dean Foti is the current Head Coach and holds the records for; Most Coached Matches, Most Wins, Most Losses, & Most Draws.
Alden Shattuck holds the record for best all-time Winning Percentage with 0.646. He was also the only head coach to take his team into the NCAA Tournament in 1984.^[7]

Years	Nationality	Coach	P	W	L	D
1920 - 1921		James Paisley	18	8	7	3
1923 - 1924		Lawrence Lee	19	5	8	6
1925 - 1926		Lawrence Lee & William Bertenshaw	16	4	8	4
1927 - 1942, 1946 - 1950, 1952		Arthur Horrocks	152	73	67	12
1953 - 1955		Andy Coccari	23	6	15	2
1956		Joe Weber	9	0	9	0
1957 - 1960		Peter Cataldi	36	2	33	1
1970 - 1971		Joe Sayer	13	1	12	0
1972 - 1973		John Allen	22	7	13	2
1974		Larry Herzog	10	3	7	0
1975 - 1978		Bill Goettel	52	24	26	2
1979 - 1984		Alden Shattuck	113	67	34	12
1985 - 1990		Tim Hankinson	127	69	40	18
1991 - present		Dean Foti	292	124	142	26

• No games were played (1922, 1943 - 1945, 1951)
• Syracuse soccer was discontinued (1961-1969)

[edit] SU's MLS Draft History

Year	Type of Draft	SU Player	Team	Round	Overall #
1996	Inaugural Draft	Eric Puls	Colorado	12th	112th
1996	Inaugural Draft	Paul Young	Columbus	13th	121st
1997	Supplemental Draft	Michael Britton	Colorado	3rd	23rd
2004	MLS SuperDraft	Chris Aloisi	Los Angeles	6th	57th
2006	Supplemental Draft	Ezra Prendegast	Chicago	3rd	34th
2007	MLS SuperDraft	Richard Asante	Toronto FC	3rd	27th

[edit] SU Players Who Have Played in Europe

[edit] Patrice Bernier

Was a member of the Syracuse Orange squad from 1998 - 1999. Bernier made a big impact at SU in his short career. After being named to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team in 1998, Bernier was a first-team All-BIG EAST and first-team All-New York State pick after scoring five goals and handing out 8 assists. He later signed with the Montreal Impact of the A-League following his sophomore season.
He then would join Moss F.K. of the Norwegian Premier League in 2003. In 40 appearances with the club, he scored one goal. He left the team in 2004 to join Tromsø, also of the Norwegian Premier League. In 56 appearances he found the back of the net four times. He stayed with the club till 2007. Bernier currently plays for Kaiserslautern of the German Bundesliga.
Bernier was called up to the Canadian National soccer team for the first time in 2004 and continues to play for his country today.

[edit] John Andrade

Was a member of the Syracuse Orange squad from 1998 - 2001. A four-year letterwinner and co-captain of the 2001 squad, John Andrade was with C.S. Marítimo of the Portuguese 1st Division in 2002.

[edit] Cameron Hall

Was a member of the Syracuse Orange squad from 1995 - 1998. Hall played in 32 games in his career at SU. His lone goal came in his senior year when he scored against No. 11 Georgetown to put SU ahead, 2-1. He would later join SV Waldhof Mannheim of the German 2nd Division in 1999. Hall moved to FSV Salmrohr of the German 3rd Division in 2000. He stayed with the club till 2003.

[edit] Eric Puls

Was a member of the Syracuse Orange squad from 1989 - 1992. He would go on to join Rot Weiss Waldorf of the German 3rd Division in 1992. He stayed with the club till 1994. He would later on be drafted by the Colorado Rapids in MLS's Inaugural Draft in 1996.^[8]

[edit] Records

All records recorded as of 1920 till present time. ^[9]

[edit] Single Game Records

[edit] Team

• Most Goals: 16 ----- (vs. Canisius - Sept. 26, 1984)
• Most Assists: 13 -----(vs. Canisius - Sept. 26, 1984)

[edit] Player

• Most Goals: 4 (4 times)
  • Wayne Tompkins ----- (vs. Eisenhower - Sept. 12, 1975)
  • Pavao Milkovic ----- (vs. Eisenhower - Sept. 11, 1976)
  • Erik Miller Sundsted ----- (vs. Canisius - Sept. 26, 1984)
  • Steve Morris ----- (vs. Niagara - Oct. 29, 1989)
• Most Assists: 5
  • Steve Morris ----- (vs. St. Bonaventure - Sept. 19, 1989)
• Most Saves: 20
  • Rick Fatscher ----- (vs. Hartwick - Oct. 13, 1984)

[edit] Single Season Records

[edit] Team

• Most Goals: 58 ----- (1989)
• Most Assists: 65 ----- (1989)

[edit] Player

• Most Goals: 18
  • Greg Kolodziey ----- (1986)
• Most Assists: 16
  • Steve Morris ----- (1989)
• Most Saves: 174
  • Mike Westcott ----- (1977)
• Most Shutouts: 12
  • Joe Papaleo ----- (1982)

[edit] Career

• Most Goals: 44
  • Marcello Vitale ----- (1979 - 1982)
• Most Assists: 43
  • Steve Morris ----- (1986, 1988 - 1990)
• Most Saves: 408
  • Chris Whitcomb ----- (1985 - 1988)
• Most Shutouts: 36
  • Joe Papaleo ----- (1979 - 1982)

[edit] The 30-Goal Club

Player	Goals	Years
Marcello Vitale	44	1972 - 1982
Steve Morris	43	1986, 1988 - 1990
Mike DiMonte	42	1984 - 1987
Greg Kolodziey	35	1983 - 1986
Paul Young	32	1990 - 1992
Kirk Johnson	30	2000 - 2003

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] See also

• Syracuse University
• Syracuse Orange

[edit] External links

• Syracuse Athletics Official Site
• Syracuse Men's Soccer Official Page
• 2007 Mens Soccer Schedule Official Page
• 2007 Mens Soccer Roster Official Page
• Syracuse Multimedia Offical Login
• Big East Conference Official Site
• Big East Soccer Official Page