Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's soccer

The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's soccer team represents the University of Delaware in all men's college soccer competitions. The Blue Hens, have enjoyed a resurgence in conference and national prominence in the last 2 years under head coach Ian Hennessy. The team qualified and lost in the semi-finals of one of the nations top conferences, the CAA, in 2010 before winning its first ever conference championship in 2011. The 2011 team defeated the University of Virginia in the NCAA first round before succumbing to Final Four participant UCLA in the second round. The team's previous apex of success came in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the Blue Hens qualified into the 1968 and 1970 editions of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, to date their only appearances in the tournament.[2]

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
men's soccer
2019 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's soccer team
Founded1926 (1926)
UniversityUniversity of Delaware
Athletic directorChristine Rawak
Head coachIan Hennessy (7th season)
ConferenceCAA
LocationNewark, DE
StadiumStuart and Grant Stadium
(Capacity: 2,500)
NicknameHens, Fightin' Blue Hens
ColorsRoyal Blue and Gold[1]
         
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1968
NCAA Tournament appearances
1968, 1970, 2011, 2013, 2016
Conference Tournament championships
1968, 1970, 2011, 2016
Conference Regular Season championships
1968, 1969, 1970, 2014

On November 13, 2011, the Blue Hens earned their first-ever CAA Tournament Championship, thus earning their first berth into the NCAA tournament in 41 years. The team also clinched an NCAA at-large birth in 2013, finishing the season with a record of 14-4-1, and hosted the program's first ever NCAA tournament match in a 2-1 OT loss to St. John's.

Roster

As of September 17, 2013[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  USA Scott Sampson
1 GK  FRA Renan Thomazo
2 MF  USA Jack Leonard
3 DF  GHA Saviour Anyagri
4 DF  ISL Isak Kristjansson
5 DF  USA Marco de la Bandera
6 DF  ISL Aron Adalsteinsson
7 FW  GHA Rex Twum
11 MF  ENG Josh Hesson
14 DF  USA Alvin Halley
18 DF  USA Tommy McGrail
21 FW  USA Jake Steinberg
22 MF  USA Ryan Mertz
23 DF  USA Brandon Sengphachanh
24 FW  USA Jacob Rubini
35 GK  USA Nick Deshong
55 GK  USA Gonzalo Bartoli

References
  1. "Delaware Blue Hens Logo Usage". August 28, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  2. "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  3. "2013 University of Delaware Men's Soccer Roster". University of Delaware Athletics. Retrieved September 17, 2013.


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