South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer

South Carolina Gamecocks
South Carolina Gamecocks
Founded	1978
University	University of South Carolina
Head coach	Tony Annan (1st season)
Conference	C-USA
Location	Columbia, SC
Stadium	Stone Stadium ; (Capacity: 5,700)
Nickname	Fighting Gamecocks
Colors	Garnet and black;
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament runner-up
	1993
NCAA Tournament College Cup
	1988, 1993
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016
Conference Tournament championships
	C-USA: 2005, 2010
Conference Regular Season championships
	Metro: 1993 ; C-USA: 2011

The South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in Conference USA. The team has been coached by Mark Berson since its inception in 1978 and has participated in 20 NCAA Tournaments, reaching the Quarterfinals on four occasions. Since 1981, South Carolina has played its home games at Stone Stadium, which is affectionately called "The Graveyard" by South Carolina fans due to an adjoining cemetery.^[2]^[3]

Program history[]

South Carolina first fielded a Men's soccer team in 1978 under the direction of current coach Mark Berson. The program wasted little time making a name for itself on the national stage, as it reached the NCAA Quarterfinals in 1985. The 14-year period from 1985 to 1998 was a dominant era for South Carolina, as it posted a 213–61–22 overall record with 12 NCAA Tournament appearances. Of the 12 NCAA Tournament trips during this run, the Gamecocks advanced to the Second Round or beyond on nine occasions.

Throughout its history, South Carolina has made 22 NCAA Tournaments, with four Quarterfinal appearances, two Semi-final appearances, and a 1993 National Runner-up finish. The 1993 squad won 16 contests before falling to Virginia 2–0 in the National Title game. The Gamecocks' most recent NCAA Tournament appearance came in 2016. Since the SEC does not sponsor NCAA Men's Soccer, South Carolina has participated as an Independent (even in its original years in the Metro Conference), finally joining the Metro for men's soccer in 1993 and 1994, but was forced back to independent status following the 1995 reunification with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA until 2005, when Kentucky left the Mid-American Conference in order to allow the two SEC schools to play in Conference USA together.

In terms of conference championships, South Carolina won the Metro Conference season title in 1993 and the Conference USA tournament in 2005 and 2010, along with its regular season title in 2011.

Head coaches[]


Name	Years	Seasons	Won	Lost	Tie	Pct.
Mark Berson	1978–present	38	472	218	70	.667
All-Time		38	472	218	70	.667

Year-by-year results[]

Season	Coach	Record		Notes
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Notes
Independent
	Mark Berson	13–3–1	—
1979	Mark Berson	14–5–0	—	NCAA First Round
	Mark Berson	12–5–2	—
	Mark Berson	16–4–1	—
	Mark Berson	12–5–2	—
	Mark Berson	8–11–2	—
	Mark Berson	14–4–2	—
	Mark Berson	20–3–1	—	NCAA Quarterfinals
	Mark Berson	17–5–0	—	NCAA First Round
	Mark Berson	16–2–3	—	NCAA Second Round
	Mark Berson	14–4–4	—	NCAA Semi-finals
	Mark Berson	17–3–2	—	NCAA Quarterfinals
	Mark Berson	14–5–2	—	NCAA Second Round
	Mark Berson	14–5–0	—
	Mark Berson	13–5–3	—	NCAA First Round
Metro Conference
	Mark Berson	16–4–4	4–0–1	Metro Champions; NCAA Runners-up
	Mark Berson	16–4	4–1–0	NCAA First Round
Independent
	Mark Berson	16–4–0	—	NCAA Second Round
	Mark Berson	8–9–2	—
	Mark Berson	16–3–1	—	NCAA Second Round
	Mark Berson	16–5–0	—	NCAA Second Round
	Mark Berson	10–7–2	—
	Mark Berson	12–4–3	—	NCAA First Round
2001	Mark Berson	12–5–2	—	NCAA Second Round
	Mark Berson	11–8–1	—	NCAA First Round
	Mark Berson	9–7–2	—
2004	Mark Berson	12–7–1	—	NCAA First Round
Conference USA
2005	Mark Berson	12–7–2	7–1–1	Conference USA Tournament Champions; NCAA First Round
	Mark Berson	11–5–1	4–3–1
	Mark Berson	11–6–2	4–2–2
	Mark Berson	8–6–5	2–2–4
	Mark Berson	7–8–3	2–4–2
	Mark Berson	13–7–2	4–2–2	Conference USA Tournament Champions; NCAA Third Round
	Mark Berson	9–7–3	6–1–1	Conference USA Regular Season Champions; NCAA First Round
	Mark Berson	5–11–2	2–5–1
	Mark Berson	7–7–5	4–2–3
	Mark Berson	10–10–0	3–5–0
	Mark Berson	11–8–2	6–2–0	NCAA Second Round

Championships[]

Metro Conference: 1993
Conference USA: 2005, 2010, 2011

Records[]

All-Time career leaders[]

Scoring[]

Rank	Player	Goals	Assists	Points	Years
Career Points
1	Doug Allison	63	32	158	1984–87
2		55	14	124	1991–94
3	Clint Mathis	53	15	121	1994–97
4	Clark Brisson	36	26	98	1987–90
5	Dan Ratcliff	37	20	94	1983–86
6	Jordan Quinn	37	13	87	1999-02
7	Andrew Coggins	33	15	81	1988–91
8		33	14	80	1978–79
9	Billy Baumhoff	22	34	78	1991–94
9	Rob Smith	19	40	78	1991–94

Rank	Player	Goals	Years
Career Goals
1	Doug Allison	63	1984–87
2		55	1991–94
3	Clint Mathis	53	1994–97
4	Dan Ratcliff	37	1983–86
4		37	1999-02
6	Clark Brisson	36	1987–90
7	Andrew Coggins	33	1988–91
7		33	1978–79
9	Dave Goodchild	28	1992–2004
9	John Harr	28	1997–99

Rank	Player	Assists	Years
Career Assists
1	Rob Smith	40	1991–94
2	Billy Baumhoff	34	1991–94
3	Doug Allison	32	1984–87
4	Rubén Tufiño	30	1989–92
5	Clark Brisson	26	1987–90
6	Arni Arnthorsson	25	1984–87
7	Grenville Pope	23	1985–88
8	Mike Sambursky	22	2003–2006
9	Dan Ratcliff	20	1983–86
	John Harr	20	1997–99
	Scott Cook	20	1985–87
	Matt Haiduk	20	1989–93

Goalkeeping[]

Rank	Player	GAA	Years
Career Goals-Against Average
1	Charles Arndt	0.70	1985–88
2	Chris Foley	0.72	1986–89
3	Paul Turin	0.86	1978–79
4	Henry Ring	1.03	1997-00
4	John Mills	1.03	1987–90

Rank	Player	Shutouts	Years
Career Shutouts
1	Charles Arndt	29.5	1985–88
2	Jimmy Maurer	28	2007–10
3	Henry Ring	25.5	1997-00
4	David Turner	21.5	1990–93
5	Glen Thompson	21	1980, 82–84

Single season records[]

Points: 53, Clint Mathis-1995
Goals: 25, Clint Mathis-1995
Assists: 16, Rubén Tufiño-1989
GAA: 0.49, Charles Arndt-1987
Shutouts: 13, Warren Lipka – 1985

Notable former players[]

Current professionals[]

Joshua Alcala – Free Agent
Bradlee Baladez – FC Dallas
Blake Brettschneider – Rochester Rhinos
Brad Guzan – Atlanta United, United States men's national soccer team
Tim Hankinson – Head coach of Indy Eleven
Makan Hislop – United Petrotrin, Trinidad and Tobago national football team
Jimmy Maurer – New York Cosmos
Janny Rivera – Atlanta Silverbacks
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Tyler Ruthven – Miami FC
Joey Worthen – Head coach of
Braeden Troyer – Richmond Kickers

Retired professionals[]

Clint Mathis – Los Angeles Galaxy, New York Red Bulls, Hannover 96, Colorado Rapids, Ergotelis, Real Salt Lake; Former member of US National Team
Josh Wolff – Sporting Kansas City, 1860 Munich, D.C. United; Former member of US National Team
– Played 5 Seasons for Maryland Bays in the National Champions.
Doug Allison – Played 5 seasons in the NPSL; Current Furman men's soccer coach
Paul Turin – Played for the Tulsa Roughnecks of the NASL
Henry Ring – Chicago Fire
Clark Brisson – Charleston Battery
Rob Smith – Columbus Crew
Rubén Tufiño – Played in Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, most notably with Blooming and Bolivar; earned 35 caps for Bolivian National Team
Mike Gosselin – earned one cap for US National Team
Billy Clifford – played three seasons for the Jacksonville Cyclones
Ray Vigliotti – Played for the Miami Americans of the ASL; played for the New York Arrows, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Baltimore Blast, and Wichita Wings of the Major Indoor Soccer League
Richard Wurdack – Played for the Denver Avalanche and Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League
Warren Lipka – Played for the Fort Wayne Flames, Indiana Kick, and the Detroit Rockers of the American Indoor Soccer Association
Scott Cook – Played for the Maryland Bays of the American Professional Soccer League
Charles Arndt – Played for the Maryland Bays of the ASL

In other fields[]

Jim Sonefeld – Went on to become drummer for Hootie & the Blowfish.

References[]

^ "Colors – Communications and Public Affairs | University of South Carolina". Retrieved July 16, 2019.
^ "University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site". Gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
^ "Stone Stadium Review". stadiumjourney.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

[1] "Colors – Communications and Public Affairs | University of South Carolina". Retrieved July 16, 2019.

[2] "University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site". Gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

[3] "Stone Stadium Review". stadiumjourney.com. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

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v t South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer
Venues	Eugene E. Stone III Stadium
Rivalries	Clemson Kentucky Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	Mark Berson Cocky Mighty Sound of the Southeast "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way"
People	Head coaches
	1979 2001 2004 2005
National championship seasons in bold; College Cup seasons in italics

v t Conference USA men's soccer
Teams	Charlotte 49ers Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Florida Atlantic Owls FIU Panthers Kentucky Wildcats Marshall Thundering Herd Old Dominion Monarchs South Carolina Gamecocks UAB Blazers
Future teams	West Virginia Mounntaineers (joining in 2022)
Championships & awards	CUSA Tournament Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Coach of the Year All-CUSA teams
Seasons	2013 2016 2017 2019 2020