# Evansville Purple Aces men's soccer

The Evansville Purple Aces men's soccer team represents the University of Evansville in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) of NCAA Division I soccer. The Purple Aces play their home matches on Black Beauty Field at Arad McCutchan Stadium on the north end of the university's campus in Evansville, Indiana. The team is currently coached by Marshall Ray.

## History

The program began in 1974, under head coach Bill Vieth. Since then, the Purple Aces have made the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament 11 times.

### 1985

Evansville first made the Final Four in 1985, under head coach Fred Schmalz. After going 21–1–2 in the regular season, the Purple Aces qualified for the NCAA tournament, a feat the program has accomplished twice up to this point. During the tournament, Evansville beat the likes of Indiana (3–0), and Penn State (1–0). It was UCLA who bested them in the Final Four, by a score of 3 to 1. The Bruins would eventually beat American to win the tournament.

### 1990

Still under head coach Schmalz, the program reached the NCAA tournament for the sixth year in a row. Going 24–1–2 in the regular season, the team won the MCC championship and topped the regular season standings. During the NCAA tournament, Evansville bested Boston and Indiana, both by a score of 1–0. Rutgers would go on to beat them in the Final Four, and advance to the championship, where they lost to UCLA.

## Notable players

Through the years, many Purple Aces have gone on to play professionally, and twelve have been named All-Americans for their play at Evansville.

### Professional players

(Years in parentheses denote years playing for the Purple Aces)
* Marc Burch (2002–2004), currently plays for Memphis 901 FC
* Scott Cannon (1986–1990), last played for the Tampa Bay Mutiny in 2001
* Frank D'Amelio (1978–1979), last played for New York United in 1981; assistant coach of UNLV Rebels soccer from 1998 to 2005
* Alec Dufty (2006–2008), last played for Chicago Fire; current goalkeeper coach for Sporting Kansas City
* Cory Elenio (2004–2007), currently plays for the Syracuse Silver Knights
* Mark Anthony Gonzalez (2012–2015), last played for Reno 1868 FC in 2018
* Diego Gutiérrez (1992–1993), last played for Chicago Fire in 2008; United States national
* Michael LaBerge (1994–1996), last played for the Hershey Wildcats in 2000
* Brian Loftin (1993–1994), last played for the Milwaukee Wave in 2003; United States futsal national
* Ian McGrath (2014–2017), currently playing for Scottish Championship side Queen of the South F.C.
* Richard Menjívar (2008–2009), last played for Penn FC in 2018; current El Salvador national
* Mike Mikes (1983–1986), last played for the Colorado Foxes in 2005
* Robert Paterson (1989–1990), last played for Portland Timbers in 1990
* Troy Perkins (2003), last played for Seattle Sounders FC in 2015; 2006 MLS Goal of the Year Award winner; United States national
* David Weir (1988–1992), last played for Scottish Premier League side Rangers F.C. in 2012; Managed Sheffield United F.C. in 2013; Scotland national

### All-Americans

† = National Player of the Year

## Record by year

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Evansville Purple Aces (Division I Independent) (1974–1986) ||||||
| 1974 | Bill Vieth | 3–8–0 | | | |
| 1975 | Bill Vieth | 6–6–0 | | | |
| 1976 | Bill Vieth | 3–8–0 | | | |
| 1977 | Bob Gaudin | 8–7–1 | | | |
| 1978 | Bob Gaudin | 13–6–0 | | | |
| 1979 | Fred Schmalz | 9–5–6 | | | |
| 1980 | Fred Schmalz | 12–6–3 | | | |
| 1981 | Fred Schmalz | 11–8–3 | | | |
| 1982 | Fred Schmalz | 15–3–4 | | | NCAA 2nd round |
| 1983 | Fred Schmalz | 13–5–4 | | | |
| 1984 | Fred Schmalz | 17–5–0 | | | NCAA 2nd round |
| 1985 | Fred Schmalz | 21–1–2 | | | NCAA College Cup 3rd |
| 1986 | Fred Schmalz | 17–3–2 | | | NCAA 2nd round |
| Independent: | Independent: | 148–71–25 | | | |
| Evansville Purple Aces (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) (1987–1993) ||||||
| 1987 | Fred Schmalz | 16–8–0 | | 1st seed | NCAA 1st round |
| 1988 | Fred Schmalz | 15–5–2 | | 3rd seed | NCAA 2nd round |
| 1989 | Fred Schmalz | 19–4–0 | 5–1–0 | t-1st South | NCAA 1st round |
| 1990 | Fred Schmalz | 24–1–2 | 8–0–0 | 1st | NCAA College Cup 3rd |
| 1991 | Fred Schmalz | 15–5–3 | 5–0–1 | 1st | NCAA 1st round |
| 1992 | Fred Schmalz | 11–9–3 | 4–1–2 | 2nd | NCAA 1st round |
| 1993 | Fred Schmalz | 6–13–2 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | |
| MCC (Horizon League now): | MCC (Horizon League now): | 103–45–12 | 25–4–4 | | |
| Evansville Purple Aces (Missouri Valley Conference) (1994–Present) ||||||
| 1994 | Fred Schmalz | 10–8–2 | 3–2–1 | 4th | |
| 1995 | Fred Schmalz | 10–7–3 | 4–1–0 | 2nd | |
| 1996 | Fred Schmalz | 18–5–0 | 4–1–0 | 2nd | NCAA 1st round |
| 1997 | Fred Schmalz | 9–10–1 | 4–3–0 | 3rd | |
| 1998 | Fred Schmalz | 6–14–0 | 2–5–0 | 7th | |
| 1999 | Fred Schmalz | 10–9–1 | 3–3–1 | 5th | |
| 2000 | Fred Schmalz | 4–10–3 | 3–7–1 | 10th | |
| 2001 | Fred Schmalz | 7–10–1 | 4–5–0 | t-5th | |
| 2002 | Fred Schmalz | 7–11–2 | 2–7–0 | t-8th | |
| 2003 | Dave Golan | 9–7–3 | 4–4–1 | 6th | |
| 2004 | Dave Golan | 6–13–1 | 4–5–1 | 7th | |
| 2005 | Dave Golan | 2–14–1 | 0–7–0 | 8th | |
| 2006 | Mike Jacobs | 9–8–0 | 2–4–0 | 5th | |
| 2007 | Mike Jacobs | 10–9–1 | 3–3–0 | 3rd | |
| 2008 | Mike Jacobs | 9–7–2 | 2–3–0 | 4th | |
| 2009 | Mike Jacobs | 12–7–1 | 5–4–1 | 4th | |
| 2010 | Mike Jacobs | 7–10–1 | 3–4–0 | 6th | |
| 2011 | Mike Jacobs | 5–11–1 | 5–0–1 | 7th | |
| 2012 | Mike Jacobs | 9–8–1 | 3–2–1 | t-3rd | |
| 2013 | Mike Jacobs | 10–8–1 | 2–4–0 | 6th | |
| 2014 | Mike Jacobs | 6–11–1 | 4–2–0 | 3rd | |
| 2015 | Marshall Ray | 3–13–0 | 0–6–0 | 7th | |
| 2016 | Marshall Ray | 9–8–3 | 4–2–2 | 3rd of 7 | |
| 2017 | Marshall Ray | 11–8–2 | 3–4–1 | 4th of 7 | |
| 2018 | Marshall Ray | 4–8–7 | 2–2–2 | 5th of 7 | |
| 2019 | Marshall Ray | 2–15–1 | 0–10 | 6th of 6 | |
| 2020 (played in Spring of 2021) | Marshall Ray | 0–9–1 | 0–7–1 | | |
| 2021 | Marshall Ray | 4–14–2 | 3–6–1 | 4th of 6 | |
| MVC: | MVC: | 208–272–43 | 86–113–15 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 459–388–80 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

## Current Team

| 0 | Jacob Madden | GK | 6–3 | R-Jr. | Round Rock, Texas / Appalachian State |
| 00 | Landon Amick | GK | 5–11 | Fr. | Las Vegas, Nevada / Faith Lutheran HS |
| 1 | Matt Bryant | GK | 6–2 | R-Sr. | Indialantic, Fla. / Brevard Soccer Alliance |
| 2 | Francesco Brunetti | D | 5–11 | Sr. | Arezzo, Italy / University of the Southwest |
| 3 | Ethan Garvey | D | 6–7 | Jr. | New Orleans, La. / Holy Cross HS |
| 4 | Evan Dekker | M | 6–5 | Sr. | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada / Malone |
| 5 | Raphaello Perez Colasito | M | 5–8 | R-Sr. | Gilbert, Ariz. / Chandler-Gilbert CC |
| 6 | Johan Helander | D | 6–1 | Sr. | Malmö, Sweden / Lunds BK |
| 7 | Filip Johansson | D | 6–0 | Gr. | Malmö, Sweden / Lunds BK |
| 8 | Pablo Guillen | M | 5–9 | So. | La Coruna, Spain / C.D. Lugo |
| 9 | Jakub Hall | F | 6–5 | R-Jr. | West Lafayette, Ind. / William Henry Harrison HS |
| 10 | Leonardo Barba | F | 5–9 | Gr. | Midland, Texas / Adams State |
| 11 | Oliver Hald | D | 6–3 | So. | Copenhagen, Denmark / Muskegon CC |
| 12 | Karl Mbouombouo | F | 6–0 | Sr. | Paris, France / Post University |
| 13 | Ryan Harris | M | 5–11 | Sr. | Franklin, Tenn. / Centennial HS |
| 14 | Nkosi Graham | W | 5–7 | Jr. | Lumberton, N.J. / Holy Ghost Prep |
| 15 | Jon Varela | D | 6–0 | Fr. | Vitoria, Spain / Aurerrá Vitoria |
| 16 | Jacob Grant | W | 5–7 | So. | Westerville, Ohio / Club Ohio |
| 17 | Einar Andresson | D | 6–2 | So. | Keflavik, Iceland / Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurnesja |
| 18 | Brian Zambrano | M | 5–10 | Sr. | Wheeling, Ill. / Wheeling HS |
| 19 | Jose Vivas | M | 5–6 | Fr. | Teruel, Spain / SD Huesca |
| 20 | Davis Peck | W | 5–7 | R-Sr. | Gilbert, Ariz. / Grand Canyon |
| 21 | Carlos Barcia | M | 6–1 | Jr. | Gijon, Spain / Ohio Valley University |
| 22 | Adam Dahou | D | 5–7 | Jr. | Grenoble, France / Indian Hills CC |
| 23 | Edward Mendy | W | 5–9 | Fr. | Overland Park, Kansas / Blue Valley West HS |
| 24 | Alec McAlister | M | 5–9 | So. | Lancaster, Ky. / Lexington FC |
| 25 | Porter Hedenberg | M | 5–10 | So. | Dayton, Ky. / King's Hammer SC |
| 26 | Brock Wandel | D | 6–3 | Jr. | Newburgh, Ind. / Castle HS |
| 27 | Porter Pomykal | M | 6–0 | Fr. | Corinth, Texas / Marcus HS |
| 28 | Eyob McFarland | W | 5–9 | Fr. | Louisville, Ky. / Kentucky Country Day |
| 29 | Simon Paez | M | 5–9 | Sr. | Caracas, Venezuela / Castle HS |
| 30 | Caleb Knight | D | 6–1 | So. | Carterville, Ill. / St. Louis Scott Gallagher |
| 31 | Michael Adams | GK | 5–11 | So. | Maineville, Ohio / |
| 32 | Owen Butcher | M | 6–1 | Fr. | Plano, Texas / Liberty HS |