# Syracuse Orange men's soccer

Syracuse Orange is the NCAA College soccer team for Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. They are a Division I team in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Syracuse is currently coached by Ian McIntyre who has brought the team to the National Championship, two NCAA Tournament College Cup, and two ACC Conference Titles in 2015 and 2022. McIntyre was named the National College Coach of the Year in 2022, the ACC Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2022, and the Big East Coach of the Year in 2012.
The Orange won the National Championship in the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, defeating eight time NCAA Champions Indiana 7-6 on Penalty Kicks.

## History

Syracuse fielded its first varsity soccer team in 1920. The program rose to national prominence early in its history, being recognized by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association as national champions for 1936. Syracuse competed with the other northeastern soccer programs as an independent until 1979.
The University was a founding member of the Big East Conference in 1979 and the Orange broke new ground in 1982 when they finished with a record of 17-3-2 and won the inaugural BIG EAST Tournament by beating Boston College in the final. On July 1, 2013, Syracuse joined the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

## Players
### Current roster

    As of 12 Sep 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Jason Smith |
| 2 | DF | CAN | Chimere Omeze |
| 3 | DF | USA | Andre Cutler-DeJesus |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Sam Layton |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Dominic Bell |
| 6 | MF | USA | Ezra Widman |
| 7 | MF | USA | Nathan Scott |
| 8 | MF | USA | Elton Chifamba |
| 9 | FW | USA | Nicholas Kaloukian |
| 10 | MF | GHA | Ernest Bawa |
| 11 | MF | USA | Carlos Zambrano |
| 12 | DF | USA | Gavin Wigg |
| 13 | MF | USA | Sam Sery |
| 14 | FW | USA | Alex Wharton |
| 15 | FW | USA | Ben Rosenblatt |
| 16 | MF | USA | Michal Gradus |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | USA | Giona Leibold |
| 18 | FW | GHA | Michael Acquah |
| 19 | FW | USA | Daniel Burko |
| 21 | MF | USA | Gabe Threadgold |
| 22 | MF | MOZ | Kelvin Da Costa |
| 23 | MF | USA | Abokye Bikyeombe |
| 24 | MF | BER | Sachiel Ming |
| 25 | GK | USA | Thomas Hut |
| 26 | MF | CAN | Kristjan Fortier |
| 27 | DF | USA | Garrett Holman |
| 28 | FW | USA | Jack Grossman |
| 29 | MF | USA | Quinn Olcott |
| 30 | GK | CAN | Jahiem Wickham |
| 31 | FW | USA | Braedon Smith |
| 40 | MF | USA | Kyle Jansen |

### Orange in the MLS
#### MLS Draft History

| * | Denotes player who has been selected for an MLS Best XI team or/and an MLS All-Star Game |
| Year | Player | Team | Pick |
| 1996 | Eric Puls | Colorado Rapids | 12th round (112th overall) |
| 1996 | Paul Young | Columbus Crew | 13th round (121st overall) |
| 1997 | Mike Britton | Colorado Rapids | 3rd round (23rd overall) |
| 2004 | Chris Aloisi | LA Galaxy | 6th round (57th overall) |
| 2006 | Ezra Prendergast | Chicago Fire FC | 3rd round (34th overall) |
| 2007 | Richard Asante | Toronto FC | 3rd round (27th overall) |
| 2009 | Kyle Hall | Toronto FC | 3rd round (39th overall) |
| 2015 | Alex Bono | Toronto FC | 1st round (6th overall) |
| 2015 | Skylar Thomas | Toronto FC | 1st round (11th overall) |
| 2015 | Jordan Murrell | Real Salt Lake | 3rd round (57th overall) |
| 2016 | Julian Büscher | D.C. United | 1st round (11th overall) |
| 2016 | Ben Polk | Portland Timbers | 1st round (20th overall) |
| 2017 | Miles Robinson | Atlanta United FC | 1st round (2nd overall) |
| 2017 | Liam Callahan | Colorado Rapids | 2nd round (24th overall) |
| 2018 | Mo Adams | Chicago Fire | 1st round (10thoverall) |
| 2019 | Tajon Buchanan | New England Revolution | 1st round (9th overall) |
| 2019 | Kamal Miller | Orlando City SC | 2nd round (27th overall) |
| 2020 | Ryan Raposo | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1st round (4th overall) |
| 2020 | Nyal Higgins | Toronto FC | 1st round (19th overall) |
| 2021 | Luther Archimède | New York Red Bulls | 1st round (13th overall) |
| 2021 | Sondre Norheim | Nashville SC | 3rd round (73rd overall) |
| 2023 | Abdi Salim | Orlando City | 1st round (17th overall) |
| 2023 | Levonte Johnson | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1st round (29th overall) |
| 2023 | Amferny Sinclair | Real Salt Lake | 2nd round (45th overall) |
| 2023 | Russell Shealy | LA Galaxy | 2nd round (52nd overall) |
| 2023 | Buster Sjöberg | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2nd round (71st overall) |
| 2024 | Jeorgio Kocevski | Orlando City | 1st round (21st overall) |
| 2024 | Olu Oyegunle | Chicago Fire | 2nd round (33rd overall) |

### Generation Adidas Players

| Name | Age | Pos. | Hometown |
| Alex Bono | 20 | GK | Syracuse, NY |
| Julian Büscher | 22 | M | Dülmen, Germany |
| Miles Robinson | 19 | D | Arlington, MA |
| Mo Adams | 21 | M | Nottingham, England |
| Tajon Buchanan | 19 | F | Brampton, ON |
| Ryan Raposo | 19 | M | Hamilton, ON |

### MAC Hermann Trophy

| Name | Pos. | Year | Place |
| Alex Bono | GK | 2014 | Finalist |
| Levonte Johnson | F | 2022 | Finalist |

### All-Americans

| Name | Year | Team |
| John McEwan | 1932 | 1st |
| Vincent Black | 1932 | 1st |
| Vincent Black | 1933 | 1st |
| Bill Nelson | 1952 | 1st |
| Joe Papaleo | 1982 | 3rd |
| Paul Young | 1992 | 2nd |
| Alex Bono | 2014 | 1st |
| Julian Buescher | 2015 | 2nd |
| Miles Robinson | 2016 | 1st |
| Nathan Opoku | 2022 | 3rd |
| Levonte Johnson | 2022 | 1st |
| Jeorgio Kocevski | 2023 | 3rd |
Source:

### The 30-Goal Club

| Player | Goals | Tenure |
| Marcello Vitale | 44 | 1979–1982 |
| Steve Morris | 43 | 1986, 1988 – 1990 |
| Mark DiMonte | 42 | 1984–1987 |
| Greg Kolodziey | 35 | 1983–1986 |
| Paul Young | 32 | 1990–1992 |
| Kirk Johnson | 30 | 2000–2003 |

### Current professionals

    As of February 27, 2025
* Steve Morris (1986–1990) – Currently head coach of Bavarian United SC
* Alex Bono (2012–2014) – Currently with New England Revolution
* Miles Robinson (2015–2016) – Currently with FC Cincinnati and United States men's national soccer team international
* Kamal Miller (2015–2018) – Currently with Portland Timbers and Canada international
* Sergio Camargo (2016) – Currently with Cavalry FC
* Mo Adams (2016–2017) – Currently with Al Batin FC
* Hampus Bergdahl (2016–2017) – Currently with Team TG FF
* Tajon Buchanan (2017–2018) – Currently with Inter Milan and Canada international
* Simon Triantafillou (2017–2020) – Currently with Burlington SC
* Nathaniel St. Louis (2018) – Currently with Simcoe County Rovers FC
* Massimo Ferrin (2018–2019) – Currently with York United FC
* Ryan Raposo (2018–2019) – Currently with Liaoning Tieren F.C.
* Nyal Higgins (2019) – Currently with York United FC
* Matt Orr (2019) – Currently with Shenzhen Peng City F.C.
* Luther Archimède (2019–2020) – Currently with Monterey Bay FC and Guadeloupe international
* Deandre Kerr (2020–2021) – Currently with Toronto FC
* Abdi Salim (2020–2022) – Currently with Somalia international
* Russell Shealy (2020–2022) – Currently with Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC
* Luke Biasi (2021) – Currently with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
* Oluwaseun Oyegunle (2021–2023) – Currently with Chicago Fire FC II
* Levonte Johnson (2022) – Currently with Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
* Nathan Opoku (2022) – Currently with Leicester City F.C.
* Joshua Belluz (2023) – Currently with Colorado Rapids 2
* Nathaniel Edwards (2023) – Currently with Toronto FC
* Gabriel Mikina (2023) – Currently with St. Louis City 2

## Honours
### National

* NCAA Division I tournament (1): 2022

### Conference

* Atlantic Coast Conference (2): 2015, 2022
* Big East Conference (2): 1982, 1985

## Tournament details
### 2022 College Cup

2022 NCAA soccer season was the most successful in the history of the Orange program. Syracuse achieved a Treble by winning ACC Conference regular season, ACC Conference tournament, and NCAA National Championships.
| Semifinals WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina | Semifinals WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina | Semifinals WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina | Championship WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina | Championship WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina | Championship WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina |
| | Pittsburgh | 0 | | | |
| 13 | Indiana | 2 | | | |
| 13 | Indiana | 2 | 3 | Syracuse | 2 (7) |
| | | | 13 | Indiana | 2 (6) |
| 3 | Syracuse | 3 | 13 | Indiana | 2 (6) |
| | Creighton | 2 | | | |

### 2015 College Cup

| Semifinals Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas | Semifinals Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas | Semifinals Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas | Championship Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas | Championship Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas | Championship Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, Kansas |
| 8 | Stanford (pen.) | 0(8) | | | |
| 4 | Akron | 0(7) | | | |
| 4 | Akron | 0(7) | 8 | Stanford | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Clemson | 0 |
| 6 | Syracuse | 0(1) | 2 | Clemson | 0 |
| 2 | Clemson (pen.) | 0(4) | | | |

### 2022 ACC Conference Champions

| First Round ACCN & ACCNX | First Round ACCN & ACCNX | First Round ACCN & ACCNX | Quarterfinals ACCN | Quarterfinals ACCN | Quarterfinals ACCN | Semifinals ACCN | Semifinals ACCN | Semifinals ACCN | Final ESPNU | Final ESPNU | Final ESPNU |
| | | | 1 | Duke | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Clemson | 3 | 8 | Clemson | 2 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 1 | | | | 8 | Clemson | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Wake Forest | 0 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Wake Forest | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Louisville | 1 | 12 | Virginia Tech | 0 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | Clemson | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Syracuse | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Virginia | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Pittsburgh (a.e.t.) | 4 | 6 | Pittsburgh | 0 | | | | | | |
| 11 | NC State | 1 | | | | 3 | Virginia | 2 (3) | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Syracuse (pen.) | 2 (5) | | | |
| | | | 2 | Syracuse | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | North Carolina | 1 | 7 | North Carolina | 0 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Boston College | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

### 2015 ACC Conference Champions

| Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| | | | 1 | Wake Forest (OT) | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Duke | 1 | 9 | Louisville | 1 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Louisville | 2 | | | | 1 | Wake Forest | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Notre Dame | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Notre Dame | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Virginia | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Notre Dame | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | Syracuse | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Clemson | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Syracuse | 2 | 6 | Boston College | 0 | | | | | | |
| 10 | NC State | 0 | | | | 3 | Clemson | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Syracuse | 2 | | | |
| | | | 2 | North Carolina | 1 (3) | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Syracuse (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | | | | |

### Big East Conference Champions

The Orange soccer program competed in the Big East Conference since its first season of existence until the Orange joined to play in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013.
1982 Big East Conference Tournament :
| Round | Opponent | Score |
| Semifinal | St. John's | 3-2 |
| Final | Boston College | 1-0 |
1985 Big East Conference Tournament :
| Round | Opponent | Score |
| Semifinal | Pittsburgh | 2-0 |
| Final | Connecticut | 1-0 |

## Footnotes

* ^ A: Co-champions with Penn State, Princeton and West Chester.
* ^ "Dean Foti has accumulated more wins than any other Orange soccer coach". suathletics.com/. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
* ^ "Chris Aloisi's success after Syracuse". suathletics.com/. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
* ^ "Richard Asante's success after Syracuse". suathletics.com/. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
* ^ "Syracuse's drafted players". suathletics.com/. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
* ^ "Syracuse's 2007 roster". suathletics.com/. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
* ^ "2007 Men's Soccer standings for the Big East Conference of the NCAA". bigeast.org/. Archived from the original on February 4, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
* ^ "SU Soccer History". suathletics.com/. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
* ^ "SU Pros". suathletics.com/. Archived from the original on June 27, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
* ^ "History and Record Book". suathletics.com/. Archived from the original on June 27, 2006. Retrieved September 14, 2007.