Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer

Rutgers Scarlet Knights
men's soccer
2023 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team
Founded1938; 86 years ago (1938)[n 1]
UniversityRutgers University–New Brunswick
Head coachJim McElderry (5th season)
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationNew Brunswick, New Jersey
StadiumYurcak Field
(Capacity: 5,000)
NicknameScarlet Knights
ColorsScarlet[8]
 
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament runner-up
1990
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1989, 1990, 1994
NCAA Tournament appearances
1960, 1961, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2022

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Rutgers University–New Brunswick in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Rutgers's first varsity's men's soccer team was fielded in 1938, although organized soccer has been played at the university since at least 1869. The team plays its home games at Yurcak Field in New Brunswick. The Knights are coached by Jim McElderry.

  1. ^ History on Rutgers men's soccer
  2. ^ Best of the 1870s: The defining players and teams of college football’s first decade by Matt Brown on The Athletic, 28 Jan 2019
  3. ^ First ever college soccer football game on Pro Football Hall of Fame
  4. ^ First college football game played at Rutgers in 1869 by Shaunna Stuck, The Pitt News, 20 Sep 2002
  5. ^ "U.S. Soccer Timeline". U.S. Soccer. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  6. ^ Wangerin, David (2008). Soccer in a football world : the story of America's forgotten game. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  7. ^ 1st college football game ever was New Jersey vs. Rutgers in 1869 at Ncaa.com
  8. ^ "Colors | Visual Identity System". Retrieved April 6, 2017.


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