| VMI Keydets Men's Soccer | ||
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| Founded | 1960 | |
| University | Virginia Military Institute | |
| Head coach | Nick Regan (3rd season) | |
| Conference | SoCon | |
| Location | Lexington, Virginia | |
| Stadium | Patchin Field (Capacity: 1,000) | |
| Nickname | Keydets | |
| Colors | Red, white, and yellow[1] | |
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| Pre-tournament ASHA championships | ||
| 1885, 1889 | ||
The VMI Keydets men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the Virginia Military Institute. The team is a member of the Southern Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Prior to the varsity program, VMI had a club team which competed from the late 1870s until 1959. The club team has been retroactively deemed national champions by the American Soccer History Archives for the 1885 and 1889 college soccer seasons.[2]
The program's best performance in the regular season came in 1977 where they finished as Southern Conference runners-up.
- ^ VMI Visual Identity Standards Manual (PDF). Retrieved December 30, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Melvin (August 17, 2011). "College Soccer National Champions 1857-58 - 1909/10". The American Soccer History Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2017.