VCU Rams men's soccer
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 2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team
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| Founded | 1978 | ||
| University | Virginia Commonwealth University | ||
| Conference | A-10 | ||
| Location | Richmond, VA | ||
| Head coach | Dave Giffard (4th year) | ||
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Sports Backers Stadium (Capacity: 3,250) |
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| Nickname | Rams | ||
| Colors | Black and Gold |
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| NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal | |||
| 2004 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 16 | |||
| 2003, 2004 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | |||
| 1997, 2003, 2004, 2012 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | |||
| 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013 | |||
| Conference Tournament Champions | |||
| 1997, 2002, 2003 | |||
| Conference Regular Season Champions | |||
| 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004 | |||
The VCU Rams men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Virginia Commonwealth University, an NCAA Division I member school located in the state's capital of Richmond. The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Since their foundation, the team has won three conference championships, all of which came in the Colonial Athletic Association, and four regular season titles. The Rams have qualified for seven NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championships, most recently coming in 2012. Most of the team's success has come within the last 15 seasons, as they first reached the NCAA Tournament in 1997. The program's best performance in the tournament came in 2004, when the Rams reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, knocking off the top seed, Wake Forest, in the process.
The Rams are presently coached by David Giffard, who was a former assistant coach under Caleb Porter for the Akron Zips.
Beginning in 1978, Virginia Commonwealth University fielded a men's varsity soccer program, that competed independently. Ben Satterfield was the team's initial head coach and was at the helm until the end of the 1982 season. Still then, an independent side, Roosevelt Landy took over. In 1987, the team joined the Sun Belt Conference for men's soccer, where they struggled to do well in the conference under Landy.
Following Steuckenschneider's departure in 1994, Tim Sullivan took over the head coaching job. It was also the same year VCU left the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to join the Colonial Athletic Association. Under Sullivan's tenure, the team enjoyed their most success both in conference play and in NCAA play, earning their first ever berth in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
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