Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
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| Founded | 1941 | ||
| University | University of Virginia | ||
| Conference | ACC | ||
| Location | Charlottesville, VA | ||
| Head coach | George Gelnovatch (18th year) | ||
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Klöckner Stadium (Capacity: 8,000) |
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| Nickname | Cavs, Hoos | ||
| Colors | Orange and Blue |
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| NCAA Tournament Champions | |||
| 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2014 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Runner Up | |||
| 1997 | |||
| NCAA Tournament College Cup | |||
| 1983, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal | |||
| 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | |||
| 1969, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |||
| Conference Tournament Champions | |||
| 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2009 | |||
| Conference Regular Season Champions | |||
| 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010 | |||
The Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represent the University of Virginia in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Virginia Cavaliers are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The team has grown an extensive reputation as having one of the most elite collegiate soccer programs in the United States. It has produced several future U.S. national team players, including Claudio Reyna and John Harkes. Present Los Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena coached the team and led them to four College Cup titles in a five-year period during the 1990s. George Gelnovatch has since taken the Cavaliers to five College Cup Final Fours (1997, 2006, 2009, 2013, and 2014) and two National Championship seasons in 2009 and 2014.
Virginia has currently made the College Cup tournament bracket for a record consecutive 34 years, the most of any team in the history of the sport.
The University of Virginia first fielded a varsity men's soccer team in 1941 as an independent team. In their first season, the team posted a winless record, losing all nine of their matches.
The team made their first appearance in the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship in 1969, where they played their out-of-state rivals, the Maryland Terrapins. The team was eliminated in the first round of the tournament following a 5–0 defeat. Ten years would pass before the Cavaliers would make their second tournament appearance, this time losing to the American Eagles, 1–0 in the opening round. The team would make two more NCAA tournament appearances, in 1981 and 1982, before eventually progressing past the first round of the tournament. In the 1983 tournament, the Cavaliers defeated stateside opponents William & Mary Tribe by a 2–1 scoreline to advance into the quarterfinals. The tournament would culimnate with a quarterfinal victory over the San Francisco Dons before bowing out in the semifinals to the eventual champions, the Indiana Hoosiers.
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