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www.NAVYSPORTS.com NAVY MEN’S SOCCER 2020-21 MEDIA GUIDE 2018 PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2020-21 NAVY MEN’S SOCCER Schedule / Table of Contents Table of Contents Soccer History Table of Contents 1 First Year of Soccer 1921 (100th season) Quick Facts 1 All-Time Record 690-437-152 (.599) Head Coach Tim O’Donohue 2-4 NCAA Appearances 11 (1963-67, 1969-71, 1974, 1988, 2013) Staff 5-8 Best Finish NCAA Champions (1964) 2020-21 Roster 9-10 All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 15-10-0 Midshipmen Bios 11-24 Patriot League Record 83-104-24 (30th season) 2019 Season Recap 25 Patriot League Regular Season Titles 2 (1991, 2013) 2019 Statistics 26 Patriot League Tournament Appearances 11 (Last - 2019) 2019 Patriot League Recap / History 27-28 Patriot League Tournament Titles 1 (2013) Year-By-Year Records 29 All-Time Results 30-36 All-Time Series Records 37 Sports Information Assistant Director (Contact) David Gerhart Series Results vs. Division I Opponents 38-42 Email [email protected] Miscellaneous Series Information 43 Office Phone 410-293-8787 Series Records vs. The States 43 Cell Phone 773-316-6344 Series Records vs. The Conferences 44 Office Fax 410-293-8954 Postseason History 45 Website www.navysports.com Record Book 46-49 Twitter / Instagram @NavyAthletics Yearly Leaders 50 Address 566 Brownson Road; Annapolis, MD 21402 All-Time Honors 51-52 Letter Winners 53-55 Glenn Warner Soccer Facility 56-58 Media Guide Credits Joseph Greenspan (‘15) 59-60 ►The 2020 Navy men’s soccer media guide was written and edited The Patriot League 61 by David Gerhart. Template and cover design by Mark Leddy. Photography was provided by Phil Hoffmann. 2020-21 Navy Quick Facts Location Annapolis, Md. The Patriot League Enrollment 4,400 ►The Patriot League media relations office is located in Center Founded 1845 Valley, Pa. Jackie Eddy serves as the men’s soccer contact. Conference Patriot League Eddy’s ([email protected]) office number is 610-289-1957 Colors Navy Blue and Gold and the web site is PatriotLeague.org. Nickname Midshipmen, Mids Superintendent Vice Adm. Sean Buck, USN Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk On The Web Athletic Department Phone 410-293-2700 ►For the latest information on Navy men’s soccer including stats, Stadium Glenn Warner Soccer Facility rosters, news, live video links and schedules, visit the official web Capacity 1,500 site of Midshipmen athletics at NavySports.com. In addition, live stats, as well as Twitter updates, will be provided for all of Navy’s 2020-21 Preview home games and select road games. Starters Returning / Lost 9 / 2 Letter Winners Returning / Lost 11 / 4 E-mail Distribution List Newcomers Seven ►Fans wishing to join the Navy soccer e-mail list can sign up by Team Captain Ernando Manrique contacting David Gerhart at [email protected]. Pct. of Goals Returning 80.8 (21-of-26) Pct. of Assists Returning 66.7 (16-of-24) Pct. of Points Returning 76.3 (58-of-76) Navy Social Media 2019 Season In Review Overall Record 12-4-1 Patriot Legue Record (Place) 5-3-1 (Third) Patriot League Tournament Patriot League Quarterfinals Postseason Patriot League Quarterfinals Goals Scored / Allowed 26 / 10 Twitter Facebook Instagram Final RPI 98 @NavyAthletics NavyAthletics NavyAthletics Coaching Staff Head Coach Tim O’Donohue Alma Mater Muhlenberg (1998) Career Record (Years) 189-58-31 (14 years) Record at Navy (Years) 24-37-8 (Four years) Associate Head Coach Paul Killian Alma Mater Stevens (2014) Assistant Coach Mark Risbridger Alma Mater Post (2013) Volunteer Assistant Coach Tomas Potts Alma Mater Towson (2020) Director of Operations Brooks Wilson Alma Mater South Carolina (2020) Soccer Office Phone 410-293-5542 H www.NAVYSPORTS.com H 1 2020-21 NAVY MEN’S SOCCER Coaching Staff Tim O’Donohue enters his fifth season as Navy’s head men’s soccer coach in 2020. O’Donohue enters the 2020 season with the 39th-highest all-time NCAA winning percentage across all divisions at .736 (189-58-31). O’Donohue is the sixth head coach in the 100-year history of the Navy men’s soccer program. He is 24-37-8 (.406) in four seasons at Navy. Prior to arriving at Navy, O’Donohue spent five seasons (2011-2015) as the associate head coach at the University of Con- necticut and 10 seasons (2001-10) as the head coach at Division III Stevens Institute of Technology. In 2019, O’Donohue paced Navy to one of its best seasons in program history as the Midshipmen finished with a record 12-4-1 with the 12 wins being the second-most wins of the 12 wins being tied for the third-most wins in program history in a single-season. Navy also finished third in the Patriot League standings with a 5-3-1 mark and the Midshipmen host a Patriot League Tournament game for the first time since 2013. O’Donohue guided Navy to its longest winning streak in program history since its national championship season in 1964 as Navy captured 15-straight wins over the end of the 2018 season and the start of the 2019 campaign. The Midshipmen’s 11-0-0 start 2019 was the program’s best since 1964 when Navy went 15-0-0 en route to the national total. Tim O’Donohue Throughout the 2019 season, he helped Navy post a top-five mark in shutout percentage (.588) and goals-against average • Head Coach (.574) with both ranking fourth in the country. Navy also ranked eighth in save percentage at .818 and ninth in shot accuracy • Muhlenberg (1998) with a mark of .484. • Fifth Season at Navy: 24-37-8 (.406) • 15th Season Overall: 189-58-31 (.736) O’Donohue also coached the 2019 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year in Matt Nocita and in total the Midshipmen had seven All-Patriot League honorees, which was second-most in the league. Nocita and Jacob Williams were named to O’Donohue at a Glance the First Team All-Patriot League, Wyatt Millard, Tyler Collins and Ian Bramblett earned second team honors while Diego High School Wallkill Valley (N.J.) College Muhlenberg (1998) Manrique and Nicko West were third-team honorees. B.S. Degree English Navy also set a program record for five United Soccer Coaches All-Region selections. Nocita (first team), Collins (second Coaching Experience team), Bramblett (third team), Millard (third team) and Williams (third team) represented Navy on the All-Atlantic Region 2000 Stevens, Assistant Coach team. 2001-2010 Stevens, Head Coach 2011-16 UConn, Associate Head Coach During the 2018 season, O’Donohue coached Navy to a fifth-place finish in the Patriot League regular season standings 2016-present Navy, Head Coach after going 4-5-0 in league play. The Midshipmen finished the season with a record of 5-11-1 overall following a four-game Conference Coach of the Year (2) winning streak to end the year. Over the final four games of the regular season, Navy outscored the opposition 9-2 and 2003, 2010 notched a pair of shutouts. NSCAA Region Coach of the Year (1) O’Donohue coached the Patriot League Rookie of the Year in Jacob Williams and coached Third Team All-Patriot League 2003 (All-Metro) member Matt Nocita. Williams finished second the league with 0.50 goals per game and was fourth with 1.00 points per game. Williams’ eight goals were second in the Patriot League. Nocita was the only player for the Midshipmen to play all Conference Championships (9) 1,557 minutes of the 2018 season. 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Navy was one of the least penalized teams in the country during the 2018 season as it ranked eighth overall in NCAA Divi- NCAA Tournament Appearances (9) sion I with an average of just 9.06 fouls per game, which was also the best in the Patriot League. 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 In his second season at Navy in 2017, the Midshipmen battled rival Army West Point to a 0-0 double-overtime draw in the Star Game and Army-Navy Cup VI, which was played in front of 8,143 fans at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pa. The Army-Navy game was the third-highest attended college men’s soccer game in 2017. As a team, Navy ranked first in the Patriot League and eighth in the NCAA in saves per game (5.47) in 2017, and senior goalkeeper Mac Burke ranked sixth in the country in saves per game (5.41) and eighth in total saves (92). Navy was 2-13-2 (0-7-2 PL) in 2017. Despite having less than two months to prepare for Navy’s 2016 season opener when he was hired, O’Donohue’s first team showed great potential for his program in the coming years, and was resilient, spirited and composed. Navy battled in every contest and 12 games in 2016 were decided by one goal, while four more ended in ties. The Mids were 5-9-4 overall and 1-6-2 in the Patriot League. Navy was 4-1-3 in games played at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility in 2016. Navy also was ranked fifth in the NSCAA Northeast Region Poll on Sept. 6, 2016 after a 1-1-1 start to the season. 2 H www.NAVYSPORTS.com H 2020-21 NAVY MEN’S SOCCER Coaching Staff Brock Dudley was named to the All-Patriot League Second Team in 2016, while Sam Bascom was named to the All-Patriot League Third Team.