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Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer
Multi-college American soccer team
Multi-college American soccer team
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer |
| logo | Marshall University Men's Soccer Champions Logo.png |
| logo_size | 150 |
| university | Marshall University |
| conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| conference_short | Sun Belt |
| founded | |
| city | Huntington |
| stateabb | WV |
| state | West Virginia |
| coach | Chris Grassie |
| tenure | 8th |
| stadium | Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex |
| capacity | 1,006 |
| nickname | Thundering Herd |
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| body1 | 00B140 |
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| NCAAchampion | 2020 |
| NCAArunnerup | 2024 |
| NCAAcollegecup | 2020, 2024 |
| NCAAeliteeight | 2020, 2024 |
| NCAAsweetsixteen | 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| NCAAroundof32 | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| NCAAtourneys | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| conference_tournament | 2019, 2023 |
| conference_season | 2000, 2019, 2020, 2023 |
The Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. The Thundering Herd plays its home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex in Huntington and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Sun Belt Conference (SBC). Marshall fielded its first intercollegiate men's soccer team in 1979. The Herd are coached by Chris Grassie, who has a record of 100–37–25 and a national championship during his eight previous seasons at Marshall.
Seasons
|}} NCAA Third Round NCAA Second Round NCAA Third Round NCAA Third Round NCAA Runner-Up
2020 season
In 2020, the Marshall Men's soccer team, coached by Chris Grassie, broke several records and made a historic run in the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. After winning the Conference USA Regular Season championship, they received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. The team was unseeded going into the tournament; however, they beat #23 ranked Fordham University in the second round, upset #1 seed Clemson in the third round, beat defending national champions and #8 seed Georgetown in the quarterfinals, and beat North Carolina in the College Cup semifinals. The season was capped off with a OT golden goal win over #3 seed Indiana in the College Cup final, giving Marshall its first-ever NCAA Division I National Championship in men's soccer. It was also Conference USA's first-ever national championship in any team sport.
Players
Current roster
Rivalries
Mountain State derby
Marshall's biggest rivals are West Virginia, as the two sides are the only Division 1 men's soccer teams in the state. Both teams are members of the Sun Belt Conference for men's soccer, and matches between the two teams typically draw large crowds.
Record against Sun Belt opponents
Source:
| Opponent | Series record |
|---|---|
| Coastal Carolina | 2-1-3 |
| Georgia Southern | 5-4-1 |
| Georgia State | 2-0-2 |
| James Madison | 6-4-1 |
| Kentucky | 22-22-6 |
| Old Dominion | 9-6-1 |
| South Carolina | 16-5-1 |
| West Virginia | 8-17-4 |
Individual achievements
All-Americans
- Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos - 2024 United Soccer Coaches First Team
- Matthew Bell - 2023 Consensus All-American First Team
- Morris Duggan - 2023 United Soccer Coaches First Team
- Taimu Okiyoshi - 2023 United Soccer Coaches Third Team, 2024 United Soccer Coaches Second Team
- Pedro Dolabella - 2021 United Soccer Coaches Second Team
- Vitor Dias - 2020 Consensus All-American First Team, 2021 United Soccer Coaches Third Team
- Nathan Dossantos - 2020 Top Drawer Soccer Third Team
- Milo Yosef - 2019 United Soccer Coaches Second Team, 2019 Soccer America Second Team, 2022 United Soccer Coaches Second Team
Conference Players of the Year
| Year | Player | Conference | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2012 | 2002 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Bell | Sun Belt | ||||||||
| Milo Yosef | Sun Belt | ||||||||
| Pedro Dolabella | C-USA | ||||||||
| Vitor Dias | C-USA | ||||||||
| Daniel Withrow | C-USA | ||||||||
| Byron Carmichael | MAC | ||||||||
| Byron Carmichael | MAC |
Conference Coach of the Year
Source:
| Year | Coach | Conference | 2020 | 2019 | 2009 | 2005 | 2000 | 1990 | 1982 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Grassie | C-USA | ||||||||
| Chris Grassie | C-USA | ||||||||
| Bob Gray | C-USA | ||||||||
| Bob Gray | C-USA | ||||||||
| Bob Gray | MAC | ||||||||
| Dr John Gibson | Southern Conference | ||||||||
| Jack DeFazio | Southern Conference |
Career goalscorers
Bryon Carmichael leads Marshall's goalscoring record, scoring 58 career goals.
| Rank | Player | Years | Goals | 1 | 58 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Carmichael | 1999–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Andy Zulauf | 1981–85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Ogle | 1982–1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Laskowitz | 1983–1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Milo Yosef | 2019–22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Jackson | 2009-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pedro Dolabella | 2017–21 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Bell | 2022-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamil Roberts | 2017–20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryan LaPointe | 1989-1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| David Vollmer | 1988-1991 |
Former Herd players in the professional ranks
| Year | Player | Selection | Round | MLS Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| title=Three Herd Men’s Soccer Players Selected in 2025 MLS SuperDraft - Marshall University Athletics | url=https://herdzone.com/news/2024/12/20/mens-soccer-three-herd-mens-soccer-players-selected-in-2025-mls-superdraft | access-date=2025-10-04 | website=herdzone.com}} | Lineker Rodrigues Dos Santos | 29th | 1st Round | Real Salt Lake |
| 2025 | Takahiro Fujita | 87th | 3rd Round | Orlando City | |||
| 2025 | Aleksander Vukovic | 89th | 3rd Round | Real Salt Lake | |||
| 2024 | Morris Duggan | 67th | 3rd Round | Minnesota United | |||
| 2024 | Matthew Bell | 16th | 1st Round | Real Salt Lake | |||
| 2023 | Oliver Semmle | 41st | 2nd Round | Colorado Rapids | |||
| 2022 | Nathan Dossantos | 46th | 2nd Round | Orlando City | |||
| 2022 | Vitor Dias | 86th | 3rd Round | Vancouver Whitecaps | |||
| 2021 | Jamil Roberts | 77th | 3rd Round | Sporting KC | |||
| 2020 | Paulo Pita | 24th | 1st Round | Los Angeles FC | |||
| 2013 | Daniel Withrow | 66th | 4th Round | Columbus Crew | |||
| 2006 | Jeremy Ashe | 46th | 4th Round | Chicago Fire | |||
| 2003 | Byron Carmichael | 60th | 6th Round | Kansas City Wizards |
| Player | Current team | Current league | Former team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Alves | Tormenta FC | USL League One | Birmingham Legion FC, Rhode Island FC |
| Adam Aoumaich | Union Omaha | USL League One | n/a |
| Matthew Bell | Real Salt Lake | Major League Soccer | n/a |
| Vitor Dias | HFX Wanderers FC | Canadian Premier League | St. Louis City SC 2, Sporting Kansas City II |
| Pedro Dolabella | North Carolina FC | USL Championship | Rochester New York FC, Union Omaha |
| Nathan Dossantos | Charleston Battery | USL Championship | Pittsburgh Riverhounds |
| Morris Duggan | Minnesota United | Major League Soccer | n/a |
| Álvaro García Pascual | Sevilla FC | La Liga | n/a |
| Collin Mocyunas | Tormenta FC | USL League One | n/a |
| Taimu Okiyoshi | Rhode Island FC | USL Championship | n/a |
| Illal Osumanu | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | USL Championship | Union Omaha |
| Jamil Roberts | Truro City FC | National League South | Peninsula Power FC, Tormenta FC, Sporting Kansas City II, Chattanooga Red Wolves |
| Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos | Real Salt Lake | Major League Soccer | n/a |
| Max Schneider | Indy Eleven | USL Championship | St. Louis City SC, St. Louis City SC 2 |
| Oliver Semmle | Philadelphia Union | Major League Soccer | Louisville City FC |
| Milo Yosef | Lexington SC | USL League One | FC Tulsa |
| Player | Former teams |
|---|---|
| Jeremy Ashe | Chicago Fire |
| Travis Brent | Heracles Almelo, Almere City FC, Harrisburg City Islanders |
| Phillip Buffington | Mississippi Brilla, Harrisburg City Islanders |
| Byron Carmichael | Wilmington Hammerheads, Ocean City Nor'easters |
| Sterling Flunder | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC |
| Bijan Gloston | Guam national football team |
| Taly Goode | Kansas City Wizards |
| Kolby LaCrone | Cleveland City Stars, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, Louisville Lightning, Dayton Dutch Lions |
| Jan-Erik Leinhos | Louisville City, One Knoxville SC |
| Paulo Pita | North Carolina FC |
| Eddy Prugh | Bodens BK, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, Skellefteå FF |
| Avneet Shergill | Salgaocar F.C. |
| John Daniele | Royal Racing FC Montengee, UC La Estrella, CD Diter Zafra |
| Daniel Withrow | Columbus Crew, MLS Pool Goalkeeper, Portland Timbers, Portland Timbers 2 |
| Anthony Virgara | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC |
References
;General
;Footnotes
References
- (April 6, 2022). "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall". Sun Belt Conference.
- SoCon Record Book, pp. 5–11
- MAC Record Book, pp. 27–31
- CUSA Record Book, pp. 1–6
- (2021-05-18). "Unseeded Marshall tops IU for first soccer title".
- [https://herdzone.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster 2024 roster] at herdzone.com
- "Marshall Thundering Herd Men’s Soccer Record Book".
- "2025 Men's Soccer Schedule - Marshall University Athletics".
- "Men's Soccer Record Book - Marshall University Athletics".
- Marshall Record Book, p. 8
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