Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer

History

The origins of Rutgers soccer trace back to 1869, where the first ever collegiate football game was played in the United States. The then-Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) played an exhibition match that was won by Rutgers 6–4. In addition to being considered one of the earliest soccer games reported in the United States, these two games are considered to be the first organized American college football games to ever be played.

Rutgers' first varsity team was fielded in 1938, On July 1, 2014, Rutgers became a member of the Big Ten athletic conference, after paying an $11.5 million exit fee to the American Athletic Conference (which formed as a result of the splitting of the Big East Conference).

Players

Current roster

All-Americans

Rutgers has produced eight All-Americans.

Coaches

There have been six head coaches in Rutgers' history.

• Geza Kiss was an interim coach.

Honours

• Big Ten tournament
  • Winners (1): 2022
• NCAA Division I Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 1990

Notes

References

References

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2. [https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/785887/2019/01/28/1870s-college-football-best-players-teams-games/ Best of the 1870s: The defining players and teams of college football’s first decade] by Matt Brown on The Athletic, 28 Jan 2019
3. [https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/history-of-football/1869-1939/1869-first-ever-college-soccer-football-game/ First ever college soccer football game] on Pro Football Hall of Fame
4. [https://pittnews.com/article/39469/archives/first-college-football-game-played-at-rutgers-in-1869/ First college football game played at Rutgers in 1869] by Shaunna Stuck, ''The Pitt News'', 20 Sep 2002
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6. Wangerin, David. (2008). "Soccer in a football world : the story of America's forgotten game". Temple University Press.
7. [https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2017-11-06/college-football-history-heres-when-1st-game-was-played 1st college football game ever was New Jersey vs. Rutgers in 1869] at Ncaa.com
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11. Carzo, Rocco J. "Jumbo Footprints: A History of Tufts Athletics", Medford, MA: Tufts University Gallery, 2005; summarized in [http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/612/2004/09/27/AnotherPassAtHistory Another 'Pass' At History] by Tufts University eNews on 27 September 2004. Accessed 2 January 2012.
12. link. (2013-05-26 Boston Globe Article, 23 September 2004, Accessed 1 January 2012.)
13. where the Knights competed as an independent team. Rutgers remained unaffiliated with any formal athletic conference and was considered an independent until joining the [[Atlantic 10 Conference]] as an associate soccer member in the mid-1980s. The Knights [[Big East Conference (1979–2013). Big East Conference]] for soccer in 1995.[http://www.bigeast.org/schools/rutu/bige-rutu-body.html Rutgers] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-08-12 at BigEast.org (Official Site of the Big East Conference. Published by the Big East Conference (no further authorship information available). Retrieved 12 January 2007.)
14. (July 1, 2014). "University of Maryland and Rutgers University Become Official Members of Big Ten Conference". Big Ten Conference.
15. McMurphy, Brett. (February 12, 2014). "Rutgers to pay $11.5M exit fee". ESPN.
16. [https://scarletknights.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster men's soccer roster] on scarletknights.com
17. "All Americans - Rutgers Men's Soccer Quick Facts".