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2016 VCU Rams men's soccer
2016 VCU Rams men's soccer
A-10 Tournament, Runner-up
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	8–9–4 (4–3–1 A-10)
Head coach	David Giffard (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Brett Teach (6th season); Josh Tudela (4th season); William Yomby (3rd season);
Home stadium	Sports Backers Stadium
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Saint Louis	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	8	–	3
Fordham ‡	5	–	2	–	1	10	–	7	–	4
LaSalle	5	–	3	–	0	10	–	8	–	1
UMass	4	–	2	–	2	7	–	9	–	3
VCU	4	–	3	–	1	8	–	9	–	4
Rhode Island	4	–	4	–	0	8	–	11	–	1
Duquesne	3	–	2	–	3	8	–	5	–	5
Dayton	3	–	3	–	2	7	–	9	–	3
George Washington	3	–	3	–	2	8	–	5	–	5
St. Bonaventure	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	12	–	2
Saint Joseph's	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	11	–	1
Davidson	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	12	–	1
George Mason	0	–	7	–	1	2	–	12	–	2


‡- 2016 Atlantic 10 Tournament +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 37th season of the university fielding a program. The Rams were coached by seventh-year head coach, David Giffard and played home matches at Sports Backers Stadium near the Scott's Addition neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia.

The Rams, for the second-consecutive season, reached the championship of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament, but lost to Fordham in penalty kicks in the final, failing to earn a berth into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The Rams picked up a sub .500 record during the season, but managed to win one match against a ranked opponent, beating then-number 23, Vermont, 2-1, and picking up a scoreless road draw at then-number 25, Akron.

Roster edit

As of July 31, 2016.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Joseph Rice
3	DF	JAM	Zeron Sewell
4	DF	FRA	Steven Dal Molin
5	DF	HON	Juan Fajardo
6	MF	USA	Brandon Eaton
7	MF	USA	Luc Fatton
8	MF	USA	Dakota Barnathan
10	MF	BRA	Rafael Santos
11	MF	USA	Kai Marshall
12	MF	ESP	Fortia Munts
13	MF	USA	Travis Cooke
14	FW	USA	Simond Kargbo
15	DF	USA	R. J. Roberts
17	MF	USA	Eli Lockaby
19	MF	USA	Lyndsey Moreland


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	ESP	Jorge Herranz
21	MF	USA	Greg Boehme
22	MF	GRE	Petros Agiasiotis
23	MF	ITA	Francesco Amorosino
24	DF	USA	Austin Graham
25	MF	USA	Joseph Gonnella
26	MF	CRC	Gerald Vargas
28	DF	TOG	Cedric Ekoue
30	MF	USA	Tony Gonnella
31	MF	USA	Jason McGlothern
32	FW	USA	Andrew Walters
33	DF	JPN	Ryo Shimazaki
56	GK	FRA	Pierre Gardan
77	FW	GER	Rahim Costa-Dorsey

Schedule edit

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Spring exhibitions
02/27/16* 4:30 pm		vs. Les Étoiles de L'Est	W 5–0		Patriot Park (72) Thornburg, VA
March 20* 11:00 am		James Madison	L 0–1		Sports Backers Stadium (153) Richmond, VA
March 20* 6:00 pm		at Richmond Kickers (USL)	W 2–0		City Stadium (500) Richmond, VA
April 2* 12:00 pm		at American	L 0–1		Reeves Field (48) Washington, D.C.
April 2* 7:00 pm		at Navy	T 0–0		Glenn Warner Soccer Facility (213) Annapolis, MD
April 9* 1:00 pm		West Virginia	L 0–2		Sports Backers Stadium (124) Richmond, VA
April 9* 7:00 pm		at Longwood	L 0–1		Longwood University Sports Complex (78) Farmville, VA
April 16* 3:00 pm		at High Point	L 3–5		Vert Stadium High Point, NC
April 16* 7:00 pm		at Wake Forest	L 0–2		Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
April 23* 11:00 am		at Virginia	W 2–0		Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
Preseason
August 20* 5:00 pm		NC State	L 0–2		Sports Backers Stadium (400) Richmond, VA
Regular season
August 26* 7:00 pm	No. RV	Stetson VCU Tournament	L 1–2 ^OT	0–1–0	Sports Backers Stadium (645) Richmond, VA
August 28* 7:00 pm	No. RV	UNLV VCU Tournament	L 1–2 ^2OT	0–2–0	Sports Backers Stadium (663) Richmond, VA
September 2* 7:00 pm		at Coastal Carolina	postponed		CCU Soccer Field Conway, SC
September 5* 7:30 pm		at No. 3 North Carolina	L 2–3	0–3–0	Fetzer Field (1,736) Chapel Hill, NC
September 9* 7:00 pm		No. 18 Radford	L 2–4	0–4–0	Sports Backers Stadium (523) Richmond, VA
September 11* 7:00 pm		No. 23 Vermont	W 2–1	1–4–0	Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA
September 14* 7:00 pm		at No. 17 Virginia	L 0–3	1–5–0	Klöckner Stadium (1,319) Charlottesville, VA
September 20* 7:00 pm		Old Dominion Rivalry	W 5–1	2–5–0	Sports Backers Stadium (532) Richmond, VA
September 24 7:00 pm		at Saint Louis	T 1–1 ^2OT	2–5–1	Hermann Stadium (5,439) St. Louis, MO
September 27* 7:00 pm		at No. 23 Akron	T 0–0 ^2OT	2–5–2	Cub Cadet Field (2,290) Akron, OH
October 1 7:00 pm		George Mason Rivalry	W 2–0	3–5–2 (1–0–0)	Sports Backers Stadium (800) Richmond, VA
October 5 2:00 pm		at George Washington	T 2–2 ^2OT	3–5–3 (1–0–1)	GW Soccer Field (91) Washington, DC
October 12 7:00 pm		La Salle	W 2–0	4–5–3 (2–0–1)	Sports Backers Stadium (427) Richmond, VA
October 15 1:00 pm		at Duquesne	L 0–1 ^OT	4–6–3 (2–1–1)	Rooney Field (307) Pittsburgh, PA
October 19 7:00 pm		Saint Joseph's	W 2–0	5–6–3 (3–1–1)	Sports Backers Stadium (423) Richmond, VA
October 22 7:00 pm		at UMass	L 0–1 ^OT	5–7–3 (3–2–1)	Rudd Field (276) Amherst, MA
October 26 7:00 pm		at William & Mary	L 0–4	5–8–3	Albert–Daly Field (262) Williamsburg, VA
October 29 7:00 pm		at Davidson	W 2–1	6–8–3 (4–2–1)	Alumni Soccer Stadium (484) Davidson, NC
November 5 7:00 pm		Dayton	L 2–3 ^2OT	6–9–3 (4–3–1)	Sports Backers Stadium (712) Richmond, VA
Atlantic 10 Tournament
November 10 2:00 pm		vs. UMass Quarterfinals	W 2–1 ^OT	7–9–3	Alumni Soccer Stadium (291) Davidson, NC
November 11 5:00 pm		vs. Dayton Semifinals	W 1–0	8–9–3	Alumni Soccer Stadium (138) Davidson, NC
November 13 12:00 pm		vs. Fordham Championship	T 0–0 L 2–3 in pen.	8–9–4	Alumni Soccer Stadium (138) Davidson, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Statistics edit

Individual Player Statistics (As of September 10, 2016)
No.	Player	App	Goals	Asst	Points	Shots	Shot%	SOG	SOG%	GW	Pk-Att	GA	Saves	SO
Forwards
Midfielders
Defenders
3	Sewell, Zeron	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
4	Dal Molin, Steven	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
5	Fajardo, Juan	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
15	Roberts, R. J.	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
24	Graham, Austin	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
28	Ekoue, Cedric	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
33	Shimazaki, Ryo	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Goalkeepers
0	Rice, Joseph	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
55	Gardan, Pierre	3	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	7	12	0

Transfers edit

In edit

Date	Player	Club	Fee	Ref
3 Feb 2016	Anthony Gonnella	Richmond United	Signed NLI	^[2]

Out edit

Date	Player	Club	Fee
31 Dec 2015	Dennis Castillo	Colorado Rapids	Selected in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft
31 Dec 2015	Garrett Cyprus		Graduated
31 Dec 2015	Jack Bates	Richmond Strikers	Graduated

References edit

^ "2016 VCU Men's Soccer Roster". VCU Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "STAB's Anthony Gonnella Signs NLI to Play Soccer at VCU". NBC29. WVIR. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

[1] "2016 VCU Men's Soccer Roster". VCU Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[2] "STAB's Anthony Gonnella Signs NLI to Play Soccer at VCU". NBC29. WVIR. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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v t e VCU Rams men's soccer
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Club	History Results by opponent Seasons All articles
Stadium	Cary Street Field (1978–1998) Sports Backers Stadium (1999–present)
Rivalries	George Mason
People	Dave Giffard Notable alumni
Seasons	1997 1998 2002 2003 2004 2012 2013 2017
National championship seasons in bold; College Cup seasons in italics

v t e 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll