2004 VCU Rams men's soccer team

American college soccer season August 2023 2004 VCU Rams soccer VCU Rams logo.svg Colonial Athletic Association CAA 12–6–2 7–2–1 Tim O'Sullivan 9th Sports Backers Stadium CAA Regular Season Champions NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals 7 8 The 2004 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University in all 2004 NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. The 2004 season saw the Rams make their deepest-ever run in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, reaching the quarterfinals of the competition, before losing to eventual national runners-up, UC Santa Barbara. During their quarterfinal run, the Rams knocked off Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament champions, George Washington, and the number one team in the country, Wake Forest. Outside of NCAA play, the Rams won the Colonial Athletic Association regular season title. It would not be until 2018 the Rams would again win a conference regular season championship. Background 2003 VCU Rams men's soccer team Roster Updated: December 7, 2004VCU Men's Soccer 2004 Player Statistics http://www.vcuathletics.com/sports/msoc/Archived_Stats/2004.pdf vcuathletics.com Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics November 15, 2018 0 USA GK Rob Szymanik 1 CRC GK Saul Montero 2 USA DF Ryan Wood 3 CRC DF Gonzalo Segares 4 GER DF Veit Schaidinger 5 USA DF Hugh MacDonald 6 ITA MF Simon Toselli 7 USA MF Shane DuBay 8 USA MF Ricardo Valverde 9 USA FW Pat Viray 10 ITA MF Helmis Matute 11 USA FW Brian Morris 12 USA DF Matthew Warncke 13 USA MF Chris Chaves 14 SCO MF Scott Millar 15 GHA FW Ricardo Opoku 16 GHA MF Samuel Asante 17 USA MF Mike Aust 18 USA DF Evan Morris 19 USA DF Mike Bear 20 SCO MF Stephen Shirley 22 USA FW Wes Reed 23 GHA FW Dominic Oduro 24 USA MF Jason Jackson Schedule yes yes no |- !colspan=8 style="VCU Rams #FFFFFF"| Regular season |- w 09/03/2004 7:00 pm yes 13 La Salle Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA 2–0 232 1–0–0 l 09/05/2004 7:00 pm yes 13 28 New Mexico Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA 1–2 OT 245 1–1–0 l 09/10/2004 7:00 pm yes 22 yes 5 Wake Forest Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC Carolina Nike Classic 0–1 2OT 1–2–0 w 09/12/2004 7:00 pm yes yes 5 North Carolina Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC Carolina Nike Classic 5–2 893 2–2–0 |- !colspan=8 style="VCU Rams #FFFFFF"| CAA Tournament |- l 11/14/2004 7:00 pm 11 1 5 Hofstra Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA Semifinals 0–1 11–5–2 |- !colspan=8 style="VCU Rams #FFFFFF"| NCAA Tournament |- w 11/23/2004 2:00 pm 15 16 George Washington Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA Second round 2–0 746 12–5–2 t 11/27/2004 2:00 pm 15 yes 16 1 1 Wake Forest Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC Third round 2–2W 3–2 pen. 2OT 1,447 12–5–3 l 12/04/2004 9:00 pm 15 yes 16 9 8 UC Santa Barbara Harder Stadium Santa Barbara, CA Quarterfinals 1–4 11,214 12–6–3 Rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. PollPre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Final NSCAA National13RVRVRV None Released NSCAA South Atlantic Regional6 None Released Soccer America16RVRV Soccer Times22RVRV College Soccer News192323 References http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rich/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/VCURelease.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085643/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rich/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/VCURelease.pdf 2018-11-16 VCU Category:VCU Rams men's soccer seasons VCU VCU VCU Rams soccer, men's Category:Long stubs with short prose