Penn State Behrend men's soccer

History of success

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2003 (Regional Semifinalist), 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 (Sweet 16), 2019, 2024

AMCC Champions: 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2024

ECAC Championship Appearances: 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009 (Champions), 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023

Recent Success

From 2013-2024

We have appeared in 5 of the last 11 NCAA Tournaments

Won 5 AMCC Regular Season Titles

Won 5 AMCC Championship Titles

198-42-28 (74% win percentage) Overall

97-5-6 (90% win percentage) In Conference

Individual honors

3 All Americans
5 Scholar All Americans
24 All Region
11 All ECAC
88 All AMCC
9 Scholar All Region
7 AMCC Player of the Year
3 Academic All District
3 ECAC Player of the Year
2 AMCC Coach of the Year

AMCC Championships

AMCC Champions 2018, 2019, 2024

2024 AMCC Final game winning penalty by Andrew Cassano '23

2018 AMCC Final game winner by Ryan Maurer '19

2014 AMCC Final game winner by Anthony Crivelli '16

2024 Season

AMCC Champions
The program's 9th NCAA Tournament Appearance
10-7-4 overall record
1 All-Region Player
8 All-Conference Players

2024 Goal of the Year by Johnathan Swann to send us to the AMCC Final

2023 SEASON

13-5-3 Overall Record
ECAC Championship Finalist
50 Goals for vs. 17 Goals Against
2 All-Region Players
10 All-Conference Players

Staff:

Chris Ralph '19: Head Coach in his first season. 1 AMCC Championship and 1 NCAA Tournament appearance. Behrend Soccer alumni.

Full-Time Assistant TBA

Chris Viscuso: Full-Time Strength & Conditioning Coach

Erin Brenner: Athletic Trainer

Chuck Brown, PhD, CPA: Faculty Athletic Rep and Associate Director of Black School of Business

Behrend Soccer Facility

$4 Million dollar soccer specific facility built in 2012

Student Athlete Strength and Conditioning Facility

Jageman Weight Room in Junker Center is a student athlete only facility

Campus Recreation Center: Erie Hall

Athletic Training Facilities

International trips

Video of International Trip to Croatia in 2023

Every three years Behrend Men's Soccer takes an International Trip. We have gone on seven International trips including: England (1998), Italy (2002), Germany (2006), Brazil (2010), Spain (2003), Iceland (2016), Spain (2019), Croatia (2023).

Games on International Trips

Match in Croatia against ONK Metkovic 2023

Croatia 2023

Spain 2019

GIVING BACK WITH TOPSOCCER

We are involved TOPSoccer where we hang out and play sports with special needs members of our community. This is a six week program during the spring.

Academic Fast Facts:

Enrollment: Roughly 4,500
46 bachelor's, master's, associate degrees
Four schools: Business, Engineering, Humanities/Social Sciences, Science
Faculty-to-student ratio: 1:15
Average class size: 26
$75 million in recent or planned future capital improvements (including Burke, Trippe Hall, Fitness & Recreation Center)

Virtual Campus Tour

Notable Alumni:

Blake Cooper '25: All-Region, All-ECAC, 4x All-AMCC

Andrew Cassano '24 : 2x All-Region, All-ECAC, 4x All-AMCC

Sam York '22: AMCC Defensive Player of the Year, All-Region, All-ECAC, 3X All-AMCC

Justin LeDonne '22: AMCC Defensive Player of the Year, All-Region, All-ECAC, 3X All-AMCC

Sean Abraham '21

Richard Blanchard '21

Matt Warnaka '20: Graduated from Behrend and the Schreyer Honors College. Finance & IBE Double Major. Financial Analyst at Textron Specialized Vehicles

Chris Ralph '19: 2x All-American, 3x AMCC Player of the Year, 3x All Region, ECAC Player of the Year, current Assistant Coach at Behrend.

Aaron Meehl 2013: Nursing - University of Pittsburgh - RN BSN - St Vincent Hospital - Erie, PA

Notable Alumni Continued:

Jacob Gajewski 2025

Chris Profaca 2025

Johnathan Swann 2025

John Ziobro 2024

Nate Rondinelli 2023

Nick Laskey 2022

Mike DiCola 2021

Christian Eckberg 2021

Nick Schwarzel 2020

Andrew Mastovich 2020

Nick Kisiel 2020

Nick McKee 2019

Ryan Maurer 2019

Dakota Lange 2019

Josh Kolarac 2018

Matt Dziadosz 2018

Evan Augustine 2017

Matt Baleno 2017

Anton Benedikt 2017 : Industrial Engineering - Field Sales Engineer - ON Semiconductor, Seattle, Washington

Pat Johnson 2015: Biology - University of Cincinnati DPT - Encore! Rehabilitation Services - Dr. of Physical Therapy – Cincinnati, OH

Garrett Fiscus 2014: ICU/Emergency Room Dr of Osteopathic Medicine - LECOM Medical School - Russell, PA

Chris Trejchel 1995 : Liberal Arts and Science - Duquesne University School of Law - Assistant General Legal Council - Seneca Resources LLC - Pittsburgh, PA

Tom Sieg 2001: Management Information Systems - Carnegie Mellon MBA - Vice President Information Technology - Highmark Health - Pittsburgh, PA

Zach Herd 2011: Finance - Georgia Tech MBA - Senior Consultant - Deloitte Consulting - Pittsburgh, PA

We hope to see you on campus soon!

Contact Info:

Head Coach Chris Ralph : csr5210@psu.edu

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