Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer | |
University: | University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
Conference Short: | Big Ten |
City: | Madison |
Stateabb: | WI |
State: | Wisconsin |
Coach: | Neil Jones |
Tenure: | 1st |
Stadium: | Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex[1] |
Capacity: | 2,000 |
Nickname: | Badgers |
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Color1: | Cardinal |
Color2: | White |
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Ncaachampion: | 1995 |
Ncaacollegecup: | 1995 |
Ncaaeliteeight: | 1993, 1995 |
Ncaasweetsixteen: | 1991, 1993, 1995, 2017 |
Ncaatourneys: | 1981, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2017 |
Conference Tournament: | 1995, 2017 |
Conference Season: | 1991, 1992, 1995 |
The Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Wisconsin's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1977. The team plays its home games at Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex. The Badgers are coached by Neil Jones.
The Badgers' greatest success came during the mid-1990s, where the program won the NCAA championship and Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament in 1995. They won their second Big Ten Tournament in 2017.[2] The program has produced professional soccer players including Sam Brotherton and A. J. Cochran.
Wisconsin have appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments. Their most recent appearance came in 2017.
Year | Record | Seed | Region | Round | Opponent | Results | |
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1981 | 15–2–2 | Second round | Indiana | L 1–5 | |||
1991 | 17–4–1 | First round Second round | Evansville Indiana | W 2–0 L 0–1 (2OT) | |||
1993 | 15–4–4 | First round Second round Quarterfinals | Notre Dame Indiana Virginia | W 2–1 W 1–0 L 0–3 | |||
1994 | 14–6–0 | 1 | First round | SMU | L 1–2 | ||
1995 | 20–4–1 | 2 | First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship | Bowling Green William & Mary
Portland Duke | W 2–0 W 1–0 W 2–0 W 1–0 W 2–0 | ||
2013 | 14–5–2 | 3 | First round Second round | Milwaukee
| W 1–0 L 0–4 | ||
2017 | 12–5–5 | 2 | First round Second round Third round | Illinois-Chicago
| W 4–1 W 1–0 (OT) L 2–3 (OT) |
Wisconsin has rivalries with the three in-state Division I programs.[4]