Evansville Purple Aces men's soccer

The Evansville Purple Aces men's soccer team represents the University of Evansville in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) of NCAA Division I soccer. The Purple Aces play their home matches on Black Beauty Field at Arad McCutchan Stadium on the north end of the university's campus in Evansville, Indiana. The team is currently coached by Marshall Ray.[2]

Evansville Purple Aces men's soccer
Founded1974
UniversityUniversity of Evansville
Head coachMarshall Ray (2nd season)
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
LocationEvansville, IN
StadiumBlack Beauty Field
at Arad McCutchan Stadium
(Capacity: 2,500)
NicknamePurple Aces
ColorsPurple, White, and Orange[1]
              
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1985, 1990
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1985, 1990
NCAA Tournament appearances
1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996
Conference Tournament championships
MCC: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
MVC: 1996
Conference Regular Season championships
MCC: 1990, 1991

History

The program began in 1974, under head coach Bill Vieth. Since then, the Purple Aces have made the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament 11 times.

1985

Evansville first made the Final Four in 1985, under head coach Fred Schmalz. After going 21-1-2 in the regular season, the Purple Aces qualified for the NCAA tournament, a feat the program has accomplished twice up to this point. During the tournament, Evansville beat the likes of Indiana (3-0), and Penn State (1-0). It was UCLA who bested them in the Final Four, by a score of 3 to 1. The Bruins would eventually beat American to win the tournament.[3]

1990

Still under head coach Schmalz, the program reached the NCAA tournament for the sixth year in a row. Going 24-1-2 in the regular season, the team won the MCC championship and topped the regular season standings. During the NCAA tournament, Evansville bested Boston and Indiana, both by a score of 1-0. Rutgers would go on to beat them in the Final Four, and advance to the championship, where they lost to UCLA.[3]

Notable players

Through the years, many Purple Aces have gone on to play professionally, and twelve have been named All-Americans for their play at Evansville.

Professional players

(Years in parentheses denote years playing for the Purple Aces)

All-Americans

† = National Player of the Year

Record By Year
Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Evansville Purple Aces (Division I Independent[4]) (1974–1986)
1974 Bill Vieth 3–8–0
1975 Bill Vieth 6–6–0
1976 Bill Vieth 3–8–0
1977 Bob Gaudin 8–7–1
1978 Bob Gaudin 13–6–0
1979 Fred Schmalz 9–5–6
1980 Fred Schmalz 12–6–3
1981 Fred Schmalz 11–8–3
1982 Fred Schmalz 15–3–4NCAA 2nd round
1983 Fred Schmalz 13–5–4
1984 Fred Schmalz 17–5–0NCAA 2nd round
1985 Fred Schmalz 21–1–2NCAA College Cup 3rd
1986 Fred Schmalz 17–3–2NCAA 2nd round
Independent: 148–71–25
Evansville Purple Aces (Midwestern Collegiate Conference[5]) (1987–1993)
1987 Fred Schmalz 16–8–01st seedNCAA 1st round
1988 Fred Schmalz 15–5–23rd seedNCAA 2nd round
1989 Fred Schmalz 19–4–05–1–0t-1st SouthNCAA 1st round
1990 Fred Schmalz 24–1–28–0–01stNCAA College Cup 3rd
1991 Fred Schmalz 15–5–35–0–11stNCAA 1st round
1992 Fred Schmalz 11–9–34–1–22ndNCAA 1st round
1993 Fred Schmalz 6–13–23–2–13rd
MCC (Horizon League now): 103–45–1225–4–4
Evansville Purple Aces (Missouri Valley Conference[6][7]) (1994–Present)
1994 Fred Schmalz 10–8–23–2–14th
1995 Fred Schmalz 10–7–34–1–02nd
1996 Fred Schmalz 18–5–04–1–02ndNCAA 1st round
1997 Fred Schmalz 9–10–14–3–03rd
1998 Fred Schmalz 6–14–02–5–07th
1999 Fred Schmalz 10–9–13–3–15th
2000 Fred Schmalz 4–10–33–7–110th
2001 Fred Schmalz 7–10–14–5–0t-5th
2002 Fred Schmalz 7–11–22–7–0t-8th
2003 Dave Golan 9–7–34–4–16th
2004 Dave Golan 6–13–14–5–17th
2005 Dave Golan 2–14–10–7–08th
2006 Mike Jacobs 9–8–02–4–05th
2007 Mike Jacobs 10–9–13–3–03rd
2008 Mike Jacobs 9–7–22–3–04th
2009 Mike Jacobs 12–7–15–4–14th
2010 Mike Jacobs 7–10–13–4–06th
2011 Mike Jacobs 5–11–15–0–17th
2012 Mike Jacobs 9–8–13–2–1t-3rd
2013 Mike Jacobs 10–8–12–4–06th
2014 Mike Jacobs 6–11–14–2–03rd
2015 Marshall Ray 3–13–00–6–07th
2016 Marshall Ray 9–8–34–2–23rd of 7
MVC: 187–218–3070–84–10
Total:438–334–67

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. University of Evansville Brand Guidelines (PDF). April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. "University of Evansville".
  3. "2011 NCAA Men's Soccer Records - Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). ncaa.org. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  4. "2012 UE Men's Soccer Guide".
  5. http://s3.amazonaws.com/hln/sports/recordbooks/5/recordbook.pdf?1349980422
  6. http://www.mvc.org/records/msoccer.pdf
  7. TN, Streamline Technologies - Nashville. "Men's Soccer - Official Site of the Missouri Valley Conference". Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
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