The Boston College Eagles men's soccer team represents

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...

in men's soccer. The team is a member of the

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of the

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, having previously competed in the

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. The Eagles were led by coach Ed Kelly from 1988 until his retirement in 2019 .

Roster

Notable alumni

Current Professional Players

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(1986–1989) – Currently head coach of

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* Mike Babst (1999–2002) – Currently head coach of Davidson * Bob Thompson (1999–2002) – Currently head coach of Boston College *

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(2001–2005) – Currently head coach of

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* Reuben Ayarna (2005–2007) – Currently assistant coach with

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(2007–2008) – Currently with

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(2009–2010) – Currently head coach of with

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(2009–2012) – Currently director of player development with Boston College *

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(2009–2012) – Currently with

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(2013–2016) – Currently with

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and

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international *

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* Christian Garner (2018–2021) – Currently with

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* Stefán Ingi Sigurðarson (2019–2022) – Currently with

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* Amos Shapiro-Thompson (2019–2022) – Currently with

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Head coaches

* Gyorgy Lang (1967–1971) *

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(1972, 1977–1987) * Hans Westerkamp (1973–1976) * Ed Kelly (1988–2019) * Bob Thompson (2019–present)

Statistics

Yearly records

Boston College v Wake Forest match in 2005

Championships

ACC Tournament: * Champions (1): 2007 ACC Regular Season: * Champions (1): 2007 Big East Tournament: * Champions (3): 1990, 2000, 2002 * Runners-up (2): 1982, 1993 Big East Regular Season: * Champions (2): 1995, 2002 * Runners-up (1): 1990

Awards and honors

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All-America *2008:

, Second Team *2007: Reuben Ayarna, First Team; Alejandro Bedoya, First Team; Sherron Manswell, Second Team *2006:

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, FW – First Team *2004: Guy Melamed, Second Team *2002: Guy Melamed, Third Team *2000: Chris Hamblin, First Team *1995: Paul Keegan, Second Team *1993: Paul Keegan, Second Team College Soccer News All-America *2008: Alejandro Bedoya, First Team *2007: Alejandro Bedoya, First Team *2006: Charlie Davies, First Team *2004: Guy Melamed, First Team *2002: Guy Melamed, Second Team Soccer America All-America *2007: Alejandro Bedoya, First Team; Reuben Ayarna, Second Team Soccer America National Coach of the Year * Ed Kelly: 2002 NSCAA/

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Regional Coach of the Year *Ed Kelly: 2000, 2002 (New England), 2007, 2011 (South Atlantic) ACC Coach of the Year *Ed Kelly: 2007 ACC Offensive Player of the Year *Alejandro Bedoya: 2007 *Charlie Davies: 2006 ACC Tournament MVP *Sherron Manswell: 2007 ACC All-Tournament Team *Diego Medina-Mendez: 2011 *Colin Murphy: 2011 *Charlie Rugg: 2011 *Amit Aburmad: 2010 *Edvin Worley: 2009 *Chris Brown: 2007, 2008 *Alejandro Bedoya: 2007 *Paul Gerstenberger, 2007 *Sherron Manswell, 2007 All-ACC First Team *Kyle Bekker: 2011, 2012 *Charlie Rugg: 2010–2012 *Chris Brown: 2008 *Alejandro Bedoya: 2007, 2008 *Reuben Ayarna: 2007 *Charlie Davies: 2006 All-ACC Second Team *Ask Ekeland: 2024 *Stefan Sigurdarson: 2022 *Chris Ager: 2011 *Kyle Bekker: 2010 *Justin Luthy: 2009 *Karl Reddick: 2009 *Chris Brown: 2007 *Sherron Manswell: , 2005, 2007 *Reuben Ayarna: 2006 All-ACC Freshman Team *Xavier O'Neil: 2023 *Aidan Farwell: 2021 *Amos Shapiro-Thompson: 2019 *Stefan Sigurdarson: 2019 *Victor Souza: 2019 *Aidan Farwell: 2021

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Coach of the Year *Ed Kelly: 1989, 1990, 2000, 2002 Big East Offensive Player of the Year *Guy Melamed: 2004 *Casey Schmidt: 2000 *Paul Keegan: 1994 Big East Goalkeeper of the Year *Kyle Singer: 2002 *Chris Hamblin: 2000 Big East Tournament Most Outstanding Player *Bobby Thompson: 2000, 2002 *Justin Ceccarelli: 1990

References

External links

* {{ACC men's soccer teams 1967 establishments in Massachusetts