The East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of

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, United States. The team is a member of the

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, which is part of the

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's Division I. ETSU's first men's soccer team was fielded in 2008. The team plays its home games at

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on the ETSU campus. The Buccaneers were coached by

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until he was hired away by

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. In March 2018, ETSU announced the hiring of former

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assistant coach David Casper. Following his dismissal in 2021, David Lilly assumed the post of head coach. Lilly would go on to win the 2023 SoCon Coach of the Year award. Allen Vital was appointed as the head coach in February 2024 following the departure of David Lilly to

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History

East Tennessee State's varsity soccer program began in 2008, when the Buccaneers began play in the

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. Since the Bucs had already been an established Division I school in other sports and a full-member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, the new program was immediately eligible for postseason play, namely the Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament and the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. During the 2008 campaign, the Buccaneers fared well in non-conference play, achieving a record of 5–3 record; however, the Bucs finished towards the bottom of the A-Sun table, with a 1–7–1 conference record. It was not until 2010 that ETSU achieved a winning record, where the Bucs finished the season 15–6 overall and with a 7–2 conference record. Led by future professional Aaron Schoenfeld, the Bucs won both the Atlantic Sun regular season and the conference tournament, earning their first NCAA berth two years after the beginning of the program. The Bucs lost their first NCAA tournament match, 3–2, to the

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. The Bucs returned to the NCAAs in 2013 and 2016.

Players

Current squad

*''Updated June 12, 2024''

Notable players

* Aaron Schoenfeld (born 1990) - former professional soccer player *

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(born 1991) - professional soccer player * Charlie Machell (born 1994) - professional soccer player * Cameron Woodfin (born 1996) - semi-professional soccer player * Nick Spielman (born 1996) - professional soccer player

Seasons

NCAA tournament results

ETSU has appeared in three NCAA tournaments.

References

External links

* {{Southern Conference men's soccer navbox * 2008 establishments in Tennessee Association football clubs established in 2008