The Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of

Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...

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. The Thundering Herd plays its home games at

Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex Hoops Family Field at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex is a 1,256-capacity soccer-specific stadium in Huntington, West Virginia where it is the home of Marshall University's men's and women's soccer teams. It was built on the former site of the ...

in Huntington and competes in the

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Division I

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(SBC). Marshall fielded its first intercollegiate men's soccer team in 1979. The Herd are coached by

Chris Grassie Chris Grassie (born 21 September 1978) is an English Association football, football coach who is currently the head coach of the Marshall University Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer, men's soccer team. During his tenure as coach of the Herd ...

, who has a record of 100–37–25 and a national championship during his eight previous seasons at Marshall.

Seasons

2020 season

Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex Sept 2021

In 2020, the Marshall Men's soccer team, coached by Chris Grassie, broke several records and made a historic run in the

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. After winning the Conference USA Regular Season championship, they received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. The team was unseeded going into the tournament; however, they beat #23 ranked

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in the second round, upset #1 seed Clemson in the third round, beat defending national champions and #8 seed Georgetown in the quarterfinals, and beat

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in the College Cup semifinals. The season was capped off with a OT golden goal win over #3 seed

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in the College Cup final, giving Marshall its first-ever NCAA Division I National Championship in men's soccer. It was also Conference USA's first-ever national championship in any team sport.

Players

Current roster

Rivalries

Mountain State derby

Marshall's biggest rivals are

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, as the two sides are the only Division 1 men's soccer teams in the state. Both teams are members of the

for men's soccer, and matches between the two teams typically draw large crowds.

Record against Sun Belt opponents

Source: https://herdzone.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule

Individual achievements

All-Americans

* Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos - 2024 United Soccer Coaches First Team * Matthew Bell - 2023 Consensus All-American First Team * Morris Duggan - 2023 United Soccer Coaches First Team * Taimu Okiyoshi - 2023 United Soccer Coaches Third Team, 2024 United Soccer Coaches Second Team * Pedro Dolabella - 2021 United Soccer Coaches Second Team * Vitor Dias - 2020 Consensus All-American First Team, 2021 United Soccer Coaches Third Team * Nathan Dossantos - 2020 Top Drawer Soccer Third Team * Milo Yosef - 2019 United Soccer Coaches Second Team, 2019 Soccer America Second Team, 2022 United Soccer Coaches Second Team

Conference Players of the Year

Career goalscorers

Bryon Carmichael leads Marshall's goalscoring record, scoring 58 career goals.

Former Herd players in the professional ranks

References

;General * * * * ;Footnotes

External links

* {{Marshall University 1979 establishments in West Virginia Association football clubs established in 1979