The Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the

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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. Wisconsin's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1977. The team plays its home games at

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. 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

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. The program has produced professional soccer players including Sam Brotherton and A. J. Cochran.

Players

Current roster

Head coaches

Current staff

Head coaching history

Seasons

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NCAA tournament results

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

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Rivalries

Wisconsin has rivalries with the three in-state Division I programs. * Green Bay Phoenix men's soccer: the two program compete for the Chancellor's Cup when they meet *

Marquette Golden Eagles men's soccer The Marquette Golden Eagles men's soccer program represents the Marquette University in all NCAA Division I men's College soccer in the United States, college soccer competitions. Founded in 1964, the Golden Eagles compete in the Big East Confere ...

* Milwaukee Panthers men's soccer: the two programs compete for the Governor's Cup when they meet

Governor's Cup

References

External links

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Team Year-by-Year Records (2011)
{{Big Ten Conference men's soccer navbox 1977 establishments in Wisconsin Association football clubs established in 1977