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2004 VCU Rams men's soccer
2004 VCU Rams men's soccer
CAA Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 8
Record	12–6–2 (7–2–1 CAA)
Head coach	Tim O'Sullivan (9th season);
Home stadium	Sports Backers Stadium
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 VCU ‡	7	–	1	–	1	12	–	6	–	3
James Madison +	7	–	2	–	0	15	–	3	–	1
No. 21 Old Dominion +	6	–	2	–	1	13	–	6	–	2
UNCW	5	–	3	–	1	12	–	6	–	2
William & Mary	4	–	4	–	1	9	–	7	–	2
Hofstra ‡	4	–	4	–	1	12	–	10	–	1
Towson	3	–	5	–	1	8	–	7	–	2
George Mason	3	–	6	–	0	7	–	11	–	1
Drexel	2	–	7	–	0	5	–	12	–	0
Delaware	1	–	8	–	0	4	–	13	–	1


‡ – 2004 CAA Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2004 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 21, 2004 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2004 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University in all 2004 NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions.

The 2004 season saw the Rams make their deepest-ever run in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, reaching the quarterfinals of the competition, before losing to eventual national runners-up, UC Santa Barbara. During their quarterfinal run, the Rams knocked off Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament champions, George Washington, and the number one team in the country, Wake Forest. Outside of NCAA play, the Rams won the Colonial Athletic Association regular season title. It would not be until 2018 the Rams would again win a conference regular season championship.

Background

Roster

Updated: December 7, 2004^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Rob Szymanik
1	GK	CRC	Saul Montero
2	DF	USA	Ryan Wood
3	DF	CRC	Gonzalo Segares
4	DF	GER	Veit Schaidinger
5	DF	USA	Hugh MacDonald
6	MF	ITA	Simon Toselli
7	MF	USA	Shane DuBay
8	MF	USA	Ricardo Valverde
9	FW	USA	Pat Viray
10	MF	ITA	Helmis Matute
11	FW	USA	Brian Morris


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	DF	USA	Matthew Warncke
13	MF	USA	Chris Chaves
14	MF	SCO	Scott Millar
15	FW	GHA	Ricardo Opoku
16	MF	GHA	Samuel Asante
17	MF	USA	Mike Aust
18	DF	USA	Evan Morris
19	DF	USA	Mike Bear
20	MF	SCO	Stephen Shirley
22	FW	USA	Wes Reed
23	FW	GHA	Dominic Oduro
24	MF	USA	Jason Jackson

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
09/03/2004* 7:00 pm	No. 13	La Salle	W 2–0	1–0–0	Sports Backers Stadium (232) Richmond, VA
09/05/2004* 7:00 pm	No. 13	No. 28 New Mexico	L 1–2 ^OT	1–1–0	Sports Backers Stadium (245) Richmond, VA
09/10/2004* 7:00 pm	No. 22	vs. No. 5 Wake Forest Carolina Nike Classic	L 0–1 ^2OT	1–2–0	Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC
09/12/2004* 7:00 pm		at No. 5 North Carolina Carolina Nike Classic	W 5–2	2–2–0	Fetzer Field (893) Chapel Hill, NC
CAA Tournament
11/14/2004 7:00 pm	(1) No. 11	(5) Hofstra Semifinals	L 0–1	11–5–2	Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA
NCAA Tournament
11/23/2004 2:00 pm	(16) No. 15	George Washington Second round	W 2–0	12–5–2	Sports Backers Stadium (746) Richmond, VA
11/27/2004 2:00 pm	(16) No. 15	at (1) No. 1 Wake Forest Third round	T 2–2 W 3–2 pen. ^2OT	12–5–3	Spry Stadium (1,447) Winston-Salem, NC
12/04/2004 9:00 pm	(16) No. 15	at (9) No. 8 UC Santa Barbara Quarterfinals	L 1–4	12–6–3	Harder Stadium (11,214) Santa Barbara, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 13
NSCAA National	13	RV	RV	RV	None Released
NSCAA South Atlantic Regional			6		None Released
Soccer America	16	RV	RV
Soccer Times	22	RV	RV
College Soccer News	19	23	23

References

^ "VCU Men's Soccer 2004 Player Statistics" (PDF). vcuathletics.com. Virginia Commonwealth University Athletics. Retrieved November 15, 2018.

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