St. John's Red Storm men's soccer

St. John's Red Storm men's soccer
Founded	1979 (1979)
University	St. John's University (New York City)
Head coach	David Masur (27th season)
Conference	Big East
Location	New York City, US
Stadium	Belson Stadium (capacity: 2,168)
Nickname	Red Storm
Colors	Red and white[1]
Home Away
NCAA tournament championships
1996
NCAA tournament runner-up
2003
NCAA tournament College Cup
1996, 2001, 2003, 2008
NCAA tournament Quarterfinals
1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008
NCAA tournament appearances
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2025
Conference tournament championships
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2011
Conference regular season championships
1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2008

The St. John's Red Storm men's soccer team represents St. John's University in New York City in NCAA Division I. They compete in the Big East Conference and have experienced consistent success in both conference and national competitions.

The St. John's men's soccer program has appeared in 15 consecutive NCAA tournaments, advancing to the Sweet 16 in each of the last ten seasons, and the Final Four on 3 occasions. They have captured 11 Big East Championships, including the 2006 season title as well as the 2009 season title, and in 1996, St. John's won the NCAA National Championship. Their home games are hosted at Belson Stadium, a state-of-the-art 2,300-seat stadium on the university campus.^[2] In 2006, the men's soccer team became the first American soccer team to be invited to play in Vietnam. The team played against several Vietnam Football Federation squads as well as participating in community service.^[3]

History

St. John's won the 1996 NCAA Division Championship, made four appearances in the NCAA College Cup (1996, 2001, 2003 and 2008) and reached sixteen NCAA post-season tournaments, including fifteen straight from 1992 to 2006. The Red Storm also reached ten consecutive NCAA Tournament rounds of sixteen from 1996 to 2005. Under Coach Masur, the Red Storm have also won seven Big East tournament titles, six regular season crowns and has qualified for eighteen consecutive Big East tournaments. Their home games are hosted at Belson Stadium, a state-of-the-art 2,168-seat stadium on the university campus, which sells out often.^[2] In 2006, the men's soccer team became the first American soccer team to be invited to play in Vietnam. The team played against several Vietnam Football Federation squads as well as participating in community service.^[3]

From 1992 to 2013, the Red Storm went to the NCAA National Championship in 20 of 22 seasons, with four appearances in the College Cup semifinals and two appearances in the final, winning the national championship in 1996. The team posted 27 consecutive seasons with a win percentage of .500 or better from 1987 to 2013 before suffering three consecutive losing seasons from 2014 to 2016.

In conference play, the St. John's men's soccer team has won six conference regular season championships and nine conference tournament championships; the most recent being in 2011. They are currently coached by Dave Masur who will be in his 24th season leading the Red Storm in 2014.

Technically, the team was founded prior to 1979. They were a club team playing local colleges and universities. 1979 is the year the team transitioned to D1.^[4]

Roster

As of 12 July 2026^[5]

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 00 GK  USA Nicholas Bezama 0 GK  BRA Mateusz Sakaue 1 GK  ENG Alec McLachlan 2 DF  USA Jeremy Sharp 3 DF  POR Igor Gonçalves 4 DF  CAN Markus Pusztahegyi 5 DF  JAM Antonio Biggs 6 DF  GER Bjorn Nikolajewski 7 MF  USA Jad Benjelloun 8 MF  GER Julian Jakopovic 9 FW  FRA Gabin Thomelier 10 MF  JPN Takuto Kawase 11 FW  USA Xavi Abeijon 12 DF  NOR Ivar Nå Aga 13 FW  USA Travis Thompson 14 FW  CAN Ank Nibogora 15 MF  BRA Guilherme Gomes 16 FW  USA Luca Fargnoli

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  USA Mateusz Marciniak 18 MF  CAN Gabe Smyth 19 MF  USA Andrew Porucznik 20 DF  CHI Diego Vásquez 21 MF  USA Jayden Montgomery 22 MF  USA Dylan Gugin 23 MF  USA Jorian Michelis 24 MF  USA Charlie Joyce 25 FW  USA Jack Guerin 26 MF  USA Kaief Tomlinson 27 FW  USA Bradyn Cobb 28 DF  USA Damian Halat 29 FW  SRB Dušan Ranisavljevic 30 DF  GHA Godwin Partey 31 GK  USA Amari Thompson - DF  USA Lohkoah Paye

Titles

Record by year

References:^[4][6]

References

External links

• Official website