1998 VCU Rams men's soccer team

1998 VCU Rams men's soccer
CAA Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round, L 1–2 vs. South Carolina
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
1998 record	12–6–3 (7–0–1 CAA)
Head coach	Tim Sullivan (4th year)
Home stadium	Cary Street Field

The 1998 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 1998 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Rams played in the Colonial Athletic Association for their fourth. It was the program's 21st season fielding a men's varsity college soccer program.

The Rams entered the season as the defending CAA Men's Soccer Tournament champions. The Rams were able to win the conference regular season title, before falling in the CAA Semifinals to Richmond. The Rams earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they fell in overtime to South Carolina.

Roster

• Kevin Jeffrey
• Ricardo Capilla
• Trevor Spencer
• Matt Kirkpatrick
• Dwayne Bergeron
• Roberto Gutierrez
• Andy Kish
• Lorenz Baumgartner
• Erwan LeCrom
• Kofi Sey
• Jose Maldanado
• Dominic Amato
• Gilberto Bejarano
• Guillermo Henriques
• Brian James
• Khomeini Talbot
• Adam Mead

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
Regular season
09-04-1998*		vs. Vanderbilt	L 1–2 ^2OT	0–1	Unknown (100)
09-06-1998*		vs. Northeastern	W 2–1 ^OT	1–1	Unknown (200)
09-12-1998*		vs. Jacksonville Wofford Tournament	L 3–4	1–2	Snyder Field (37) Spartanburg, SC
09-13-1998*		at Wofford Wofford Tournament	T 1–1 ^2OT	1–2–1	Snyder Field (92) Spartanburg, SC
09-19-1998*		Loyola	W 1–0	2–2–1	Cary Street Field (141) Richmond, VA
09-20-1998*		Penn State	L 0–1	2–3–1	Cary Street Field (128) Richmond, VA
09-27-1998		American	W 4–2	3–3–1 (1–0)	Cary Street Field (156) Richmond, VA
09-29-1998		at Richmond Capital City Classic	W 2–1 ^OT	4–3–1 (2–0)	City Stadium (687) Richmond, VA
10-03-1998*		South Carolina	W 2–1 ^2OT	5–3–1	Cary Street Field (151) Richmond, VA
10-07-1998		UNC Wilmington	W 2–1 ^OT	6–3–1 (3–0)	Cary Street Field (121) Richmond, VA
10-10-1998		UNC Wilmington	W 2–1 ^OT	6–3–1 (3–0)	ODU Soccer Complex (121) Norfolk, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from NSCAA.

Statistics

Below are player statistics.^[1]

Goalkeeper statistics

No.	Player	App.		Goal Average			Saves		Record			Shutouts
		GP	GS	Min.	GA	GA	Saves	Save Pct.	W	L	T
0	Jack van Arsdale	5	4	425:00	8	1.69	18	.692	0	4	1	0
1	Gabriel Rodriguez	12	12	1014:56	16	1.42	46	.742	4	6	1	2
21	Andrew Wells	3	1	155:00	3	1.74	4	.571	1	0	0	2
TOTALS		17		1594:56	27	1.52	70	.722	5	10	2	5

References

General

• "1998 VCU Rams Combined Statistics and Schedule" (PDF). VCU Athletics. December 9, 1998. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

Footnotes

1. "2008 CAA Men's Soccer Individual Statistics - VCU". Colonial Athletic Association. CAASports.com. Retrieved 28 April 2015.