Omaha Mavericks men's soccer
{{Short description|American college soccer team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox college soccer team
|name = Omaha Mavericks men's soccer
|current =
|logo = Omaha Mavericks logo.svg
|logo_size = 100
|university = University of Nebraska Omaha
|conference = The Summit League
|conference_short = Summit
|founded = 2011
|division =
|city = Omaha
|stateabb = NE
|state = Nebraska
|coach = Donovan Dowling
|tenure = 3rd
|stadium = Al F. Caniglia Field
|capacity = 6,000 - 3,097 Seated
|nickname = Mavericks
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The Omaha Mavericks men's soccer team represents the University of Nebraska Omaha in NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Mavericks compete in The Summit League.
History
The men's varsity soccer program began ahead of the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, where Omaha competed as an independent school. Jason Mims was the first coach of the program, who managed the team for first seven seasons of the program's existence. In 2012, Omaha joined the Summit League, where it established itself as one of the top schools in the conference. In the 2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament, Omaha reached the championship, before falling to eventual College Cup finalists, Denver. The following season, the Mavericks reached the final of the 2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament, where they beat Denver in the championship, earning their first ever NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament berth. There, the Mavericks were eliminated in the first round by FIU.
On March 28, 2018, head coach Jason Mims resigned to accept to an administrative position with Major League Soccer club, Real Salt Lake.{{cite web |last1=Boone |first1=Tony |title=Jason Mims, UNO's first and only men's soccer coach, takes job with MLS franchise Real Salt Lake |url=https://omaha.com/uno/soccer/jason-mims-uno-s-first-and-only-men-s-soccer/article_a6ee3524-e033-5bf8-bbe0-3580706877b2.html |website=Omaha World-Herald |access-date=July 21, 2018 |date=March 28, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Koch |first1=ray |title=Omaha men’s soccer coach Jason Mims has reportedly stepped down as head coach |url=http://unothegateway.com/breaking-news-omaha-mens-soccer-coach-jason-mims-reportedly-stepped-head-coach/ |website=The Gateway |access-date=July 21, 2018 |date=March 28, 2018}} Mims was replaced by veteran coach, Bob Warming on April 2, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-soccer/article184975503.html|title=Penn State men’s soccer coach Bob Warming announces retirement after 40-year career}} In his third season as coach, the Mavericks returned to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Omaha finished second in the conference standings but the two games with Denver were canceled due to COVID protocols in the Pioneers camp. If Omaha would have won the two unplayed games, they would have been outright conference champions. COVID protocols kept Denver out of the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament and the Mavericks were selected as the replacement team.{{Cite web|title=Omaha Will Represent Summit League in NCAA Tournament|url=https://omavs.com/news/2021/4/20/mens-soccer-omaha-will-represent-summit-league-in-ncaa-tournament.aspx|access-date=2021-05-17|website=University of Nebraska Omaha Athletics|language=en}}
Rivalries
The main rival for Omaha is Creighton University, the only other NCAA Division I men's soccer program in Nebraska. The rivalry is known as the "Dodge Street Derby".{{cite web |last1=DeMarinis |first1=Matt |title=‘Dodge Street Derby’ Between Bluejays and Mavericks Ends in a Draw |url=https://whiteandbluereview.com/dodge-street-derby-between-bluejays-and-mavericks-ends-in-a-draw/ |website=White and Blue Review |access-date=December 4, 2022 |date=September 6, 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Sisk |first1=Glen |title=Bluejay Men's Soccer Takes on Omaha in Dodge Street Derby on Wednesday |url=https://gocreighton.com/news/2022/9/13/bluejay-mens-soccer-takes-on-omaha-in-dodge-street-derby-on-wednesday.aspx |website=gocreighton.com |access-date=December 4, 2022 |date=September 13, 2022}}{{cite web |title=Mavericks, Jays Set for Dodge Street Derby |url=https://omavs.com/news/2022/9/13/mens-soccer-mavericks-jays-set-for-dodge-street-derby.aspx |website=omavs.com |access-date=December 4, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Koch |first1=Ray |title=The Dodge Street Derby: The rivalry that could and should live on |url=https://www.unothegateway.com/dodge-street-derby-rivalry-live/ |website=The Gateway |access-date=December 4, 2022 |date=October 2, 2017}}
= Dodge Street Derby (Creighton) =
{{Sports rivalry series table
| format = compact | series_summary = yes
| team1 = Creighton
| team1style= {{NCAA color cell|Creighton Bluejays}}
| team2 = Omaha
| team2style= {{NCAA color cell|Omaha Mavericks}}
| cols = 1
| September 8, 1979 | Plum Creek Park{{efn|name=concordia|Match held at Concordia University Nebraska as part of the Concordia Tournament}} | Creighton | 3 | Omaha | 2
| September 15, 1979 | Dodge Park | Creighton | 3 | Omaha | 1
| October 11, 1979 | Caniglia Field | Creighton | 1 | Omaha | 2
| September 6, 1980 | Plum Creek Park{{efn|name=concordia}} | Creighton | 2 | Omaha | 3
| November 13, 1980 | Caniglia Field | Creighton | 0 | Omaha | 1
| October 25, 1981 | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | Creighton | 3 | Omaha | 0
| October 23, 1982 | Caniglia Field | Creighton | 2 | Omaha | 0
| September 5, 2016 | Morrison Stadium | Creighton | 1 | Omaha | 1
| September 26, 2017 | Caniglia Field | Creighton | 1 | Omaha | 0
| September 16, 2019 | Morrison Stadium | Creighton | 2 | Omaha | 1
| February 27, 2021 | Caniglia Field | Creighton | 0 | Omaha | 3
| September 29, 2021 | Morrison Stadium | Creighton | 1 | Omaha | 0
| September 14, 2022 | Caniglia Field | Creighton | 6 | Omaha | 1
| October 3, 2023 | Morrison Stadium | Creighton | 2 | Omaha | 2
| October 9, 2024 | Caniglia Field | Creighton | 2 | Omaha | 1
}}
Source: [https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/creighton.sidearmsports.com/documents/2022/8/30/2022_MSOC_Combined.pdf Creighton Men's Soccer Record Book]
Roster
= Players =
As of September 2, 2020{{cite web|url= https://omavs.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster|title=Men's Soccer – Roster|website=omavs.com}}
{{Football squad start}}
{{Football squad player|no=1|pos=GK|nat=CAN|name=Cuba Grant}}
{{Football squad player|no=2|pos=DF|nat=USA|name=Stevie Siy}}
{{Football squad player|no=3|pos=DF|nat=SVK|name=Dominik Danis}}
{{Football squad player|no=4|pos=DF|nat=SPA|name=Adrian Garcia}}
{{Football squad player|no=6|pos=MF|nat=USA|name=Ed Gordon}}
{{Football squad player|no=7|pos=FW|nat=ENG|name=Ed Port}}
{{Football squad player|no=8|pos=MF|nat=USA|name=Mitch Hammer}}
{{Football squad player|no=9|pos=FW|nat=SWE|name=Andreas Hermansson}}
{{Football squad player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=LAO|name=Theo Klein}}
{{Football squad player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=MEX|name=Miguel Gomez}}
{{Football squad player|no=12|pos=MF|nat=JAM|name=Tevin Rochester}}
{{Football squad player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=JAM|name=Fitzroy Cummings}}
{{Football squad player|no=14|pos=FW|nat=JPN|name=Hugo Kametani}}
{{Football squad player|no=16|pos=DF|nat=USA|name=Mauricio Felix-Alvarado}}
{{Football squad mid}}
{{Football squad player|no=17|pos=DF|nat=USA|name=Logan Huber}}
{{Football squad player|no=19|pos=MF|nat=USA|name=Michael Monico}}
{{Football squad player|no=20|pos=FW|nat=FRA|name= Kenji Mboma Dem}}
{{Football squad player|no=21|pos=DF|nat=FRA|name=Massimo Baron}}
{{Football squad player|no=23|pos=MF|nat=USA|name= Abdi Adan}}
{{Football squad player|no=24|pos=DF|nat=USA|name=Gonzalo Ledesma}}
{{Football squad player|no=25|pos=FW|nat=USA|name=Connor Jokerst}}
{{Football squad player|no=26|pos=MF|nat=CIV|name=Younde Noutoua}}
{{Football squad player|no=29|pos=MF|nat=USA|name=Jonathan Lopez}}
{{Football squad player|no=30|pos=GK|nat=AUS|name=Jeremy Pollard}}
{{Football squad player|no=72|pos=GK|nat=USA|name=Harrison Bouma}}
{{Football squad end}}
= Coaching staff =
Head Coach— Donovan Dowling
Assistant Coach— Josh McReynolds
Assistant Coach— Cesar Herrera
Graduate Assistant Coach— John Cover
Athletic Trainer— Trenton Royse
Seasons
| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Conference Champions |bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Conference Tournament Champions |bgcolor="#ffe6bd"|NCAA Tournament Appearance |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
!rowspan=3| Head coach !rowspan=3| Conference !colspan=7| Season results !colspan=2| Tournament results | |||||||
| colspan=3| Overall
!colspan=4| Conference !rowspan=2| Conference !rowspan=2| NCAA | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=30| W
!width=30| L !width=30| T !width=30| W !width=30| L !width=30| T ! Finish | |||||||
| 2011
|rowspan="7"| Jason Mims | 1 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | –
| Ineligible | Ineligible | |
| 2012
| rowspan="13" | Summit | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4th
| Ineligible | Ineligible | |
| 2013
| 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3rd
| Ineligible | Ineligible | |
| 2014
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | bgcolor="#ddffdd"|T-1st
| Ineligible | Ineligible | |
| 2015
| 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2nd
| — | |
| 2016
| 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | bgcolor="#ddffdd"|T-1st
| Final | — | |
| 2017
| 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3rd
| bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Champions | bgcolor="#ffe6bd"|First Round | |
| 2018
| rowspan="4" | Bob Warming | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2nd
| Final | — |
| 2019 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4th
| Final | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2nd*
| Not Held | bgcolor="#ffe6bd"|Second Round |
| 2021
|6 |10 |1 |4 |2 |0 |3rd |Semifinal |— | |||||||
| 2022
| rowspan="3" |Donovan Dowling |8 |6 |2 |5 |2 |1 |3rd |Semifinal |— | |||||||
| 2023
|8 |8 |4 |3 |3 |2 |3rd |bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|''Champions |bgcolor="#ffe6bd"|First Round | |||||||
| 2024
|7 |7 |3 |2 |5 |1 |4th |— |— |
- During the 2020 season, the Summit League men's soccer tournament was not held because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the regular season champion would represent the league in the NCAA men's soccer tournament. Omaha finished second in the Summit League standings behind Denver. Omaha's two regular season games with Denver were postponed, and later cancelled due to COVID cases within the Denver program; if Omaha had won those games, they would have been the Summit League regular season champions. On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, Denver announced that they were withdrawing from the NCAA men's soccer tournament "due to COVID-19 protocols," and would be replaced by Omaha. On April 29, 2021, Omaha defeated Denver's intended opponent, 23rd-ranked UNC Greensboro, 3 to 2 for the program's first-ever NCAA men's soccer tournament win.{{cite news|last=Petersen|first=Will|date=April 20, 2021|title=DU men's soccer out of NCAA Tournament due to COVID-19 protocols|url=https://www.9news.com/article/sports/ncaa/denver-mens-soccer-out-of-2021-ncaa-tournament/73-db021da1-e215-4bab-862c-69e961f9c971|work=KUSA|location=Denver|access-date=April 30, 2021}}{{cite news|author= |title=Omaha Downs No. 23 UNC-Greensboro For First NCAA Tournament Win In Program History|url=https://omavs.com/news/2021/4/29/mens-soccer-omaha-downs-no-23-unc-greensboro-for-first-ncaa-tournament-win-in-program-history.aspx|work=University of Nebraska Omaha|location=Omaha|date=April 29, 2021|access-date=April 30, 2021}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{official website}}
{{University of Nebraska Omaha}}
{{Summit League men's soccer navbox}}
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Category:Soccer clubs in Nebraska