The Colgate Raiders men's soccer is the intercollegiate varsity soccer team representing Colgate University, located in Hamilton, New York. The team is a member of the Patriot League athletic conference of NCAA Division I.
The University first fielded a soccer team in 1920, making its official debut v Hamilton College, to which easily defeated 8âÂÂ0. Colgate finished that season with a 2âÂÂ1 record. Colgate is currently coached by Erik Ronning, who has been in charge since 2005.
The Raiders have won eight Patriot League tournament championships, the last in 2018.
The following list includes Colgate players that became professionals.
The team play their home games at Beyer-Small '76 Field, inaugurated in August 2014. The stadium featured a FIFA certified FieldTurf surface, with a capacity for 1,300 spectators. The stadium also serves as home venue to the women's soccer program.
The stadium was dedicated to two key figures in Colgate's soccer history, coach John Beyer '63 (1925âÂÂ2019, was in charge of the team from 1966 to 1979, serving also as basketball and tennis coach) and Barry Small '76 (a former soccer and baseball athlete who was part of the University Trustee). Small was also a two-time All-New York Region selection. Small would make a professional career, playing in New York Apollo of now defunct American Soccer League (ASL).
Colgate's appearances at the NCAA D-I tournament: