The Grand Canyon Antelopes men's soccer program represents Grand Canyon University (GCU) in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. Founded in 1985, the Antelopes most recently competed in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) from 2013 to 2025. In 2026, the Lopes will move to the school's primary athletic home of the Mountain West Conference (MW). GCU plays its home matches at GCU Stadium.
When the athletic department joined the MW in most sports, the school announced that the men's soccer program would remain in the WAC as an affiliate member. The MW will add men's soccer in 2026 with GCU as one of the league's inaugural members.
After transitioning from NCAA Division II to Division I, GCU was eligible for the Division I postseason for the first time in 2017. The Lopes qualified for the NCAA Tournament in just their second season of Division I eligibility, winning the Western Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament in 2018 behind three consecutive 1âÂÂ0 shutout victories.
Grand Canyon qualified for the NCAA Tournament seven times at the Division II level, highlighted by a Division II National Championship in 1996.
GCU advanced in the NCAA Tournament for the first time at the Division I level on Nov. 20, 2025, drawing UCLA and advancing 3-1 in penalty kicks. GCU recorded its first winning result in an NCAA Tournament match just days later at San Diego.
The Lopes played at GCU Soccer Field up until the construction of GCU Stadium. GCU played its inaugural season in the new facility in 2016. Since the opening of the facility, GCU has ranked in the top 10 in average attendance per match in 2016 and 2018, getting significant fan support from the university's student section, the Havocs.
GCU Stadium hosted its first game on August 26, 2016, when GCU defeated UCF 4âÂÂ2. The crowd of 6,402 fans was the ninth-largest crowd in the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.
GCU hosted the fourth-largest crowd of the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season when it opened the season by defeating Wisconsin 2âÂÂ1 in front of 6,648 fans.
The 2018 team qualified for the program's first ever NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament by going 3âÂÂ0 in the WAC Tournament.
GCU finished as the nation's most improved defense, ranking 181st nationally in goals against average in 2017 before jumping to 25th in 2018.
The Lopes finished the season 5âÂÂ0 against top-25 opponents, defeating No. 12 Wisconsin, No. 20 Creighton, No. 25 Seattle U, and Air Force twice, once as No. 8 and once as No. 13.
Grand Canyon won the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship by defeating Seattle Pacific, Lynn and Oakland.