Hartford Men's Soccer Game Program: August 26 vs. Holy Cross

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BENJAMIN

NUMBER 2 POSITION BACK HEIGHT 5-8 YEAR SR MAJOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE HAWKS TIDBIT: Nick Benjamin excelled both on and off the field in the spring of 2021, earning All-Conference First Team and All-Academic Team distinction

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SCHEDULE DAY THUR. MON. FRI. MON. SAT. TUE. SAT. TUE. SAT. TUE. SAT. TUE. SAT. WED. SAT. SAT. MON. SAT. WED.

DATE OPPONENT KICKOFF+/RESULT 8/26 HOLY CROSS 7 PM 8/30 AT VILLANOVA 4 PM 9/3 BROWN 7:30 PM 9/6 AT BOSTON COLLEGE 5:30 PM 9/11 AT SACRED HEART 1 PM 9/14 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 7 PM 9/18 AT UMBC* 7 PM 9/21 AT FAIRFIELD 7 PM 9/25 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7 PM 9/28 DARTMOUTH 7 PM 10/2 AT STONY BROOK* 6 PM 10/5 YALE 7 PM 10/9 UALBANY* 7 PM 10/13 AT VERMONT* 7 PM 10/16 BINGHAMTON* 4 PM 10/23 AT UMASS LOWELL* 2 PM 11/1 NJIT* 6 PM 11/6 AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINAL^ TBD 11/10 AMERICA EAST SEMIFINAL^ TBD

SAT.

11/13

AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^

TBD

RED - HOME GAMES (AL-MARZOOK FIELD) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT HIGHEST SEED OF EACH MATCH

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TONIGHT’S MATCH

Hartford makes its 2021 season debut Thursday when it hosts the Holy Cross Crusaders. The contest marks the Hawks’ first against a non-conference opponent in 674 days (Oct. 22, 2019), when it defeated Dartmouth.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Hartford is 12-4-4 against Holy Cross since joining the Division I ranks in 1984. The Crusaders have held the upperhand in the series as of late, though, going unbeaten in the past five meetings with a 2-0-3 record.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT Holy Cross went 2-1-0 in an abbreviated spring campaign before falling to Lafayette in the opening round of the Patriot League Tournament. Junior Matt McGonigle, a Third Team AllPatriot League selection, led the

team in goals (2) and points (5) during the 2021 spring season.

SEASON DEBUTS

The Hawks have had success in season openers, posting a 17-155 record. Hartford looks to make it back-to-back wins on opening day, as it began its abbreviated 2021 spring campaign with a 2-0 victory against visiting UAlbany.

ALL-CONFERENCE

The Hawks return three AllConference performers from the spring 2021 season. Senior Nick Benjamin, who anchored a defense that posted three shutouts in seven matches, took home First Team honors. After leading the team with seven points in his first year at Hartford, senior Nadav Datner was named to the Second Team. Rounding out last season’s accolades is Rotem Fadida, who was named

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to the All-Rookie Team after leading the league in shutouts.

T AL E O F T H E T A P E*

MILESTONE WATCH

Entering his 11th season at the helm of the Hawks, head coach Tom Poitras is one win shy of reaching the three-quarter century mark at Hartford. Boasting the second-most wins in Hartford’s Division I era with a 74-73-32 record, his 265 victories over 27 seasons as a head coach are the 25th-most among all active Division I coaches.

NEXT ON TAP

The Hawks hit the road for the first time in 2021 when they head to Big East opponent Villanova on Monday. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. from Higgins Soccer Complex.

3-3-1

RECORDS

L2

STREAK

L1

GOALS

6

7

2-2-1

1.00

GOALS/GAME

1.50

9.0

SHOTS/GAME

9.0

27-63 .429

SOG-ATT

19-36

SOG %

.528

ASSISTS

3

39

CORNER KICKS

16

2-2

PENALTY KICKS

1-1

1.35

GAA

4

1.50

25

SAVES

12

.714

SAVE %

.667

* stats from abbreviated 2021 spring seasons

AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS

Hartford UAlbany Binghamton UMBC UMass Lowell New Hampshire NJIT Stony Brook

OVERALL AE W-L-T PCT W-L-T PTS 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 .000

0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

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(O-0-0 OVERALL, 0-0-0 AMERICA EAST)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.

Hometown/Last School

1

Rotem Fadida

So.

GK

6-0

180

2

Nick Benjamin

Sr.

B

5-8

150

3

Nir Gvili

So.

B

6-1

175

Yehud, Israel

4

Pablo Basarte

Gr.

B

6-0

150

Zaragoza, Spain/Univ. of the District of Columbia

5

Jesus Galvan-Garcia Fr.

B

6-1

170

Blaine, Minn./Centennial

6

Wyatt Leto

So.

M/B

6-0

155

Niskayuna, N.Y./Christian Brothers Acad.

7

Darío Cavada

So.

M

5-10 160

Santoña, Cantabria, Spain/I.E.S Marqués de Manzanedo

8

Babou Sanyang

So.

M

5-8

155

Rockville, Md./Magruder

9

Nadav Datner

Jr.

F

6-1

175

Ya’ad, Israel/Texas A&M International

10 Tomer Drimmer

Sr.

M

5-7

160

11

Fr.

M

12 Nate Becher

So.

M

5-9

145

Sorrento, Fla./The Woodstock Academy

13 Peter Dakoyannis

Jr.

M

6-1

160

Newton, Mass./Newton South

14 Max Stilb

So.

M

6-2

175

Grafton, Wis./Grafton

15 Demario Cameron

Jr.

M

6-3

185

Kingston, Jamaica/Campbell Univ.

16 Alex Quinones

So.

F

5-9

155

17 Justin Rivas

Fr.

M

5-11

West Hartford, Conn./Conard

18 Nate DiLoreto

Fr.

GK

Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern

19 Alex Cole

Fr.

M

Andover, Minn./Andover

Patrick Gryczewski

Haifa, Israel/Irony Hey

Stonington, Conn./Stonington

Shoham, Israel/Shoham Plainville, Conn./Plainville

Bedford, N.H./Bedford

20 Addrian Knights-Browne Jr.

M

5-9

145

Ajax, Ontario/Ajax

22 Jason Addi

Jr.

B

6-2

220

Middletown, Conn./Xavier

23 Olivier Sylvain

Fr.

M

24 Jordon May

So.

M

5-10 160

26 Rodrigo Levy

So.

B

5-6

140

Cochabamba, Bolivia/Hughes Schools

28 Daniel Ikechukwu

Fr.

M/B

5-10 155

Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin

29 Emmanuel Ofori

Fr.

F

6-2

180

East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford

31 Trey Sadler

So.

M

6-0

135

Newington, Conn./Newington

32 Alec Boyd

Jr.

B

6-4

210

Glendora, Calif./Glendora

Montreal, Quebec/Heritage New Hyde Park, N.Y./St. Francis Prep

HEAD COACH TOM POITRAS - 11th Season - Southern Connecticut ’92

ASSISTANT COACHES MIKE KULAS - 11th Season - Southern New Hampshire ’02 QUENTON SWIFT - Third Season - Hartford ’17 GEORGE KOSTELIS - Second Season - Hartford ’93

HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (0-0-0 OVERALL, 0-0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.

Hometown/Last School

1

Jimmy Joyce

Jr.

GK

6-1

200

Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna

2

Taj Salawu

Jr.

B

5-9

170

London, England/Taft

3

Nick Hupe

Fr.

B

6-1

176

Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Gems World Acad.

4

Evan Walker

So.

M

5-9

160

Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty

5

Connor Bagdon

Fr.

B/M

6-0

180

Sunderland, Mass /Frontier Regional

6

John Kowalski

Fr.

B/M

5-10 160

Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane

7

Liam Coffey

Fr.

M

6-0

178

8

Andres Chacon

Sr.

M

5-9

160

Summit, N.J./Summit

9

Evan Jones

Fr.

F

5-9

160

West Hartford, Conn./ Hall

Harrison, N.Y./Harrison

10 Jon Klein

Fr.

M

5-10 170

Natick, Mass./Buckingham Browne & Nichols

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Sr.

M/F

5-10 167

Korschenbroich, German /Bischoefliche Marienschule

12 Brennan Garcia Hilger Jr.

B

5-11

180

13 Dylan Scanley

Sr.

M/F

6-0

155

New York, N.Y./Xavier High School

14 Jad Smaira

Fr.

B

6-2

165

Dubai, United Arab Emirates/Lycée Libanais Francophone Privé

15 Zachary Schubert

Jr.

M

6-1

185

Lubbock, Texas/Frenship

16 Nic Andre

Sr.

M

6-1

145

West Tisbury, Mass./Martha’s Vineyard Reg.

17 Casey Lee

So.

B

6-4

205

Port Washington, N.Y./Xavier

Max Krause

Culver City, Calif. / Loyola

18 Ivor Teagle

Fr.

M

5-8

155

20 Attila Sepkin

Fr.

M

5-9

155

Weston, Conn./Weston

21 Matt McGonigle

Jr.

M

5-10 167

Los Angeles, Calif. / Notre Dame

Singapore/United World College of Southeast Asia

22 Nick Hellmann-Rhodes Sr.

B

6-2

174

Del Mar, Calif. / Cathedral Catholic

23 Bergin Kranz

Jr.

M

5-4

150

Rossville, Tenn. / Christian Brothers

24 Jack Ostrosky

Jr.

M

6-1

150

Holden, Mass. / Wachusett Regional

26 Jake Williams

Fr.

M

5-9

160

Wellington, New Zealand / Scots College

27 Marcus Williams

Fr.

B

5-8

155

North Branford, Conn./Xavier

30 Tristan Stephani

Fr.

GK

6-4

200

31 Josh Tubbs

Fr.

GK

6-1

165

Norfolk, Mass./King Philip Regional Tolland, Conn./Tolland

HEAD COACH MARCO KOOLMAN - 10th Season - Gannon ’91

ASSISTANT COACHES BEN GRAHAM - Sixth Season - Sheffield ’96 SAM MATTESON - Second Season - Mitchell ’10

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HARTFORD HAWKS

1

rotem FADIDA

2

nick BENJAMIN

SR | BACK

3

nir GVILI

5

jesus

6

wyatt LETO

SO | MIDFIELDER/BACK

7

9

nadav DATNER

10 DRIMMER

tomer

11

13

peter

14 STILB

SO | GOALKEEPER

GALVAN-GARCIA

FR | BACK

JR | FORWARD

DAKOYANNIS JR | MIDFIELDER

SR | MIDFIELDER

max

SO | MIDFIELDER

4

pablo BASARTE

dario CAVADA

8

babou SANYANG

patrick

12 BECHER

SO | BACK

SO | MIDFIELDER

GRYCZEWSKI FR | MIDFIELDER

Demario

15 CAMERON

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JR | MIDFIELDER

GR | BACK

SO | MIDFIELDER

nate

SO | MIDFIELDER

alex

16 QUINONES

SO | FORWARD

HARTFORD HAWKS

justin

nate

17 RIVAS

FR | MIDFIELDER

jason

22 ADDI

28

FR | GOALKEEPER

olivier

JR | BACK

daniel

IKECHUKWU

FR | MIDFIELDER/BACK

TOM POITRAS HEAD COACH 11th Season

18 DiLORETO

23 SYLVAIN

FR | MIDFIELDER

emmanuel

29 OFORI

FR | FORWARD

MIKE KULAS ASSISTANT COACH 11th Season

alex

19 COLE

FR | MIDFIELDER

jordon

24 MAY

SO | MIDFIELDER

trey

20

addrian

KNIGHTS-BROWNE

JR | MIDFIELDER

rodrigo

26 LEVY

SO | BACK

alec

31 sadler

32 BOYD

QUENTON SWIFT

GEORGE KOSTELIS GOALKEEPER COACH 2nd Season

SO | MIDFIELDER

ASSISTANT COACH 3rd Season

JR | BACK

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2021 Game Records

2020-21 Hartford Men's Soccer Overall Team Statistics games S P R I NGAllT EA M ST A T IST

OVERALL: Home3-3-1

Overall

Conference

3 - 2 -3-2-1 1 AMERICA EAST:

3-3-1

Team statistics

•

1-1-1 HOME: 1-1-1

I CS

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Away

•

Neutral

0-0-0 AWAY: 2-2-0

2-2-0

SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct.

Shots on goal-Attempts SOG pct.

Shots/Game Assists GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Penalty Unassisted Overtime Goals scored average CORNER KICKS Goals off corners PENALTY KICKS OFFSIDES PENALTIES Fouls Yellow cards Red cards ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg

HART

OPP

7-63 1 .111 27-63 .429 9 4

10-93 1.43 .108 35-93 .376 13.3 10

7 2 1 1 39 2-2 9

10 1 0 1.43 36 1-1 3

88 13 1

92 13 0

115 3/38 0/0

241 4/60 -

Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents

Corners by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 1 5 1 7 Hart 0 5 5 10 Opponents 0 0

1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 20 16 3 39 0 16 14 3 3 36

Shots by Periods Team Hart Opponents

Fouls by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 28 31 4 63 Hart 0 36 53 2 2 93 Opponents

1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 44 41 2 1 88 38 49 4 1 92

Saves by Periods Team Hart Opponents

Offsides by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 10 13 1 1 25 Hart 10 8 2 20 Opponents 0

1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 9 6 3 0 0 2 1 3 0 0

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2020-21 Hartford Men's Soccer Individual Statistics All games Game Records Overall 3-3-1

Conference

Home

3-2-1

Away

1-1-1

Neutral

2-2-0

0-0-0

2021 SP R I NG I N D I VI DUAL S T A T I S T ICS

Team Box Score No. Player GP-GS MIN G A PTS 14 Datner, Nadav 7-7 608 3 1 7 8 Martinez, Sergi 7-7 641 1 1 3 11 Etienne, Jovante 7-7 527 1 1 3 19 Cavada, Dario 2-1 121 1 1 3 2 Benjamin, Nick 7-7 660 1 0 2 9 Karlsson, Rasmus 7-0 204 0 0 0 4 Basarte, Pablo 7-7 666 0 0 0 12 Becher, Nate 7-4 350 0 0 0 7 Antoine, Nyrik 7-3 320 0 0 0 20 Knights-Browne, Addrian 6-6 534 0 0 0 10 Drimmer, Tomer 7-7 666 0 0 0 32 Boyd, Alec 7-7 642 0 0 0 21 Koduah, Jordan 7-7 621 0 0 0 5 Zirignon, Jean-Phillippe 1-0 13 0 0 0 16 Quinones, Alex 3-0 35 0 0 0 28 Sanyang, Baboucarr 2-0 38 0 0 0 22 Addi, Jason 1-0 2 0 0 0 13 Dakoyannis, Peter 1-0 10 0 0 0 1 Fadida, Rotem 7-7 666 0 0 0 Total 7 - 7 4 18 Opponents 7 - 10 10 30 No. Goalie 1 Fadida, Rotem TM TEAM Total Opponents Goals by Periods Team Hart

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SH% SOG SOG% YC RC GWG PK-ATT FG OT HAT GTG FOUL 9 .188 8 .500 0 0 2 1-1 1 1 0 0 .083 5 .417 2 0 1-1 14 0 0 0 0 0 .125 2 .250 2 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 .500 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 .500 0 0 1 0-0 1 0 4 0 0 .000 2 .400 1 0 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 1 .250 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 2 .667 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 1.000 0 0 0-0 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 .333 1 1 0-0 11 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 0-0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 4 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 1.000 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0-0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 27 .429 13 1 - 2-2 2 2 88 0 .108 35 .376 13 0 - 1-1 2 0 92 0

Goal Average MINS GA 666:22 10 00:00 0 666:22 10 666:22 7

GP-GS 7-7 7 7 2nd 5

SH 16 12 8 2 2 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 93

GAAVG 1.35 0.00 1.35 0.95

Saves SAVES PCT 25 .714 .000 0 25 .714 20 .741

W 3 0 3 3

L 3 0 3 3

Record T SHO/CBO 1 3/0 0/0 0 1 3 1 3

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OT1 0

OT2 1

Corners by Periods TOTAL Team 7 Hart

1st 20

2nd 16

OT1 0

OT2 3

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TOTAL 39

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POITRAS Entering his 11th season at the helm of the Hartford men’s soccer team in 2021, Tom Poitras has helped establish the Hawks as a perennial power in the America East Conference since his arrival, in 2011.

Backed by 27 years of head coaching experience that features a career record of 265-176-71, the 45th-best career win percentage among all active NCAA Division I men’s soccer coaches, Poitras has proven to be a success everywhere he has coached, and Hartford is no exception.

Since taking over at the helm of the Hawks, Poitras has amassed a record of 7473-32, making him the second-winningest coach in the program’s 37-year Division I history. In addition, he has piloted Hartford to the title match of the America East Tournament five times, with the most recent coming in an historic 2019 campaign.

During the unprecedented 2020-21 season, which was played in the 2021 spring season due to COVID-19, the Hawks posted a 3-3-1 record against America East foes. Landing six All-Conference honorees — including a pair of First Team selections — Hartford came up short to New Hampshire, the eventual America East Champion, in the semifinals of the conference tournament.

The 2019 campaign was one for the books for Poitras and his Hawks, who advanced to the America East Championship Game for the fifth time under his watch before falling to New Hampshire. Hartford posted the nation’s top single-season turnaround that season, posting the second-best winning percentage (.667) and the secondmost victories under Poitras after finishing with a 12-5-4 overall record. It was an 11-win improvement from the previous season.

Poitras’ defense posted 10 shutouts in 2019, the second-most in Hartford’s Division I history behind his 2013 squad, which shut out a program-best 11 opponents. In addition, with a shutout percentage of .476, Hartford ranked 17th in the nation in the category. Another significant mark in program history was also reached in 2019, when the Hawks strung together an 11-game unbeaten streak for the best stretch of games without a loss since Hartford became a Division I team in 1984.

Poitras’ coaching philosophy — one that puts emphasis on defense and teamwork — has played a major role in the program’s success. In 2013, the Hawks shut out

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11 opponents, the most in the program’s Division I history, while holding opponents to a school-record goals-against average of 0.81, which was the 32nd-best mark in the nation.

TOM POITRAS’ CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 25TH-MOST WINS AMONG ACTIVE DI COACHES 265-176-71 CAREER RECORD 45TH-BEST WIN % AMONG ACTIVE DI COACHES .588 CAREER WIN % CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR 1996 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2009 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000, 2002, 2009 AE TOURNAMENT FINALIST 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 13 NSCAA ALL-AMERICANS 46 ALL REGION HONOREES 117 ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES

The turnaround and upward trajectory of the Hartford men’s soccer program was evident not long after Poitras’ arrival. During his first four years, he piloted the Hawks to the title match of the America East Championship three times. In just two years, he turned a five-win team into a squad that posted back-to-back double-digit win seasons in 2013 and 2014 for the first time in 15 years. During that stretch, Poitras led the 2013 squad to 13 wins and a.714 winning percentage, both of which are the secondbest marks in Hartford’s Division I history.

A key milestone for both Poitras and the Hartford men’s soccer program was reached in 2013 when Damion Lowe, a three-year defender, became the first Hawk in 17 years to get drafted by a Major League Soccer squad. Lowe was drafted eighth overall by the Seattle Sounders, marking the second-highest pick among all of Hartford’s 17 Division I sports. During Poitras’ coaching career, more than 20 of his players have gone on to play professionally.

Poitras’ success has translated from the pitch into the classroom, where Hartford has thrived academically. Since his arrival, the Hawks have landed 23 America East All-Academic Team members, including a program-record four in both 2013 and 2014.

The Hawks have also produced a pair of America East Elite 18 honorees, an honor that recognizes the student-athlete with the highest GPA among all participants in the America East Championship Game, as Jake Slomski and Jimmy Slayton have earned the distinction in 2016 and 2019, respectively.

Under Poitras, the men’s soccer team was in the front of the pack in the classroom in 2021, leading Hartford’s men’s squads with a 3.53 GPA during the spring semester.

Most impressively, 85 percent of last year’s roster — a total of 23 student-athletes — received America East Academic Honor Roll distinction after posting a GPA of 3.0 or better that semester.

Prior to arriving at Hartford, Poitras was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-

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Green Bay, where he piloted the Phoenix to four Horizon League Championship Game appearances in seven seasons. Most impressively, Poitras guided UW-Green Bay to an historic 2009 season that saw the program earn its first-ever Horizon League Championship and NCAA Division I Tournament appearance, the team’s first in 26 years.

Before UW-Green Bay, Poitras spent six years at Southern New Hampshire where he amassed a record of 81-25-16, which included four NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and five seasons with 10-plus victories. In 2002, Poitras took the Penmen to the NCAA Division II Championship Game and was named the NSCAA New England Region Coach of the Year.

Poitras’ coaching career began with a four-year stint at the University of New Haven, where he orchestrated one of the nation’s top single-season turnarounds, lifting the Chargers to back-to-back 10-win seasons after inheriting a squad that posted just five victories prior to his arrival. Selected as the New England Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year in 1996, Poitras culminated a 15-6-1 mark in the 1997 season.

Poitras played collegiate soccer at Southern Connecticut State from 1987-91, serving as a four-year starter for the Owls while leading the team to a Division II National Championship in 1987. After graduating from Southern Connecticut in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in recreation and leisure studies, he went on the play two seasons at the professional level with the Connecticut Wolves of the Interregional Soccer League.

Poitras holds his USSF ‘A’ coaching license and USSF National Youth License while recently receiving an NSCAA Premier Diploma. He currently works as a US Soccer Developmental Academy Scout and has served as an Olympic Development staff coach both in Region I and Region II. Additionally, he was a USSF Coaches Licensing Program Associate Director in Connecticut.

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