Carlo Acquista
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Fordham |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1978 or 1979 (age 45–46)[1] |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1999 | St. John's |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2006 | St. Francis Brooklyn |
| 2007–2017 | Adelphi |
| 2019– | Fordham |
Carlo Acquista is an American retired soccer player and the current head coach the Fordham Rams men's soccer team.[2]
Early life
[edit]Acquista played at St. John's University and graduated in 2000.[2] As a freshman, he was a member of the 1996 National Champion team.[3]
Coaching
[edit]Acquista began his head coaching career with St. Francis College in 2002. At the time of his hiring, Acquista was one of the country's youngest head coaches (23 years old).[2] In 2007, he became the head coach of the Adelphi Panthers men's soccer team.[4] Acquista was head coach of the Panthers for 11 seasons and led them to 3 Division II NCAA Tournaments. On January 30, 2019, Acquista was appointed just the fifth head coach in the history of the Fordham Rams men's soccer program.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (Northeast Conference) (2002–2006) | |||||||||
| 2002 | St. Francis (NY) | 3–11–3 | 3–5–2 | 7th | |||||
| 2003 | St. Francis (NY) | 1–14–2 | 0–9–0 | 10th | |||||
| 2004 | St. Francis (NY) | 8–9–1 | 5–4–0 | 5th | |||||
| 2005 | St. Francis (NY) | 4–11–2 | 1–8–0 | 10th | |||||
| 2006 | St. Francis (NY) | 2–13–2 | 2–5–2 | 7th | |||||
| St. Francis (NY): | 18–58–10 | 11–31–4 | |||||||
| Adelphi Panthers (Atlantic Soccer Conference) (2007–2012) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Adelphi | 4–11–3 | |||||||
| 2008 | Adelphi | 12–6–0 | |||||||
| 2009 | Adelphi | 13–2–4 | 2–1–1 | 1st | |||||
| 2010 | Adelphi | 11–6–3 | |||||||
| 2011 | Adelphi | 8–9–2 | 4–0–0 | 1st | |||||
| 2012 | Adelphi | 3–13–0 | |||||||
| Adelphi (Division I): | 51–47–12 | 0–0–0 | |||||||
| Adelphi Panthers (Northeast-10 Conference–Division II) (2013–2017) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Adelphi | 11–7–0 | 9–4–0 | 4th | |||||
| 2014 | Adelphi | 12–6–1 | 9–4–0 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2015 | Adelphi | 13–5–2 | 9–2–2 | T-2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2016 | Adelphi | 19–1–2 | 12–0–1 | 1st | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2017 | Adelphi | 14–3–2 | 11–1–1 | 1st | NCAA Third Round | ||||
| Adelphi (Division II): | 69–22–7 | 50–11–4 | |||||||
| Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Fordham | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | ||||||
| Total: | 138–127–29 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "Meet the Acquistas a Hudson River derby divided family". prosoccerusa.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Carlo Acquista Rams Bio". fordhamsports.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ^ Dylan Butler. "Meet the Acquistas, a Hudson River Derby-divided family". prosoccerusa.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ^ "Carlo Acquista Panthers Bio". aupanthers.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.