by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Soccer at American University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. The American University plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Patriot League.
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The The American University men’s soccer team fields 30 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The most recent cohort included 106 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The The American University women’s soccer team fields 30 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 83. The most recent cohort included 104 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, The American University fields 60 soccer athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports The American University sponsors, soccer comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Zach Samol.
The women’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Philip Casella.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 11 sports, soccer ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The The American University men’s soccer program generated $1,259,984 in revenue against $1,259,984 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $5,978 in operating expense per athlete, or $179,343 per team.
The The American University women’s soccer program generated $1,203,619 in revenue against $1,203,619 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $3,402 in operating expense per athlete, or $102,067 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,259,984 to the women’s $1,203,619 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, soccer ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (996 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 978 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 92% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 990, soccer trails the average at 986.
When The American University places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.