University of California, Riverside Men’s Soccer

Programme details

Division

Division I

Conference

Pac-12 Conference (moved from the Big West Conference for 2026)

Location

Riverside, CA

Institution

Public

Enrollment

Not published

Squad (2026)

31 players

Leaving next summer

4 players

Squad composition

How the 31-player squad breaks down by position, as published by UC Riverside for 2026-27. Players listed at two positions are counted at both, since they provide cover in either.

• Goalkeepers3
• Defenders13
• Midfielders8 (6)
• Forwards9 (7)

2 players are listed at two positions; the figure in brackets counts only single-position players.

Who is leaving, and when

4 of the 31 are in their final year, so on current form that many places open up next summer — 13% of the squad. A redshirt year does not change this: a redshirt senior leaves when a senior does.

Going by position: 2 defenders, 2 midfielders. Which programmes lose the most at your position?

• Freshman5

  3 forwards1 defender1 midfielder

• Sophomore8

  4 forwards3 defenders1 goalkeeper1 midfielder

• Junior9

  5 defenders3 midfielders2 forwards

• Senior (final year)4

  2 defenders2 midfielders

• Graduate (final year)0

Final-year groups are shown in amber. A player listed at two positions is counted under each of them, since they provide cover in either, so the positions on a row can total more than the row itself. Redshirt players are counted in the year they are listed for. 5 players have no class year published and are not counted above.

Recent results

Overall record across the last 3 seasons. Soccer is a fall sport, so each season runs from August to a championship in December of the year shown. The NCAA files them by academic year, so the 2025 season appears as 2025-26 on its own site.

Contact the programme

Coaching staff and recruiting details are published on the official athletics site.