LANCASTER, Pa. – Defending champion Johns Hopkins has been selected as the favorite to repeat in the 2024 Centennial Conference Men's Soccer Preseason Poll, leading a group of three teams that received multiple first-place votes.
In the annual vote among CC head coaches, the Blue Jays captured four first-place nods and 76 points to narrowly edge out Franklin & Marshall (72 points, 3 first-place votes) and Washington College (69 points, 3 first-place votes) for the top position.
Projected to complete the six-team conference postseason field were Muhlenberg (55), Dickinson (44) and Swarthmore (43) in fourth through sixth place, respectively. Haverford was picked seventh with 35 points, followed by Gettysburg (30), McDaniel (13) and Ursinus (13).
The 2024 season kicks off on Friday, Aug. 30 with nine CC teams in action on opening day. All 10 teams will open the season this weekend. Conference play will commence on Saturday, Sept. 21, with the six-team CC tournament slated for Nov. 5-8-10 at the higher seeds home fields.
2024 Centennial Conference Men's Soccer Preseason Poll
| Rank | Institution (First-Place Votes) |
Points |
| 1. Johns Hopkins (4) |
76 |
| 2. Franklin & Marshall (3) |
72 |
| 3. Washington College (3) |
69 |
| 4. Muhlenberg |
55 |
| 5. Dickinson |
44 |
| 6. Swarthmore |
43 |
| 7. Haverford |
35 |
| 8. Gettysburg |
30 |
| 9T. McDaniel |
13 |
| 9T. Ursinus |
13 |
2024 Schedule | 2023 Championship Results | 2023 All-Centennial Team | History & Records | United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll
The 2023 Centennial men's soccer season was one for the record books, as Washington College became just the third conference team to reach the NCAA Final Four. The Shoremen advanced past Otterbein, Kenyon, Mary Washington and Connecticut College en route to the national semifinals, before falling to eventual national champion St. Olaf, 3-1. It was the first semifinal appearance for the CC since 1995, with the two previous seminalists being Muhlenberg in 1995 and Johns Hopkins in 1994.
A trio of CC teams qualified for the NCAA Tournament - CC-champion Johns Hopkins, Franklin & Marshall, and Washington College. The Diplomats and Blue Jays notched first round victories but were knocked out in round two. It marked the second straight and eighth overall time that the Centennial sent exactly three teams to the national tournament. Three or more teams have earned NCAA bids 11 times in the 31-year history of the conference, with the five CC bids from the 2021 campaign remaining the conference record. JHU earned its 10th CC title and the conference's automatic bid with a 1-0 victory over Muhlenberg in the conference title game, avenging a penalty kick defeat to the Mules from 2022.
The Shoremen (4th), Diplomats (17th) and Blue Jays (24th) are each ranked in the United Soccer Coaches (USC) Preseason Poll.
An impressive 31 players with All-Centennial accolades, 11 All-Region performers and two All-Americans are back in the fold for 2024. Those players hail from nine different CC schools, once again showcasing the parity and depth of talent spread throughout the conference on an annual basis.
The F&M duo of senior midfielder Koa Kaliebe and senior forward Oscar Horwitz lead the way as 2023 All-Americans. Kaliebe earned second team honors from the USC while Horwitz, the 2023 CC Offensive Player of the Year, earned third team honors.
Four returning players own multiple All-Region awards to their names - F&M's Horwitz and senior defender Connor Anderko along with JHU senior midfielder Ian Whamond and graduate student midfielder Francis Meyer. Anderko and Whamond lead the lenghty list of All-Centennial returners with three honors apiece, while nine others enter the year with two appearances on the conference all-star squad. See below for the full list of returning all-stars.
Returning All-American (2)
Koa Kaliebe, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., M (2023 Second Team)
Oscar Horwitz, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., F (2023 Third Team)
Returning All-Region (11)
Saul Iwowo, Dickinson, Jr., F (2023 Third Team)
Connor Anderko, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., D (2023 Second Team, 2022 First Team)
Oscar Horwitz, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., F (2023 First Team, 2022 Second Team)
Koa Kaliebe, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., M (2023 First Team)
Isaac Mintz, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., D (2022 Third Team)
Athi Msiza, Gettysburg, Jr., F (2022 Second Team)
Ian Whamond, Johns Hopkins, Sr., M (2022 Second Team, 2021 Second Team)
Francis Meyer, Johns Hopkins, Gr., M (2023 Second Team, 2022 Second Team)
Ben Mulford, Muhlenberg, Jr., GK (2023 Third Team)
Sam Roberts, Muhlenberg, So., D (2023 Third Team)
Anthony Pinto, Washington College, Sr., GK (2023 First Team)
Returning All-Centennial (31)
Saul Iwowo, Dickinson, Jr., F (2023 First Team, 2022 Honorable Mention)
Ethan Jarden, Dickinson, Jr., F (2023 Second Team)
Tyson Burling, Dickinson, Sr., F (2022 Second Team)
Mack Moore, Dickinson, Sr., D (2023 Honorable Mention)
Luke Finkielstein, Dickinson, Jr., D (2022 Honorable Mention)
Connor Anderko, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., D (2023 First Team, 2022 First Team, 2021 Honorable Mention)
Oscar Horwitz, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., F (2023 First Team & Offensive POTY, 2022 First Team)
Koa Kaliebe, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., F (2023 First Team, 2022 Honorable Mention)
Isaac Mintz, Franklin & Marshall, Sr., D (2023 Second Team, 2022 Second Team)
Nico Gonzalez, Franklin & Marshall, So., D (2023 Honorable Mention)
Nolan Booth, Franklin & Marshall, Jr., GK (2023 Honorable Mention)
Nur Adhikarie, Gettysburg, Sr., D (2022 Honorable Mention, 2021 Honorable Mention)
Athi Msiza, Gettysburg, Jr., F (2022 Second Team)
Noah Holgado, Gettysburg, Jr., F/M (2023 Honorable Mention)
Aidan Muller, Gettysburg, Sr., M (2022 Honorable Mention)
Fritz Reiter, Gettysburg, Sr., D (2021 Second Team)
Ian Whamond, Johns Hopkins, Sr., M (2023 Second Team, 2022 Second Team, 2021 Second Team)
Francis Meyer, Johns Hopkins, Gr., M (2023 Second Team, 2022 First Team)
Logan Falzarano, Johns Hopkins, Gr., D (2023 Second Team, 2021 Second Team)
Will Andrus, Johns Hopkins, Jr., D (2023 Honorable Mention)
Aidan Dunphy, Johns Hopkins, Gr., F (2021 Honorable Mention)
AJ Nordone, McDaniel, Jr., F (2023 Honorable Mention)
Kevin Adams, Muhlenberg, Sr., D (2023 Honorable Mention, 2022 Second Team)
Sam Roberts, Muhlenberg, So., D (2023 First Team)
Ben Mulford, Muhlenberg, Jr., GK (2023 First Team)
Jackson Haynes, Swarthmore, Jr., D (2023 Second Team)
Adrien Marcelli, Swarthmore, Jr., M (2023 Honorable Mention)
Julian Faust, Ursinus, Jr., M (2023 Honorable Mention)
Anthony Pinto, Washington College, Sr., GK (2023 First Team, 2022 Second Team)
Katim Njie, Washington College, Sr., F (2023 Second Team)
Tshazi Kamau, Washington College, So., D (2023 Second Team)
Dominic Miller, Washington College, Sr., D (2023 Honorable Mention)
