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Men's Soccer Opens 2026 Season at UMBC

WILMINGTON, North Carolina – The UNCW men's soccer team opens the 2026 regular season on Thursday at UMBC with a 1 p.m. kickoff at the Retriever Soccer Park.

GAME COVERAGE
UNCW Seahawks at UMBC Retrievers
Gametime: 1 p.m. - NEW TIME
Streaming: ESPN+
Live Stats: SIDEARM

SERIES HISTORY
Thursday will mark the fifth-ever meeting between the two schools with the last game occurring in the 2025 season opener in Wilmington. The Retrievers bested the Seahawks for the first time, 2-1, before nearly 1,100 fans at the UNCW Soccer Stadium.
 
UNCW, which owns a 2-1-1 record in the all-time series, will play at UMBC for the first time since 2016. The inaugural meeting in the series occurred in 1978 in Wilmington.
 
FIVE SEAHAWKS EARN CAA PRESEASON ACCOLADES
Three Seahawks were named to the Preseason All-Coastal Athletic Association Team while the Seahawks were projected to finish second in the CAA South Division, as announced by the league on Aug. 17.
 
Midfielder Osei Gyamfi, along with Campbell transfer defender Jake Roberts and goalkeeper Trey Smiley were selected among the league's top players following a vote of the league's 10 head coaches. Forward Bryan Miralrio and defender Gavin Carmichael were tabbed as CAA Preseason Honorable Mentions.
 
UNCW earned one first-place vote in the coaches poll behind defending champion Elon. Charleston, Campbell and William & Mary rounded out the polling in the South Division while Hofstra was predicted to win the North Division.
 
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CIRCLE 'EM
The Seahawks, who extended their league record with their 29th CAA Tournament appearance in 2025, will traverse a 16-game regular season schedule that includes eight contests at the UNCW Soccer Stadium this fall.
 
UNCW will once again play a home-and-home series with the four other teams from the CAA South Division – CAA Champion Elon, Campbell, Charleston and William & Mary – after the league changed its scheduling protocol in men's soccer prior to the start of the 2025 campaign.
 
A pair of contests with the Phoenix, along with home games against Southern Conference Champion Furman and St. John's and Atlantic Coast Conference road matches at Clemson and NC State represent the Seahawks' opponents who appeared in last year's NCAA Tournament.
 
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SEAHAWKS AT THE WORLD CUP
A pair of standout alums took the world's biggest stage this past summer when Hjalmar Ekdal and Austin MacPhee competed across North America in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
 
Ekdal, who spent the 2017 season with the Seahawks, is a reserve defender on the Swedish national team.
 
MacPhee, a UNCW midfielder from 1999-2002, helped Portugal to the Round of 16 in his first World Cup in his first year with the country after serving on the national team staffs of Northern Ireland, his native Scotland and Portugal. A renowned set-piece coach, MacPhee joined Premier League club Chelsea in July 2026 after four years with Aston Villa.
 
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ON THE DOCKET
UNCW returns to the Port City for its home opener against Georgia Southern at 7 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are available at UNCWSports.com/BuyTickets and the game will be streamed on FloCollege.
 
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Players Mentioned

Gavin Carmichael

#3 Gavin Carmichael

D
6' 2"
Junior
Osei Gyamfi

#10 Osei Gyamfi

M/F
5' 9"
Junior
Bryan Miralrio

#14 Bryan Miralrio

F
6' 3"
Senior
Trey Smiley

#0 Trey Smiley

GK
6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
Jake Roberts

#29 Jake Roberts

D
6' 1"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Gavin Carmichael

#3 Gavin Carmichael

6' 2"
Junior
D
Osei Gyamfi

#10 Osei Gyamfi

5' 9"
Junior
M/F
Bryan Miralrio

#14 Bryan Miralrio

6' 3"
Senior
F
Trey Smiley

#0 Trey Smiley

6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
GK
Jake Roberts

#29 Jake Roberts

6' 1"
Senior
D