The College of Staten Island Men’s Soccer team will kick off the 2025 regular season on Thursday against Assumption University in the first of back-to-back road matches to open the 2025 campaign. Entering his second season as head coach, Donato Curci has added plenty of new faces to the program with more than half of the team’s roster made up of new recruits.

After reaching the postseason in 2023, the the team saw their bid for a playoff spot come down to the final regular season game last year. On the road against UDC, the Dolphins fell 2-1 in their season finale to eliminate the team from playoff contention. The team also graduated six seniors at the conclusion of the 2024 season including several key contributors to the 2023 playoff squad. This leaves the team with plenty of scoring, facilitating, and defense to replace entering the upcoming season. However, this also opens the door for all of the new and returning Dolphins to step into a major role for a program with playoff aspirations in 2025. Now with a full year under the existing coaching staff and a large class of recruits joining the team, Men’s Soccer enters the season as one of the most intriguing CSI Athletics programs.

For a full, interactive, season preview and what to expect in 2025 and how to follow the action, visit CSI Athletics’ Interactive Season Preview.

– Story courtesy of CSI Athletics