2017 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Niel Guzman
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- D
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 155
- Hometown:
- Bridgewater, N.J.
- High School:
- Bridgewater-Raritan
- Club Team:
- PDA
2017 - Senior: Appeared in and started all 18 games ... Scored one of RU's five goals at Oral Roberts (Sept. 1) ... Had an assist on the game-winner at Princeton (Sept. 26) ... Scored in Big Ten tournament against Northwestern (Nov. 4).
2016 - Junior: Started all 17 games ... RU's third leading scorer (3G, 2A) ... registered four points (1G, 2A) vs. No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast (Sept. 27) ... scored one of RU's four answered goals as the Scarlet Knights overcame a 5-0 deficit ... later had an assist on a late goal to pull RU within one, 6-5 ... scored equalizer moments into 2nd half vs. Michigan (Oct. 7) in eventual 1-1 double overtime draw ... also recorded a goal at Ohio State (Sept. 18) ... helped RU to shutouts vs. No. 4 Indiana (Sept. 23) and limited No. 20 Denver (Aug. 28), Wisconsin (Oct. 1) and Michigan (Oct. 7) to one goal.
2015 - Sophomore: Started first seven games of season ... named to the Central New York Classic All-Tournament Team ...added in an assist in the 5-2 victory over Yale (Oct. 6).
2014 - Freshman: Appeared in 13 games with seven starts in his first season at Rutgers ... recorded three points from a goal and an assist ... scored his first collegiate goal in the Big Ten home opener with No. 14 Indiana on Sept. 20 ... captured his first career assist in the 4-1 victory over Penn on Oct. 14.
Prior to Rutgers: Member of the PDA U17/18 and U15/16 programs along with playing for U15 and U14 PDA pre-academy squads ... with the PDA U14 team, participated at the 2010 Man U Nike Premier Cup in Portland, Ore ... also a PDA McGeough team captain U9 through U13 ... at Bridgewater-Raritan High School, helped his team to the county championship, NJSIAA sectional championship and an appearance in the NJSIAA State Championship game ... was also an all-area selection ... son of Edwin and Jennifer Guzman ...major is economics.
