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Florida Atlantic University Dept of Athletics
 777 Glades Rd Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
Division 1 Florida Southeast
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Joey Worthen

Joey Worthen completed his eighth season at the helm of Florida Atlantic men's soccer in 2024. Worthen was named Florida Atlantic University’s head men’s soccer coach in February of 2017. The team began competing in the American Athletic Conference in 2022.


Under Worthen's leadership in 2024, the Owls qualified for their second consecutive AAC tournament. Led by AAC Offensive Player of the Year Mamadou Diarra, they led the league in goals and assists. Diarra and fellow forwards Noah Kvifte and Aboubacar Traore were each named to the All-AAC First Team, and defender Kasper Heerfordt was named to the All-Freshman team.


Worthen came to FAU from the University of South Carolina, where he was a part of the Gamecock staff since 2012. Over his five seasons on staff, the Gamecocks posted a 39-33-6 record. His tenure was highlighted by a trip to the C-USA Championship final in 2014. The team also hosted back-to-back NCAA Tournament first round games, and made an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2015 and 2016.


Worthen's FAU Coaching File

17 All-C-USA Team selections

Seven CUSA All-Academic Team members

Six All-CUSA Freshman honorees

Seven All-AAC Team selections

One AAC Offensive Player of the Year

11 CoSIDA All-District Team selections

Three CSC Academic All-Americans

Five wins over Top-20 opponents

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Brad Shore

Brad Shore is going into his sixth season with the Florida Atlantic University men’s soccer team as an assistant coach. Shore joined the Owls prior to the 2017 season after Joey Worthen took over the program. Shore works specifically on the development of the Owls’ goalkeepers.


The Owls have continued to trend in a positive direction, as the team is coming off back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2003-04. FAU had a 9-7-3 record, which was capped by an impressive performance in the Conference USA Championship Title game. The Owls beat the tournament-host Charlotte in penalty kicks, 5-3, and upset the reigning College Cup Champion in Marshall, 3-1, in the semifinals.


FAU’s goalkeeper Neil Strauber had another impressive performance in the 2021 season, ending the year with five shutouts, a league’s most 81 saves (ranked No. 8 nationally) and a 1.58 goals against average. In the conference tournament, Strauber led the Owls with just three goals allowed across three matches and 11 critical total saves.


In the 2021 spring season, the Owls’ 6-4-2 record marked the program’s first winning season since 2007. The team’s backline and goalkeeping work held opponents to 11 goals and a 0.92 goals against average, both becoming school records. FAU finished fifth in the conference with nine points and a program’s best No. 52 finish in the RPI.


Shore was instrumental in the development of keeper Strauber, who started in each of the Owls’ 12 matches in spring 2021. Strauber tallied four shutouts and conceded just 11 goals, sitting at No. 3 in goals against average (0.88) and No. 4 in shutouts in a single season at FAU. Strauber was awarded national recognition as the United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week, becoming the first Owl in school history to win the award. He was also recognized as the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week following a 4-0 shutout performance over NCAA Tournament qualifier Jacksonville.


In 2019, FAU qualified for its first C-USA Tournament and first conference tournament berth since 2008. FAU’s 2019 season saw split time between Daniel Ragoo and Hagay Jalon at net. Both combined for a 1.83 Goals Against Average, a 0.697 save percentage and four shutouts.


Shore saw Jalon gather C-USA Defensive Player of the Week twice during the season, becoming the first defensive weekly honor for the Owls since joining the league. The goalkeeper took home the award after shutout wins against No. 17 James Madison (1-0) and No. 15 Marshall (1-0 OT). Jalon also was recognized as a CoSIDA Academic All-American, a first for the program.


In his second year with the Owls in 2018, Shore developed Jalon to put together a strong season, leading C-USA with 76 saves on the season and a 5.07 saves per game average. Jalon was also named to the C-USA All-Academic Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District Team.


Shore has been with Worthen since his first season in 2017.

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Tom Harman

Tom Harman is approaching his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Florida Atlantic University men’s soccer team. Harman was hired in July of 2019 and has served as Worthen’s righthand man on the staff.


In Harman’s third year with the Owls, the team achieved its second consecutive winning season for the first time since 2003-04. The squad achieved a 9-7-3 mark and began the year with a 3-0 record, marking the program’s best start since 1996. Harman’s leadership helped the Owls go on to have a tremendous performance in the 2021 Conference USA Tournament as the No. 6 seed. The Owls defeated tournament-host Charlotte with a 5-3 advantage in penalty kicks to move on to the semifinals where the team upset reigning College Cup Champions, Marshall, 3-1.


Harman helped produce five All-C-USA recipients for the second straight year. Alonso Coello Camarero, who became the Owls’ second ever MLS signee and first since 2006, was highlighted on the Second Team with Filip Jauk. Tom Abrahamsson and Ivan Mykhailenko were recognized to the Third Team and Jauk and Davide Romeo to the All-Freshman Team.


In the 2020 season, which was pushed back to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FAU finished the season with a 6-4-2 record, marking the first winning season since 2007. The Owls held opponents to 11 goals and a 0.92 goals against average, which both became single-season school records. With a No. 52 RPI ranking, FAU finished with its best positioning in program history. On the Owls schedule, the team played four ranked opponents, four teams who competed in the NCAA Tournament and the eventual 2020 NCAA Champion in Marshall.


Harman was instrumental in the success on and off the pitch that led to several players being awarded with postseason accolades. Five players were recognized as All-C-USA selections, which included Mykhailenko (First Team), Coello Camarero (Second Team), Graeme Pratt (Second Team), Daniel Skistad (Third Team) and Vasilis Spinos (Freshman Team). Mykhailenko tied for the most goals in the conference to earn the Co-Golden Boot Award, becoming the first Owl to win that honor.


With his first season on staff, Harman helped FAU achieve a memorable 2019 campaign, which ended in a trip to the Owls’ first C-USA Tournament and first postseason appearance since 2008. The Owls finished the year with a 7-8-1 record (3-4 C-USA) and knocked off two ranked opponents in No. 17 James Madison (1-0) and No. 15 Marshall (1-0 OT). FAU’s victory over the Thundering Herd marked the highest ranked opponent FAU has beaten since 2011.


Four Owls earned spots on the C-USA All-Conference Team. Coello Camarero became the first Owl to earn a nod on the C-USA First Team, while Mykhailenko and Alex Alexis earned spots on the C-USA Second Team. Abrahamsson was named to the All-Conference Third Team and All-Freshman Team.


Harman has helped mold student-athletes into successful performers athletically and academically. Since being in Boca Raton, the program has produced five C-USA All-Academic Team selections, four CoSIDA Academic All-District choices and a United Soccer Coaches Scholar Academic All-Region choice. In Harman’s first season at FAU, Hagay Jalon became the program’s first academic All-American as a CoSIDA Third Team choice.


Before coming to FAU, Harman was the head coach at The King’s College in New York City for four years while also serving as an assistant athletic director for three years. As head coach, Harman guided the Lions to its first winning season since the school moved to NYC and its first appearance in the HVIAC conference playoffs. Harman was named USCAA Division II National Coach of the Year in 2018.


Harman’s teams at King’s College outperformed the student body in both retention and percentage of students in good academic standing.


Under Harman’s Assistant AD title, he served sports information, facilities, operations and Student Life duties. He brought in student-athletes from all over the world, including the UK, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Pakistan and Poland.


Harman graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in public policy, government and management.

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