Rutgers University Athletics

Building off a final four appearance the previous season, the 1990 Rutgers men's soccer team advanced all the way to the national championship game that resulted in a penalty kick shootout. The Scarlet Knights ended the season at 20-3-2 as they knocked off previously unbeaten and No.1 ranked Evansville to reach the championship match. A first-half goal by Mike Miller would be the only scoring in the match, but also the 15th shutout of the year for the Scarlet Knights and the second number one team to fall to Rutgers in 1990. The Scarlet Knights also dominated top-ranked UCLA in the MetLife Classic and followed with 600 minutes of shutout soccer to close out the regular season.

The 20 victories earned by the team under head coach Bob Reasso, which included a win over Penn State to claim its first Atlantic 10 title, still remain an RU record. Steve Rammel, the team's leading scorer with 43 points and ninth-ranked Scarlet Knight with 84 career points, was the runner-up for the Hermann Award and goalkeeper Bill Andracki was named an All-American after shutting out Dartmouth, Evansville and UCLA in the year's final three contests. Alexi Lalas, who recovered from a ruptured appendix early in the season, and Jeff Zaun were All-Region selections from a defense ranked second nationally in goals allowed, as was David Mueller, the Scarlet Knight that scored the game-winner in the Atlantic 10 championship game. Lino DiCuollo, who assisted on Miller's game-winner that gave the Scarlet Knights a chance to play for a national title, was an All-Atlantic 10 selection.