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2025 Men's Soccer Roster

8 Brandon Newman

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 155
  • Hometown Old Tappan, N.J.
  • High School Northern Valley Regional
  • Previous Club Players Development Academy
  • College Enrolled at Columbia College

Biography

2024: Played in three matches, missing the majority of the season due to injury ... Played a season-high 59 minutes off the bench and took one shot in the season opener at Quinnipiac (Aug. 30) ... Totaled 122 minutes on the season.

2023: Played in 12 of the team's 14 matches, earning 10 starts ... Totaled 795 minutes on the field ... Took six shots and tallied two assists on his sophomore season ... Recorded his first collegiate point with an assist as part of a 3-0 victory against Manhattan (Sept. 5) ... Started and played 85 minutes of a hard fought 1-1 draw at LIU (Sept. 16) ... Assisted Joao Lima's 56th-minute insurance goal in a 2-0 win against Quinnipiac (Sept. 19) ... Started and played a season-high 88 minutes in a 2-1 loss at St. John's (Oct. 3).

2022: Played in 14 games and earned eight starts as a first-year ... Took eight shots, four on goal, and totaled 749 minutes of game action ... Made his collegiate debut in the Starting XI of the season opener at George Washington (Sept. 2) ... Played 75 minutes off the bench in a 1-0 win over perennial powerhouse St. John's (Sept. 12) ... Started and played 53 minutes of a 0-0 draw at Iona (Sept. 24) .. Played 45 minutes off the bench in his Ivy League debut, a 0-0 draw against Brown (Oct. 1) ... Played a season-high 78 minutes to help the Lions to a 1-1 draw with Princeton (Oct. 15).

Prior to Columbia: Joined the Lions as midfielder from nearby Old Tappan, New Jersey ... Competitive experience branches from the New York City area's top clubs ... Spent three years in New York Red Bulls youth academy and two more with Players Development Academy ... PDA team won the league in 2021 and went on to become a national finalist in that year's MLS Next competition ... Traveled and competed in Argentina, Austria, Belgium and England ... High Honor Roll student in every semester at Northern Valley Regional ... Enjoys being a soccer trainer and tutoring in his spare time.

Personal: Father, Michael, played soccer at Georgetown (1991-94) ... Uncle, Brian Newman, also played at Georgetown (1994-95) ... Uncle, Dr. Keith Kuenzler, did his Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Columbia (2004-06).

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2022First Year

    Midfielder
    5'10" 155 lbs
    18
  • 8

    2023Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'10" 155 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2024Junior

    Midfielder
    5'10" 155 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2025Senior

    Midfielder
    5'10" 155 lbs
    8