2026 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Luke Zielinski
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Weight:
- 160
- Hometown:
- Weston, Conn.
- High School:
- YSC Academy
- Previous Club:
- Barca Residency Academy
- College:
- Columbia College
Honors & Awards:
- 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-Distrct
2025:
Appeared in all 15 matches, making six starts and accumulating 755 minutes ... Totaled four points on one goal and two assists ... Finished second on the team with 19 shots, placing nine on goal ... Recorded an assist in a 2–0 win over Manhattan (Sept. 15) ... Scored a goal and added an assist in a 5–1 win over Fordham (Oct. 28) ... Played a season-high 78 minutes at Yale (Oct. 4).
2024:
Played in all 14 matches as a first-year, making eight starts ... Totaled 747 minutes of game action ... Combined for nine shots, three on goal, and one assist on the season ... Made his collegiate debut in the Starting XI of the season opener at Quinnipiac, playing the full 90 minutes (Aug. 30) ... Went on to start each of the first seven matches of the season ... Made his Ivy League debut in the Starting XI at Penn (Sept. 28) ... Came in off the bench and earned his first collegiate point, assisting Jack McDaid's game-tying goal in the 87th minute at Villanova (Oct. 8) ... Took a season-high three shots, two on goal, against Brown (Nov. 3).
Prior to Columbia:
Incoming midfielder from nearby Weston, Connecticut ... Competed in high school for YSC Academy and developed with several different clubs, including Beachside Soccer Club (2015-17), NYCFC Academy (2017-20), Philadelphia Union Academy (2020-23) and most recently Barca Residency Academy (2023-24) ... Scored 28 goals and had 24 assists across all competitions with Barca U19 as a senior ... Selected to four U.S. Youth National Team Camps ... 2021 MLS Next Cup U15 National Runner-Up ... 2022 MLS Next Cup U17 National Champion ... Generation Adidas Cup U17 Champion in 2023 ... Ranked as high as No. 60 nationally by Top Drawer Soccer in their recruiting rankings ... Played in U17 USYNT friendlies against both Argentina and Uruguay, tallying an assist against Uruguay.
