Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham men's soccer squad opens the 2025 season on Thursday, August 21, at 7:30 p.m. as they take on the James Madison Dukes as part of the Fairfield by Marriott Invitational at JMU's Sentara Park. The Rams will then face Drexel on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
 
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The Rams are coming off an 8-6-5 2024 season against one of the nation's toughest schedules. The RPI ranked the Rams' slate as the seventh toughest in Division I, which helped earn the Rams a final RPI ranking of 29.  The Rams earned two results against two of the nation's six RPI teams, drawing with No. 5 Hofstra and defeating No. 6 Dayton, both on the road.  Fordham also suffered a hard-luck loss at No. 7 Penn back in September.
 
The Rams received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship, falling at Cornell in the first round, Fordham's sixth appearance all-time in the tournament and its fifth since 2014.
 
Fordham returns its top four scorer's from last year, led by senior midfielder Daniel D'Ippolito, the 2024 Atlantic 10 Midfielder of the Year, who scored 14 goals and added seven assists for 35 points. He ranked seventh in the NCAA in points per game and his 14 goals were the most for a Ram since John Wolyniec scored a school-record 25 times in 1998.
 
Notes
• This is the second appearance for the Rams at the Fairfield by Marriott Invitational. In 2013, Fordham fell to James Madison, 2-1, in overtime before defeating Virginia Tech, by the same score.
 
• The 2013 meeting was the lone match up for the Rams with the Dukes.
 
• The Rams have also only met Drexel once before, a 3-2 overtime loss in 2008 at the Loyola Black & Decker Soccer Classic in Baltimore, Md.
 
• Senior midfielder Daniel D'Ippolito was named the number two player to watch on the 2025 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 list.
 
• D'Ippolito was also named Preseason All-Atlantic 10 and was joined on the team by graduate student Thomas Gray.
 
• The Rams will be represented by three captains in 2025: graduate students Thomas Gray and Luca Bernoth, and senior Daniel D'Ippolito.