Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) Mustangs men’s soccer has a big reason to celebrate, as the team recently won the 2023 Eastern Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship following a 4-1 win over last year’s EPAC champion Northampton Community College.

The Mustangs squad holds a 10-1-2 record and has its sights set on the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 19 Division III title.

“It’s been a lot of hard work to get to this point,” said Head Coach Tom Haney. “We’re second in the region; we’re about a half a game out of first behind Camden County College. So, we’re hanging in there at the top.”

The team’s success has been in many ways due to Haney’s work recruiting and developing the program over time. “Soccer is doing really well,” said Kelly Dunbar, Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation.

“Tom Haney has done a really good job recruiting athletes to the College. Many are coming here to play soccer.”

Student-athletes playing for the Mustangs come from countries including Germany, France, Albania and Sudan, to name a few.

“The team is super diverse. International players, local players from local high schools, transfer students,” said Dunbar. “We encompass different ‘How Do You Montcos,’ who have come together to form a team.”

The diversity of the team has only been a strength, said Haney.

Haney, 65, first joined the college in 2009 as coach of the women’s soccer team.

In addition to playing the game all his life, he has coached both men’s and women’s soccer for 48 years, as well as the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association’s Olympic Development Program for nearly 20 years.

Several of his players have been recruited by NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III schools.

To read more about the Mustang Men’s Soccer team’s achievements visit Montgomery County Community College’s website.

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