UMBC men’s soccer unveils 8-member signing class featuring 5 Maryland natives

BALTIMORE – UMBC men’s soccer head coach Anthony Adams has announced the Retrievers’ incoming class that will join the program in the fall of 2023.

Six of the eight newcomers have local ties and the other two come with international experience.

“This class is a great example of UMBC Soccer full of high character, talented, selfless student- athletes,” said Adams “It addresses many of our needs and I’m looking forward to seeing them integrate and compete with the current guys. I’d also like to recognize Assistant Coaches Brian Rowland and Pete Caringi for their hard work recruiting this group of quality young men.”

Name	Class	Position	Ht./Wt.	Hometown/Recent School
Ryan Calheira	Freshman	Striker	6-1/210	Towson, Md./Concordia Prep
Dominic Dubon	Freshman	Midfield	5-8/150	Baltimore, Md./Sparrows Point
Loc San	Senior	For./Mid.	6-1/175	Mechanicsburg, Pa./Loyola- Md.
Kofi Amoah	Junior	Striker	5-5/150	Clarksburg, Md./Mt. St. Mary’s
Emigdio Lopez	Sophomore	Goalkeeper	5-11/180	Elche, Spain/ /Governors St.
Giuseppe Indelicato	Senior	Defender	6-0/155	Favara, Italy
Ty Stroud	Junior	Midfield	5-10/170	Elkton, Md./Mt. St. Joseph/Temple
Jojo Ocran	Sophomore	Defender	6-1/175	Columbia, Md./Howard CC

Meet the New Retrievers

Ryan Calheira

Earned The Baltimore Sun 2021 and 2022 Second Team All-Metro honors
A four-year All MIAA All-Conference honoree and earned 2022 First Team All-State accolades
Led the Saints to the playoffs in their first season in the A Conference
The Student Government Association President and a member of The National Honor Society
Played club soccer for BRAUSA
Considering a biochemistry/molecular biology major and is interested in a career in pediatric oncology
Brother, Taylor, is a rising senior on the 2023 Retriever squad and also has a younger sister, Gabrella
Will become a part of the 11th brother combination in UMBC men’s soccer history

Dominic Dubon

A United Soccer Coaches’ Youth All American in 2022
Earned First Team All-State, All-Region and All-County honors as a senior at Sparrows Point
A Second Team All-Metro selection by The Baltimore Sun in 2022
Finished youth career with Baltimore Armour MLS NEXT
Won the ECNL national title with Pipeline in the summer of 2022
An Honor Roll student at SPHS

Loc San

A transfer from Loyola-Maryland, where he played in 42 games and made nine starts in three seasons
One of seven players to appear in all 20 games during Loyola’s run to a fall 2021 Patriot League Championship
A two-time spring 2021 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week (March 30 and April 12)
The Patriot League Rookie of the Week on April 12, 2021
Spent three seasons with Baltimore Armour in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy
The top scorer for the U17 squad in 2017, totaling 10 goals on the year and served as captain for the U19 team
Considering a major of economics at UMBC

Kofi Amoah

A transfer from Mount St. Mary’s, where he played in 23 games and made 13 starts in two seasons
Started 13 of 14 games for the 2022 Mountaineers
Appeared in nine contests as a first-year player in 2021, totaling 196 minutes of playing time
Played youth soccer Bethesda MLS NEXT
Considering a major in business technology administration at UMBC

Emigdio Lopez

A transfer from Governors (Univ. Park, Ill.) State, where he started all 18 games in 2022
Posted a 9-4-5 record with a 1.06 goals against average for the Jaguars
Earned Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team honors
Recorded six shutouts, including three straight in early October
Considering a major in economics

Giuseppe Indelicato

Scored the lone goal in the 88′ in a 1-0 victory over Città di Sant’Agata-LICATA in July 2021
Part of a Troina squad which earned a third-place finish in Serie D during his first year in Italy’s fourth series
Pursuing UMBC’s program in Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Leadership
Lists favorite professional side as AC Milan
Has also been a competitor in volleyball

Ty Stroud

A transfer from Temple, where he played in 16 games and made three starts in 2021 and 2022
The 2020-21 Gatorade Maryland Boys Soccer Player of the Year
Part of a Gaels’ squad which captured the 2020 Baltimore Catholic League Championship and earned All-Baltimore Catholic League honors
Awarded MIAA-A All-Conference, Second-team All-Metro (The Baltimore Sun), and Maryland All-State honorable mention in 2019
Scored 24 goals and added 33 assists in his tenure at Mount St. Joseph
Played youth soccer for Baltimore Celtic

Jojo Ocran

Selected to the All-Star team of the 2023 National Academy Tournament as a member of the Baltimore Armour/MLS NEXT side
A National Honor Society nominee at Oakland Mills
Considering a major in information systems
Son of Andrew Johnson and Kojo Ocran; Kojo played collegiately at Liberty University