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Kyle Zenoni played for the Milwaukee men’s soccer team from 2002 through 2005, leading the team to one of its most successful four-year runs in program history. The Panthers went 63-17-10 overall – a .756 winning percentage – including a sparkling 23-3-2 (.857) mark in Horizon League play that resulted in three regular-season titles and one runner-up finish.
More impressively, Zenoni not only helped lead the squad to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in his time, but in each campaign the Panthers also advanced to the second round of the postseason.
A team captain as a senior, he appeared in 83 career games (seventh all-time), making 59 starts. He tallied 28 points from his spot in the midfield, scoring 10 goals while adding eight assists on 71 career shots. Memorable moments included netting the game-winner to give Milwaukee the Chancellor’s Cup against Green Bay in 2003, the second year in a row he had the winner against the Phoenix. Also, his game-winning goal against Oakland in the first round in the 2002 postseason gave the UWM soccer program a 2-1 win – its first-ever victory in the NCAA Tournament.
Following his UWM career, Zenoni was selected by the Chicago Storm in the second round of the MISL Draft and played professionally overseas before beginning his coaching career. First hired as an assistant at his alma mater in 2010, which, after a season at Green Bay in 2011, resumed with his return to the Panthers in 2012. He was promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2015 campaign.
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