The 2026–27 roster
Rosters are current as of October 9, 2026 and are updated by Athletic Communications after each roster change. (C) marks a team captain. Hometowns are in Wesconsin unless marked †. Majors are the student’s declared program of record in MyPorter, which, for first-years, is subject to change and frequently does. International students are listed by home country.
| No. | Name | Pos. | Yr. | Ht. | Hometown | Major |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | DeAndre Brooks | GK | Fy. | 6-4 | Millbrook Corners | Business Administration |
| 1 | Sindre Haugstad (C) | GK | Sr. | 6-3 | Norway | Mechanical Engineering |
| 3 | Bryce Lange | D | Sr. | 5-10 | Cedar Bluff | Aviation Management |
| 4 | Quinn Dobberstein | MF | Sr. | 5-11 | Copper Ferry | Marketing & Digital Communication |
| 6 | Callum Pritchard | MF | Sr. | 5-9 | England | Finance |
| 7 | Rafael Navarro | MF | Fy. | 5-8 | Cedar Bluff | Mechanical Engineering |
| 8 | Ian Heller | F | So. | 5-11 | Norvik | Plastics Engineering |
| 9 | Beau Lukasik | D | Jr. | 5-11 | Sorrel Lake † | Construction Management |
| 10 | Drew Gerber | D | Fy. | 6-1 | Norvik | Supply Chain Management |
| 12 | Brady Haag | D | Fy. | 5-10 | Lake City | Culinary Arts |
| 14 | Malik Simmons | MF | Jr. | 5-7 | Ashgrove | Aviation Management |
| 15 | Oliver Norby | F | Jr. | 5-10 | Fallon Bluffs | Communication Studies |
| 16 | Gunnar Kiefer | D | Fy. | 5-10 | Elk Prairie | Graphic Design |
| 17 | Casey Karlsen | MF | Fy. | 6-0 | Kettle Grove † | Supply Chain Management |
| 18 | Malik Haywood | F | So. | 5-9 | Porter Falls | Data Science |
| 19 | Henrik Bjork | F | Jr. | 5-11 | Cedar Bluff | Special Education |
| 21 | Emeka Adebayo (C) | D | Jr. | 6-1 | Nigeria | Supply Chain Management |
| 22 | Kwabena Owusu-Ansah | F | So. | 5-10 | Ghana | Computer Science |
| 23 | Thiago Bastos | F | So. | 5-8 | Brazil | Packaging Technology |
| 24 | Myles Pettaway | D | So. | 5-10 | Redgranite | Entrepreneurship |
| 25 | Jake Donnelly | MF | So. | 5-10 | Ashgrove | Applied Mathematics |
| 26 | Jonas Brettschneider | MF | Jr. | 5-11 | Germany | Manufacturing Engineering |
| 27 | Isaac Ellison | D | So. | 5-11 | Millbrook Corners | Data Science |
| 28 | Diego Arreola | MF | Fy. | 5-8 | Mexico | Supply Chain Management |
| 29 | Casey Janke | MF | Fy. | 5-9 | Millbrook Corners | Business Administration |
| 31 | Derek Biermann | GK | Sr. | 6-4 | Ashgrove | Computer Science |
Coaching and support staff
Coaches’ offices are on the second floor of Ironclad Fieldhouse. Prospective student-athletes should email the head coach directly; there is no central recruiting office. Full contact details are in the athletics staff directory.
| Name | Role | At Porter |
|---|---|---|
| Tomas Erlandsen | Head coach | 7th season |
| Ruben Salgado | Assistant coach | 5th season |
| Nils Aarestad | Goalkeeper coach (part time) | 4th season |
| Jordan Pelky | Athletic trainer (soccer, cross country and track, baseball) | Sports medicine staff |
| Darnell Ochs | Director of Strength and Conditioning (all programs) | Department staff |
| Simone Achterberg | Academic Advisor in Athletics | Department staff |
Roster notes
- Captains. Junior defender Emeka Adebayo, a supply chain management major and the team’s SAAC representative, and senior goalkeeper Sindre Haugstad, who saved two penalties in last season’s semifinal shootout.
- International. Seven of 26 players are international students, about a quarter of the roster, from Nigeria, Norway, Germany, Ghana, England, Brazil and Mexico. International student services handles their visas; the coaches handle the first Wesconsin November.
- Classes. Five seniors, six juniors, seven sophomores and eight first-years. Team GPA last spring was 3.29.
- Through October 8. 5–2–2 (3–1–1 WCAC), including a 2–1 win at Granite Ridge on the same afternoon the women came back from two down there.
- Service. Every player coaches at least one Saturday a month in the Porter Falls youth league the program has partnered with since 2017.
Following the team
The remaining conference matches and the November 3 tournament quarterfinal are on the fall 2026 schedule. The Millrace Week match against Chippewa Valley State is Sunday, October 18 at 3:30 p.m. at Millwright Stadium, after the women’s game. Students get in free with a Porter Card (tickets).
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every athlete on this men’s soccer roster is invented — names, numbers, hometowns, heights, class years and majors — as are the coaches and staff; no real student-athlete is listed or described, and the roster belongs to no real team.