Gabriel Cabral joins the Charleston coaching staff in July of 2020. The Petropolis Brazil native spent three years playing for the Golden Eagles, before finishing his career at UNC Wilmington in 2019.
The former All-Mountain East midfielder played for the Golden Eagles from 2015-2018. After a redshirt season his freshman year, Cabral and the 2016 Golden Eagles took home the MEC regular season, and tournament championship, an Atlantic Region title, and ended the season as the 2016 NCAA DII Men's Soccer runner-up. Cabral was named to the MEC All-Freshmen Team for the 2016 season.
The following year, the Golden Eagles claimed another MEC regular season title, Atlantic Region Title, and the NCAA DII National Championship, the first in the history of the University.  The following year, as a junior the Golden Eagles won the MEC regular season championship and tournament title. In addition, he was named First Team All-MEC, All-Region First Team and earned D2CCA All-American honors.
Cabral spent time playing for The Villages SC summer club during two seasons (2018-2019) and helped to take home the Southern Conference Championship in 2018. In 2019, the club claimed Southeast Division for The Villages SC.
After graduating from UC, Cabral went to University of North Carolina at Wilmington to pursue his Master’s Degree in International Business Administration while playing his last season. UNWC took home the CAA Regular Season Championship and the senior was awarded First Team All-State, CAA First Team and All-Atlantic Region first team honors.Â
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