Not even the assistant coach is safe.

John Scott, the Binghamton men’s soccer team’s assistant coach, was injured in preparation for the Bearcats’ 2-1 victory over Maine Saturday, breaking two bones in his lower leg.

“I’ve never had a team this banged up, ever,” head coach Paul Marco said.

Scott is just one name on a very long list of injuries for Binghamton this season. Junior Ryan Bertoni, who started the year at goalie but was moved out in order to compensate for other injuries on the field, is done for the season with a facial fracture.

Also finished for 2006 is sophomore midfielder Cody Germain, who, after missing the team’s trip to Florida earlier in the season due to sickness, will now be sidelined with an injury to his MCL.

Out indefinitely is senior midfielder Kyle Antos, who has a strain to his lower extremity. Currently listed as day-to-day, Antos could be back as soon as next week, or could miss the rest of the season.

Freshmen Mike Garcia, a back, and David Grad, a goalkeeper, are also out indefinitely, both with injuries that are to be evaluated.

“We don’t know the extent of their injury, but we do think they’re extended,” Marco said.

The injuries do open spots for new players to emerge. Junior midfielder Pablo Trillo will return tentatively on Oct. 1 after being injured at the start of the season, and freshman midfielder Tom O’Neill has also started practicing with the team after coming over from Australia and rehabbing an injury of his own. Marco is not yet sure whether he will redshirt O’Neill, considering how deep into the season the team is.

When the Bearcats began this season they knew they would have to deal with the immense turnover of their star senior class of 2005, which featured Danilo, Graham Munro and Darius Ravangard, but injuries to many of their top players this season have forced them to further adjust. And the team, much to the credit of Marco, his staff and his players, has done just that.

“Our team responds to adversity,” Marco said. “Whoever can play on the day, that’s who’s expected to get it done, so it’s a good environment to work in. The guys don’t really look behind us and see what we’ve lost; they’re looking forward to seeing what we’re going to get.”