California Golden Bears men's soccer

California Golden Bears men's soccer
California Golden Bears men's soccer
2019 California Golden Bears men's soccer team
Founded	1906
University	University of California, Berkeley
Head coach	Kevin Grimes (19th season)
Conference	Pac-12
Location	Berkeley, CA
Stadium	Edwards Stadium ; (Capacity: 22,000)
Nickname	Bears, Cal, UC Berkeley
Colors	White, Navy, and Gold;
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
	1960, 2005, 2013
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
	1960, 1977, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1960, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014
Conference Tournament championships
	Pacific Soccer Conference; 1983 Mountain Pacific; 1996 Pac-12; 2006, 2007, 2010
Conference Regular Season championships
	Pacific Soccer Conference; 1983 Mountain Pacific; 1996 Pac-12; 2006, 2007, 2010

For information on all University of California, Berkeley sports, see California Golden Bears

The California Golden Bears men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California, United States.^[1] The team is a member of the Pac-12 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. California's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1906. The team plays its home games at Edwards Stadium. The Golden Bears are coached by Kevin Grimes.

History[]

The Bears have been in several NCAA conferences over their 110-year history. In 1983, the Bears won the Pacific Soccer Conference. The Bears won the Mountain Pacific Men's Soccer Tournament in 1996. In 2000, the Bears joined the Pac-12 Conference, when men's soccer was enlisted as a varsity sport in the conference. Since then, the Bears have won three Pac-12 titles: 2006, 2007 and 2010.^[2]

The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship 18 times. Their best performances came in 1960, 2005 and 2013, where the Bears reached the quarter-finals of the competition.^[3]

Roster[]

As of May 9, 2021 ^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Chris Gustini
2	DF	USA	J Foe Nuphaus
3	DF	USA	Tate Dolan
4	DF	USA	Ian Lonergan
5	FW	USA	Dylan Penn
6	MF	USA	Jack Singer
7	FW	USA	Arman Samimi
8	MF	USA	Juan Martinez
9	MF	USA	Tommy Williamson
10	FW	USA	Jonathan Estrada
11	MF	USA	Fahmi Ibrahim
12	MF	USA	Lucas Churchill


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	USA	Fernando Andrade
14	MF	USA	Francisco Perez
15	MF	USA	Christian Gomez
16	DF	USA	Christopher Grey
17	FW	USA	Alonzo Del Mundo
18	GK	USA	Matthew Westly
21	DF	SUI	Maximilian Dyckerhoff
22	FW	USA	Nate Carrasco
23	DF	USA	Togo Nakamura
24	GK	USA	Colin Travasos
26	FW	USA	Adrian Guzman
27	MF	USA	Evan Davila

Head coaching record[]

Years	Coach	Games	W	L	T	Pct.
1906–1911	Records not kept
1912–1913	C.Y. Williamson	6	0	5	1	.083
1914–1915	G. DeGamendia	11	5	4	2	.546
1916	Carl Shafor	9	5	4	0	.556
1917	F.W. Cozens	4	3	1	0	.750
1920–1924	John Mathews	9	4	4	1	.500
1925–1931	Carl Zamloch	58	34	17	7	.647
1932	Reginald Downing	9	1	6	2	.222
1933–1951	Julius Schroeder	194	131	34	29	.750
1952–1980	Bob DiGrazia	374	202	133	39	.592
1981–1989	Bill Coupe	185	113	59	13	.646
1990–1992	Dave Chaplik	60	23	32	5	.425
1993–1999	Mark Mallon	135	62	60	13	.507
2000–	Kevin Grimes	241	131	80	30	.609

NCAA Tournament results[]

The Bears have made 19 NCAA Tournament appearances

Year	Record	Seed	Region	Round	Opponent	Results
1960	6–2	N/A	St. Louis	Quarter-final	Saint Louis	L 0–2
1977	11–5–3	N/A	San Francisco	Second Round	UCLA	L 1–3
1981	13–5–1	N/A	Berkeley	First Round	San Diego State	L 0–4
1983	17–3	N/A	Las Vegas	First Round	UNLV	L 1–3 (OT)
1985	16–4–1	N/A	Los Angeles	First Round	UCLA	L 1–3
1986	15–4–2	N/A	St. Louis	First Round	Saint Louis	L 0–2
1996	12–6–2	N/A	Seattle	First Round	Fresno State	L 1–2
2001	10–8–1	N/A	Stanford	First Round	Santa Clara	L 0–1 (3OT)
2002	13–5–2	N/A	Los Angeles	Second Round Third Round	UC Santa Barbara UCLA	W 2–1 L 1–2
2003	10–8–2	N/A	New York	First Round Second Round	San Jose State UC Santa Barbara	W 2–0 L 0–2
2004	12–3–3	N/A	Indianapolis	First Round Second Round	Santa Clara No. 7 SMU	W 2–1 (OT) L 0–1
2005	13–3–2	No. 7	Albuquerque	Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals	Santa Clara Wake Forest No. 2 New Mexico	T 0–0 (PK) W 3–2 (2OT) L 0–1
2006	12–5–1	No. 13	Charlottesville	Second Round Third Round	New Mexico No. 4 Virginia	W 3–1 L 1–2
2007	11–5–2	N/A	Providence	First Round Second Round	UC Davis No. 11 Virginia Tech	W 2–1 (OT) L 2–3
2008	11–5–2	N/A	College Park	First Round Second Round Third Round	San Francisco No. 15 UC Santa Barbara No. 2 Maryland	W 3–0 W 3–2 (2OT) L 1–2
2010	12–2–3	No. 6	Akron	Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals	Santa Barbara Brown No. 3 Akron	W 2–1 (OT) W 2–0 T 3–3 (PK)
2013	12–4–2	No. 4	Berkeley	Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals	Bradley Coastal Carolina No. 5 Maryland	W 3–1 W 1–0 W 1–0 L 1–2
2014	12–4–2	No. 15	Los Angeles	Second Round Third Round	SIU Edwardsville No. 2 UCLA	W 1–0 L 2–3
2017	11–7–0	N/A	Berkeley	First Round	San Francisco	L 1–2

Honors[]

California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference (5): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (1): 1996
Pac-12 Conference (3): 2006, 2007, 2010
Pacific Soccer Conference (1): 1983

Notable players[]

Steve Birnbaum, 2011 and 2013 All-Pac-12 first team, 2011 Jewish Sports Review first-team All-American, National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) 2013 First Team All-American, and NSCAA 2013 First Team All-Far-West Team.^[5]^[6]
Calen Carr
Stefan Frei
Sam Junqua
Nick Lima

References[]

^ "California Men's Soccer". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
^ "Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. December 31, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
^ "NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. pp. 2–55.
^ 2020-21 Men's Soccer Roster on Cal website
^ "Steven Birnbaum | D.C. United". dcunited.com.
^ "Steven Birnbaum". MLSsoccer.com.

External links[]

Official website

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[msoc-1] "California Men's Soccer". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.

[2] "Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. December 31, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2017.

[3] "NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. pp. 2–55.

[4] 2020-21 Men's Soccer Roster on Cal website

[auto5-5] "Steven Birnbaum | D.C. United". dcunited.com.

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