UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer
Founded	1966
University	University of California, Santa Barbara
Athletic director	John McCutcheon
Head coach	Tim Vom Steeg (20th season)
Conference	Big West North Division
Location	Santa Barbara, CA
Stadium	Harder Stadium (Capacity: 17,000)
Nickname	Gauchos
Colors	Blue and Gold[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament championships
2006
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2004
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2004, 2006
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2004, 2006
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015
NCAA Tournament appearances
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
Conference Tournament championships
2010
Conference Regular Season championships
2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team is a NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of student-athletes attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Gauchos play their home matches at Harder Stadium. Like most of the other UC Santa Barbara Gauchos athletic teams, the men's soccer team competes in the Big West Conference.

The Gauchos won the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The program has produced a total of 19 All-American selections, all but one of which since 2002, and over 50 players who have gone on to play professionally or represent their senior national teams.^[2]

From 2007 to 2015, the Gauchos were recognized every year by the NCAA as the men's attendance champions by average attendance (men's and women's inclusive across Division I, II, and III) – the longest such recorded streak in the NCAA record books.^[3] The program holds the top six all-time NCAA soccer records for largest regular season attendances at on-campus venues (men's and women's inclusive across Division I, II, and III).^[4][5] This is highlighted by the top all-time mark of 15,896 fans packed into Harder Stadium on September 24, 2010, when UC Santa Barbara hosted UCLA for their regular season match, despite the Santa Barbara County Fire Marshal turning fans away at the gates for fear of filling the stadium over capacity.^[6][7][8]

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 Humble beginnings
    
  
  
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    1.2 Vom Steeg era
    
    
    
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      1.2.1 2004 NCAA Championships
      
    
    
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      1.2.2 2006 NCAA Championships
      
    
    
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      1.2.3 Post-championship to present
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Players
  
  
  
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    2.1 Current squad
    
  
  
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    2.2 Notable former players
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Coaching staff
  
  
  
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    3.1 Current technical staff
    
  
  
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    3.2 Head coaches
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 UCSB seasons (since 2001)
  


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  5 The Blue-Green Rivalry
  


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  6 Postseason
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

History

Humble beginnings

UC Santa Barbara fielded its first men's soccer team in 1966, but they didn't compete in the Big West Conference until 1983.^[9] The Gauchos had mixed success, with good seasons (1983, 1988) alongside bad seasons (1991, 1992), but never found prolonged stretches of success or failure.^[10]

The Big West Conference stopped sponsoring men's soccer after the 1991 season, but re-instituted it prior to the 2001 season.^[9] During this period, UCSB competed in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The return of soccer to the Big West Conference marked the rough beginning of the Gauchos' greatest success to date.^[9]

Vom Steeg era

In January 1999, UC Santa Barbara's athletic director, Gary Cunningham, was successfully able to hire former UCSB and professional soccer player, Tim Vom Steeg, away from Santa Barbara City College to lead the Gauchos' program.^[11][12] The Gauchos won the 2001 Big West Conference championship for the first time in their history, but missed out on a trip to the NCAA Tournament since the Big West Conference was ineligible for an automatic bid.^[13] UC Santa Barbara have won eight Big West regular season championships (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014) and have won the Big West tournament in 2010.^[10]

2004 NCAA Championships

The Gauchos burst on to the national scene in 2004 during their run at the 2004 NCAA Championship. The showing in this tournament established UC Santa Barbara as a force in college soccer, with UCSB marching all the way to the finals before losing out on penalties to Indiana.

2006 NCAA Championships

Main article: 2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team

2006 White House visit with George W. Bush.

The crowning achievement of the men's soccer program took place in 2006, where UCSB won the NCAA Division I Championship in a 2-1 decision over UCLA. It marked the program's first championship and only the university's second athletics championship (1979 Men's Water Polo).

At one point during the season, UCSB's record stood at 7-6 with dim prospects for postseason glory. However, a 5-1 stretch to close out the regular season raised morale. The Gauchos made the NCAA Tournament as an unseeded team. During their championship run, the unseeded Gauchos defeated San Diego State at home, then #1 ranked/#3 seeded SMU followed by Old Dominion on the road, and finally Northwestern before an NCAA season high 8,784 people at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara. This propelled the Gauchos into the Final Four and earned them a trip to the College Cup held at Hermann Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.

UCSB needed extra time to defeat #2 seed Wake Forest 0-0 (4-3 on penalties) in their first match of the College Cup. The final was a matchup between Southern California teams as UCLA advanced on a 4-0 win over Virginia. The #8 ranked/#8 seeded Bruins served as the final team to fall to the Gauchos by a score of 2-1 to complete UCSB's magical season.

Post-championship to present

At the end of UCSB's 2-1 loss to UC Davis in overtime, UCSB coach Tim Vom Steeg was aggressively^{[according to whom?]} yelling at the referees for what he believed was a missed foul call preceding the UC Davis golden goal. During the chaos, UCSB senior Peter McGlynn ran toward the match referee, Reed Christy, and pushed him to the ground despite Vom Steeg's attempts to block McGlynn. McGlynn was detained by campus police and later released.^[14][15] As a result of the incident, the UCSB Athletics Department, in collaboration with the Big West Conference, removed McGlynn from the team with two games remaining in his senior year, suspended head coach Tim Vom Steeg for the following game, and chose to forgo postseason play for 2012.^[16] McGlynn later apologized with a statement on his Twitter account and pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor and served community service as a result.^[17]

Players

Current squad

As of October 2, 2018^[18]

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

No. Position Player 0 GK Alan Carrillo 1 GK Ricky Montoy 3 DF Hunter Ashworth 4 DF Adrian Adames 5 DF Faouzi Taieb 6 DF Jan Ilskens 7 FW Noah Billingsley 9 FW Rodney Michael 10 MF Joseph Ammer 11 FW Sahid Conteh 12 DF Carson Vom Steeg 13 MF Diran Bebekian 14 DF Mateo Restrepo 15 DF Giovanny Acosta 16 DF William Gillingham 17 FW Derek Kryzda

No. Position Player 18 DF Ryan Johnson 19 DF Rhys Pak 20 DF Frazer Poulter 23 DF Kavian Kashani 24 FW Kaya Fabbretti 25 DF Omari Fontes 27 FW Carter Clemmensen 28 FW Oscar Ferreira 29 GK Ben Roach 30 MF Sam Fletcher 31 FW Migel Gomez 32 MF Zade Ghani 77 FW Ignacio Tellechea 85 FW Thibault Candia 100 MF Axel Mendez

Notable former players

Further information: UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer professionals

Players noted below, with years at UCSB in parentheses, have represented their senior national team or played professionally.

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  Geoffrey Acheampong (2015)


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  Jaime Ambriz (1999–2001)


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  Matt Arya (1993–1994)


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  Memo Arzate (2002–2003)


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  Eric Avila (2005–2007)


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  Fifi Baiden (2010–2013)


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  Danny Barrera (2008–2010)


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  Lamar Batista (2016)


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  Iván Becerra (2004–2005)


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  Noah Billingsley (2016–present)


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  Ema Boateng (2012)


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  Michael Boxall (2007–2010)


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  Nate Boyden (2001–2005)


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  Bryan Byrne (2003–2006)


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  Achille Campion (2012–2013)


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  Joe Cannon (1993)


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  Javier Castro (2012–2013)


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  Nick DePuy (2013–2016)


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  Bryan Dominguez (2008)


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  Paul Ehmann (2013–2014)


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  Rob Friend (2001–2002)


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  Ryo Fujii (2014)


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  Sam Garza (2010–2011)


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  Andy Iro (2004–2007)


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  Ismaila Jome (2013–2015)


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  Neil Jones (2001–2004)


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  Alan Keely (2002)


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  Dan Kennedy (2001–2004)


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  Ryan Kenny (2005)


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  James Kiffe (2009–2011)


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  Seo-In Kim (2015–2017)


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  Tony Lochhead (2001–2004)


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  Thiago Martins (1999–2000)


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  Drew McAthy (2001–2004)


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  David McGill (2002–2003)


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  Peter McGlynn (2008–2012)


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  Reed McKenna (2013–2014)


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  Bryan Monka (1999–2000)


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  Alfonso Motagalvan (2005–2008)


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  Michael Nonni (2009–2011)


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  Tino Nuñez (2004–2007)


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  Ciaran O'Brien (2007)


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  David Opoku (2010–2011)


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  Nick Perera (2005–2008)


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  Charley Pettys (2009)


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  Chris Pontius (2005–2008)


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  Christian Ramirez (2009–2010)


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  Mateo Restrepo (2016–present)


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  Eric Reyes (2010)


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  Kyle Reynish (2002–2006)


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  Ralph Robertson (1993–1995)


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  Tyler Rosenlund (2004–2006)


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  Luis Silva (2008–2011)


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  Michael Tetteh (2008–2010)


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  Justin Vom Steeg (2015)


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  Tim Vom Steeg (1985–1988)

Coaching staff

Current technical staff

As of September 5, 2018^[18]

Position	Name
Head coach	Tim Vom Steeg
Associate head coach	Greg Wilson
Assistant coach	Greg Curry
Goalkeeping coach	David Elias

Head coaches

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Win%	Honours
Zolton von Smogyi	-	1966	1971	59	32	21	6			54.24
Sandy Guess	-	1972	1973	25	9	13	3			36.00
Sandy Guess/Ken Reeves	-	1974	1974	15	5	6	4			33.34
Alan Meeder		1975	1978	73	42	26	5			57.53
John Purcell	-	1979	1980	37	15	17	5			40.54
Andy Kuenzli	-	1981	1989	180	95	64	21			52.78
Cliff Draeger	-	1990	1991	37	15	20	2			40.54
Mark Arya		1992	1998	130	40	84	6			30.77
Tim Vom Steeg		1999	Present	216	140	56	20			64.81

UCSB seasons (since 2001)

Further information: List of UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer seasons

Season	Conference Record						Conference Tourn. Pos.	Overall Record					Honors	Top points[19]		Top scorer[20]
	Conference	Pld.	W	L	D	Pos.		Pld.	W	L	D	Natl. Rank
2001	Big West	10	7	2	1	1st		19	11	5	3		Big West Champion	Rob Friend	27	Rob Friend	11
2002	Big West	10	9	0	1	1st		22	18	3	1		Big West Champion, NCAA 2nd Round	Rob Friend	44	Rob Friend	20
2003	Big West	10	7	3	0	2nd		22	16	5	1		NCAA 3rd Round	Drew McAthy Neil Jones Memo Arzate	30	Drew McAthy	14
2004	Big West	10	8	2	0	1st		25	21	3	1		Big West Champion, NCAA Finalists	Drew McAthy	43	Drew McAthy	18
2005	Big West	10	7	1	2	2nd		21	13	5	3	23[21]	NCAA 2nd Round	Ivan Becerra	26	Ivan Becerra	12
2006	Big West	10	7	3	0	1st		25	17	7	1	1[22]	Big West Champion, NCAA Champion	Eric Avila	21	Eric Avila	8
2007	Big West	12	9	1	2	1st		21	13	4	4	8[23]	Big West Champion, NCAA 3rd Round	Ciaran O'Brien	25	Chris Pontius	11
Beginning with the 2008 season, the Big West Conference instituted a conference tournament to determine the winner of the NCAA automatic bid instead of awarding it to the regular season winner.
2008	Big West	10	5	2	3	2nd	Finals	22	10	7	5	22[24]	NCAA 2nd Round	Chris Pontius	32	Chris Pontius	14
2009	Big West	10	8	1	1	1st	Finals	24	17	5	2	10[25]	Big West Champion, NCAA 3rd Round	David Walker	24	David Walker	10
2010	Big West	10	7	2	1	2nd	Champion	22	14	5	3	19[26]	NCAA 2nd Round	Sam Garza	24	Sam Garza	9
2011	Big West	10	6	4	0	2nd	Finals	23	15	7	1	12[27]	NCAA 3rd Round	Luis Silva	44	Luis Silva	17
Beginning with the 2012 season, the Big West Conference instituted two divisions within regular season play, moving away from a single table format. UCSB's conference position will now be represented as the standing in the "North Division".
2012	Big West	10	4	5	1	4th		19	10	6	3			Nic Ryan	19	Nic Ryan	8
2013	Big West	10	7	0	3	1st	Semifinals	21	12	6	3	20[28]	Big West Champion, NCAA 2nd Round	Goffin Boyoko	19	Goffin Boyoko	8
2014	Big West	10	6	2	2	1st	Semifinals	20	10	7	3		Big West Champion	Nick DePuy	21	Nick DePuy	10
2015	Big West	10	7	2	1	1st	Finals	23	14	7	2	15[29]	Big West Champion, NCAA 3rd round	Nick DePuy	31	Nick DePuy	15
2016	Big West	10	6	1	3	1st	Semifinals	20	10	7	3		Big West Champion	Kevin Feucht	24	Kevin Feucht	11
2017	Big West	10	4	3	3	2nd	First round	19	6	8	5			Rodney Michael	20	Rodney Michael	8

The Blue-Green Rivalry

Main article: Blue–Green Rivalry

Chosen as the #1 "Greatest Rivalry In College Soccer" by CollegeSoccerNews.com, the main rival of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos soccer team is the Cal Poly Mustangs men's soccer team.^[30] The rivalry is a part of the larger Blue–Green Rivalry, which encompasses all sports from the two schools. With both schools located on the Central Coast less than 100 miles apart, attendance has risen dramatically following the Gauchos' 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The crowds of these games are record-setting and are among the highest regular season games in NCAA college soccer history.

Postseason

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 19–11 through twelve appearances.^[31]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2002	First Round Second Round	San Diego California	W 2–0 L 1–2
2003	Second Round Third Round	California St. John's	W 2–0 L 2–3
2004	Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Milwaukee UNC Greensboro VCU Duke Indiana	W 2–1 W 1–0 W 4–1 W 5–0 L 1–2
2005	First Round Second Round	San Diego State CSU Northridge	W 2–0 L 2–3
2006	First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	San Diego State SMU Old Dominion Northwestern Wake Forest UCLA	W 2–1 W 3–1 W 2–1 W 3–2 W 1–0 W 2–1
2007	Second Round Third Round	Washington Ohio State	W 1–0 L 3–4
2008	Second Round	California	L 2–3
2009	First Round Second Round Third Round	Wofford San Diego UCLA	W 1–0 W 1–0 L 1–2
2010	First Round Second Round	Denver California	W 1–0 L 1–2
2011	Second Round Third Round	Providence Creighton	W 3–2 L 1–2
2013	Second Round	Penn State	L 0–1
2015	Second Round Third Round	South Carolina Clemson	W 1–0 L 2–3

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