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The University of California, Santa Barbara Gauchos soccer team competes at the NCAA Division I level. They are affiliated with the school and, like most teams from UCSB, they play in the Big West Conference. The Big West Conference stopped sponsoring soccer in 1991 but reinstituted it in 2001. Over this period, UCSB competed in a regional conference called the MPSF. Since the return of soccer to the Big West 6 years ago, the Gauchos have won 4 conference championships and have appeared in 5 consecutive NCAA tournaments. In 2006, UCSB won the NCAA Division I Championship in a 2-1 decision over UCLA. It is the program's first championship and only UCSB's second athletics championship. In their championship run, the unseeded Gauchos defeated San Diego State, then the #1 ranked SMU Mustangs on the road, followed by Old Dominion on the road, then Northwestern University before an NCAA season high 8,784 people in Santa Barbara, followed by Wake Forest and then the #8 UCLA Bruins for the title. The Gauchos are also remembered for their run at the 2004 NCAA Division I Championship in which they lost in the finals to Indiana University on penalty kicks. The Gauchos play in Harder Stadium (capacity of 17,000) on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
[edit] Current Squad 2006
As of 2006:
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 1 |
 |
GK |
Kyle Reynish |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Jeff Murphy |
| 3 |
|
MF |
David Walker |
| 4 |
 |
DF |
Andy Iro |
| 5 |
|
MF |
Jon Curry |
| 6 |
|
DF |
Greg Curry |
| 7 |
 |
MF |
Bryan Byrne |
| 8 |
|
FW |
Paul Kierstead |
| 9 |
|
FW |
Tino Nuñez |
| 10 |
 |
MF |
Tyler Rosenlund |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Alfonso Motagalvan |
| 12 |
 |
MF |
Eric Frimpong |
| 13 |
|
MF |
Chris Pontius |
| 14 |
 |
FW |
Nick Perera |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 15 |
|
MF |
Eric Avila |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Evan Patterson |
| 17 |
|
MF |
Brennan Tennelle |
| 18 |
|
DF |
Kyle Kaveny |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Andrew Proctor |
| 20 |
|
FW |
Bongomin Otii |
| 22 |
|
GK |
Bryant Rueckner |
| 23 |
|
FW |
Tony Chinakwe |
| 24 |
|
GK |
Jason Badger |
| 25 |
|
MF |
Jordan Kaplan |
| 28 |
|
MF |
Drew Gleason |
| 29 |
|
MF |
CJ Cintas |
| 30 |
|
FW |
Guillermo Jalomo |
|
[edit] Notable Alumni
[edit] UCSB Records (Since 1983)
| Year |
Conference Record W-L-T |
Conference Standing |
Overall Record W-L-T |
Honors |
| 2006 |
7-3-0 |
1st |
17-7-1 |
Big West Champion, NCAA Champions |
| 2005 |
7-1-2 |
2nd |
13-5-3 |
NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2004 |
8-2-0 |
1st |
21-3-1 |
Big West Champion, NCAA Finals |
| 2003 |
7-3-0 |
2nd |
16-5-1 |
NCAA 3rd Round |
| 2002 |
9-0-1 |
1st |
18-3-1 |
Big West Champion, NCAA 2nd Round |
| 2001 |
7-2-1 |
1st |
11-5-3 |
Big West Champion |
| 2000 |
2-4-1 |
Unknown |
8-10-1 |
None |
| 1999 |
4-3-0 |
Unknown |
13-7-0 |
None |
| 1998 |
0-8-1 |
Unknown |
2-17-1 |
None |
| 1997 |
1-4-0 |
Unknown |
4-14-1 |
None |
| 1996 |
1-4-0 |
Unknown |
4-12-2 |
None |
| 1995 |
4-3-0 |
Unknown |
12-6-1 |
None |
| 1994 |
4-2-1 |
Unknown |
9-10-1 |
None |
| 1993 |
1-6-0 |
Unknown |
6-11-0 |
None |
| 1992 |
0-8-0 |
Unknown |
3-14-0 |
None |
| 1991 |
3-6-1 |
5th |
4-13-2 |
None |
| 1990 |
7-3-0 |
2nd |
11-7-0 |
None |
| 1989 |
6-4-0 |
3rd |
8-9-1 |
None |
| 1988 |
7-3-0 |
3rd |
13-5-0 |
None |
| 1987 |
4-4-2 |
4th |
9-9-4 |
None |
| 1986 |
1-4-0 |
5th |
8-11-3 |
None |
| 1985 |
3-2-1 |
Unknown |
8-12-1 |
None |
| 1984 |
2-1-0 |
3rd, Northern Division |
9-7-4 |
None |
| 1983 |
2-0-1 |
2nd, Southern Division |
13-3-3 |
None |
- Note - 1983: This is the first year UCSB competed in a conference.
- Note - 1994 - 2000: UCSB competed in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for Men's Soccer along with the Western Athletic Conference and the Pacific-10 Conference.
- Note - 2001: The Big West resumed Men's Soccer and UCSB rejoined the conference.
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