UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Men's Soccer

2015 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team

University

University of California, Santa Barbara

Conference

Big West
Division North

Location

Santa Barbara, California

Head Coach

Tim Vom Steeg (17th year)

Stadium

Harder Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)

Nickname

Gauchos

Colors

Pacific blue and Gaucho gold and Navy blue

Home

Away

NCAA Tournament Champions

2006

NCAA Tournament Runner Up

2004

NCAA Tournament College Cup

2004, 2006

NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal

2004, 2006

NCAA Tournament Round of 16

2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011

NCAA Tournament Appearances

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team is an amateur, NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of student-athletes attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. The team is most famous for winning the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Like most of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos athletic teams, the men's soccer team competes in the Big West Conference.

The Gauchos play their home matches at Harder Stadium on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara. The program currently holds the top six NCAA Soccer (men's and women's) records for largest regular season attendances at on-campus venues, highlighted by the top mark of 15,896 fans packed into Harder Stadium when UC Santa Barbara hosted UCLA on November 9, 2010. The Gauchos have led all of NCAA Division I in average soccer attendance every year since 2007.^[1]

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.^[2] The Gauchos had mixed success, with good seasons (1983, 1988) alongside bad seasons (1991, 1992), but never found prolonged stretches of success or failure.^[3]

The Big West Conference stopped sponsoring men's soccer after the 1991 season, but re-instituted it prior to the 2001 season.^[2] During this period, UCSB competed in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The return of soccer to the Big West Conference marked the beginning of the Gauchos' greatest success, starting from the very first season.^[2] 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.^[4] 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.^[3]

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 penalites to Indiana.

2006 NCAA Championships

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 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.^[5]^[6] 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.^[7] McGlynn later apologized with a statement on his Twitter account and pled guilty to the misdemeanor and served community service as a result.^[8]

Players

Current squad

As of August 20, 2015^[9]

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	Kevin Armstrong
1	GK	Brandon Berke
2	DF	Jeff Quezada
3	DF	Randy Mendoza
4	DF	Fuad Adeniyi
5	MF	Adam Carn-Saferstein
6	FW	Nick DePuy
7	MF	Drew Murphy
8	DF	Duncan Backus
9	FW	Ahinga Selemani
10	MF	Josue España
11	FW	Geoffrey Acheampong
12	DF	John Rehl
13	DF	Brandon Brockway
14	MF	Seo-In Kim

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Ismaila Jome
16	MF	Kevin Feucht
17	MF	Andy Perez
18	MF	Kosti Moni
19	MF	Christian Rodriguez
20	FW	Armand Bagramyan
21	FW	Alex Liua
22	GK	Justin Vom Steeg
23	DF	Sam Strong
24	GK	Josh McNeely
25	DF	Dugan Zier
26	FW	Jonah Adomakoh
27	FW	Cody Gibson
28	MF	Evan Schwartz

Notable former players

For more details on this topic, see UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer professionals.

Players noted below, with years at UCSB in parentheses, have gone on to play professionally. The players in bold have senior international caps.

Jaime Ambriz (1999–2001)
Rony Argueta (2009–2013)
Memo Arzate (2002–2003)
Eric Avila (2005–2007)
Fifi Baiden (2010–2013)
Danny Barrera (2008–2010)
Iván Becerra (2004–2005)
Ema Boateng (2012)
Michael Boxall (2007–2010)
Nate Boyden (2001–2005)
Bryan Byrne (2003–2006)
Achille Campion (2012–2013)
Joe Cannon (1993)
Javier Castro (2012–2013)
Bryan Dominguez (2008)

Paul Ehmann (2013–2014)
Rob Friend (2001–2002)
Ryo Fujii (2014)
Sam Garza (2010–2011)
Andy Iro (2004–2007)
Neil Jones (2001–2004)
Alan Keely (2002)
Dan Kennedy (2001–2004)
Ryan Kenny (2005)
James Kiffe (2009–2011)
Tony Lochhead (2001–2004)
Thiago Martins (1999–2000)
Drew McAthy (2001–2004)
David McGill (2002–2003)
Reed McKenna (2013–2014)

Alfonso Motagalvan (2005–2008)
Michael Nonni (2009–2011)
Tino Nuñez (2004–2007)
Ciaran O'Brien (2007)
David Opoku (2010–2011)
Nick Perera (2005–2008)
Charley Pettys (2009)
Chris Pontius (2005–2008)
Christian Ramirez (2009–2010)
Eric Reyes (2010)
Kyle Reynish (2002–2006)
Tyler Rosenlund (2004–2006)
Luis Silva (2008–2011)
Michael Tetteh (2008–2010)

Coaching staff

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Tim Vom Steeg
Associate head coach	Greg Wilson
Assistant coach	Greg Curry
Assistant coach	Fifi Baiden
Assistant coach	Ciaran O'Brien
Volunteer goalkeeper coach	Paul Hart
Community outreach coordinator	Kayla Grosset

Head coaches

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	L	D	Win%
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)

For more details on this topic, see List of UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer seasons.

Season	Conference Record						Conference Tourn. Pos.	Overall Record					Honours	Top points^[10]		Top scorer^[11]
Season	Conference	Pld.	W	L	D	Pos.	Conference Tourn. Pos.	Pld.	W	L	D	Natl. Rank	Honours	Top points^[10]		Top scorer^[11]
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^[12]	NCAA 2nd Round	Ivan Becerra	26	Ivan Becerra	12
2006	Big West	10	7	3	0	1st		25	17	7	1	1^[13]	Big West Champion, NCAA Champion	Eric Avila	21	Eric Avila	8
2007	Big West	12	9	1	2	1st		21	13	4	4	8^[14]	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^[15]	NCAA 2nd Round	Chris Pontius	32	Chris Pontius	14
2009	Big West	10	8	1	1	1st	Finals	24	17	5	2	10^[16]	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^[17]	NCAA 2nd round	Sam Garza	24	Sam Garza	9
2011	Big West	10	6	4	0	2nd	Finals	23	15	7	1	12^[18]	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^[19]	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

The Blue-Green Rivalry

Chosen as the #1 College Soccer Rivalry in the nation by collegesoccernews.com,^[20] the rivalry between Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara has always existed, but this rivalry has escalated in recent years. The two schools are both located on the Central Coast in California just a mere 100 miles away from each other. The two teams play at least twice a year in Big West Conference play, each with one home game. When these two teams meet attendance skyrockets, setting records on the year for the most fans attending a regular season game. In 2008, Cal Poly hosted a sellout crowd of 11,075 fans that watched UCSB squeak by in double overtime with a 1-0 win.^[21] This was the 4th highest attendance for a regular season game in NCAA history at the time, the second highest attendance for a regular season game at a college stadium, and the largest attendance for a regular season game in over 21 years. Each Cal Poly sellout has ranked as the largest soldout college soccer game ever. UCSB came up just short in a game vs UCLA in 2010 with 15,896 fans in the 17,000 seat stadium.^[22]

Cal Poly vs. UCSB Game Results

Cal Poly victories are shaded ██ green. UCSB victories shaded in ██ blue. Ties shaded white. Sellouts are in Bold

Date	Site	Winning team		Losing team		Series	Attendance
September 3, 1994	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	2	UCSB	0	CP 1–0–0
September 25, 1994	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	4	Cal Poly	2	Tied 1–1–0
November 3, 1995	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	4	UCSB	1	CP 2–1–0
October 18, 1996	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	1	Tied 2–2–0
November 15, 1996	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	2	UCSB	1	CP 3–2–0
September 21, 1997	San Diego, CA	Cal Poly	2	UCSB	1	CP 4–2–0
October 18, 1997	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	3	UCSB	2	CP 5–2–0
November 13, 1998	Santa Barbara, CA	Cal Poly	4	UCSB	2	CP 6–2–0
September 1, 1999	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	CP 6–3–0
November 13, 1999	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	4	Cal Poly	2	CP 6–4–0
November 7, 2000	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	3	UCSB	0	CP 7–4–0	206
October 19, 2001	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	3	Cal Poly	1	CP 7–5–0	318
November 9, 2001	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	5	Cal Poly	1	CP 7–6–0	575
October 25, 2002	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	3	Cal Poly	1	Tied 7–7–0	425
November 2, 2002	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	3	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 8–7–0	522
September 24, 2003	Santa Barbara, CA	#10 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 9–7–0	617
October 22, 2003	San Luis Obispo, CA	#7 UCSB	3	Cal Poly	1	UCSB 10–7–0	307
October 9, 2004	San Luis Obispo, CA	#1 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 11–7–0	1,837
October 23, 2004	Santa Barbara, CA	#2 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 12–7–0	607
September 28, 2005	San Luis Obispo, CA	#19 UCSB	3	Cal Poly	1	UCSB 13–7–0	568
October 22, 2005	Santa Barbara, CA	#14 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 14–7–0	1,091
September 5, 2006	Santa Barbara, CA	#7 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 15–7–0	924
October 14, 2006	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 16–7–0	1,123
October 17, 2007	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	2	#15 UCSB	1	UCSB 16–8–0	7,143
November 3, 2007	Santa Barbara, CA	#12 UCSB	3	#15 Cal Poly	1	UCSB 17–8–0	8,102
October 17, 2008	San Luis Obispo, CA	#19 UCSB (2OT)	1	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 18–8–0	11,075
October 5, 2008	Santa Barbara, CA	#17 UCSB (2OT)	0	#25 Cal Poly	0	UCSB 18–8–1	9,749
November 12, 2008	Santa Barbara, CA	#19 UCSB (2OT)	2	Cal Poly	2	UCSB 18–8–2	3,601
October 7, 2009	Santa Barbara, CA	#7 UCSB	1	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 19–8–2	5,842
November 4, 2009	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly (2OT)	0	#3 UCSB	0	UCSB 19–8–3	9,824
October 12, 2010	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	1	UCSB 20–8–3	6,057
October 27, 2010	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly (OT)	2	#19 UCSB	1	UCSB 20–9–3	8,125
November 10, 2010	Santa Barbara, CA	#22 UCSB (OT)	2	Cal Poly	1	UCSB 21–9–3	4,084
October 14, 2011	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	2	#13 UCSB	1	UCSB 21–10–3	11,075
November 4, 2011	Santa Barbara, CA	#17 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 22–10–3	13,822
October 19, 2012	Santa Barbara, CA	Cal Poly (OT)	2	#16 UCSB	1	UCSB 22–11–3	13,467
November 3, 2012	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly	1	UCSB	0	UCSB 22–12–3	11,075
October 25, 2013	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly (2OT)	1	#21 UCSB	1	UCSB 22–12–4	11,075
November 9, 2013	Santa Barbara, CA	#12 UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 23–12–4	12,805
October 25, 2014	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB (2OT)	2	Cal Poly	2	UCSB 23–12–5	14,345
November 2, 2014	San Luis Obispo, CA	UCSB	2	Cal Poly	0	UCSB 24–12–5	11,075
October 17, 2015	San Luis Obispo, CA	Cal Poly (2OT)	3	#14 UCSB	2	UCSB 24–13–5	11,075
October 24, 2015	Santa Barbara, CA	UCSB (2OT)	2	#23 Cal Poly	2	UCSB 24–13–6	14,919
Source: ^[23]

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↑ In NCAA scoring, goals count as 2 points while assists count as one point.
↑ Goals in all competitions (regular season, conference, and NCAA Tournament) are counted.
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External links

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University of California, Santa Barbara

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