1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team

1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
GMC regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup
Conference	Great Midwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
1991 record	20–2–2 (5–0–0 GMC)
Head coach	Joe Clarke (9th season)

1991 Great Midwest Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Saint Louis ‡	5	–	0	–	0	20	–	2	–	2
Memphis State	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	9	–	2
Cincinnati	2	–	2	–	1	9	–	12	–	1
Marquette	2	–	3	–	0	8	–	14	–	0
DePaul	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	15	–	2
UAB	0	–	4	–	1	8	–	9	–	2


‡-Conference champion + - Invited to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Rankings from NSCAA

The 1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team represented Saint Louis University during the 1991 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Billikens played their first season in the now-defunct Great Midwest Conference, where they were the inaugural regular-season and tournament champions. Saint Louis earned an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they had their best NCAA tournament appearance since 1974. Saint Louis reached the College Cup before losing to the eventual national champions, Virginia.

Saint Louis were led by future United States men's national soccer team striker Brian McBride, who led Saint Louis with 20 goals throughout the season. McBride later had a professional career playing with Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer as well as with Fulham in the Premier League. Additionally, the 1991 team contained future professionals players and coaches: Mike Sorber, Shane Battelle, Steve Kuntz and Rory Dames.

Roster

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Brian McBride
		MF	Mike Sorber
			Dan Merlo
			Chris Santel
			Scott McDoniel
		DF	Shane Battelle
			John Lynn
			Jason Huber
			Jeff Davis
			Mike Byrne

No.		Position	Player
			Jeff Mika
		DF	Steve Kuntz
			Chris Guzman
			Ryan DeGrand
			Ed Pinon
			Shaun Fogarty
			Rory Dames
			Jay Zaber
			Todd Molski
			Eric Burdge

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
09-06-1991*	vs. Penn State adidas MetLife Classic	W 2–1	1–0–0	Bill Armstrong Stadium (100) Bloomington, IN
09-08-1991*	vs. Stanford adidas MetLife Classic	T 1–1 ^OT	1–0–1	Bill Armstrong Stadium (100) Bloomington, IN
09-11-1991*	Tulsa	W 3–0	2–0–1	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,352) St. Louis, MO
09-13-1991*	Notre Dame	W 3–0	3–0–1	St. Louis Soccer Park (3,155) St. Louis, MO
09-15-1991*	at Evansville	W 2–0	4–0–1	Arad McCutchan Stadium (1,800) Evansville, IN
09-20-1991	at DePaul	W 3–1	5–0–1 (1–0–0)	Cacciatore Stadium (250) Chicago, IL
09-22-1991*	at Indiana	L 1–2	5–1–1	Bill Armstrong Stadium (1,322) Bloomington, IN
09-27-1991*	SIU Edwardsville Bronze Boot	W 3–2	6–1–1	St. Louis Soccer Park (3,678) St. Louis, MO
10-02-1991*	at Illinois State	W 2–1	7–1–1	Hancock Stadium (267) Normal, IL
10-05-1991*	San Diego State St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic	T 0–0 ^OT	7–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,704) St. Louis, MO
10-06-1991*	Quincy St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic	W 3–0	8–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,242) St. Louis, MO
10-12-1991	UAB	W 1–0	9–1–2 (2–0–0)	St. Louis Soccer Park (163) St. Louis, MO
10-13-1991	at Marquette	W 2–1 ^OT	10–1–2 (3–0–0)	Legion Field (318) Milwaukee, WI
10-18-1991*	North Texas	W 3–0	11–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,643) St. Louis, MO
10-20-1991*	SMU	W 2–0	12–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (751) St. Louis, MO
10-23-1991	Memphis State	W 6–2	13–1–2 (4–0–0)	St. Louis Soccer Park (751) St. Louis, MO
10-26-1991*	at Northern Illinois	W 2–0	14–1–2	Brigham Field (371) DeKalb, IL
10-30-1991*	at Eastern Illinois	W 1–0	15–1–2	Lakeside Soccer Field (84) Charleston, IL
11-03-1991	Cincinnati	W 3–1	16–1–2 (5–0–0)	St. Louis Soccer Park (436) St. Louis, MO
GMW Tournament
11-09-1991	vs. Marquette Semifinal	W 5–0	17–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (150) St. Louis, MO
11-10-1991	vs. Cincinnati Championship	W 5–0	18–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (625) St. Louis, MO
NCAA Tournament
11-23-1991	vs. North Carolina Second round	W 4–0	19–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,085) St. Louis, MO
11-30-1991	vs. NC State Quarterfinal	W 3–0	20–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,835) St. Louis, MO
12-06-1991	vs. Virginia Semifinal	L 2–3 ^3OT	20–2–2	USF Soccer Stadium (3,925) Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from NSCAA.

External links

Final 1991 Statistics

Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
Venues	Hermann Stadium
Rivalries	Quincy Rockhurst SIU Edwardsville UMSL
Culture & lore	Soccer in St. Louis
People	Bob Guelker Harry Keough Bob Warming Notable players
Seasons	1959 1960 1962 1963 1965 1967 1969 1970 1972 1973 1974 1991 2009 2014
National championship seasons in bold; NCAA College Cup in italics

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