UCSB soccer
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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 5 years ago, the Gauchos have won 3 conference championships and have appeared in 4 consecutive NCAA tournaments. The Gauchos are most remembered for their historic run at the 2004 - 2005 NCAA Division I Championship in which they lost in the finals to Indiana University at Bloomington in penalty kicks. The Gauchos play in Harder Stadium (capacity of 17,000) on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Current Squad 2005/2006
As of 2006:
Incoming Players For 2006/2007
As of 2006:
Notable Alumni
- Thiago Martins '02 plays for the Colorado Rapids
- Rob Friend '03 plays in Holland for SC Heerenveen and has also been capped on the Canadian National Team
- [David McGill] '04 plays in Ireland for Dublin City FC
- Tony Lochhead '05 plays for the New Zealand National Team and the New England Revolution
- [Dan Kennedy] '05 plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division where he was the Rookie of the Year
- Ivan Becerra '06 plays for the Columbus Crew
UCSB Records (Since 1983)
| Year | Conference Record W-L-T | Conference Standing | Overall Record W-L-T | Honors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 7-11-0 | 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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