California_Golden_Bears_men's_soccer Knowpia

California Golden Bears men's soccer
California Golden Bears men's soccer
2023 California Golden Bears men's soccer team
Founded	1906
University	University of California, Berkeley
Head coach	Leonard Griffin (1 season)
Conference	Pac-12
Location	Berkeley, California
Stadium	Edwards Stadium ; (Capacity: 22,000)
Nickname	Bears, Cal, UC Berkeley
Colors	Blue and gold;
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
	1960, 2005, 2013
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
	1960, 1977, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1960, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
	Pacific Soccer Conference; 1983 Mountain Pacific; 1996 Pac-12; 2006, 2007, 2010
Conference Regular Season championships
	Pacific Soccer Conference; 1983 Mountain Pacific; 1996 Pac-12; 2006, 2007, 2010

For information on all University of California, Berkeley sports, see California Golden Bears

The California Golden Bears men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Pac-12 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. California's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1906. The team plays its home games at Edwards Stadium. The Golden Bears are coached by Kevin Grimes.

History edit

The Bears have been in several NCAA conferences over their 110-year history. In 1983, the Bears won the Pacific Soccer Conference. The Bears won the Mountain Pacific Men's Soccer Tournament in 1996. In 2000, the Bears joined the Pac-12 Conference, when men's soccer was enlisted as a varsity sport in the conference. Since then, the Bears have won three Pac-12 titles: 2006, 2007 and 2010.^[3]

The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship 18 times. Their best performances came in 1960, 2005 and 2013, where the Bears reached the quarter-finals of the competition.^[4]

Roster edit

As of October 23, 2023 ^[5]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	ISL	Oscar Logevall
1	GK	USA	Marco Brougher
2	DF	USA	Kevin Carmichael
5	MF	GUA	Allan Juarez
7	MF	USA	Evan Davila
8	MF	ESP	Juan Martinez
9	FW	USA	Rohan McEligot
10	FW	NGA	Nonso Adimabua
11	MF	USA	Adrian Guzman
12	FW	USA	Arik Duncan
13	DF	NGA	Wisdom Onuoma
14	MF	USA	Kai Djerbaka
15	FW	USA	Justin Knighton
16	DF	USA	Owen Bizzaro
17	MF	USA	Kevin Rodriguez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	USA	Brendan Bell
19	MF	USA	Jack Bowers
21	FW	USA	Fernando Lara
22	DF	USA	Nate Carrasco
23	DF	USA	Cameron Robie
24	GK	USA	Connor Lambe
25	FW	GER	Isaiah Thomas
28	DF	USA	Wyatt Meyer
29	DF	PHI	Santiago Hopkins
32	MF	USA	Jake Himelstein
34	DF	USA	Giancarlo Mota
37	DF	ITA	Federico Barbieri
66	MF	FRA	Noe Aubanel
99	GK	ENG	Zack Andoh

Team management edit

Coaching staff
Manager	Leonard Griffin
Assistant manager	Ricardo Gutierrez
Assistant manager	Jake Wilson
Assistant manager	Ben Solomon
Head of goalkeeping	Henry Foulk

Last updated: October 23, 2023
Source: Cal Men's Soccer

Head coaching history edit

Years	Coach	Games	W	L	T	Pct.
1906–1911	Records not kept
1912–1913	C.Y. Williamson	6	0	5	1	.083
1914–1915	G. DeGamendia	11	5	4	2	.546
1916	Carl Shafor	9	5	4	0	.556
1917	F.W. Cozens	4	3	1	0	.750
1920–1924	John Mathews	9	4	4	1	.500
1925–1931	Carl Zamloch	58	34	17	7	.647
1932	Reginald Downing	9	1	6	2	.222
1933–1951	Julius Schroeder	194	131	34	29	.750
1952–1980	Bob DiGrazia	374	202	133	39	.592
1981–1989	Bill Coupe	185	113	59	13	.646
1990–1992	Dave Chaplik	60	23	32	5	.425
1993–1999	Mark Mallon	135	62	60	13	.507
2000–2021	Kevin Grimes	241	131	80	30	.609
2022–	Leonard Griffin	31	9	13	9	.443

NCAA tournament results edit

The Bears have made 19 NCAA Tournament appearances

Year	Record	Seed	Region	Round	Opponent	Results
1960	6–2	—	St. Louis	Quarter-final	Saint Louis	L 0–2
1977	11–5–3	—	San Francisco	Second round	UCLA	L 1–3
1981	13–5–1	—	Berkeley	First round	San Diego State	L 0–4
1983	17–3	—	Las Vegas	First round	UNLV	L 1–3 (OT)
1985	16–4–1	—	Los Angeles	First round	UCLA	L 1–3
1986	15–4–2	—	St. Louis	First round	Saint Louis	L 0–2
1996	12–6–2	—	Seattle	First round	Fresno State	L 1–2
2001	10–8–1	—	Stanford	First round	Santa Clara	L 0–1 (3OT)
2002	13–5–2	—	Los Angeles	Second round Third round	UC Santa Barbara UCLA	W 2–1 L 1–2
2003	10–8–2	—	New York	First round Second round	San Jose State UC Santa Barbara	W 2–0 L 0–2
2004	12–3–3	—	Indianapolis	First round Second round	Santa Clara No. 7 SMU	W 2–1 (OT) L 0–1
2005	13–3–2	No. 7	Albuquerque	Second round Third round Quarter-finals	Santa Clara Wake Forest No. 2 New Mexico	T 0–0 (PK) W 3–2 (2OT) L 0–1
2006	12–5–1	No. 13	Charlottesville	Second round Third round	New Mexico No. 4 Virginia	W 3–1 L 1–2
2007	11–5–2	—	Providence	First round Second round	UC Davis No. 11 Virginia Tech	W 2–1 (OT) L 2–3
2008	11–5–2	—	College Park	First round Second round Third round	San Francisco No. 15 UC Santa Barbara No. 2 Maryland	W 3–0 W 3–2 (2OT) L 1–2
2010	12–2–3	No. 6	Akron	Second round Third round Quarter-finals	Santa Barbara Brown No. 3 Akron	W 2–1 (OT) W 2–0 T 3–3 (PK)
2013	12–4–2	No. 4	Berkeley	Second round Third round Quarter-finals	Bradley Coastal Carolina No. 5 Maryland	W 3–1 W 1–0 W 1–0 L 1–2
2014	12–4–2	No. 15	Los Angeles	Second round Third round	SIU Edwardsville No. 2 UCLA	W 1–0 L 2–3
2017	11–7–0	N/A	Berkeley	First round	San Francisco	L 1–2
2019	8–7–3	N/A	Santa Barbara	First round	Santa Barbara	L 1–3

Honors edit

California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference (5): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (1): 1996
Pac-12 Conference (3): 2006, 2007, 2010
Pacific Soccer Conference (1): 1983

Notable players edit

Steve Birnbaum, 2011 and 2013 All-Pac-12 first team, 2011 Jewish Sports Review first-team All-American, National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) 2013 First Team All-American, and NSCAA 2013 First Team All-Far-West Team.^[6]^[7]
Calen Carr
Stefan Frei
Sam Junqua
Leo Krupnik (born 1979), Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach
Nick Lima
Drake Callender
Taylor Davila
Christian Dean
Matthew Westly

References edit

^ Cal Brand Guidelines (PDF). June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
^ "California Men's Soccer". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
^ "Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. December 31, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
^ "NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. pp. 2–55.
^ Cal Men's Soccer on Cal website
^ "Steven Birnbaum | D.C. United". dcunited.com.
^ "Steven Birnbaum". MLSsoccer.com.