Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer

Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
University	Saint Louis University
Conference	Atlantic 10
Location	St. Louis, MO
Head Coach	Mike McGinty (2nd year)
Stadium	Hermann Stadium (Capacity: 6,050)
Nickname	Billikens
Colors	Blue and White
Home Away
NCAA Tournament Champions
1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973
NCAA Tournament Runner Up
1961, 1971, 1974
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1959, 1960, 1961 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974
Conference Tournament Champions
1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2012

The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Saint Louis Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. Soccer is the main fall sport at SLU, which has not sponsored football since 1949.

Noted for their dominance in men's collegiate soccer during the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, the Billikens have won 10 NCAA Men's Soccer Championships, the most of any men's college soccer program. Despite this, the Billikens have not appeared in an NCAA national championship final since 1974. Of their ten titles, nine were outright earned by the Billikens and their 1972 title was shared with San Francisco Dons.

During their dynasty run from the 1960s through 1970s, the team was coached by Bob Guelker during their first five championships, while Harry Keough coached the last five championship teams at SLU. Dan Donigan was the most recent head coach, serving from February 2001 until he resigned in January 2010 to accept a position at Rutgers. Presently, the Billikens are coached by Mike McGinty.

Roster

Billikens threaten to score against Duquesne (November 2, 2008).

As of June 21, 2013^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Nick Shackelford 2 MF Raymond Lee 4 DF Anthony Manning 7 MF Alex Sweetin 8 MF William Hidalgo 9 FW Adnan Gabeljić 10 DF John Roeckle 11 FW Robby Kristo 12 FW Kingsley Bryce 16 MF Josh Kohring

No. Position Player 17 DF Dirk van der Velde 18 FW Francisco Vizcaino 19 MF David Graydon 21 MF Khalil Karl 22 MF Jair Minors 23 DF Julian Gieseke 24 DF Marco Heskemp 25 DF Tyler David 26 DF Isaac Fraley 31 GK Patrick Conroy

Team management

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Mike McGinty
Assistant Coach	Jason O'Keefe
Assistant Coach	Blake Schneider
Goalkeeper Coach	Tim Kelly

Last updated: June 19, 2013
Source: Saint Louis Billikens Athletics Website

Soccer at SLU.

Head coaching history

Dates	Name	Notes
1959–1966	Bob Guelker	Won 5 NCAA championships in 8 seasons.
1967–1982	Harry Keough	Won 5 NCAA championships in his first 7 seasons.
1983–1996	Joe Clarke
1997–2000	Bob Warming
2001–2009	Dan Donigan
2010–present	Mike McGinty

Seasons

Previous Season's Records and Standings^[2]

Season	Overall Record	Conf. Record	Coach	Conf.	Conf Rank	Conf. Tournament	NCAA Tournament
2012	16-5-0	7-2-0	Mike McGinty	A10	1st	Champions	NCAA 2nd Round, 8th Overall Seed
2011	6-10-1	4-5-0	Mike McGinty	A10	10th
2010	9-7-3	5-3-0	Mike McGinty	A10	5th	Semifinals
2009	12-6-0	7-2-0	Donigan	A10	2nd	Champions	NCAA 2nd Round
2008	12-5-5	6-3	Donigan	A10	4th	Semifinals	NCAA 2nd Round

NCAA tournament: 1959–1974

The following table shows the sixteen-year span from 1959 to 1974 in which SLU won 10 NCAA titles. In the six seasons in which SLU did not win, they finished second three times, reached the semifinals once, reached the quarterfinals once, and reached the round-of-16 once. In all 16 seasons, the NCAA tournament was either won by SLU or by the team that had beaten SLU.

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship^[3]

Year	Final			Semifinalists			Host City	Host Stadium
	Champion	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1959	Saint Louis	5–2	Bridgeport	CCNY, West Chester			Storrs, CT	Memorial Stadium
1960	Saint Louis (2)	3–2	Maryland	West Chester, Connecticut			Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn College Field
1961	West Chester	2–0	Saint Louis	Bridgeport, Rutgers			St. Louis, MO	Public Schools Stadium
1962	Saint Louis (3)	4–3	Maryland	Springfield College, Michigan State			St. Louis, MO	Francis Field
1963	Saint Louis (4)	3–0	Navy	Maryland, Army			Piscataway, NJ	Rutgers Stadium
1964	Navy	1–0	Michigan State	Saint Louis, Army			Providence, RI	Brown Stadium
1965	Saint Louis (5)	1–0	Michigan State	Navy, Army			St. Louis, MO	Francis Field
1966	San Francisco	5–2	Long Island University	Michigan State, Army			Berkeley, CA	California Memorial Stadium
1967	Michigan State Saint Louis (6)	0–0 †	—	Navy, Long Island–Brooklyn			St. Louis, MO	Francis Field
1968	Maryland Michigan State (2)	2–2 (2OT) ‡	—	Brown, San Jose State			Atlanta, GA	Grant Field
1969	Saint Louis (7)	4–0	San Francisco	Maryland, Harvard			San Jose, CA	Spartan Stadium
1970	Saint Louis (8)	1–0	UCLA	Hartwick, Howard			Edwardsville, IL	Cougar Field, SIUE
1971	Howard #	3–2	Saint Louis	Harvard, San Francisco			Miami, FL	Miami Orange Bowl
1972	Saint Louis (9)	4–2	UCLA	Howard, Cornell			Miami, FL	Miami Orange Bowl
1973	Saint Louis (10)	3–2 (OT)	UCLA	Brown, Clemson			Miami, FL	Miami Orange Bowl
1974	Howard	2–1 (4OT)	Saint Louis	Hartwick	3–1	UCLA	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium

Notable alumni

1950s–1980s

• Carl Gentile (1965) — Played with the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League; earned 6 caps with the U.S. national team
• Pat McBride (1967) — Played 10 seasons with the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League; earned 5 caps with the U.S. national team
• Al Trost (1970) — Played with the St. Louis Stars and other teams in the North American Soccer League; earned 14 caps with the U.S. national team
• Pat Leahy (1972) — Played on three of the school's national championship soccer teams; placekicker for the NFL's New York Jets from 1974–1992 & Jets' all-time leading scorer^[4]
• Joe Clarke (1975) — Played professional soccer for 7 seasons, including stints with NASL's St. Louis Stars and MISL's St. Louis Steamers

1990s–present

• Mike Sorber (1992) — 67 caps playing for the U.S. national team; played 7 professional seasons from 1994 to 2000 in Mexico and then in MLS
• Brian McBride (1993) — scored 30 goals for the U.S. national team; played several seasons in the English Premier League
• Shane Battelle (1993) — played 3 professional seasons from 1994 to 1996
• Matt McKeon (1995) — played 7 seasons in MLS; 2 caps with the U.S. national team
• Brad Davis (2001) — currently plays for Houston Dynamo; 17 caps with the U.S. national team
• Dipsy Selolwane (2001) — played 4 seasons in MLS; played for the Botswana national team
• Jack Jewsbury (2002) — has played in MLS since 2003; currently plays for the Portland Timbers
• Vedad Ibišević (2003) — currently plays for VfB Stuttgart in Germany; played for Bosnia at the 2014 World Cup
• Will John (2004) — played 3 seasons in MLS before moving to play in Europe
• Tim Ward (2004) — played 8 seasons in MLS
• Martin Hutton (2004) — 2 seasons in MLS from 2005 to 2006
• John DiRaimondo (2006) — played 3 seasons in MLS from 2007 to 2009
• Brandon Barklage (2008) — played 7 seasons in MLS from 2009 to 2015
• Dado Hamzagić (2008) — played professionally two seasons in Bosnia from 2009 to 2011
• Tim Ream (2009) — several professional seasons in MLS and in England; 20 U.S. national team caps

Note: The number in parentheses indicates the year the player graduated from SLU; for those who didn't graduate from SLU, the number indicates the last year they played for SLU.

Honors

• College Cup (10)

1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967(co-champion) 1969, 1970, 1972, & 1973

• Atlantic 10 Tournament

2009, 2012

See also

• A Time for Champions, a film which chronicled the school's soccer dominance in the 1960s and 70s.
• Keough Award — given to the top male and female soccer players from the St. Louis, Missouri area.
• St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame
• Soccer in St. Louis

References

1. "2013 Roster". Saint Louis University. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
2. "Previous Seasons". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
3. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
4. "Leahy To Be Enshrined in Missouri Sports Hall of Fame", SLU Billikens, February 9, 2007.

External links

• Saint Louis Billikens Men's Soccer Official Website