California Golden Bears men's soccer

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 ACC, 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.

California Golden Bears men's soccer
2024 California Golden Bears men's soccer team
Founded1906; 118 years ago (1906)
UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley
Head coachLeonard Griffin (3rd season)
ConferenceACC
LocationBerkeley, California
StadiumEdwards Stadium
(Capacity: 22,000)
NicknameBears, Cal, UC Berkeley
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
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
1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1983, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2010

History

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The university fielded its first soccer team in 1906. The Bears won their first conference in 1936, the California Intercollegiate. Until the league was disbanded in 1954, the team had won 5 conference titles.[3] The Bears have been in several NCAA conferences over their history.

In 1983, the Bears won the Pacific Soccer Conference. The Bears won the Mountain Pacific 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.[4]

The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament 18 times. Their best performances came in 1960, 2005 and 2013, where the Bears reached the quarter-finals of the competition.[5]

Players

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Current roster

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As of 12 Sep 2024[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
00 GK   USA Ryan Savoie
0 GK   USA Aidan Ahmad
0 GK   USA Alex Robb
1 GK   USA Marco Brougher
2 DF   USA Kevin Carmichael
3 MF   USA Giancarlo Mota
4 MF   USA Kai Djerbaka
5 MF   JPN Gaku Nishimura
6 MF   USA Jack Bowers
7 MF   USA Justin Knighton
8 MF   USA Allan Juarez
9 FW   USA Rohan McEligot
10 FW   NGA Nonso Adimabua
11 MF   USA Kieran Bracken
12 FW   USA Arik Duncan
13 DF   NGA Wisdom Onuoma
14 DF   USA Griffin Gustafson
15 MF   USA Adrian Guzman
16 MF   USA Eli Wachs
17 MF   USA Kevin Rodriguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   USA Brendan Bell
19 DF   USA Alfredo Ortiz
21 MF   USA Nikolas Laredo
22 DF   USA Owen Bizzaro
23 DF   USA Cameron Robie
24 GK   USA Connor Lambe
25 FW   GER Isaiah Thomas
27 DF   USA Malcolm Zalayet
28 DF   USA Wyatt Meyer
29 DF   USA Santiago Hopkins
30 DF   ENG Joe Chalwin
31 MF   USA Israel Cortez
32 MF   USA Matthew McGrew
33 DF   USA Beau Morrison
34 DF   USA Arseni Metelista
35 MF   USA Adrian Jacobs
37 DF   USA Federico Barbieri
66 MF   USA Noe Aubanel
99 GK   USA Zack Andoh
99 GK   USA Zack Andoh

Notable former players

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Notes
  1. ^ 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.[7][8]
  2. ^ (born 1979), Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach.

Team management

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Cal Brand Guidelines (PDF). June 1, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "California Men's Soccer". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  3. ^ 2022 Record Book at Calbears.com
  4. ^ "Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Pac-12 Conference. December 31, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. pp. 2–55.
  6. ^ Cal Men's Soccer on Cal website
  7. ^ "Steven Birnbaum | D.C. United". dcunited.com.
  8. ^ "Steven Birnbaum". MLSsoccer.com.
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