1967 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team

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1967 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
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NCAA Tournament, Final, T 00 vs. Michigan State
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–3–2
Head coach
Seasons
  1966
1968  

The 1967 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team represented Saint Louis University during the 1967 NCAA soccer season. The Billikens won their record-breaking tenth NCAA title this season. It was the sixteenth ever season the Billikens fielded a men's varsity soccer team. This was the most recent season the Billikens have won a national title.

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Background

The 1966 season, at the time, was the poorest season by the Saint Louis program. The Billikens failed to reach the semifinals for the first time in program history, being eliminated by eventual champions, San Francisco in the quarterfinals. [1] [2] Then-head coach, Bob Guelker described the result as the end of a dynasty for the university's dominance in college soccer. Guelker cited the increase of programs being fielded by university's making it difficult for teams to field top-heavy teams. [3] Following the conclusion of the 1966 season, Guelker was hired away to coach the newly formed SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer program. [4]

Roster

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jim Conley
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gary Rensing
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tom Rich
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Steve Frank
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bill McDermott
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tom Bokern
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Wally Werner
8 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dave Schlitt
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gene Geimer
10 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA John Pisani
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jack Galmiche
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chuck Zoeller
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Steve Vierling
14 DF Flag of Poland.svg  POL Stanislav Rozanski
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rudolph Roeslein
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Poston
17 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Irvin Mueller
18 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bill Donley
19 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA George Merubia
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bob Hoerdeman
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tim Brassil
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jim Leeker
23 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Wayne Fischer
24 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brad Melchior
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Larry Warren
26 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tom Rich
27 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Vince Drake
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tom Stahl

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
City, State
Regular season
09-16-1967*
AlumniL 0–4 0–1–0
SLU Soccer Field
St. Louis
09-23-1967*
Air Force W 4–1 1–1–0
SLU Soccer Field
St. Louis, Missouri
10-04-1967*
at  Southern Illinois L 4–5 1–2–0
McAndrew Stadium
Carbondale, Illinois
10-11-1967*
at  South Florida W 1–0 2–2–0
Tampa Stadium
Tampa, Florida
10-14-1967*
Rockhurst W 3–1 3–2–0
SLU Soccer Field
St. Louis
10-21-1967*
Quincy W 1–0 4–2–0
SLU Soccer Field
St. Louis
10-30-1967*
at  Michigan State T 3–3 OT4–2–1
Spartan Stadium
East Lansing, Michigan
11-04-1967*
Indiana W 4–0 5–2–1
SLU Soccer Field
St. Louis
11-11-1967*
South FloridaL 0–1 5–3–1
SLU Soccer Field
St. Louis
NCAA Tournament
11-18-1967*
Colorado College
First Round
W 6–1 6–3–1
Busch Stadium
St. Louis, Missouri
11-25-1967*
at  San Jose State
Quarterfinals
W 4–3 7–3–1
Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California
11-30-1967*
vs.  Navy
Semifinals
W 1–0 8–3–1
Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California
12-02-1967*
vs. Michigan State
National Championship
T 0–0 2OT8–3–2
Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

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