1975 San Francisco Dons men's soccer team

1975 San Francisco Dons men's soccer
NCAA tournament College Cup National Champions WCISC champions
National Championship Game, W 4–0 vs. SIUE
Conference	West Coast Intercollegiate Soccer Conference [1]
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 1
Record	21–1–2 (8–0–2 WCISC)
Head coach	Steve Negoesco (13th season)
Captain	Anthony Igwe
Home stadium	Kezar Stadium
Seasons ← 1974 1976 →

1975 West Coast Intercollegiate Soccer Conference standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Francisco ‡	8	–	0	–	2			21	–	1	–	2
San Jose State	6	–	3	–	1			9	–	5	–	2
California			–							–
Pacific			–							–
UC Davis			–							–
Chico State			–							–
Sacramento State			–							–
San Francisco State			–							–
Cal State Hayward			–							–
Santa Clara	3	–	4	–	3			10	–	6	–	4
Stanford	2	–	7	–	1			5	–	12	–	2
‡-National champion

The 1975 San Francisco Dons men's soccer team represented the University of San Francisco during the 1975 NCAA Division I soccer season. It was the 45th season of the Dons fielding a men's varsity soccer program, and the eighth season of Steve Negoesco managing the program.

The 1975 season was hallmarked by San Francisco winning their second NCAA soccer tournament and their third overall national championship. The program finished the season with a 21–1–2 record and a 8–0–2 in West Coast Intercollegiate Soccer Conference play. Forwards Andy Atuegbu and Mal Roche led the Dons in goals scored during the season (14 each) and points (36 points each).

Offseason

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	No.	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown	Year	Previous school	Ref.
Misak Pirinjian	4	DF	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175	Jaffa, ISR	Jr.	Marin	[2]
Mal Roche	9	FW	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	188	Coventry, ENG	Jr.	Brockport

Incoming recruits

1975 USF Recruits

Name	No.	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown	High School	Ref.
Peter Arnautoff	1	FW	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200	Oakland, California	Galileo	[3]
Anthony Gray	3	DF	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190	Monrovia, LBR	St. Patrick's (Liberia)	[4]

Roster

As of December 12, 1975 ^{[5] [6]}

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Peter Arnautoff 2 MF   NOR Kjell Tvedt 3 DF   LBR Anthony Gray 4 DF   ARM Misak Pirinjian 5 DF   NGA Anthony Igwe 6 FW   COL Victor Arbelaez 7 FW   USA Greg McKeown 8 MF   NOR Bjørn Dahl 9 FW   ENG Mal Roche 10 MF   NGA Andy Atuegbu

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW   USA Paul Korn 12 GK   USA Omar Suer 13 MF   USA Jim Boyle 14 DF   MEX Javier Plasencia 15 MF   NOR Tom Tronstad 16 MF   HON Oscar Granados 17 FW   NOR Perry Fedje 18 DF   NOR Bjørn Skagen 19 MF   USA Mark Dillon 20 GK   SLV Salvador Diaz

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released in August 1975. San Francisco was picked to finish first place in the preseason poll.

WSISC Coaches' Poll

Predicted finish	Team	Points
1	San Francisco	91 (8)
2	Santa Clara	87 (2)
3	San Jose State	86 (1)
4	Pacific	68
5	California	65
6	UC Davis	63
7	Stanford	44
8	San Francisco State	28
9	Cal State Hayward	24
10	Sacramento State	21
11	Chico State	20

Competitions

Regular season

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
September 20* 12:00 p.m.	No. 10	at No. 2  Saint Louis	W 5–2	1–0	Forest Park Soccer Field St. Louis, MO
September 21* 3:00 p.m.	No. 10	vs. No. 5  Philadelphia Textile	L 2–4	1–1	Forest Park Soccer Field St. Louis, MO
September 24 1:00 p.m.	No. 7	San Francisco State	W 3–1	2–1 (1–0)	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
September 26* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	BYU	W 6–2	3–1	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
September 27* 2:00 p.m.	No. 7	Cal State Los Angeles	W 6–0	4–1	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
October 1 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	Cal State Sacramento	W 8–0	5–1 (2–0)	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
October 4 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	Pacific	W 8–0	6–1 (3–0)	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
October 13* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	vs. No. 19  UCLA	W 5–2	7–1	Murray Field Burlingame, CA
October 18* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at  Westmont	W 1–0	8–1	Thorrington Field Santa Barbara, CA
October 19* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at  Cal State Fullerton	W 3–1	9–1	Eddie West Field Santa Ana, CA
October 21 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	at  UC Davis	W 3–1	10–1 (4–0)	Toomey Field Davis, CA
October 23 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	vs.  Stanford	W 5–0	11–1 (5–0)	Robertson Park Livermore, CA
October 23 7:00 p.m.	No. 2	at  California	W 7–0	12–1 (6–0)	Edwards Stadium Berkeley, CA
October 30* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	vs.  Washington	W 10–1	13–1	Kennelly Field San Rafael, CA
November 1 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	San Jose State	T 1–1 2OT	13–1–1 (6–0–1)	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
November 5 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	vs.  Santa Clara	W 1–0	14–1–1 (7–0–1)	Henry Arnold Field Sonoma, CA
November 7 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	Chico State	T 1–1 2OT	14–1–2 (7–0–2)	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
November 9* 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	Fresno State	W 4–0	15–1–2	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
November 12 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	Cal State East Bay	W 3–0	16–1–2 (8–0–2)	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
November 13 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	vs.  USC	W 2–1	17–1–2	Holt Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA
NCAA tournament
November 18 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	No. 14 UCLA Second round	W 4–1	18–1–2	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
November 29 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	No. 16 Cal State Fullerton Quarterfinal	W 3–2	19–1–2	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA
December 5 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	vs. No. 3  Brown College Cup semifinal	W 2–1 3OT	20–1–2	Cougar Field Edwardsville, IL
December 7 12:00 p.m.	No. 5	vs. No. 4  SIUE College Cup final	W 4–0	21–1–2	Cougar Field (4,400) Edwardsville, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Postseason

1976 NASL draft

Three players were selected in the 1976 NASL draft. ^[7]

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Víctor Arbeláez	San Diego Sockers	2	26	FW
Paul Korn	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2	38	FW
Mark Dillon	San Jose Earthquakes	4	61	DF

References

1. Berling, Clay (May 6, 1971). "Collegiate Soccer Scene". SoccerAmerica. LA84.org. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
2. "Misak Pirinjian | USF Athletics Hall of Fame". usfdons.com. Retrieved December 29, 2025.
3. "San Francisco Dons Official Athletics Site | USFdons.com". usfdons.com. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
4. "Anthony Gray (1994)". USF Athletics Hall of Fame. usfdons.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
5. Mitchell, Bob (December 12, 1975). "USF Dons: 1975 NCAA Soccer Champions". San Francisco Foghorn. San Francisco: USF Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
6. "USF All Time Roster". usfdons.com. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
7. "All-Time NASL Drafts". kenn.com. Retrieved December 27, 2025.

External links

• 1975 USF team article