1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team

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1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
SLU Billikens wordmark.png
GMC regular season and tournament champions
St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic champions
NCAA tournament, College Cup
Conference Great Midwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
Record20–2–2 (5–0–0 GMC)
Head coach
Captain Steve Kuntz
Seasons
  1990
1992  
1991 Great Midwest Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Saint Louis5 0 020 2 2
Memphis State 4 1 07 9 2
Cincinnati 2 2 19 12 1
Marquette 2 3 08 14 0
DePaul 1 4 01 15 2
UAB 0 4 18 9 2
Rankings from NSCAA

The 1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team represented Saint Louis University during the 1991 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Billikens played their first season in the now-defunct Great Midwest Conference, where they were the inaugural regular-season and tournament champions. Saint Louis earned an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, where they had their best NCAA tournament appearance since 1974. Saint Louis reached the College Cup before losing to the eventual national champions, Virginia.

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Saint Louis were led by future United States men's national soccer team striker Brian McBride, who led Saint Louis with 20 goals throughout the season. McBride later had a professional career playing with Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer as well as with Fulham in the Premier League. Additionally, the 1991 team contained future professionals players and coaches: Mike Sorber, Shane Battelle, Steve Kuntz and Rory Dames.

Roster

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brian McBride
MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Sorber
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dan Merlo
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Santel
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Scott McDoniel
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shane Battelle
Flag of the United States.svg  USA John Lynn
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jason Huber
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jeff Davis
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Byrne
No.Pos.NationPlayer
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jeff Mika
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Steve Kuntz
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Guzman
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ryan DeGrand
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ed Pinon
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shaun Fogarty
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rory Dames
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jay Zaber
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Todd Molski
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eric Burdge

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season
09-06-1991*
vs.  Penn State
adidas MetLife Classic
W 2–1 1–0–0
Bill Armstrong Stadium (100)
Bloomington, IN
09-08-1991*
vs.  Stanford
adidas MetLife Classic
T 1–1 OT1–0–1
Bill Armstrong Stadium (100)
Bloomington, IN
09-11-1991*
Tulsa W 3–0 2–0–1
St. Louis Soccer Park (1,352)
St. Louis, MO
09-13-1991*
Notre Dame W 3–0 3–0–1
St. Louis Soccer Park (3,155)
St. Louis, MO
09-15-1991*
at  Evansville W 2–0 4–0–1
Arad McCutchan Stadium (1,800)
Evansville, IN
09-20-1991
at  DePaul W 3–1 5–0–1
(1–0–0)
Cacciatore Stadium (250)
Chicago, IL
09-22-1991*
at  Indiana L 1–2 5–1–1
Bill Armstrong Stadium (1,322)
Bloomington, IN
09-27-1991*
SIU Edwardsville
Bronze Boot
W 3–2 6–1–1
St. Louis Soccer Park (3,678)
St. Louis, MO
10-02-1991*
at  Illinois State W 2–1 7–1–1
Hancock Stadium (267)
Normal, IL
10-05-1991*
San Diego State
St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic
T 0–0 OT7–1–2
St. Louis Soccer Park (1,704)
St. Louis, MO
10-06-1991*
Quincy
St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic
W 3–0 8–1–2
St. Louis Soccer Park (1,242)
St. Louis, MO
10-12-1991
UAB W 1–0 9–1–2
(2–0–0)
St. Louis Soccer Park (163)
St. Louis, MO
10-13-1991
at  Marquette W 2–1 OT10–1–2
(3–0–0)
Legion Field (318)
Milwaukee, WI
10-18-1991*
North Texas W 3–0 11–1–2
St. Louis Soccer Park (1,643)
St. Louis, MO
10-20-1991*
SMU W 2–0 12–1–2
St. Louis Soccer Park (751)
St. Louis, MO
10-23-1991
Memphis State W 6–2 13–1–2
(4–0–0)
St. Louis Soccer Park (751)
St. Louis, MO
10-26-1991*
at  Northern Illinois W 2–0 14–1–2
Brigham Field (371)
DeKalb, IL
10-30-1991*
at  Eastern Illinois W 1–0 15–1–2
Lakeside Soccer Field (84)
Charleston, IL
11-03-1991
Cincinnati W 3–1 16–1–2
(5–0–0)
St. Louis Soccer Park (436)
St. Louis, MO
GMC Tournament
11-09-1991
vs. Marquette
Semifinal
W 5–0 17–1–2
St. Louis Soccer Park (150)
St. Louis, MO
11-10-1991
vs. Cincinnati
Championship
W 5–0 18–1–2
St. Louis Soccer Park (625)
St. Louis, MO
NCAA Tournament
11-23-1991
vs.  North Carolina
Second round
W 4–0 19–1–2
St. Louis Soccer Park (1,085)
St. Louis, MO
11-30-1991
vs.  NC State
Quarterfinal
W 3–0 20–1–2
St. Louis Soccer Park (1,835)
St. Louis, MO
12-06-1991
vs.  Virginia
Semifinal
L 2–3 3OT20–2–2
USF Soccer Stadium (3,925)
Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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