California Golden Bears men's soccer

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California Golden Bears men's soccer
2024 California Golden Bears men's soccer team
Founded	1906;119 years ago (1906)
University	University of California, Berkeley
Head coach	Leonard Griffin (3rd season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Berkeley, California
Stadium	Edwards Stadium (Capacity: 22,000)
Nickname	Bears, Cal, UC Berkeley
Colors	Blue 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

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.

History

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

Current roster

As of 27 Feb 2025 ^[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 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 Serra 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 Nik 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 39 FW   USA Michael Luckhurst 66 MF   USA Noe Aubanel 99 GK   USA Zack Andoh 99 GK   USA Thomas Grimes

Notable former players

Main page: Category:California Golden Bears men's soccer players

• Steve Birnbaum ^{[n 1]}
• Drake Callender
• Calen Carr
• Taylor Davila
• Christian Dean
• Stefan Frei
• Sam Junqua
• Leo Krupnik ^{[n 2]}
• Nick Lima
• Troy Roberts

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.

Current professional players

As of February 27, 2025

• Eric Kronberg (2004–2005) – Currently assistant coach with Portland
• Stefan Frei (2005–2008) – Currently with Seattle Sounders FC
• Hector Jiménez (2006–2010) – Currently assistant coach with Chicago Fire FC
• David Bingham (2008–2010) – Currently with Charlotte FC
• Alec Sundly (2010–2013) – Currently assistant coach with UC Davis
• Christian Dean (2011–2013) – Currently with Forward Madison FC
• Nick Lima (2013–2016) – Currently with San Jose Earthquakes
• José Carrera-García (2013–2017) – Currently with Forward Madison FC
• Jonathan Klinsmann (2015–2017) – Currently with Cesena FC
• Shinya Kadono (2015–2018) – Currently with Irvine Zeta FC
• Sam Junqua (2015–2018) – Currently with Real Salt Lake
• Drake Callender (2016–2019) – Currently with Inter Miami CF
• Thomas Williamson (2017–2020) – Currently with Loudoun United FC
• Taylor Davila (2018–2020) – Currently with Louisville City FC

Team management

Coaching staff
Manager	Leonard Griffin
Assistant manager	Ricardo Gutierrez
Assistant manager	Jake Wilson
Assistant manager	Henry Foulk

Last updated: February 27, 2025
Source: Cal Men's Soccer

Head coaching history

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	53	18	22	13	.462

NCAA tournament results

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

• California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference (5): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947
• Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (1): 1996
• Pac-12 Conference (3): 2006, 2007, 2010
• Pacific Soccer Conference (1): 1983

References

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 "2024 Men's Soccer Roster". calbears.com. University of California Berkley Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2025.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
7. "Steven Birnbaum | D.C. United". dcunited.com.
8. "Steven Birnbaum". MLSsoccer.com.

External links

• Official website