This is a list of seasons played by the University of California, Santa Barbara Gauchos in Conference and regular season/NCAA Tournament soccer play, from 1983 (when UCSB first took part in Conference play) to the present day. It details the club's achievements in Conference, competitive out of Conference, and NCAA Tournament games as well as the top point men and goal scorers for each season.
Season | Conference Record | Conference Tourn. Pos. | Overall Record | Honours | Top points [1] | Top scorer [2] | |||||||||||
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Conference | Pld. | W | L | D | Pos. | Pld. | W | L | D | Natl. Rank | |||||||
1983 [3] | Big West | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | None | |||||||
1984 | Big West | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | None | |||||||
1985 | Big West | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | None | |||||||
1986 | Big West | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | None | |||||||
1987 | Big West | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | None | |||||||
1988 | Big West | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | None | |||||||
1989 | Big West | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | None | |||||||
1990 | Big West | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | None | |||||||
1991 | Big West | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | None | |||||||
1992 | Big West | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | None | |||||||
1993 | Big West | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | None | |||||||
1994 [4] | MPSF | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | None | |||||||
1995 | MPSF | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | None | |||||||
1996 | MPSF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | None | |||||||
1997 | MPSF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | None | |||||||
1998 | MPSF | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | None | |||||||
1999 | MPSF | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | None | |||||||
2000 | MPSF | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 1 | None | Thiago Martins | 14 | Thiago Martins Jaime Ambriz | 6 | |||
2001 [5] | Big West | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1st | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | Big West Champion | Rob Friend | 27 | Rob Friend | 11 | ||
2002 | Big West | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1st | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 21 [6] | Big West Champion, NCAA 2nd Round | Rob Friend | 44 | Rob Friend | 20 | |
2003 | Big West | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | NCAA 3rd Round | Drew McAthy Neil Jones Memo Arzate | 30 | Drew McAthy | 14 | ||
2004 | Big West | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | Big West Champion, NCAA Finalists | Drew McAthy | 43 | Drew McAthy | 18 | ||
2005 | Big West | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2nd | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 23 [7] | NCAA 2nd Round | Ivan Becerra | 26 | Ivan Becerra | 12 | |
2006 | Big West | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 [8] | Big West Champion, NCAA Champion | Eric Avila | 21 | Eric Avila | 8 | |
2007 | Big West | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1st | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 [9] | Big West Champion, NCAA 3rd Round | Ciaran O'Brien | 25 | Chris Pontius | 11 | |
Beginning with the 2008 season, the Big West Conference instituted a conference tournament to determine the winner of the NCAA automatic bid instead of awarding it to the regular season winner. | |||||||||||||||||
2008 | Big West | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2nd | Finals | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 [10] | NCAA 2nd Round | Chris Pontius | 32 | Chris Pontius | 14 |
2009 | Big West | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1st | Finals | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 [11] | Big West Champion, NCAA 3rd Round | David Walker | 24 | David Walker | 10 |
2010 | Big West | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | Champion | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 19 [12] | NCAA 2nd Round | Sam Garza | 24 | Sam Garza | 9 |
2011 | Big West | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2nd | Finals | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 12 [13] | NCAA 3rd Round | Luis Silva | 44 | Luis Silva | 17 |
Beginning with the 2012 season, the Big West Conference instituted two divisions within regular season play, moving away from a single table format. UCSB's conference position will now be represented as the standing in the "North Division". | |||||||||||||||||
2012 | Big West | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | Nic Ryan | 19 | Nic Ryan | 8 | |||
2013 | Big West | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1st | Semifinals | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 20 [14] | Big West Champion, NCAA 2nd Round | Goffin Boyoko | 19 | Goffin Boyoko | 8 |
2014 | Big West | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1st | Semifinals | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | Big West Champion | Nick DePuy | 21 | Nick DePuy | 10 | |
2015 | Big West | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1st | Finals | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 15 [15] | Big West Champion, NCAA 3rd Round | Nick DePuy | 31 | Nick DePuy | 15 |
2016 | Big West | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1st | Semifinals | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | Big West Champion | Kevin Feucht | 24 | Kevin Feucht | 11 | |
2017 | Big West | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2nd | First Round | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | Rodney Michael | 20 | Rodney Michael | 8 | ||
Beginning with the 2018 season, the Big West Conference reverved back to a single table format, moving away from the North and South divisions within regular season play. | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Big West | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3rd | First Round | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | Rodney Michael | 17 | Rodney Michael | 7 | ||
2019 | Big West | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2nd | Finals | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | NCAA Quarterfinals | Will Baynham | 28 | Will Baynham | 10 | |
2020 | Cancelled by the Big West Conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||||||||||
2021 | Big West | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1st | Champion | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | Big West Champion, NCAA 1st Round | Finn Ballard McBride | 25 | Finn Ballard McBride | 9 | |
2022 | Big West | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2nd | Finals | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | Finn Ballard McBride | 27 | Finn Ballard McBride | 13 | ||
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