Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer

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Saint Louis Billikens
men's soccer
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University Saint Louis University
Head coach Kevin Kalish (5th season)
Conference Atlantic 10
Location St. Louis, Missouri
Stadium Hermann Stadium
(Capacity: 6,050)
NicknameBillikens
ColorsSLU blue and white [1]
   
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Home
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Away
NCAA Tournament championships
1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973
NCAA Tournament runner-up
1961, 1971, 1974
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1991, 1997
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2021
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2021
NCAA Tournament appearances
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2021, 2022
Conference Regular Season championships
1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2021, 2022

The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Saint Louis Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. Soccer is the main fall sport at SLU, which has not sponsored football since 1949.

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Noted for their dominance in men's collegiate soccer during the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, the Billikens have won 10 NCAA Men's Soccer Championships, the most of any men's college soccer program in Division 1. [2] Despite this, the Billikens have not appeared in an NCAA national championship final since 1974, and have appeared in the college cup twice since then: 1991 and 1997. Of their ten titles, nine were outright earned by the Billikens and their 1967 title was shared with the Michigan State Spartans.

During their dynasty run from the 1960s through 1970s, the team was coached by Bob Guelker during their first five championships, while Harry Keough coached the last five championship teams at SLU. Dan Donigan was the most recent head coach, serving from February 2001 until he resigned in January 2010 to accept a position at Rutgers. Presently, the Billikens are coached by Kevin Kalish.

Roster

As of January 1, 2023 [3]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mason Hart
1 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Carlos Tofern
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Donny Ross
3 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caleb Iverson
4 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Alberto Suarez
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Max Floriani
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Christian Buendia
7 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Seth Anderson
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brian Johnson
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Erich Legut
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA John Klein
11 MF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Mads Stistrup Petersen
12 DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Enzo Okpoye
13 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA CJ Coppola
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Grady Easton
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brogan Townsend
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dylan Olson
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Alwang
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lane Warrington
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jack Mika
21 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Daniel Moore
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sebastian Zabala
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alex Shterenberg
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Karson Gibbs
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matteo Boasso
26 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bryce Warhaft
27 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tomas Dovidaitis
28 GK Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Yuval Sade
29 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nate Shapiro
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gavin Roberts
33 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kevin Komodi
— DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Gershon Henry

Coaching staff

As of May 8, 2021
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St. Louis threaten to score against Duquesne, November 2008
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St. Louis (in white) vs. Duquesne, November 2008
PositionStaff
Head CoachKevin Kalish
Assistant CoachKris Bertsch
Assistant CoachKevin Stoll
Director of OperationsConstantin Heider
Volunteer Assistant Coach (GKs)Euan Morton
Team Team Chaplain Christian Zombek, S.J.

Last updated: January 1, 2023
Source: Here

Head coaching history

DatesNameNotes
1959–1966 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Guelker Won 5 NCAA championships in 8 seasons.
1967–1982 Flag of the United States.svg Harry Keough Won 5 NCAA championships in his first 7 seasons.
1983–1996 Flag of the United States.svg Joe Clarke
1997–2000 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Warming
2001–2009 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Donigan
2010–2017 Flag of the United States.svg Mike McGinty
2018–present Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Kalish

Seasons

Previous Season's Records and Standings [4]
SeasonOverall recordConf. RecordCoachConf.Conf RankConf. TournamentNCAA tournament
20158–7–24–2–2Mike McGintyA103rd
201414–4–25–1–2Mike McGintyA102ndSemifinalsNCAA 2nd round
201314–5–26–0–2Mike McGintyA101stRunner-Up
201216–5–07–2–0Mike McGintyA101stChampionsNCAA second round, eighth overall seed
20116–10–14–5–0Mike McGintyA1010th
20109–7–35–3–0Mike McGintyA105thSemifinals
200912–6–07–2–0DoniganA102ndChampionsNCAA 2nd Round
200812–5–56–3DoniganA104thSemifinalsNCAA 2nd round

NCAA Dominance: 1959–1974

The following table shows the sixteen-year span from 1959 to 1974 in which SLU won 10 NCAA titles. In the six seasons in which SLU did not win, they finished second three times, reached the semifinals once, reached the quarterfinals once, and reached the round-of-16 once. In all 16 seasons, the NCAA tournament was either won by SLU or by the team that had beaten SLU.

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship [5]
YearFinalSemifinalistsHost CityHost Stadium
ChampionScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place
1959 Saint Louis5–2 Bridgeport CCNY, West Chester Storrs, Connecticut Memorial Stadium
1960 Saint Louis (2)3–2 Maryland West Chester, Connecticut Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn College Field
1961 West Chester 2–0Saint Louis Bridgeport, Rutgers St. Louis, Missouri Public Schools Stadium
1962 Saint Louis (3)4–3 Maryland Springfield College, Michigan State St. Louis, Missouri Francis Field
1963 Saint Louis (4)3–0 Navy Maryland, Army Piscataway, New Jersey Rutgers Stadium
1964 Navy 1–0 Michigan State Saint Louis, Army Providence, Rhode Island Brown Stadium
1965 Saint Louis (5)1–0 Michigan State Navy, Army St. Louis, Missouri Francis Field
1966 San Francisco 5–2 Long Island University Michigan State, Army Berkeley, California California Memorial Stadium
1967 Michigan State
Saint Louis (6)		0–0 †— Navy, Long Island–Brooklyn St. Louis, Missouri Francis Field
1968 Maryland
Michigan State (2)		2–2 (2OT) ‡— Brown, San Jose State Atlanta Grant Field
1969 Saint Louis (7)4–0 San Francisco Maryland, Harvard San Jose, California Spartan Stadium
1970 Saint Louis (8)1–0 UCLA Hartwick, Howard Edwardsville, Illinois Cougar Field, SIUE
1971 Howard #3–2Saint Louis Harvard, San Francisco Miami Miami Orange Bowl
1972 Saint Louis (9)4–2 UCLA Howard, Cornell Miami Miami Orange Bowl
1973 Saint Louis (10)3–2 (OT) UCLA Brown, Clemson Miami Miami Orange Bowl
1974 Howard 2–1 (4OT)Saint Louis Hartwick 3–1 UCLA St. Louis, Missouri Busch Memorial Stadium

Notable alumni

1950s–1980s

Michael Stumpf SR. Proud father and sales employie at World Wide Technology

1990s–present

Note: The number in parentheses indicates the year the player graduated from SLU; for those who didn't graduate from SLU, the number indicates the last year they played for SLU.

Honors

1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967(co-champion) 1969, 1970, 1972, & 1973
2009, 2012, 2021, 2022

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Colors and Fonts" . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ Men's Soccer Div 1 – History (1959-2011) on the NCAA
  3. ↑ "2022 Men's Soccer Roster". Saint Louis University.
  4. ↑ "Previous Seasons". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Leahy To Be Enshrined in Missouri Sports Hall of Fame", SLU Billikens, February 9, 2007.
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