Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer

Saint Louis Billikens
men's soccer
University Saint Louis University
Conference Atlantic 10
Location St. Louis, MO
Head coach Mike McGinty (6th year)
Stadium Hermann Stadium
(Capacity: 6,050)
Nickname Billikens
Colors Blue and White[1]
         
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Champions
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
Conference Tournament Champions
1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2012

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.

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. Despite this, the Billikens have not appeared in an NCAA national championship final since 1974. Of their ten titles, nine were outright earned by the Billikens and their 1972 title was shared with San Francisco Dons.

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 Mike McGinty.

Roster


As of October 2016[2]

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

No. Position Player
0 United States GK Tim Dolan
1 Germany GK Nick Sascha Otte
2 United Kingdom DF Andre Rivers-Hardware
3 United States MF Max Karcher
4 Jamaica DF Akeem Richards
5 Germany DF Julian Gieseke
6 Germany Lennart Hein
7 United States Joe Saad
8 Senegal Patrick Sarr
9 United States FW Carson Gray
10 Scotland MF Duncan Corbett
11 Brazil FW Leo Novaes
12 Germany DF Constantin Heider
13 United States DF Eric Davies
14 United States DF Miles Davis
15 United States DF Jair Hernandez
No. Position Player
16 United States DF Quayyum Murana
17 Bermuda DF Jair Minors
18 Kenya MF Saadiq Mohammed
19 United States MF Brady Lenius
21 United States FW Anthony Brown
22 United States MF Keaton Schieffer
23 United States FW Grant Owens
24 United States FW Noah Murphy
25 United States FW Spencer Jones
26 United States DF Jake Shireman
27 United States MF Spiros Karidis
28 United States GK Bryan Seefeld
29 United States GK Ty Frederking
30 United States GK Ben Yeager
31 United States MF Luis Manta
32 United States FW Desmond Dolphy


Billikens threaten to score against Duquesne (November 2, 2008).


Team management

Coaching Staff
Position Staff
Head Coach Mike McGinty
Assistant Coach Jason Brian Grazier
Assistant Coach Michael Robson
Goalkeeper Coach Tim Kelly

Last updated: October 20, 2016
Source: http://www.slubillikens.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=27200&SPID=93202&SPSID=632577 Saint Louis Billikens Athletics Website]

Soccer at SLU.

Head coaching history

Dates Name Notes
1959–1966 United States Bob Guelker Won 5 NCAA championships in 8 seasons.
1967–1982 United States Harry Keough Won 5 NCAA championships in his first 7 seasons.
1983–1996 United States Joe Clarke
1997–2000 United States Bob Warming
2001–2009 United States Dan Donigan
2010–present United States Mike McGinty

Seasons

Previous Season's Records and Standings[3]
Season Overall
Record
Conf.
Record
Coach Conf. Conf Rank Conf.
Tournament
NCAA Tournament
2015 8–7–2 4–2–2 Mike McGinty A10 3rd
2014 14–4–2 5–1–2 Mike McGinty A10 2nd Semifinals NCAA 2nd Round
2013 14–5–2 6–0–2 Mike McGinty A10 1st Runner-Up
2012 16–5–0 7–2–0 Mike McGinty A10 1st Champions NCAA 2nd Round, 8th Overall Seed
2011 6–10–1 4–5–0 Mike McGinty A10 10th
2010 9–7–3 5–3–0 Mike McGinty A10 5th Semifinals
2009 12–6–0 7–2–0 Donigan A10 2nd Champions NCAA 2nd Round
2008 12–5–5 6–3 Donigan A10 4th Semifinals NCAA 2nd Round

NCAA tournament: 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[4]
Year Final Semifinalists Host City Host Stadium
Champion Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
1959 Saint Louis 5–2 Bridgeport CCNY, West Chester Storrs, CT Memorial Stadium
1960 Saint Louis (2) 3–2 Maryland West Chester, Connecticut Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn College Field
1961 West Chester 2–0 Saint Louis Bridgeport, Rutgers St. Louis, MO Public Schools Stadium
1962 Saint Louis (3) 4–3 Maryland Springfield College, Michigan State St. Louis, MO Francis Field
1963 Saint Louis (4) 3–0 Navy Maryland, Army Piscataway, NJ Rutgers Stadium
1964 Navy 1–0 Michigan State Saint Louis, Army Providence, RI Brown Stadium
1965 Saint Louis (5) 1–0 Michigan State Navy, Army St. Louis, MO Francis Field
1966 San Francisco 5–2 Long Island University Michigan State, Army Berkeley, CA California Memorial Stadium
1967 Michigan State
Saint Louis (6)
0–0 † Navy, Long Island–Brooklyn St. Louis, MO Francis Field
1968 Maryland
Michigan State (2)
2–2 (2OT) ‡ Brown, San Jose State Atlanta, GA Grant Field
1969 Saint Louis (7) 4–0 San Francisco Maryland, Harvard San Jose, CA Spartan Stadium
1970 Saint Louis (8) 1–0 UCLA Hartwick, Howard Edwardsville, IL Cougar Field, SIUE
1971 Howard # 3–2 Saint Louis Harvard, San Francisco Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl
1972 Saint Louis (9) 4–2 UCLA Howard, Cornell Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl
1973 Saint Louis (10) 3–2 (OT) UCLA Brown, Clemson Miami, FL Miami Orange Bowl
1974 Howard 2–1 (4OT) Saint Louis Hartwick 3–1 UCLA St. Louis, MO Busch Memorial Stadium

Notable alumni

1950s–1980s

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

See also

References

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