List of UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer seasons

This is a list of seasons played by the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team 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]
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 8[16] 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
2023 Big West 9 4 3 2 3rd Semifinals 20 10 8 2 Lucas Gonzalez 15 Lucas Gonzalez
Nemo Philipp
5

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ In NCAA scoring, goals count as 2 points while assists count as one point.
  2. ^ Goals in all competitions (regular season, conference, and NCAA tournament) are counted.
  3. ^ UCSB joined the Big West Conference to compete in a conference for the first time in their history.
  4. ^ From 1994 to 2000 UCSB competed in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for Men's Soccer along with teams from the Western Athletic Conference and the Pacific-10 Conference.
  5. ^ The Big West Conference resumed Men's Soccer and UCSB rejoined the conference.
  6. ^ "National Soccer Coaches Association of America 2002 NCAA Division I Men Final Ranking" (PDF). NSCAA. December 16, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  7. ^ NSCAA (December 13, 2005). "National Soccer Coaches Association of America 2005 NCAA Division I Men Final Ranking" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  8. ^ NSCAA (December 5, 2006). "National Soccer Coaches Association of America 2006 NCAA Division I Men Final Ranking" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  9. ^ NSCAA (December 19, 2007). "National Soccer Coaches Association of America 2007 NCAA Division I Men Final Ranking" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  10. ^ NSCAA (December 16, 2008). "National Soccer Coaches Association of America 2008 NCAA Division I Men Final Ranking" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  11. ^ NSCAA (December 15, 2009). "National Soccer Coaches Association of America 2009 NCAA Division I Men Final Ranking" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  12. ^ NSCAA (November 9, 2010). "National Soccer Coaches Association of America 2010 NCAA Division I Men Final Ranking" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  13. ^ "NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's - National - Final Post-Season Ranking - December 13, 2011". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  14. ^ "NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's - National - Final Post-Season Ranking - December 17, 2013". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 17, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  15. ^ "NSCAA NCAA Division I Men - National - Final Postseason Ranking - December 15, 2015". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 15, 2015. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  16. ^ "United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Final Postseaosn Ranking". unitedsoccercoaches.org. December 17, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2024.