The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate

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team of

Saint Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...

. The

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compete in the

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in the

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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 in Division 1. 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 1972 title was shared with

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. During their dynasty run from the 1960s through 1970s, the team was coached by

Bob Guelker Bob Guelker (June 26, 1923 – February 22, 1986) was an American soccer coach and administrator. He coached 24 years at the collegiate level, including coaching St. Louis University to five championships (1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965). He c ...

during their first five championships, while

Harry Keough Harry Joseph Keough (November 15, 1927 – February 7, 2012) was an American soccer defender who played on the United States national team in their 1–0 upset of England at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He spent most of his club career in his ...

coached the last five championship teams at SLU.

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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 Kevin Kalish is an American soccer coach and former player who, as of 2018, was serving as head coach of the Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team. He played professionally in the National Professional Soccer League. Youth In 1995, Kalish grad ...

Roster

Coaching staff

Head coaching history

Seasons

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.

Notable alumni

1950s–1980s *

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(1960) — Played on 1959 and 1960 championship teams *

Carl Gentile Carl Gentile is a former U.S. soccer Striker (association football), forward. He played one season in the National Professional Soccer League (1967), National Professional Soccer League and two in the North American Soccer League (1968–84), Nor ...

(1965) — Played with the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League; earned 6 caps with the U.S. national team *

Pat McBride Patrick "Pat" McBride (born November 13, 1943) is an American retired soccer midfielder and indoor soccer coach. He earned five caps with the U.S. national team and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. College and professional As a ...

(1967) — Played 10 seasons with the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League; earned 5 caps with the U.S. national team *

Al Trost Alan Trost (born February 7, 1949) is an American retired soccer midfielder. He played collegiate soccer at Saint Louis University where he won the 1969 and 1970 Hermann Trophy as the player of the year. His professional career includes years i ...

(1970) — Played with the St. Louis Stars and other teams in the North American Soccer League; earned 14 caps with the U.S. national team * Pat Leahy (1972) — Played on three of the school's national championship soccer teams; placekicker for the NFL's New York Jets from 1974 to 1992 & Jets' all-time leading scorer"Leahy To Be Enshrined in Missouri Sports Hall of Fame"
SLU Billikens, February 9, 2007. * Joe Clarke (1975) — Played professional soccer for 7 seasons, including stints with NASL's St. Louis Stars and MISL's St. Louis Steamers *

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(1985) — Played in the Major Indoor Soccer League; co-founder and CEO of World Wide Technology. 1990s–present *

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(1992) — 67 caps playing for the U.S. national team; played 7 professional seasons from 1994 to 2000 in Mexico and then in MLS *

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(1993) — scored 30 goals for the U.S. national team; played several seasons in the

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* Shane Battelle (1993) — played 3 professional seasons from 1994 to 1996 *

Matt McKeon Matthew (Matt) John McKeon (born September 24, 1974) is an American retired soccer midfielder who played seven seasons in Major League Soccer. He earned two caps with the United States men's national soccer team and was a member of the 1996 U.S. ...

(1995) — played 7 seasons in MLS; 2 caps with the U.S. national team * Brad Davis (2001) — currently plays for

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; 17 caps with the U.S. national team *

Dipsy Selolwane Diphetogo "Dipsy" Selolwane (born 27 January 1978) is a Botswana former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has also played as a striker in Major League Soccer. Club career Selolwane first played for Gaborone United in the ...

(2001) — played 4 seasons in MLS; played for the Botswana national team *

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(2002) — has played in MLS since 2003; currently plays for the

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(2003) — currently plays for

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in Germany; played for Bosnia at the 2014 World Cup * Will John (2004) — played 3 seasons in MLS before moving to play in Europe * Tim Ward (2004) — played 8 seasons in MLS *

Martin Hutton Martin Hutton (born January 21, 1982) is an American former soccer player, who last played for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer in 2006. Youth Hutton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was twelve, Hutton's family moved from Louis ...

(2004) — 2 seasons in MLS from 2005 to 2006 * John DiRaimondo (2006) — played 3 seasons in MLS from 2007 to 2009 * Brandon Barklage (2008) — played 7 seasons in MLS from 2009 to 2015 * Dado Hamzagić (2008) — played professionally two seasons in

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from 2009 to 2011 *

Tim Ream Timothy Michael Ream (born October 5, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back or left-back for club Fulham and the United States national team. Youth and college soccer Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Ream was ...

(2009) — several professional seasons in MLS and in England; 20 U.S. national team caps *

Chad Vandegriffe Chad Vandegriffe (born November 24, 1989) is an American soccer and indoor soccer player who currently plays for Florida Tropics SC in the Major Arena Soccer League. Youth Prior to turning pro, Vandegriffe was a standout at Chaminade College P ...

(2012) — played professionally in USL, MISL, and MASL 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

* College Cup (10) :: 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967(co-champion) 1969, 1970, 1972, & 1973 *

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Tournament :: 2009, 2012

References

External links

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