2019 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team

The 2019 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team represented University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Big West Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 2. It was the program's 54th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 28th season in the Big West. The 2019 season was Tim Vom Steeg's twenty-first year as head coach for the program.

2019 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Big West Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 22
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 5
2019 record	15–4–4 (4–1–2 Big West)
Head coach	Tim Vom Steeg (21st season)
Assistant coaches	Greg Wilson (14th season) Greg Curry (9th season)
Home stadium	Harder Stadium

2019 Big West Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 25 UC Davis ‡	5	–	1	–	1			12	–	5	–	2
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara+	4	–	1	–	2			15	–	4	–	4
UC Irvine	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	7	–	5
Cal State Fullerton	3	–	4	–	0			12	–	7	–	1
Cal Poly	3	–	4	–	0			7	–	9	–	1
Cal State Northridge	2	–	3	–	2			8	–	9	–	3
Sacramento State	2	–	4	–	1			7	–	9	–	2
UC Riverside	1	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	3
‡ – 2019 Big West Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Roster

As of December 2, 2019[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  SLV Alan Carrillo 1 GK  USA Ben Roach 2 DF  USA Kavian Kashani 3 DF  NZL Hunter Ashworth 5 DF  FRA Faouzi Taieb 6 DF  NZL William Gillingham 7 DF  NZL Noah Billingsley 8 MF  USA Kaya Fabbretti 9 FW  ESP Ignacio Tellechea 10 FW  SLE Rodney Michael 11 MF  SLE Sahid Conteh 12 MF  USA Carson Vom Steeg 13 MF  AUS Finn Ballard McBride 14 DF  CAN Mateo Restrepo Mejia 15 DF  USA Giovanny Acosta 16 FW  GHA Ameyawu Muntari 17 FW  MEX Derek Kryzda

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  USA Ryan Johnson 19 DF  USA Jesse Fitzgerald 20 FW  CAN Will Baynham 23 MF  USA Luka Zivkovic 24 DF  USA Justin Ali 25 DF  USA Omari Fontes 26 DF  USA Tristan Miller 27 FW  USA Carter Clemmensen 28 FW  USA Oscar Ferreira 29 GK  USA Kyle Rudd 30 MF  USA Sam Fletcher 31 DF  USA Lucas Gonzalez 32 MF  USA Zade Ghani 33 FW  USA John Kim 40 GK  USA Colin Coppola Sneddon 85 MF  FRA Thibault Candia

Schedule

Source:[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
August 30* 7:30 p.m.		UNLV	W 2–1 ^2OT	1–0–0	Harder Stadium (1,416) Santa Barbara, CA
September 1* 7:00 p.m.		No. 16 Virginia Tech	L 1–3	1–1–0	Harder Stadium (1,500) Santa Barbara, CA
September 7* 7:00 p.m.		California	L 0–3	1–2–0	Harder Stadium (1,512) Santa Barbara, CA
September 12* 7:00 p.m.		at Gonzaga	W 1–0	2–2–0	Luger Field (436) Spokane, WA
September 15* 7:00 p.m.		at Oregon State	W 3–2	3–2–0	Paul Lorenz Field (358) Corvallis, OR
September 19* 7:00 p.m.		Seattle	W 1–0	4–2–0	Harder Stadium (1,000) Santa Barbara, CA
September 22* 7:00 p.m.		UMBC	W 4–0	5–2–0	Harder Stadium (1,843) Santa Barbara, CA
September 25* 7:00 p.m.		at Pacific	W 2–0	6–2–0	Knoles Field (419) Stockton, CA
September 28* 7:00 p.m.		No. 1 Stanford	T 3–3 ^2OT	6–2–1	Harder Stadium (3,812) Santa Barbara, CA
October 1* 7:00 p.m.		at No. 25 San Diego	T 2–2 ^2OT	6–2–2	Torero Stadium (446) San Diego, CA
October 5 7:00 p.m.		Cal Poly Blue–Green Rivalry	W 3–1	7–2–2	Harder Stadium (9,748) Santa Barbara, CA
Big West Conference regular season
October 9 7:00 p.m.		Sacramento State	W 2–0	8–2–2 (1–0–0)	Harder Stadium (1,000) Santa Barbara, CA
October 12 7:00 p.m.		at No. 24 Cal State Fullerton	W 5–0	9–2–2 (2–0–0)	Titan Stadium (952) Fullerton, CA
October 16 7:00 p.m.	No. 17	UC Riverside	W 2–0	10–2–2 (3–0–0)	Harder Stadium (1,013) Santa Barbara, CA
October 19 7:00 p.m.	No. 17	UC Irvine	L 1–2 ^OT	10–3–2 (3–1–0)	Harder Stadium (1,534) Santa Barbara, CA
October 23 3:00 p.m.	No. 20	at UC Davis	T 1–1 ^2OT	10–3–3 (3–1–1)	Aggie Soccer Field (587) Davis, CA
October 26 7:00 p.m.	No. 20	at Cal State Northridge	T 0–0 ^2OT	10–3–4 (3–1–2)	Matador Soccer Field (392) Northridge, CA
November 2 5:00 p.m.	No. 19	at Cal Poly Blue–Green Rivalry	W 2–0	11–3–4 (4–1–2)	Alex G. Spanos Stadium (11,075) San Luis Obispo, CA
Big West Conference Tournament
November 9 7:00 p.m.	(2) No. 15	(6) Cal State Northridge Semifinals	W 2–0	12–3–4	Harder Stadium (1,126) Santa Barbara, CA
November 15 2:00 p.m.	(2) No. 16	at (1) No. 24 UC Davis Championship Game	L 0–2	12–4–4	Aggie Soccer Field (1,308) Davis, CA
NCAA Tournament
November 21 7:00 p.m.	No. 22	California First Round	W 3–1	13–4–4	Harder Stadium (1,256) Santa Barbara, CA
November 24 1:00 p.m.	No. 22	at (12) No. 10 Saint Mary's Second Round	W 4–0	14–4–4	Saint Mary's Stadium (1,556) Moraga, CA
December 1 1:00 p.m.	No. 22	at (5) No. 6 Indiana Third Round	W 1–0 ^2OT	15–4–4	Bill Armstrong Stadium (712) Bloomington, IN
December 7 1:00 p.m.	No. 22	at (4) No. 9 Wake Forest Quarterfinals	L 0–1	15–5–4	Spry Stadium (2,027) Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

1. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". ucsbgauchos.com. UC Santa Barbara Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
2. "2019 Men's Soccer Schedule". ucsbgauchos.com. UC Santa Barbara Athletics. Retrieved March 15, 2020.