UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer

{{Short description|American college soccer team}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox college soccer team | name = UC Santa Barbara Gauchos<br />men's soccer | current = | logo = UC Santa Barbara Gauchos wordmark.svg | logo_size = 200 | founded = {{Start date and age|1966}} | university = University of California, Santa Barbara | athletic_director = Kelly Barsky | coach = Tim Vom Steeg | tenure = 25th | conference = Big West Conference | conference_short = Big West | city = Santa Barbara | state = California | stateabb = CA | stadium = Harder Stadium | capacity = 17,000 | nickname = Gauchos <!-- 2024 home kit --> | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _blackdiagonals | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = 000099 | body1 = 0000cc | rightarm1 = 000099 | shorts1 = 0000cc | socks1 = 0000cc <!-- away kit --> | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = ffffff | body2 = ffffff | rightarm2 = ffffff | shorts2 = ffffff | socks2 = FFFFFF | NCAAchampion = 2006 | NCAArunnerup = 2004 | NCAAcollegecup = 2004, 2006 | NCAAeliteeight = 2004, 2006, 2019 | NCAAsweetsixteen = 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019 | NCAAtourneys = 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2024 | conference_tournament = 2010, 2021 | conference_season = 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2025* }}

The '''UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer''' team is an NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of student-athletes attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Gauchos play their home matches at Harder Stadium. Like most of the other UC Santa Barbara Gauchos athletic teams, the men's soccer team competes in the Big West Conference. After the 2026–27 school year, UCSB will leave the Big West for the West Coast Conference.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://wccsports.com/news/2026/4/10/general-west-coast-conference-adds-uc-santa-barbara-in-landmark-expansion-move.aspx |title=West Coast Conference Adds UC Santa Barbara In Landmark Expansion Move |publisher=West Coast Conference |date=April 10, 2026 |access-date=April 11, 2026}}</ref>

The UCSB Gauchos won the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The program has produced 19 All-American selections, all but one of which since 2002, and over 60 players who have gone on to play professionally or represent their senior national teams.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-soccer/2015-16/releases/20151210p09t69 |title=Nick DePuy Named All-American, Becomes Fourth Gaucho Ever to Earn First Team Status |date=December 11, 2015 |website=UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |access-date=April 6, 2016 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408083302/http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-soccer/2015-16/releases/20151210p09t69 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Each season from 2007 to 2015, the Gauchos were recognized by the NCAA as the men's attendance champions by average attendance (men's and women's inclusive across Division I, II, and III) – the longest such recorded streak in the NCAA record books.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2016/2015attendance.pdf |title=Men's Soccer Attendance Records: Annual Home Attendance Champions |website=National Collegiate Athletic Association |page=5 |access-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref> The program holds the top six all-time NCAA soccer records for largest regular season attendances at on-campus venues (men's and women's inclusive across Division I, II, and III).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2016/2015attendance.pdf |title=Men's Soccer Attendance Records: All-Time Largest Crowds |website=National Collegiate Athletic Association |page=7 |access-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_soccer_RB/2015/attendance.pdf |title=Women's Soccer Attendance Records: Game Attendance Records |website=National Collegiate Athletic Association |page=6 |access-date=April 6, 2016}}</ref> This is highlighted by the top all-time mark of 15,896 fans packed into Harder Stadium on September 24, 2010, when UC Santa Barbara hosted UCLA for their regular season match, despite the Santa Barbara County Fire Marshal turning fans away at the gates for fear of filling the stadium over capacity.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keh |first=Andrew |date=November 2, 2010 |title=Surge in Attendance at Men's College Games |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/sports/soccer/03attendance.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York City |access-date=April 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/mens-college-preview:-the-great-cal-rivalry_aid26287 |title=Men's College Preview: The Great Cal Rivalry |last=Eskilson |first=J.R. |date=September 20, 2012 |website=topdrawersoccer.com |access-date=April 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://presidiosports.com/2012/09/its-the-main-event-ucsb-vs-ucla-at-harder-stadium/ |title=It's the main event: UCSB vs. UCLA at Harder Stadium |last=Punzal |first=Barry |date=September 20, 2012 |website=presidiosports.com |access-date=April 6, 2016}}</ref>

==History== {{See also|List of UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer seasons}}

===Humble beginnings=== UC Santa Barbara fielded its first men's soccer team in 1966 but didn't compete in the Big West Conference until 1983.<ref name='bwp2'>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigwest.org/sports/msoccer/info/record.pdf |title=Big West Conference Men's Soccer Records |date=December 2014 |website=bigwest.org |page=2 |access-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085919/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/msoccer/info/record.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Gauchos had mixed success, with good seasons (1983, 1988) alongside bad seasons (1991, 1992), but never found prolonged stretches of success or failure.<ref name='bwp2and3'>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigwest.org/sports/msoccer/info/record.pdf |title=Big West Conference Men's Soccer Records |date=December 2014 |website=bigwest.org |pages=2–3 |access-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085919/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/msoccer/info/record.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Big West Conference stopped sponsoring men's soccer after the 1991 season but re-instituted it before the 2001 season.<ref name='bwp2'/> During this period, UCSB competed in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The return of soccer to the Big West Conference marked the rough beginning of the Gauchos' greatest success to date.<ref name='bwp2'/>

===Vom Steeg era=== In January 1999, UC Santa Barbara's athletic director, Gary Cunningham, was successfully able to hire former UCSB and professional soccer player, Tim Vom Steeg, away from Santa Barbara City College to lead the Gauchos' program.<ref>{{Cite magazine |year=2013 |title=Tim Vom Steeg – Men's Soccer |url=http://gauchofund.com/contents/Dare_Magazine_Summer-Fall13/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#39 |page=39 |magazine=DARE |publisher=UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |access-date=April 7, 2016 |archive-date=April 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419132930/http://gauchofund.com/contents/Dare_Magazine_Summer-Fall13/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#39 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 16, 1999 |title=Friday's Sports Transactions |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22250517.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506002051/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22250517.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 6, 2016 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=April 7, 2016 }}</ref> The Gauchos won the 2001 Big West Conference championship for the first time in their history, but missed out on a trip to the NCAA Tournament since the Big West Conference was ineligible for an automatic bid.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/111601aaa.html |title=Men's Soccer Claims Big West Championship With 2-0 Shutout Of UC Irvine |date=November 16, 2001 |website=ucsbgauchos.com |access-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062104/http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/111601aaa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> UC Santa Barbara have won eight Big West regular season championships (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014) and have won the Big West tournament in 2010.<ref name='bwp2and3'/>

====2004 NCAA Championships==== The Gauchos burst onto the national scene in 2004 during their run at the 2004 NCAA Championship. The showing in this tournament established UC Santa Barbara as a force in college soccer, with UCSB marching to the finals before losing out on penalties to Indiana.

====2006 NCAA Championships==== {{main|2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team}} thumb|Santa Barbara national champions visiting president George W. Bush (who is posing with a #1 shirt with his name) at the White House in 2006 The crowning achievement of the men's soccer program took place in 2006, when UCSB won the NCAA Division I Championship in a 2–1 decision over UCLA. It marked the program's first championship and only the university's second athletics championship (1979 Men's Water Polo).

At one point during the season, UCSB's record stood at 7–6 with dim prospects for postseason glory. However, a 5–1 stretch to close the regular season raised morale. The Gauchos made the NCAA Tournament as an unseeded team. During their championship run, the unseeded Gauchos defeated San Diego State at home, then #1 ranked/#3 seeded SMU followed by Old Dominion on the road, and finally Northwestern before an NCAA season-high 8,784 people at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara. This propelled the Gauchos into the Final Four and earned them a trip to the College Cup held at Hermann Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri.

UCSB needed extra time to defeat #2 seed Wake Forest 0–0 (4–3 on penalties) in their first match of the College Cup. The final was a matchup between Southern California teams as UCLA advanced on a 4–0 win over Virginia. The 8th-ranked and seeded Bruins served as the final team to fall to the Gauchos by a score of 2–1 to complete UCSB's magical season.

==Players==

===Current squad=== {{Updated|August 22, 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster |title=2025 Men's Soccer Roster |website=ucsbgauchos.com |access-date=August 22, 2025}}</ref> {{Fs start | bg=003660 | color= ffffff }} <!-- {{Fs player|no=0 |nat=|pos=|name=}} Shirt/player not currently listed --> {{Fs player|no=1 |nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Luke Skinner}} {{Fs player|no=2 |nat=JPN|pos=DF|name=Haruki Utsumi}} {{Fs player|no=3 |nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Cole Harris}} {{Fs player|no=4 |nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Calle Mollerberg}} {{Fs player|no=5 |nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Mika Ney}} {{Fs player|no=6 |nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Justin Gomes}} {{Fs player|no=7 |nat=SLE|pos=FW|name=Buba Fofanah}} {{Fs player|no=8 |nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Ramses Martinez}} {{Fs player|no=9 |nat=DEN|pos=FW|name=Nicolas Willumsen}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=ISL|pos=FW|name=Steinar Bjornsson}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Kaden Standish}} <!-- {{Fs player|no=12|nat=|pos=|name=}} Shirt/player not currently listed --> {{Fs player|no=13|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Ethan Senter}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=DEN|pos=DF|name=Jacob Blach}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Owen Wall}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Keaton Fargo}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Dominick Phanco}} {{fs mid | bg=003660 | color= ffffff }} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Jacob Medina}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Drew Kamienski}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Jack Middleton}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Mateos Carvalho}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Ocean Salari}} <!-- {{Fs player|no=23|nat=|pos=|name=}} Shirt/player not currently listed --> {{Fs player|no=24|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Eddie Villeda}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Isaiah Barber}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=USA|pos=GK|name=Dylan Hotaling}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=CAN|pos=FW|name=Chris Oginni}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=CAN|pos=DF|name=Colby Renton}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=USA|pos=GK|name=Owen Beninga}} <!-- {{Fs player|no=30|nat=|pos=|name=}} Shirt/player not currently listed --> {{Fs player|no=31|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Kevin Brown}} <!-- {{Fs player|no=32|nat=|pos=|name=}} Shirt/player not currently listed --> {{Fs player|no=33|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Zac Siebenlist}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=ISR|pos=DF|name=Peleg Brown}} {{Fs player|no=85|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=Thomas Noordegraaf}} {{Fs end}}

===Notable former players=== {{Columns-list|colwidth=20em| * {{flagicon|Ghana}} Geoffrey Acheampong (2015) * {{flagicon|United States}} Dion Acoff (2012) * {{flagicon|England}} Fuad Adeniyi (2015) * {{flagicon|United States}} Jaime Ambriz (1999–2001) * {{flagicon|United States}} Memo Arzate (2002–2003) * {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Hunter Ashworth (2018–2019) * {{flagicon|United States}} Eric Avila (2005–2007) * {{flagicon|Ghana}} Fifi Baiden (2010–2013) * {{flagicon|United States}} Danny Barrera (2008–2010) * {{flagicon|United States}} Lamar Batista (2016) * {{flagicon|Australia}} Will Baynham (2019) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Iván Becerra (2004–2005) * {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Noah Billingsley (2016–2019) * {{flagicon|Ghana}} Ema Boateng (2012) * {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Michael Boxall (2007–2010) * {{flagicon|United States}} Nate Boyden (2001–2005) * {{flagicon|Ireland}} Bryan Byrne (2003–2006) * {{flagicon|France}} Achille Campion (2012–2013) * {{flagicon|United States}} Joe Cannon (1993) * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Javier Castro (2012–2013) * {{flagicon|United States}} Nick DePuy (2013–2016) * {{flagicon|United States}} Bryan Dominguez (2008) * {{flagicon|Ghana}} Manu Duah (2024) * {{flagicon|Germany}} Paul Ehmann (2013–2014) * {{flagicon|Canada}} Rob Friend (2001–2002) * {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Ryo Fujii (2014) * {{flagicon|United States}} Kevin Garcia-Lopez (2010–2014) * {{flagicon|United States}} Sam Garza (2010–2011) * {{flagicon|New Zealand}} William Gillingham (2017–2021) * {{flagicon|England}} Andy Iro (2004–2007) * {{flagicon|Gambia}} Ismaila Jome (2013–2015) * {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Neil Jones (2001–2004) * {{flagicon|Ireland}} Alan Keely (2002) * {{flagicon|United States}} Dan Kennedy (2001–2004) * {{flagicon|United States}} Ryan Kenny (2005) * {{flagicon|United States}} James Kiffe (2009–2011) * {{flagicon|United States}} Seo-In Kim (2015–2017) * {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Tony Lochhead (2001–2004) * {{flagicon|Brazil}} Thiago Martins (1999–2000) * {{flagicon|United States}} Drew McAthy (2001–2004) * {{flagicon|Ireland}} David McGill (2002–2003) * {{flagicon|Ireland}} Peter McGlynn (2008–2012) * {{flagicon|United States}} Reed McKenna (2013–2014) * {{flagicon|United States}} Randy Mendoza (2015–2017) * {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Rodney Michael (2017–2020) * {{flagicon|United States}} Bryan Monka (1999–2000) * {{flagicon|United States}} Alfonso Motagalvan (2005–2008) * {{flagicon|Canada}} Michael Nonni (2009–2011) * {{flagicon|United States}} Tino Nuñez (2004–2007) * {{flagicon|United States}} Ciaran O'Brien (2007) * {{flagicon|Ghana}} David Opoku (2010–2011) * {{flagicon|United States}} Dalton Pando (2016) * {{flagicon|United States}} Nick Perera (2005–2008) * {{flagicon|Philippines}} Charley Pettys (2009) * {{flagicon|United States}} Chris Pontius (2005–2008) * {{flagicon|United States}} Christian Ramirez (2009–2010) * {{flagicon|Canada}} Mateo Restrepo (2016–2019) * {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Eric Reyes (2010) * {{flagicon|United States}} Kyle Reynish (2002–2006) * {{flagicon|United States}} Ralph Robertson (1993–1995) * {{flagicon|Canada}} Tyler Rosenlund (2004–2006) * {{flagicon|United States}} Ahinga Selemani (2015–2016) * {{flagicon|United States}} Luis Silva (2008–2011) * {{flagicon|United States}} Sam Strong (2015–2016) * {{flagicon|Ghana}} Michael Tetteh (2008–2010) * {{flagicon|United States}} Carson Vom Steeg (2018–2021) * {{flagicon|United States}} Justin Vom Steeg (2015) * {{flagicon|United States}} Tim Vom Steeg (1985–1988) }}

==Coaching staff==

===Current technical staff=== {{Updated|August 22, 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/msoc/roster#sidearm-roster-coaches |title=2025 Men's Soccer Roster Men's Soccer Coaching Staff |website=ucsbgauchos.com |access-date=August 22, 2025}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white }}"| Position ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white }}"| Name |- |Head coach |Tim Vom Steeg |- |Associate head coach |Greg Wilson |- |Goalkeeper coach |Matias Fernandez |- |Assistant coach |Carson Vom Steeg |}

===Head coaching history=== {{Updated|December 2025}} Source:<ref name=recbook>[https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/ucsb.sidearmsports.com/documents/2024/9/24/10.17.24_MSOC_Record_Book.pdf Men's soccer record book (2024)] at ucsbgauchos.com</ref><ref>[https://www.ussportscamps.com/news/soccer/us-sports-camps-and-the-soccer-academy-announce-new-partnership US Sports Camps and The Soccer Academy Announce New Partnership] at ussportscamps.com. 27 Jan 2014</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white }}"|# ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white }}"|Nat. ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white }}"|Name ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white }}"|Tenure ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white }}"|Record ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white }}"|Win % |- | 1 || || Zolton von Smogyi || 1966–71 || 32–21–6 || .593 |- | 2 |||| Sandy Guess || 1972–73 || 9–13–3 || .420 |- | 3 |||| Sandy Guess / Ken Reeves || 1974 || 5–6–4 || .467 |- | 4 ||{{flagicon|USA}}|| Alan Meeder || 1975–78 || 42–26–5 ||.610 |- |5 |||| John Purcell || 1979–80 || 15–17–5 ||.473 |- | 6 |||| Andy Kuenzli || 1981–89 || 95–64–21 ||.586 |- | 7 |||| Cliff Draeger || 1990–91 || 15–20–2 ||.432 |- | 8 |||| Mark Arya|| 1992–98 || 40–84–6 ||.331 |- | 9 ||{{flagicon|USA}}|| Tim Vom Steeg|| 1999–Present || 314–144–66 || .662 |}

== Rivalries ==

=== Cal Poly === {{Main|Blue–Green Rivalry}} Chosen as the #1 "Greatest Rivalry In College Soccer" by ''CollegeSoccerNews.com'', the main rival of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos soccer team is the Cal Poly Mustangs men's soccer team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index_files/Page2764.htm |title=The Fourteen Greatest Rivalries In College Soccer |website=collegesoccernews.com |access-date=April 7, 2016 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105052900/http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index_files/Page2764.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The rivalry is a part of the larger Blue–Green Rivalry, which encompasses all sports from the two schools. With both schools located on the Central Coast less than 100 miles apart, attendance has risen dramatically following the Gauchos' 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The crowds of these games are record-setting and are among the highest regular-season games in NCAA college soccer history.

== Titles == Sources:<ref name=stand>[https://bigwest.org/standings.aspx?path=msoc 2025 men's soccer standings] at bigwest.org</ref><ref name=rsssf>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-ncaamchamp.html USA - List of NCAA College Soccer Conference Champions (Men)] by Dave Litterer at the RSSSF</ref>

=== National === {|class= "wikitable" ! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Championship ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Title # ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Season ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Rival (final) ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Score |- | NCAA tournament || {{center|1}}|| 2006 || UCLA || {{center|2–1}} |}

=== Conference === {|class= "wikitable" ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Conference ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Championship ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Titles ! width= 350px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Winning years |- | rowspan=2| Big West || Tournament ||{{center|2}}|| 2010, 2021 |- | Regular season || {{center|12}} || 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2025{{refn|group=n|name=shared|Title shared with UC Irvine and Cal Poly}} |}

;Notes {{reflist|group=n}}

==NCAA appearances== The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 23–13–1 through fifteen appearances.<ref>{{cite web |title=Division I Men's Soccer Championships Records Book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2017/D1.pdf |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref>

{{small div| ;Key * a.e.t. – Match went to extra time * p – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time * {{colorbox|gold}} – Won National Championship }} {| class="wikitable sortable" ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Year ! width= 100px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Stage ! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Rival ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Res. ! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|border=1|color= white}}"| Score |- | rowspan=2| 2002 || First round || San Diego || W||2–0 |- | Second round|| California||L || 1–2 |- | rowspan=2| 2003 || Second round || California|| W|| 2–0 |- | Third round|| St. John's || L|| 2–3 |- | rowspan=5| 2004 || Second round || Milwaukee ||W||2–1 |- | Third round || UNC Greensboro|| W || 1–0 |- | Quarterfinals ||VCU|| W || 4–1 |- | Semifinals || Duke || W || 5–0 |- | Final || Indiana || L || 1–2 |- | rowspan=2| 2005 || First round|| San Diego State||W||2–0 |- | Second round || CSU Northridge ||L||2–3 |- | rowspan=6| 2006 || First round || San Diego State || 2–1 |- | Second round ||SMU || W|| 3–1 |- | Third round|| Old Dominion ||W|| 2–1 |- | Quarterfinals || Northwestern || W || 3–2 |- | Semifinals ||Wake Forest || W|| 1–0 |- bgcolor=gold | Final || UCLA || W|| 2–1 |- | rowspan=2| 2007 || Second round || Washington||W|| 1–0 |- | Third round || Ohio State || L || 3–4 |- | 2008 || Second round || California || L || 2–3 |- | rowspan=3|2009 || First round || Wofford || W||1–0 |- | Second round || San Diego || W || 1–0 |- | Third round || UCLA || L|| 1–2 |- | rowspan=2| 2010 || First round|| Denver ||W|| 1–0 |- | Second round || California || L || 1–2 |- | rowspan=2| 2011 || Second round || Providence|| W|| 3–2 |- | Third round || Creighton || L|| 1–2 |- | 2013 || Second round || Penn State || L || 0–1 |- | rowspan=2| 2015 || Second round || South Carolina||W||1–0 |- | Third round || Clemson ||L|| 2–3 |- | rowspan=4| 2019 || First round || California || W ||3–1 |- | Second round || Saint Mary's ||W|| 4–0 |- | Third round|| Indiana || W|| 1–0 |- | Quarterfinals || Wake Forest || L|| 0–1 |- | 2021 || First round || UCLA || L|| 1–2 |- | rowspan=2| 2024 || First round || UCLA || W|| 1–0 |- | Second round || Stanford || L || 2–2 {{pso|5–6}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons}} * {{Official website}}

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