1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team

1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
GMC regular season and tournament champions St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic champions
NCAA tournament, College Cup
Conference	Great Midwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
Record	20–2–2 (5–0–0 GMC)
Head coach	Joe Clarke (9th season)
Captain	Steve Kuntz

1991 Great Midwest Conference men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Saint Louis ‡	5	–	0	–	0			20	–	2	–	2
Memphis State	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	9	–	2
Cincinnati	2	–	2	–	1			9	–	12	–	1
Marquette	2	–	3	–	0			8	–	14	–	0
DePaul	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	15	–	2
UAB	0	–	4	–	1			8	–	9	–	2
‡-Conference champion + - Invited to the 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Rankings from NSCAA

The 1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team represented Saint Louis University during the 1991 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Billikens played their first season in the now-defunct Great Midwest Conference, where they were the inaugural regular-season and tournament champions. Saint Louis earned an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, where they had their best NCAA tournament appearance since 1974. Saint Louis reached the College Cup before losing to the eventual national champions, Virginia.

Saint Louis were led by future United States men's national soccer team striker Brian McBride, who led Saint Louis with 20 goals throughout the season. McBride later had a professional career playing with Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer as well as with Fulham in the Premier League. Additionally, the 1991 team contained future professionals players and coaches: Mike Sorber, Shane Battelle, Steve Kuntz and Rory Dames.

Roster

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	USA	Brian McBride
—	MF	USA	Mike Sorber
—		USA	Dan Merlo
—		USA	Chris Santel
—		USA	Scott McDoniel
—	DF	USA	Shane Battelle
—		USA	John Lynn
—		USA	Jason Huber
—		USA	Jeff Davis
—		USA	Mike Byrne

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—		USA	Jeff Mika
—	DF	USA	Steve Kuntz
—		USA	Chris Guzman
—		USA	Ryan DeGrand
—		USA	Ed Pinon
—		USA	Shaun Fogarty
—		USA	Rory Dames
—		USA	Jay Zaber
—		USA	Todd Molski
—		USA	Eric Burdge

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
09-06-1991*		vs. Penn State adidas MetLife Classic	W 2–1	1–0–0	Bill Armstrong Stadium (100) Bloomington, IN
09-08-1991*		vs. Stanford adidas MetLife Classic	T 1–1 OT	1–0–1	Bill Armstrong Stadium (100) Bloomington, IN
09-11-1991*		Tulsa	W 3–0	2–0–1	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,352) St. Louis, MO
09-13-1991*		Notre Dame	W 3–0	3–0–1	St. Louis Soccer Park (3,155) St. Louis, MO
09-15-1991*		at Evansville	W 2–0	4–0–1	Arad McCutchan Stadium (1,800) Evansville, IN
09-20-1991		at DePaul	W 3–1	5–0–1 (1–0–0)	Cacciatore Stadium (250) Chicago, IL
09-22-1991*		at Indiana	L 1–2	5–1–1	Bill Armstrong Stadium (1,322) Bloomington, IN
09-27-1991*		SIU Edwardsville Bronze Boot	W 3–2	6–1–1	St. Louis Soccer Park (3,678) St. Louis, MO
10-02-1991*		at Illinois State	W 2–1	7–1–1	Hancock Stadium (267) Normal, IL
10-05-1991*		San Diego State St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic	T 0–0 OT	7–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,704) St. Louis, MO
10-06-1991*		Quincy St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic	W 3–0	8–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,242) St. Louis, MO
10-12-1991		UAB	W 1–0	9–1–2 (2–0–0)	St. Louis Soccer Park (163) St. Louis, MO
10-13-1991		at Marquette	W 2–1 OT	10–1–2 (3–0–0)	Legion Field (318) Milwaukee, WI
10-18-1991*		North Texas	W 3–0	11–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,643) St. Louis, MO
10-20-1991*		SMU	W 2–0	12–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (751) St. Louis, MO
10-23-1991		Memphis State	W 6–2	13–1–2 (4–0–0)	St. Louis Soccer Park (751) St. Louis, MO
10-26-1991*		at Northern Illinois	W 2–0	14–1–2	Brigham Field (371) DeKalb, IL
10-30-1991*		at Eastern Illinois	W 1–0	15–1–2	Lakeside Soccer Field (84) Charleston, IL
11-03-1991		Cincinnati	W 3–1	16–1–2 (5–0–0)	St. Louis Soccer Park (436) St. Louis, MO
GMC Tournament
11-09-1991		vs. Marquette Semifinal	W 5–0	17–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (150) St. Louis, MO
11-10-1991		vs. Cincinnati Championship	W 5–0	18–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (625) St. Louis, MO
NCAA Tournament
11-23-1991		vs. North Carolina Second round	W 4–0	19–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,085) St. Louis, MO
11-30-1991		vs. NC State Quarterfinal	W 3–0	20–1–2	St. Louis Soccer Park (1,835) St. Louis, MO
12-06-1991		vs. Virginia Semifinal	L 2–3 3OT	20–2–2	USF Soccer Stadium (3,925) Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

External links

• Final 1991 Statistics Archived 2017-03-13 at the Wayback Machine