1991 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team

American college soccer season August 2023 1991 Saint Louis Billikens soccer SLU_Billikens_wordmark.png Great Midwest Conference GMC 3 20–2–2 5–0–0 Joe Clarke 9th Steve Kuntz NCAA tournament College Cup GMC regular season and tournament championsSt. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic champions 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 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 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 yes |- !colspan=6 style="Saint Louis Billikens 0 white"| Regular season |- w 09-06-1991 yes yes Penn State Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN adidas MetLife Classic 2–1 100 1–0–0 t 09-08-1991 yes yes Stanford Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN adidas MetLife Classic 1–1 OT 100 1–0–1 w 09-11-1991 yes Tulsa St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO 3–0 1,352 2–0–1 w 09-13-1991 yes Notre Dame St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO 3–0 3,155 3–0–1 w 09-15-1991 yes yes Evansville Arad McCutchan Stadium Evansville, IN 2–0 1,800 4–0–1 w 09-20-1991 yes DePaul Cacciatore Stadium Chicago, IL 3–1 250 5–0–1 1–0–0 l 09-22-1991 yes yes Indiana Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN 1–2 1,322 5–1–1 w 09-27-1991 yes SIU Edwardsville St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO Bronze Boot 3–2 3,678 6–1–1 w 10-02-1991 yes yes Illinois State Hancock Stadium Normal, IL 2–1 267 7–1–1 t 10-05-1991 yes San Diego State St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic 0–0 OT 1,704 7–1–2 w 10-06-1991 yes Quincy St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO St. Louis Soccer Master-Umbro Classic 3–0 1,242 8–1–2 w 10-12-1991 UAB St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO 1–0 163 9–1–2 2–0–0 w 10-13-1991 yes Marquette Legion Field Milwaukee, WI 2–1 OT 318 10–1–2 3–0–0 w 10-18-1991 yes North Texas St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO 3–0 1,643 11–1–2 w 10-20-1991 yes SMU St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO 2–0 751 12–1–2 w 10-23-1991 Memphis State St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO 6–2 751 13–1–2 4–0–0 w 10-26-1991 yes yes Northern Illinois Brigham Field DeKalb, IL 2–0 371 14–1–2 w 10-30-1991 yes yes Eastern Illinois Lakeside Soccer Field Charleston, IL 1–0 84 15–1–2 w 11-03-1991 Cincinnati St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO 3–1 436 16–1–2 5–0–0 |- !colspan=6 style="Saint Louis Billikens 0 white"| GMC Tournament |- w 11-09-1991 yes Marquette St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO Semifinal 5–0 150 17–1–2 w 11-10-1991 yes Cincinnati St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO Championship 5–0 625 18–1–2 |- !colspan=6 style="Saint Louis Billikens 0 white"| NCAA Tournament |- w 11-23-1991 yes North Carolina St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO Second round 4–0 1,085 19–1–2 w 11-30-1991 yes NC State St. Louis Soccer Park St. Louis, MO Quarterfinal 3–0 1,835 20–1–2 l 12-06-1991 yes Virginia USF Soccer Stadium Tampa, FL Semifinal 2–3 3OT 3,925 20–2–2 |- External links Final 1991 Statistics https://web.archive.org/web/20170313125222/http://www.slubillikens.com/fls/27200/MSOC/stats/SLUMSOC1991Stats.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=27200 2017-03-13 Saint Louis 1991 Category:1991 in sports in Missouri Category:NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament College Cup seasons Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis