For information on all University of California, Berkeley sports, see California Golden Bears The California Golden Bears men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California, United States. The team is a member of the ACC, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. California's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1906. The team plays its home games at Edwards Stadium. The Golden Bears are coached by Kevin Grimes.

History The university fielded its first soccer team in 1906. The Bears won their first conference in 1936, the California Intercollegiate. Until the league was disbanded in 1954, the team had won 5 conference titles.2022 Record Book at Calbears.com The Bears have been in several NCAA conferences over their history.

In 1983, the Bears won the Pacific Soccer Conference. The Bears won the Mountain Pacific tournament in 1996. In 2000, the Bears joined the Pac-12 Conference, when men's soccer was enlisted as a varsity sport in the conference. Since then, the Bears have won three Pac-12 titles: 2006, 2007 and 2010.

The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament 18 times. Their best performances came in 1960, 2005 and 2013, where the Bears reached the quarter-finals of the competition.

Players Current roster

Notable former players

Steve Birnbaum Drake Callender Calen Carr Taylor Davila Christian Dean Stefan Frei Sam Junqua Leo Krupnik Nick Lima Troy Roberts

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Current professional players

Eric Kronberg (2004–2005) – Currently assistant coach with Portland Stefan Frei (2005–2008) – Currently with Seattle Sounders FC Hector Jiménez (2006–2010) – Currently assistant coach with Chicago Fire FC David Bingham (2008–2010) – Currently with Charlotte FC Alec Sundly (2010–2013) – Currently assistant coach with UC Davis Christian Dean (2011–2013) – Currently with Forward Madison FC Nick Lima (2013–2016) – Currently with San Jose Earthquakes José Carrera-García (2013–2017) – Currently with Forward Madison FC Jonathan Klinsmann (2015–2017) – Currently with Cesena FC Shinya Kadono (2015–2018) – Currently with Irvine Zeta FC Sam Junqua (2015–2018) – Currently with Real Salt Lake Drake Callender (2016–2019) – Currently with Inter Miami CF Thomas Williamson (2017–2020) – Currently with Loudoun United FC Taylor Davila (2018–2020) – Currently with Louisville City FC

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Head coaching history

YearsCoachGamesWLTPct. 1906–1911 (Records not kept) 1912–1913 C.Y. Williamson 6 0 5 1 .083 1914–1915 G. DeGamendia 11 5 4 2 .546 1916 Carl Shafor 9 5 4 0 .556 1917 F.W. Cozens 4 3 1 0 .750 1920–1924 John Mathews 9 4 4 1 .500 1925–1931 Carl Zamloch 58 34 17 7 .647 1932 Reginald Downing 9 1 6 2 .222 1933–1951 Julius Schroeder 194 131 34 29 .750 1952–1980 Bob DiGrazia 374 202 133 39 .592 1981–1989 Bill Coupe 185 113 59 13 .646 1990–1992 Dave Chaplik 60 23 32 5 .425 1993–1999 Mark Mallon 135 62 60 13 .507 2000–2021 Kevin Grimes 241 131 80 30 .609 2022– Leonard Griffin 53 18 22 13

NCAA tournament results The Bears have made 19 NCAA Tournament appearances

YearRecordSeedRegionRoundOpponentResults 1960 6–2 St. Louis Quarter-final Saint Louis L 0–2 1977 11–5–3 San Francisco Second round UCLA L 1–3 1981 13–5–1 Berkeley First round San Diego State L 0–4 1983 17–3 Las Vegas First round UNLV L 1–3 (OT) 1985 16–4–1 Los Angeles First round UCLA L 1–3 1986 15–4–2 St. Louis First round Saint Louis L 0–2 1996 12–6–2 Seattle First round Fresno State L 1–2 2001 10–8–1 Stanford First round Santa Clara L 0–1 (3OT) 2002 13–5–2 Los Angeles Second roundThird round UC Santa BarbaraUCLA W 2–1L 1–2 2003 10–8–2 New York First roundSecond round San Jose StateUC Santa Barbara W 2–0L 0–2 2004 12–3–3 Indianapolis First roundSecond round Santa ClaraNo. 7 SMU W 2–1 (OT)L 0–1 2005 13–3–2 No. 7 Albuquerque Second roundThird roundQuarter-finals Santa ClaraWake ForestNo. 2 New Mexico T 0–0 (PK)W 3–2 (2OT)L 0–1 2006 12–5–1 No. 13 Charlottesville Second roundThird round New MexicoNo. 4 Virginia W 3–1L 1–2 2007 11–5–2 Providence First roundSecond round UC DavisNo. 11 Virginia Tech W 2–1 (OT)L 2–3 2008 11–5–2 College Park First roundSecond roundThird round San FranciscoNo. 15 UC Santa BarbaraNo. 2 Maryland W 3–0W 3–2 (2OT)L 1–2 2010 12–2–3 No. 6 Akron Second roundThird roundQuarter-finals Santa BarbaraBrownNo. 3 Akron W 2–1 (OT)W 2–0T 3–3 (PK) 2013 12–4–2 No. 4 Berkeley Second roundThird roundQuarter-finals BradleyCoastal CarolinaNo. 5 Maryland W 3–1W 1–0W 1–0L 1–2 2014 12–4–2 No. 15 Los Angeles Second roundThird round SIU EdwardsvilleNo. 2 UCLAW 1–0L 2–3201711–7–0N/ABerkeleyFirst roundSan FranciscoL 1–220198–7–3N/ASanta BarbaraFirst roundSanta BarbaraL 1–3

Honors California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference (5): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (1): 1996 Pac-12 Conference (3): 2006, 2007, 2010 Pacific Soccer Conference (1): 1983

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