1966 San Francisco Dons men's soccer team

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1966 San Francisco Dons men's soccer team - Wikipedia

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1966 San Francisco Dons men's soccer
National Champions
NCAA Tournament, W 5–2 vs. Long Island
Conference	Independent
Record	11–0–1
Head coach	Stephen Negoesco (5th season)
Seasons ← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 San Francisco Dons men's soccer team represented the University of San Francisco during the 1966 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Season. The Dons won their first NCAA Soccer Championship title this season, defeating Long Island in the championship. It was the 23rd season the Dons fielded a men's varsity soccer team.

Background

The 1966 team was coached by Stephen Negoesco for his fifth season at the helm. Negoesco guided the Dons to an 11-0-1 record. On the third of December, the USF soccer team played through mud to beat the Long Island University team with a 5–2 victory and the NCAA championship.

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
1	GK	CHN	Mike Ivanow
2	DF	USA	Al Tsacle
3	DF	USA	Mike Laurel
-	DF	POL	Sam Gerzowski
4	DF	ISR	Jerry Katzeff
5	MF	USA	George Fernandez
6	MF	VEN	Henry Contreras
10	MF	GUA	Luis Sagastume
-	FW	IDN	Rudy Dekkers
7	FW	HUN	Sandor Hites
9	FW	PER	Eduardo Rangel
11	FW	GER	Lothar Osiander


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	USA	Alberto Aramendia
18	DF	NCA	Ternot MacRenato
15	DF	USA	Pat Pressentin
13	MF	HUN	Istvan Pribilovics
-	DF	USA	Gary Royce
14	FW	USA	Kevin Carey

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Preseason
09-15-1966*	USF Alumni	W 6–2		University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Regular season
09-22-1966*	Merritt College	W 7–4	1–0	Unknown San Francisco, CA
*	vs. Pacific	W 5–1	2–0	Knoles Field Stockton, CA
*	vs. San Francisco State	W 5–0	3–0	Balboa Stadium San Francisco, CA
*	vs. UC Davis	W 9–0	4–0	Balboa Stadium San Francisco, CA
*	vs. Chico State	W 5–0	5–0	University Stadium Chico, CA
*	vs. Stanford	W 3–1	6–0	Unknown Stanford, CA
*	vs. San Jose State	W 2–1	7–0	Balboa Stadium San Francisco, CA
*	vs. UC Berkeley	T 1–1	7–0–1	Balboa Stadium San Francisco, CA
NCAA Tournament
*	vs. San Jose State Second round	W 2–1	8–0–1	Balboa Stadium San Francisco, CA
*	vs. Saint Louis Quarterfinals	W 2–1 ^4OT	9–0–1	Unknown St. Louis, MO
*	vs. Army Semifinals	W 2–0	10–0–1	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA
12-03-1966*	vs. Long Island Championship	W 5–2	11–0–1	California Memorial Stadium (5,000) Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

External links

Record Book

v t e San Francisco Dons men's soccer
Venues	Kezar Stadium (1944–1981) Negoesco Stadium (1981–present)
Culture & lore	Diaz Handball Soccer Bowl III
People	Head coaches Notable players
Seasons	1949 1966 1969 1971 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980
National championship seasons in bold; College Cup seasons in italics

NCAA Division I men's soccer champions

v t e NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship College Cup teams (1960–1969)
1960	Connecticut Maryland Saint Louis West Chester
1961	Bridgeport Rutgers Saint Louis West Chester
1962	Maryland Michigan State Saint Louis Springfield College
1963	Army Maryland Navy Saint Louis
1964	Army Michigan State Navy Saint Louis
1965	Army Michigan State Navy Saint Louis
1966	Army Long Island Michigan State San Francisco
1967	Long Island Michigan State Navy Saint Louis
1968	Brown Maryland Michigan State San Jose State
1969	Harvard Maryland Saint Louis San Francisco
Italic denotes national championship (*) denotes results which were vacated

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