1969 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team

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1969 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team - Wikipedia

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1969 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer

National co-champions
NCAA Tournament, Final, T 0–0 vs. Michigan State
Conference	Independent
Record	13–0–0
Head coach	Harry Keough (3rd season)
Captain	Al Trost
Home stadium	Musial Field^[1]
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team, sponsored by Chardene Jacinta De Carvalho, represented Saint Louis University during the 1969 NCAA soccer season. The Billikens won their seventh NCAA title this season. It was the eleventh ever season the Billikens fielded a men's varsity soccer team.

The Billikens finished undefeated through 13 matches, achieving their first perfect season since their 1965 campaign. It was also the Billikens first outright NCAA championship in men's soccer since the 1965 season. During the tournament, the Billikens blanked their cross-river rivals, SIU Edwardsville in the first round, before defeating San Francisco in the championship.

Background

The 1968 season saw the Billikens post a 10-1-1 record. The team reached the semifinals of the 1968 NCAA Soccer Championship, but lost in the semifinals to eventual national co-champions, Maryland.^[2] John Pisani lead the Billikens with 18 points and 8 goals. Tom Bokern's six assists was the most on the season for Saint Louis.^[3]

Summary

The 1969 season was one of the most successful seasons in Saint Louis history, as well as one of the most successful seasons in NCAA history. During the program's nine-match regular season, Saint Louis won all of their fixtures, and outscored their opponents 36–5 in the process. Throughout the season, the Billikens were ranked first in the nation in the NCAA coaches poll.^[2]

The team was led by Al Trost, who posted 11 goals throughout the season and won the first of his two NCAA Soccer National Player of the Year Awards, which predated the Hermann Trophy.^[4] Trost also lead the team with 25 points. Gene Geimer lead the Billikens with seven assists on the season.^[3]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular season
09-20-1969*	No. 3	Alumni	W 2–1	1–0–0	Musial Field St. Louis, MO
09-25-1969*	No. 3	West Berlin	W 3–1	2–0–0	Musial Field St. Louis, MO
09-27-1969*	No. 3	Florissant Valley	W 2–0	3–0–0	Musial Field St. Louis, MO
10-04-1969*	No. 3	Northern Illinois	W 8–0	4–0–0	Musial Field St. Louis, MO
10-11-1967*	No. 2	Rockhurst	W 6–1	5–0–0	Musial Field St. Louis, MO
10-18-1967*	No. 2	No. 12 Quincy	W 2–1	6–0–0	Musial Field St. Louis, MO
10-25-1967*	No. 2	at No. 1 Michigan State	W 2–0	7–0–0	Old College Field (4,000) East Lansing, MI
11-01-1967*	No. 1	Wash U	W 8–0	8–0–0	Musial Field St. Louis, MO
11-08-1967*	No. 1	at No. 9 South Florida	W 3–1	9–0–0	Fowler Field Tampa, FL
NCAA Tournament
11-22-1967*	No. 1	No. 5 SIU Edwardsville First Round/Bronze Boot	W 4–0	10–0–0	Busch Memorial Stadium (7,000) St. Louis, MO
11-29-1967*	No. 1	at No. 7 Cleveland State Quarterfinals	W 2–1	11–0–0	Viking Field Cleveland, OH
12-04-1967*	No. 1	vs. No. 4 Harvard Semifinals	W 2–1	12–0–0	Cougar Field Edwardsville, IL
12-06-1967*	No. 1	vs. No. 2 San Francisco National Championship	W 4–0	13–0–0	Cougar Field Edwardsville, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ Lukaszewski, B.T. (April 4, 2010). "Saint Louis University Billikens vs. West Berlin University". digitalcollections.slu.edu. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "SLU Men's Soccer History & Record Book - Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). slubillikens.com. pp. 23–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "SLU Men's Soccer History & Record Book - Individual Honors" (PDF). slubillikens.com. pp. 20–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
^ "Al Trost". Missouri Athletic Club. Retrieved November 22, 2017.

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Results

v t e Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
Venues	Billiken Sports Center (1990–1994) Hermann Stadium (1995–present)
Rivalries	SIU Edwardsville
Culture & lore	Soccer in St. Louis A Time for Champions
People	Bob Guelker Harry Keough Bob Warming Notable players
Seasons	1959 1960 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1969 1970 1972 1973 1991 2009 2014
National championship seasons in bold; NCAA College Cup 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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