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2007 northern illinois soccer TABLE OF CON T EN T S coaches Head Coach Steve Simmons ............................ 2 Q&A with Coach Simmons .............................. 4 Assistant Coaches .......................................... 5 preview 2007 Season Preview ..................................... 6 Meet the Huskies ........................................... 7 players Algozino, Gibson, Gotkowski ............................ 8 McCarty, Rufa ................................................9 Van Buren, Zastrow, Abdallah ........................ 10 Jeskey, Johnson ...........................................11 Kolzow, Zimka .............................................12 Bahr, Bickel, De La Cerda ............................. 13 Glenn, Karsten, Knotek ................................. 14 Lopez, Peterson, Thomas .............................. 15 Zendejas, Aikenhead, Angevine ...................... 16 Atkins, Faerden, Hoyos, Mojica ...................... 17 review From Good to Great ...................................... 18 2006 Statistics ............................................19 opponents 2007 men’s soccer quick facts Bucknell - Wisconsin .................................... 20 northern illinois university media relations Drake - UW-Milwaukee ................................. 21 Location.......................................DeKalb, IL 605 General Phone .............................(85) 753-706 Founded ......................................895 Fax ..............................................(85) 753-9540 Enrollment ...................................25,208 Web-site ......................................www.niuhuskies.com history Nickname ....................................Huskies Address .......................................209 Convocation Center Individual Records ........................................ 22 School Colors ...............................Cardinal and Black 585 West Lincoln Highway Team Records ..............................................23 President .....................................John Peters DeKalb, IL 605-2854 Alma Mater ............................John Carroll, 967 Awards and Honors ...................................... 24 Director of Athletics .....................Jim Phillips Assistant Director/Men’s Soccer .....Russell Houghtaling Letterwinners ...............................................26 Alma Mater ............................Illinois, 990 Office Phone ...........................(85) 753-708 Huskie Soccer Hall of Famers ........................ 27 Conference ..................................Mid-American Cell Phone ..............................(85) 375-074 All-Time Results ........................................... 28 Home Facility ...............................Huskie Soccer Field E-mail [email protected] Capacity .................................,989 Series Results ..............................................31 Associate A.D./Communication ....Donna Turner Huskie Soccer Field ...................................... 32 the program Phone .....................................(85) 753-953 Inaugural Varsity Season .............962 E-mail [email protected] niu All-Time Varsity Record ................325-279-54 (.535) Assistant Director ........................Dave Brauer NCAA Appearances ......................Two (972 & 2006) Phone .....................................(85) 753-3706 NIU’s Official Outfitter: adidas ....................... 33 E-mail [email protected] President Dr. John G. Peters .......................... 34 the staff Assistant Director ........................Matt Brendich Director of Athletics Jim Phillips..................... 35 Head Coach .................................Steve Simmons Phone .....................................(85) 753-9538 Alma Mater ............................Concordia-Portland, 990 E-mail [email protected] Northern Illinois University ............................ 36 NIU/Division I Record .............4-32-5 (.558 / 4 Years) Assistant Director ........................Joe Summins DeKalb, Ill. ..................................................38 Head Coaching Record ............08-8-0 (.568 / 0 Years) Phone .....................................(85) 753-9539 The Yordon Center ........................................ 39 Best time to call .....................8 a.m. to noon E-mail [email protected] Office Phone ...........................(85) 753-372 Graduate Assistant ......................Zach Peters Points of Pride .............................................40 Assistant Coaches .......................Eric Luzzi, Kylie Stannard, Phone .....................................(85) 753-9572 ..............................................Chris Brown E-mail [email protected] Credits: The 2007 NIU Men’s Soccer Media Guide is a publication of the Office Phone ...........................(85) 753-6873 NIU Media Relations Office. It is designed to assist the media in its cover- on the cover age of the Huskie men’s soccer program. Copies are available to the pub- the team 2007 Northern Illinois Seniors (from left to right): Marcus lic for $0. The guide was written and designed by Russell Houghtaling, 2006 Overall Record ....................5-6- (.705) McCarty, Fraser Gibson, Blake Gotkowski, Steve Algozino, Chris with assistance from Tim Bohn, Dave Brauer and Joe Summins. Covers: 2006 Conference Record ..............4--0 (.800), st Rufa, Curt Zastrow, Brian Van Buren Russell Houghtaling and Joe Summins. Photography: NIU Media Imag- Letterwinners R/L ........................9/6 ing: Jay Orbik, Scott Walstrom, George Tarbay, Don Butler, Wade Derkes, Starters Returning (Lost)..............8/3 Gordon Means, Barry Stark, Keith Lowman, and Don Banke. Newcomers .................................9 www.niuhuskies.com 2007 northern illinois soccer S T E V E S IMM ONS head coach | fifth season | concordia-portland 1990 With over a decade of experience bringing 2004’s impressive 12-7-0 record, which was the programs to the top, Northern Illinois’ Steve nation’s second-best turnaround for a Division I Simmons has been recognized as one of the top men’s soccer program. The Huskies won eight coaches in collegiate men’s soccer. more games in 2004 than the previous season, After guiding his team to the 2006 Mid-American Simmons’ first at NIU. Conference Championship, Simmons garnered The foundation for Simmons’ reconstruction the Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year Award efforts can be traced back to his first season. from the National Soccer Coaches Association Faced with a program decimated by graduation of America. The honor made him NIU’s first and injuries, the Huskie coach utilized a line- finalist for the NSCAA Coach of the Year Award. up with six freshmen. The Huskies won three He has also filled his shelf with Mid-American contests in 2003 — including league wins Conference hardware, having earned the MAC over Marshall and Buffalo — and ultimately Gary V. Palmisano Coach of the Year Award twice endured nine single-goal setbacks among the (2004, 2006) in four years at NIU. 13 losses. Simmons, who has coached 20 players to All- For Simmons’ sophomore effort in 2004, the steve simmons profile MAC honors, earned the 2006 awards after his Huskies rose to second-place in the MAC regular- team achieved the best season in Huskie men’s season standings at 4-2-0. The turnaround coaching experience soccer history. As NIU’s first MAC Champions, engineered by Simmons earned him the Huskies’ year school w-l-t pct. position the team finished the season with a school- first-ever Mid-American Conference Gary V. 994 Gonzaga 2-3- .56 Assistant Coach 1995 Whitworth (DIII) 9-8-2 .526 Head Coach record 15 wins, including a perfect 9-0-0 mark Palmisano Coach of the Year Award. 1996 Linfield (DIII) 8--0 .482 Head Coach at home, and advanced to the second round of The second-year results were highlighted by a 1- 1997 Linfield 7-2- .375 Head Coach the NCAA Tournament. 0 victory over defending MAC champ and then- 1998 Linfield 10-0-0 .500 Head Coach 1999 Linfield 12-7- .625 Head Coach Simmons’ defense-first philosophy led to the affiliate member Kentucky. The 2004 season 2000 Linfield 2-- .935 Head Coach unprecedented success of the 2006 campaign. also saw the MAC award Huskie Curt Zastrow 200 Oregon State 5-2-0 .294 Associate Coach Goalkeeper Joe Zimka set an NCAA Division with Freshman of the Year honors, and place five 2002 Oregon State 13-8-0 .69 Associate Coach I record by allowing 0.21 goals against per other NIU players on its All-MAC teams. 2003 Northern Illinois 3-3-2 .222 Head Coach 2004 Northern Illinois 12-7-0 .632 Head Coach match, and the Huskies notched 14 shutouts, 2005 Northern Illinois 11-6-2 .632 Head Coach tied for the most in the country. Seven of those 2006 Northern Illinois 15-6- .705 Head Coach shutout performances came during an eight- D-I/NIU Coaching Record 41-32-5 .558 match unbeaten streak in which NIU played No. 21 Notre Dame to a double-overtime tie, and playing experience defeated conference foes Bowling Green, IPFW, 1985-89 Concordia University-Portland Western Michigan, and two-time defending MAC 1983-85 Chugiak High School (Eagle River, Alaska) champion Akron. The 15-win 2006 season saw the Huskies coaching awards ranked as high as 19th on the NSCAA’s Top- 2006 NSCAA Great Lakes Coach of the Year 2006 MAC Gary V. Palmisano Coach of the Year 25,