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University of UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO San Diego TOREROS M E N, s s 0 C C E R Captains Leighton O'Brien and Matt Geske * 1995 WCC Champions * 4 straight NCAA appearances 1996 USD Men's Soccer Media Guide Athletic Administration Table of Contents President: ..... ...... .. ........... ........................ ..... Alice B. Hayes 1996 Preview . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. l NCAA Faculty Rep.: ................................. .. Thomas Burke USO Soccer History ......... ..................................... ............ 2 Athletic Director: .. ....... ...................... ....... Tom Iannacone Head Coach Seamus McFadden .......... ...... ......... ............... 3 Assistant Athletic Director: ................ .... ... ..... .. Dan Yourg Assistant Coaches Tweedie & Thiebach ..... .... .................. 3 Director of Athletic Development: ... ............ Brian Fogarty Player Biographies ................ ...... ... ........................ ......... 4-9 Director of Facilities: ..... ...... ............... .... ... ..... John Martin Castellanos, Panian, Durkin, Wang ...... .. ................. ........... 4 Director of Intramurals/Recreation: ............... Gary Becker Finnegan, Marvil, Munro, O'Brien .. .. ... ..... .. .................... ... 5 Head Athletic Trainer: .. ..... Carolyn Greer, M.A., A.T., C. Parker, Geske, Vittitoe, Patrick .. .. .................. ...... ... ....... ..... 6 Assistant Trainer: ........ ...... .. ....... .... Suzi Higgins, A.T., C. Tell a, Gibbs, Zubiaur ..................................... .... .. ...... ... ... ... 7 Assistant Trainer: ......................... .. .. Tim Drudge, A.T., C. Torero Newcomers .... ... ............... ... ..... .. .. ........ ............... 8-9 Sports Information Director: .. ............. ... .. .. ... .... Ted Gosen 1996 USO Roster & Team Photo .......... ...................... .. .... 10 Assistant SID/Soccer Contact: .. ...... .... ... .. .. ... Mike Daniels 1995 Final Statistics & Results ... ... ................... .. .. ............ 11 USO Record Book .. ....... .... ............. .... .. .. .... .......... ............ 12 Men's Soccer Information Year-By-Year Scores .. ..... ... .......... ........ ........................ 13-16 All-Time Records vs. Opponents .. Head Coach: ... .... Seamus McFadden, (eighteenth season) ............ ....... ... ............ 17 USO Honor Roll ....................... Assistant Coach: ..................... Harry Tweedie, (sixth year) ... .................... ................. 18 USO Alumni .... .... .... .. Assistant Coach: ... .... ......... ...... Marc Thiebach (fifth year) ............. .... .... ..... ... ...... .... .... ............ 19 The University of San Diego Profile Soccer Office Phone: .... ... .. .. ..... ........... ..... (619) 260-2305 ... .. ........................... 20 Fax: ... .. ......... .. .......... .... ..................... ............. (619)292-0388 Torero Hotline .................... .... ....................... (619) 260-2323 r "I 1996 Men's Soccer Schedule University Quick Facts Fri. Aug. 30 vs. Wisconsin (Fullerton) 5:00 pm Location: 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA, 92110 Sun. Sept. I vs. W. Kentucky (Fullerton) 5:00 pm Founded: 1949 Sun. Sept. 8 STANFORD 1:00 pm Enrollment: 6,400 F-S. Sept. 13-15 Diadora Cup Tournament Nickname: Toreros Fri. Sept. 13 Cal vs. UCSB 5:00 pm Colors: Columbia Blue, Navy & White Fri. Sept. 13 CAL POLY SLO 7:30 pm Affiliation: NCAA Division I Sun. Sept. 15 Cal Poly SLO vs. Cal l:00 pm Conference: West Coast Sun. Sept. 15 UC SANTA BARBARA 3:30 pm Home Field: Torero Stadium F-S. Sept. 20-22 MetLife Classic Capacity: 4,(XX) Fri. Sept. 20 SDSU vs. UNC Charlotte 5:00 pm Fri. Sept. 20 MICHIGAN STATE 7:30 pm Sun. Sept. 22 SDSU vs. Michigan St. 1:00 pm USD Men's Soccer Information Sun. Sept. 22 UNC CHARLOTTE 3:30 pm F-S. Sept. 27-29 Old Dominion Tourney Available 24 Hours a Day ... Fri. Sept. 27 Radford 5:30 pm Media members can access Torero Men's Soccer infor­ Sun. Sept. 29 Old Dominion 2:30 pm mation in minutes via USD's Fax-On-Demand service Fri. Oct.4 San Francisco* 7:00 pm available through the Sports Information Office. Wed. Oct. 9 l.) Dial (770) 399-3066 from handset of fax machine Loyola Marymount* 3:00 pm 2.) Enter passcode: 9378; then follow voice prompts Sun. Oct. 13 SANTA CLARA* 2:00 pm 3.) Select from men soccer menu: 1716 (Weekly Notes, Fri. Oct. 18 UC SAN DIEGO 7:00 pm Statistics/Results); 1717 (Most Recent Box); Fri. Oct. 25 PORTLAND* 7:30 pm 1718 (Schedule/Roster). Fri. Nov. 1 CS Fullerton 7:00 pm Fri. Nov.8 GONZAGA* 7:00 pm Sun. Nov. 10 UC Irvine 2:00 pm Sat. Nov. 16 St. Mary's* 11:00 am 1996 USD Men's Soccer Media Guide * West Coast Conference Produced by the USD Sports Information Office Home games Edit and layout: Mike Daniels played at Torero Stadium Printing: King's Printing Photos: Brock Scott 1996 Season Preview .,., 1 The USO men's soccer team will begin the 1996 season with The '96 Schedule an eagerness to return to post season competition. Last year, San Diego will face four playoff teams during the 1996 cam­ the Toreros season ended on a bitter note with an opening paign including the defending national champion Wisconsin round loss to Santa Clara in the NCAA playoffs. This season, Badgers. USO opens on the road playing Wisconsin along USO will look to erase that playoff memory while defending with Western Kentucky in matches at Cal State Fullerton. The the West Coast Conference crown. Toreros home opener will be September 8 against Stanford In 1996, the Toreros return seven starters, including All­ also beginning a five-game homestand. For the fourth straight WCC First Team member James Wang and WCC Freshman of year, USO will host the Diadora Cup with Cal Poly San Luis the Year Leighton O'Brien. O'Brien earned second team West Obispo, UC Santa Barbara and California competing. The Sev­ Region All American honors after totaling six goals and eight enth Annual MetLife Classic begins the following weekend assists in his rookie year. Wang is the key to the Toreros with Michigan State, UNC Charlotte and San Diego State. The defense and has the most experience on the team playing in 55 road to the WCC title will begin in San Francisco on October 4 career games. and end at St. Mary's on November 16. The Toreros face Lafe Vittitoe and Levi Parker also return scoring 25 points NCAA quarterfinalist Santa Clara on October 13 at Torero Sta­ between them. Vittitoe played in all 19 games while Parker's dium and NCAA semifinalist Portland on October 25 also at season was cut short by injury. USO. Once again there will be a battle in the nets between Carlos Castellanos and Joe Panian. The two juniors split time last wee and the Far West Poll year with Castellanos starting in nine games and Panian get­ There are two important aspects of the USO season: How ting the nod in ten. Castellanos began the '95 season as the the Toreros fare in the West Coast Conference race and where starting goaltender with Panian talcing over midway through they stand in the Far West Region rankings. after shutting out Butler and being named WCC Player of the The WCC race offers a means for automatic qualification Week. Castellanos came back to start the final two games of into the NCAA tournament. At-large bids into the NCAA the year and recorded hi s second shutout against Loyola generally go to the top four teams seeded in the Far West Marymount in the conference finale. Region poll conducted by the ISAA. Last year three WCC Head coach Seamus McFadden begins his eighteenth sea­ teams competed in the NCAA tourney with Portland reaching son at the helm of the Torero soccer program and is a four-time the semifinals. WCC Coach of the Year recipient including the past two sea­ sons. He is the winningest coach in the WCC over the past four years with 58 wins and has guided USO to the NCAA tournament five of the past six years. The Toreros have twelve newcomers on the '96 roster in­ cluding nine All-League selections, five AII-CIF First Team members and two All-State picks. Key newcomers for the Toreros will be transfer Nicholas Kalafatich and freshman twins Erin and Brian O'Connor. Kalafatich scored 5 goals and 13 points for Seattle Pacific last season and will try to fill the void left by Guillermo Jara, the Toreros all-time leader in goals, as­ sists and points. The O'Connor brothers are the second set of twins to play in the WCC and will add depth at the midfield and backfield positions. Brian is an AII-CIF First Team selection while scoring 12 goals and recording 18 assists for San Pasqual last year. Erin is a two-time AII-CIF and All-League selection. Once again the Toreros will have several players with inter­ national experience to contribute. Besides returnee Keith Finnegan (Ireland), five of the twelve newcomers have