STANFORD ATHLETICS A Tradition of Excellence 116 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship award winners, including 10 in 2007-08. 109 National Championships won by Stanford teams since 1926. 95 Stanford student-athletes who earned All-America status in 2007-08. 78 NCAA Championships won by Stanford teams since 1980. 48 Stanford-affiliated athletes and coaches who represented the United States and seven other countries in the Summer Olympics held in Beijing, including 12 current student-athletes. 32 Consecutive years Stanford teams have won at least one national championship. 31 Stanford teams that advanced to postseason play in 2007-08. 19 Different Stanford teams that have won at least one national championship. 18 Stanford teams that finished ranked in the Top 10 in their respective sports in 2007-08. 14 Consecutive U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cups. 14 Stanford student-athletes who earned Academic All-America recognition in 2007-08. 9 Stanford student-athletes who earned conference athlete of the year honors in 2007-08. 8 Regular season conference championships won by Stanford teams in 2007-08. 6 Pacific-10 Conference Scholar Athletes of the Year Awards in 2007-08. 5 Stanford teams that earned perfect scores of 1,000 in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Report Rate in 2007-08. 3 National Freshmen of the Year in 2007-08. 3 National Coach of the Year honors in 2007-08. 2 National Players of the Year in 2007-08. 2 National Championships won by Stanford teams in 2007-08 (women’s cross country, synchronized swimming). 1 Walter Byers Award Winner in 2007-08. STANFORD MEN’S SOCCER HISTORY 94 YEARS OF STANFORD SOCCER 16 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER DRAFT PICKS 10 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 3 COLLEGE CUP APPEARANCES 2 APPEARANCES IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2 FORMER PLAYERS WHO COMPETED IN THE BEIJING OLYMPICS 1 NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM 2008 STANFORD MEN’S SOCCER 1 QUICK FACTS 2008 Stanford Men’s Table of Contents Soccer Quick Facts Introduction General Information A Tradition of Excellence. IFC Location: Stanford, Calif. 94305 Stanford Men’s Soccer History. 1 Conference: Pacifi c-10 Quick Facts . 2 Enrollment: 13,198 (6,584 undergrad) Coaching Staff Nickname: Cardinal Colors: Cardinal and White Bret Simon . 3 Home Field: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (2,000) All-Time Coaching Records . 3 President: Dr. John L. Hennessy Assistant Coaches . 4 Athletic Director: Bob Bowlsby 2008 Season Soccer Administrator: Earl Koberlein Faculty Athletic Rep.: Ellen Markham Outlook . 5 Athletics Website: www.GoStanford.com Roster . 6 Player Profi les . .7-16 Men’s Soccer Newcomer Profi les . .16-17 Head Coach: Bret Simon (Massachusetts, ’80) 2008 Opponents . 18 Record at Stanford (Years): 64-52-23 (7 years) 2007 Review Career Record (Years): 160-78-31 (13 years) Assistant Coaches: Rob Becerra, Gregg Olson Results and Statistics . 19 Soccer Offi ce Phone: 650-723-9375 Match Results . .20-21 Soccer Fax: 650-725-0758 History 2007 Record (Pac-10): 7-6-5 (4-4-2, T-2nd) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 22/6 Career records . 22 Starters Returning/Lost: 9/2 Single-Season Records . 23 Newcomers:: 6 All-Time Honors. .24-25 All-Time Letterwinners . 26 Soccer Mailing Address Soccer Alums in the Pros. 27 Men’s Soccer Offi ce Year-By-Year Coaching Records. 28 Dept. of Athletics Year-By-Year Results . .30-33 Arrillaga Family Sports Center Stanford University 641 E. Campus Drive Stanford, CA 94305 Stanford at a Glance . .34-35 Director’s Cup. 36 Media Relations Offi ce Stanford’s Champions . 37 Jim Young, Assistant AD, Media Relations Stanford Athletics . 38 Matt Hodson, Assistant Director Athletic Director . 39 Kendall Johnson, Assistant Director Aaron Juarez, Assistant Director Cagan Stadium . 40 David Kiefer (MSOC Contact), Assistant Director Brian Risso, Assistant Director Ricky Brackett, Coordinator Julie Ryder, Coordinator Kiefer’s E-Mail: [email protected] Kiefer’s Phone: 650-736-7921 Kiefer’s Cell: 650-759-0258 Fax: 650-725-2957 Mailing Address: Stanford Athletics Media Relations 641 E. Campus Drive Stanford, CA 94305 Credits: The 2008 Stanford Men’s Soccer Media Guide was written and edited by David Kiefer. Contribution from Julie Ryder. Design, layout and production by Dumont Printing. Photography by Marc Abrams, Robert Beyers, David Gonzales, Kyle Terada, and Patrick Tower. Printing provided by Dumont Printing. 2 2008 STANFORD MEN’S SOCCER WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM COACHING STAFF The 2002 club fi nished with an 17-5-3 overall record on its way to an BRET SIMON NCAA runner-up fi nish. Simon, who was a semifi nalist for Far West Coach of the Year, led a hot team to four straight NCAA Tournament victories and six HEAD COACH consecutive wins overall late in the season to reach the national championship Eighth Year game against UCLA. In his rookie season at Stanford in 2001, Simon garnered two Coach of the Year honors when he was named the NSCAA/adidas Far West Regional Coach of the Year and Pac-10 Coach of the Year after leading the Cardinal to its fi rst Pac-10 championship. Simon guided Stanford to its best overall record ever (19-2-1) as the club advanced to its second College Cup in program history and made its fi fth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Simon achieved his milestone 100th career Division I win in his fi rst season with the Cardinal, a 3-1 triumph over Cal State Fullerton on September 9, In seven seasons at Stanford, Bret Simon has taken teams to two consecutive 2001. College Cups, won a Pacifi c-10 Conference title and guided several players into Before coming to Stanford, Simon led Creighton to the 2000 NCAA fi nal, the professional ranks. completing an eight-year run in Omaha, the fi nal six as head coach. His .769 In short, Simon has lifted the Stanford men’s soccer program to an winning percentage (96-26-8) remains the best in school history. unprecedented level of success. His fi nal Bluejay team fi nished 22-4 and remains the program’s most But that’s not surprising. Now in his 20th season as a collegiate head coach, successful. The team’s appearance in the NCAA fi nal was the fi rst by any Simon has a history of winning. His career winning percentage is .648 and his Creighton athletic squad. A four-time conference Coach of the Year honoree, 243 collegiate victories are second-most of anyone who has been a Stanford Simon led the Bluejays to four postseason Missouri Valley Conference men’s soccer head coach. tournament championships, a pair of MVC regular-season titles and six NCAA In his 13 years in Division I, Simon has built a 160-78-31 career mark, Tournament appearances. Simon’s 96 wins at the school ranks second on the including an impressive 15-8-2 (.620) record in NCAA postseason competition, Bluejays’ all time list. thanks largely to four appearances in the College Cup Final Four. Among the players Simon coached from 1995-2000 at Creighton were Simon is one of only two coaches in NCAA history to take two different future U.S. National Team players Richard Mulrooney and Brian Mullan, 1997 programs to the NCAA College Cup Final Four and has been named Coach of Hermann Trophy winner Johnny Torres, and two-time MLS All-Star Ross the Year in two conferences. Paule. Simon has coached 24 all-conference fi rst-team selections, six conference Each of his Creighton teams reached the NCAA Tournament, giving Simon players of the year, fi ve NSCAA fi rst-team All-Americans, two United States eight NCAA appearances in the past 13 seasons at both schools. National Team members and a Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy A 1980 graduate of the winner. University of Massachusetts at Thirteen of his players have advanced to Major League Soccer senior squads, Amherst, Simon earned his Master’s including three former Stanford stars -- Todd Dunivant, Chad Marshall and degree in business administration Andrew Kartunen – who remain active. They are among six of Simon’s former with an emphasis in marketing and players in the league. management from Berry College in Since arriving at Stanford in 2001, Simon has compiled a 64-52-23 overall Mount Berry, Ga., in 1982. During record and his .543 winning percentage ranks fourth all-time among Stanford a 13-year tenure at Berry, Simon coaches with 50 or more victories. was involved in numerous aspects Simon piloted the Cardinal to College Cup appearances in his fi rst two of the athletic department including seasons on The Farm, including a trip to the 2002 NCAA fi nal, the second coaching, teaching, publicity and time he has reached the championship match, following an appearance with as the Vikings’ athletic director. Creighton in 2000. Prior to Simon’s arrival, Stanford had reached the College After six seasons as a Berry assistant, Cup just once, in 1998. Simon compiled an 83-43-16 record In 2007, Stanford proved it was back on the upswing, earning Simon his as head coach of the NAIA school 10th winning season in 13 years. Among the highlights of the 7-6-5 campaign from 1986-92. was a 2-1-1 record against the top Pac-10 fi nishers, Cal and UCLA, and a Simon, who was born on June double-overtime draw with defending national champion UC Santa Barbara. 19, 1958, is married to the former During his fi rst two seasons at Stanford, Simon had a combined record of Pam Gradoville, a Creighton Athletic 36-7-4, equaling the winningest two-year streak in the program’s 94 years of Hall of Fame basketball player.