California Golden Bears men's soccer
The California Golden Bears men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California, United States. The team is a member of the Pac-12 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. California's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1906. The team plays its home games at Edwards Stadium. The Golden Bears are coached by Kevin Grimes.
The Bears have been in several NCAA conferences over their 110-year history. In 1983, the Bears won the Pacific Soccer Conference. The Bears won the Mountain Pacific Men's Soccer Tournament in 1996. In 2000, the Bears joined the Pac-12 Conference, when men's soccer was enlisted as a varsity sport in the conference. Since then, the Bears have won three Pac-12 titles: 2006, 2007 and 2010.
The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship 18 times. Their best performances came in 1960, 2005 and 2013, where the Bears reached the quarter-finals of the competition.
Head coaching record
NCAA Tournament results
The Bears have made 19 NCAA Tournament appearances| Year | Record | Seed | Region | Round | Opponent | Results |
| 1960 | 6–2 | St. Louis | Quarter-final | Saint Louis | L 0–2 | |
| 1977 | 11–5–3 | San Francisco | Second Round | UCLA | L 1–3 | |
| 1981 | 13–5–1 | Berkeley | First Round | San Diego State | L 0–4 | |
| 1983 | 17–3 | Las Vegas | First Round | UNLV | L 1–3 | |
| 1985 | 16–4–1 | Los Angeles | First Round | UCLA | L 1–3 | |
| 1986 | 15–4–2 | St. Louis | First Round | Saint Louis | L 0–2 | |
| 1996 | 12–6–2 | Seattle | First Round | Fresno State | L 1–2 | |
| 2001 | 10–8–1 | Stanford | First Round | Santa Clara | L 0–1 | |
| 2002 | 13–5–2 | Los Angeles | Second Round Third Round | UC Santa Barbara UCLA | W 2–1 L 1–2 | |
| 2003 | 10–8–2 | New York | First Round Second Round | San Jose State UC Santa Barbara | W 2–0 L 0–2 | |
| 2004 | 12–3–3 | Indianapolis | First Round Second Round | Santa Clara No. 7 SMU | W 2–1 L 0–1 | |
| 2005 | 13–3–2 | No. 7 | Albuquerque | Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals | Santa Clara Wake Forest No. 2 New Mexico | T 0–0 W 3–2 L 0–1 |
| 2006 | 12–5–1 | No. 13 | Charlottesville | Second Round Third Round | New Mexico No. 4 Virginia | W 3–1 L 1–2 |
| 2007 | 11–5–2 | Providence | First Round Second Round | UC Davis No. 11 Virginia Tech | W 2–1 L 2–3 | |
| 2008 | 11–5–2 | College Park | First Round Second Round Third Round | San Francisco No. 15 UC Santa Barbara No. 2 Maryland | W 3–0 W 3–2 L 1–2 | |
| 2010 | 12–2–3 | No. 6 | Akron | Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals | Santa Barbara Brown No. 3 Akron | W 2–1 W 2–0 T 3–3 |
| 2013 | 12–4–2 | No. 4 | Berkeley | Second Round Third Round Quarter-finals | Bradley Coastal Carolina No. 5 Maryland | W 3–1 W 1–0 W 1–0 L 1–2 |
| 2014 | 12–4–2 | No. 15 | Los Angeles | Second Round Third Round | SIU Edwardsville No. 2 UCLA | W 1–0 L 2–3 |
| 2017 | 11–7–0 | N/A | Berkeley | First Round | San Francisco | L 1–2 |