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Bob Machado

Roberto Machado

  • Class
    1957
  • Honors
    Men's Soccer (1954-1957)
Bob Machado was a member of the 1956 NCISC Championship soccer team under Head Coach Gus Donaghue. He played soccer for the Dons for three seasons, was a member of the Hispanic-American Club, the Block Club, and graduated in 1957 in Finance.

Head Coach: Gus Donoghue
Overall Record: 7-0-2    NCISC Record: 7-0-1
All-NCISC Team: Ramon Diaz, Bob Machado, Joe Njoku-obi, Ben Razon
Most Goals: Joe Njoku-obi
USF Hall-of-Famers: Robert Braghetta, Joe Njoku-Obi, Gus Donaghue

The 1956 USF Dons won their ninth consecutive Northern California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference with a 7-0-1 league record. The Dons opened the season with five straight wins – handling City College of San Francisco (4-0), San Jose State (2-1), Stanford (5-2), Santa Clara (7-1) and California (3-0).
San Francisco State played USF to a 1-1 tie, then two more wins followed as the Dons beat UC Davis 7-2 and defeated City College of San Francisco 4-0. The Dons ended the season playing the NCISC All-Stars and the game ended in a 0-0 tie. For the season the Dons outscored their opponents 33-9.

Joe Njoku-obi led the Dons in goals scored for the second straight season and also earned second team All-American honors for the second consecutive year. Njoku-Obi would be inducted into the USF Hall of Fame in 1959. Ben Razon also was named All-American earning a spot on the honorable mention squad.
 
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