University of San Francisco Athletics

Head Coach: Steve Negoesco
Overall Record: 23-3-1   PSC Record: 6-1-0
All-PSC Team: Roar Anderson, Joe Bergsvand, Luis Magalhaes, Alex Nwosu, Bjorn Tronstad
Most Goals:  Bjorn Tronstad (29)    Most Assists:  Dag Olavson (15)
Most Points: Bjorn Tronstad (71 – 29 goals, 13 assists)    Goals Against Average:  Andy Fry (1.60)
USF Hall-of-Famers:  Andy Atuegbu, Alex Nwosu, Dag Olavson, Steve Negoesco

The 1979 Dons rewrote USF scoring records with 139 goals for the season. In fact, the 139 goals scored in a single season is also an NCAA record that still stands to this day. No other team has even come within 20 goals of the 1979 Dons – the 1978 Notre Dame team has the second most goals scored in one season – with 116 scored. The 1979 Dons averaged 5.15 goals per contest and six times scored seven or more goals in a single game.

High scoring forward Bjorn Tronstad also put his name in the USF record book for most goals in a single season with 29, and most points in single season with 71.  The 29 goals scored by Tronstad still ranks as the 15th best single season scoring total in the history of NCAA soccer and the 71 points is the 11th best single season mark.

The Dons opened the season with an 8-0 win over UNLV, followed by a 4-1 victory over San Francisco State. USF split the next four games, then really took off, winning the next six games – outscoring their opponents 37-6 over the six-game stretch including 9-0 wins over both Menlo College and Humboldt State. After a 0-0 tie with Boston College on October 10, the Dons tore off on another streak – this time winning 13 straight with five shutouts, including victories over national powers UCLA, California, Stanford, Fresno State and Cal State Fullerton.

In postseason play, the Dons won the NCAA Western Regional over Santa Clara 3-2, but fell to Southern Illinois, 4-2, in the NCAA quarter-finals in Edwardsville. The Dons finished the season ranked 7th in the final Intercollegiate Soccer Coaches Association of America poll.