1945 Haverford Fords men's soccer team explained

Sport:soccer
Year:1945
Team:Haverford Fords
Conference:Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference
Short Conf:MAC
Record:8–0–0
Conf Record:6–0–0
Head Coach:Ray Mullan
Hc Year:4th
Captain:Arnold Post
Stadium:Walton Field
Conf Champ:MASAC Champions
MAISL Champions
Champion:Co-National Champions (ASHA)
Prev Year:1944
Next Year:1946

The 1945 Haverford Fords men's soccer team represented Haverford College during the 1945 ISFL season. It was the Fords 46th season as a varsity program.

The Fords finished the 1945 with an undefeated 6-0 record, winning both the Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference championship, and the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Soccer League championship.[1] Due to World War II, there was no formal national champion declared by ISFA at this time, although the college, along with three other colleges (Army, Navy, and Yale) self-declared themselves as champions for the 1945 ISFA season. This has since been recognized by the American Soccer History Archives as a claimed national title. To date, this is the most recent year Haverford won a national soccer championship at any level.

Ev Jones lead the Fords in scoring, scoring 13 goals in the six matches played during the regular season.[2]

Background

The Fords finished the 1944 season with a record of 5-2-2. The program scored 29 goals over the course of the nine-match season, and allowed 29 goals. Junior Paul Domincovich led Haverford in goals during the 1944 ISFA season, scoring nine goals in nine matches. Redshirt sophomore, Bob Clayton was second on the team with five goals.[3]

Roster

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Schedule

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
M* 1945 URSINUS W 2-1 - Haverford, Pa. Steefel, Jones
1945 DELAWARE W 6-0 - Haverford, Pa. Jones (3), Matlack, Steefel, Clayton
M* 1945 LEHIGH W 4-0 - Haverford, Pa. Jones (2), Harris, Cooper
m* 1945 at Univ. of Pennsylvania W 4-3 - Philadelphia, Pa. Post, Jones, Clayton
m* 1945 at Cornell W 4-3 - Ithaca, N.Y. Clayton, Jones, Matlack (2)
m* 1945 PRINCETON W 2-1 - Haverford, Pa. Cooper, Matlack
M* 1945 SWARTHMORE W 4-1 - Haverford, Pa. Jones (2), Post (2)
1945 JOHNS HOPKINS W 6-0 - Haverford, Pa. Jones (3), Cooper, Matlack, Post
 

Honors

ISFA All-Americans

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Litterer . David . College Soccer Conference Champions - Men . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125231000/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/collegechamps-men.html . dead . November 25, 2010 . homepages.sover.ne . American Soccer History Archives . February 16, 2019 . May 31, 2010 .
  2. Web site: Statistics Summary for 1945 - Haverford Men's Soccer . February 16, 2019 . haverfordathletics.com . February 16, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190216155320/https://www.haverfordathletics.com/sports/msoc/Old_StatCrew_Files/Season_Summaries/1945.htm.
  3. Web site: Statistics Summary for 1944 . haverfordathletics.com . February 16, 2019.
  4. Web site: Statistics Summary for 1945 . Haverford College Athletics . September 23, 2022.
  5. Web site: College All-American Squad, 1945 . homepages.sover.net . ASHA . February 16, 2019 . March 31, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130510011107/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1945.html . May 10, 2013 . dead .