1959 NCAA soccer season explained
| Year: | 1959 |
| Tournament Link: | 1959 NCAA Soccer Tournament |
| Tournament: | Tournament |
| Tourneyduration: | November 22–December 28, 1959 |
| Collegecup Link: | 1959 NCAA Soccer Tournament |
| Collegecup: | College Cup |
| Championship Date: | November 28, 1959 |
| Championship Location: | Memorial Stadium
Storrs, Connecticut |
| Collegecup Champ: | Saint Louis |
| Collegecup Runner-Up: | Bridgeport |
| Prevseason Year: | ISFA |
| Nextseason Year: | 1960 |
| Updated: | 11 December 2018 |
The 1959 NCAA soccer season was the inaugural season of college soccer sanctioned by the NCAA. Including the history of the ISFA, this was the 56th season of organized men's collegiate soccer in the United States.
The season culminated with the 1959 NCAA Soccer Tournament, the first of the modern NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament was won by the Saint Louis Billikens, who defeated Bridgeport Purple Knights in the final, 5 - 2.
Regular season
Champions
- California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference: San Francisco Community College
- New England Intercollegiate Soccer League: Bridgeport
- Ivy League: Harvard
- Metropolitan Intercollegiate Soccer Conference: Pratt
- Atlantic Coast Conference: Maryland
- New York State Athletic Conference: Cortland
- Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate League: Air Force
- Midwestern Conference: Michigan State
- Ohio Collegiate Soccer Conference: Akron
- Mason-Dixon Conference: Lynchburg
- Southern California Soccer Association: UCLA
- Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference: Elizabethtown
Standings
Postseason
NCAA Tournament
See main article: 1959 NCAA Soccer Tournament.
Awards
All-Americans
The following players were named All-Americans following the 1959 season.[1]
- G - John Santos, Farleigh-Dickinson
- RF - James Gallo, Temple
- LF - Bohdan Huryn, Fenn College
- RH - Peter Hazahiak, Howard
- CH - John Dueker, St. Louis
- LH - Joseph Cosgrove, Baltimore
- OR - James Taylor, Colgate
- IR - Walter Chyzowych, Temple
- CF - Cecil Heron, Michigan State
- IL - Erich Streder, Michigan State
- OL - Adam Pintz, Fenn College
Notes and References
- Web site: Litterer . David . The Year in American Soccer - 1959 . The American Soccer History Archives . December 21, 2018 . June 15, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120730031126/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1959.html . July 30, 2012 . dead .
