| Current: | 2022 Yale Bulldogs men's soccer team |
| Yale Bulldogs men's soccer | |
| University: | Yale University |
| Conference: | Ivy League |
| Conference Short: | Ivy |
| Founded: | [1] |
| City: | New Haven |
| Stateabb: | CT |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Coach: | Kylie Stannard |
| Tenure: | 7th |
| Stadium: | Reese Stadium |
| Capacity: | 3,000 |
| Nickname: | Bulldogs |
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| Isfachampion: | 1875, 1908, 1912, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1945 |
| Ncaaeliteeight: | 1991 |
| Ncaasweetsixteen: | 1991 |
| Ncaaroundof32: | 1989, 1991, 1999 |
| Ncaatourneys: | 1973, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2005, 2019, 2023 |
| Conference Tournament: | 2023 |
| Conference Season: | 1956, 1986, 1989, 1991, 2005, 2019 |
The Yale Bulldogs men's soccer program represents Yale University in all NCAA Division I men's College soccer competitions. Founded in 1908,[1] the Bulldogs compete in the Ivy League.
The Bulldogs are coached by Kylie Stannard, who was hired as the program's head coach in 2014. Yale plays their home matches at Reese Stadium, on the campus of Yale University.
Yale's first attempts with "kicking games" have roots in the 1860s, when the University, along with Princeton (then known as the College of Ottawa), Rutgers, and Brown, started to play a form of football that resembled the Association game.[2]
Nevertheless, after a rugby football game played v Harvard in 1875, Yale dropped the association football in favor of rugby. That would be official in 1876 when Yale and other universities met at the Massasoit Convention in Springfield, Massachusetts, agreed to adopt most of the Rugby Football Union rules, with some variations,[3] [4]
Yale athletics have a longstanding rivalry with Harvard across all sports since 1875 when they first met in a rugby-style game,[5] [6] [7] [8] and it also translates to the men's soccer programs. Both representative teams have faced each other on an annual basis since 1907.[9] [10] [11] The Crimson lead the series against the Bulldogs 53-38-12.[12]
Yale has also a strong rivalry with Princeton,[13] which is among the oldest in American sports[14] [15] since they played their first football game in 1873.[16]
Yale University has had nineteen coaches in their program's existence.[18]
| Years | Coach | Pld. | W | L | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1907–1908 | James Birnbaum | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1908–1910 | Cecil Herbert | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1910–1912 | Alexander Timm | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1912–1913 | Henry J. Greer | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1913–1914 | Robert H. Gamble | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 6 | 1914–1915 | Waldo Tucker | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
| 7 | 1915–1916 | George Haskell | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1917–1918 | M.B. Wood | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1918–1919 | Talbot Hunter | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 10 | 1919–1920 | Albert Fearn | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 11 | 1920–1921 | Horace Wilson | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| 12 | 1921–1926 | Morris Touchstone | 43 | 15 | 18 | 10 | |
| 13 | 1926–1949 | Walter Leeman | 218 | 131 | 55 | 32 | |
| 14 | 1950–1965 | Jack Marshall | 183 | 103 | 61 | 19 | |
| 15 | 1966–1973 | Hubert Vogelsinger | 99 | 38 | 45 | 16 | |
| 16 | 1974–1977 | Bill Killen | 56 | 17 | 29 | 10 | |
| 17 | 1978–1995 | Steve Griggs | 276 | 143 | 110 | 23 | |
| 18 | 1996–2014 | Brian Tompkins | 325 | 138 | 148 | 39 | |
| 19 | 2014–present | Kylie Stannard | 100 | 30 | 55 | 15 |
Yale has won six men's varsity soccer national championships, all of which were national championships prior to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In 1908, 1912, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1945, they were determined as national champions by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA).
| Title No. | Season | Organizer | Record | Coach | Team Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–1–0 | James Birnbaum | Raymond McNulty | ||||
| ISFA | 5–0–0 | Alexander B. Timm | Walter G. Dickey | |||
| ISFA | 6–0–1 | Walter Leeman | John Whitelaw | |||
| 1930 | ISFA | 8–1–0 | Walter Leeman | C.C. Hardy | ||
| 1935 | ISFA | 12–0–0 | Walter Leeman | Samuel Pond | ||
| 1945 | ISFA | 8–0–2 | Walter Leeman | Francis Brice |
| width= px style="" | Title No. | width= px style="" | Season | width= px style="" | Organizer | width= px style="" | Class | width= px style="" | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Regular season | Jack Marshall | |||||||
| 1986 | Ivy League | Regular season | Steve Griggs | ||||||
| 1989 | Ivy League | Regular season | Steve Griggs | ||||||
| 1991 | Ivy League | Regular season | Steve Griggs | ||||||
| 2005 | Ivy League | Regular season | Brian Tompkins | ||||||
| 2019 | Ivy League | Regular season | Kylie Stannard | ||||||
| Ivy League | Kylie Stannard |
Yale has appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments. Their most recent appearance came in 2019.[19] [20]
| width=50px style="" | Year | Record | Region | Round | Opponent | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 7–4–4 | 1 | First round | 3–1 | ||
| Second round | 1–2 | |||||
| 1986 | 11–2–2 | 1 | First round | 1–2 | ||
| 1989 | 12–5–0 | 1 | First round | 1–0 | ||
| Second round | 0–1 | |||||
| 1991 | 12–4–2 | 1 | First round | 3–2 | ||
| Second round | 4–3 | |||||
| Quarterfinals | 0–2 | |||||
| 1999 | 13–5–1 | 2 | First round | 1–0 | ||
| Second round | 0–3 | |||||
| 2005 | 10–4–4 | 1 | First round | 1–2 | ||
| 13–3–2 | 4 | First round | 0–3 |