1944 Navy Midshipmen men's soccer team

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1944 Navy Midshipmen men's soccer
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National Champions (ISFA/NSCAA)
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–0
Head coach
Home stadium Thompson Stadium
Seasons
  1943
1945  

The 1944 Navy Midshipmen men's soccer team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1944 ISFA season. It was the program's 24th season of existence.

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The 1944 season saw Navy win the ISFA national championship, and was voted by NSCAA as the number one team in the nation following the end of the season. [1] It was Navy's third college soccer national championship. The program was coached by former Olympic gold medalist, [2] Tom Taylor who had been coaching the program since its inception.

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
City, State
Regular Season
10-21-1944*
at  Penn State W 2–1 1–0–0
Thompson Stadium
University Park, PA
10-28-1944*
Penn W 8–1 2–0–0
Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-04-1944*
Muhlenberg W 7–0 3–0–0
Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-08-1944*
Navy–Bainbridge L 1–3 3–1–0
Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-15-1944*
Bucknell W 6–0 4–1–0
Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-18-1944*
Swarthmore W 5–0 5–1–0
Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-25-1944*
at  Army
Army–Navy Cup
W 1–0 6–1–0
Michie Stadium
West Point, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Honors

All-Americans

Three players were named All-Americans by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association: [3]

First-team

  • George Reaves, DF
  • Robert Kirk, MF
  • Arturo Callisto, FW

Second-team

  • R.J. Leuschner

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References

  1. "2018 Navy Men's Soccer Media Guide". navysports.com. September 12, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  2. "Tom Taylor Olympic medals and stats". June 3, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
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