1945 Haverford Fords men's soccer team

1945 Haverford Fords men's soccer
Co-National Champions (ASHA)
MASAC Champions MAISL Champions
Conference	Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference
Record	8–0–0 (6–0–0 MAC)
Head coach	Ray Mullan (4th season)
Captain	Arnold Post
Home stadium	Walton Field
Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 MAISL soccer standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Haverford ‡	3	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Penn	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Princeton	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
Cornell	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
‡ – MAISL champion

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

As of December 28, 1945 ^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   USA Carlos Barazzo — FW   USA Bob Clayton — FW   USA Nathaniel Cooper — DF   USA Tom Gerlach — MF   USA Bill Harris — FW   USA Ev Jones — DF   USA Corson Jones

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   USA Donald Kindler — FW   USA Charlie Matlack — DF   USA Dan Oliver — MF   USA Arnold Post — DF   USA James Reynolds — DF   USA Joseph Sproule — MF   USA Larry Steefel — MF   USA Thomas Stern

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

• Bob Clayton, Defender ^[5]

References

1. Litterer, David (May 31, 2010). "College Soccer Conference Champions - Men". homepages.sover.ne. American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
2. "Statistics Summary for 1945 - Haverford Men's Soccer". haverfordathletics.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
3. "Statistics Summary for 1944". haverfordathletics.com. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
4. "Statistics Summary for 1945". Haverford College Athletics. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
5. "College All-American Squad, 1945". homepages.sover.net. ASHA. March 31, 2005. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

External links

• 1945 Season Stats