1958 Drexel Dragons men's soccer team

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1958 Drexel Dragons men's soccer
Drexel Dragons wordmark.svg
Conference Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference
DivisionCollege–Southern
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1 [1]
Record12–0–0 (3–0–0 MASAC)
Head coach
  • Don Yonker (12th season)
CaptainStanislav Długosz
Robert Muschek
Seasons
←  1957
1959  →

The 1958 Drexel Dragons men's soccer team was the 12th season of the program's existence. The program competed as an independent during the 1958 ISFA season, the final year before the NCAA began sponsor collegiate varsity soccer.

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The 1958 season was the most accomplished season in program history. Drexel posted a perfect 12-0-0 record, and won the ISFA National Championship, the predecessor to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The Dragons scored a record 76 goals in 12 matches, while only conceding 15. Drexel was led by Polish striker Stanislav Długosz, who had 57 points on the season, which remains a record for Drexel. During their match against Rider, Igor Lissy had a program record three assists, a record that would not be tied until 1991. Lissy led the team in scoring with 22 goals in just 12 matches. Outside of the ISFA title, Drexel won the Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference. [2]

Robert Muschek, Długosz and Ozzie Jethon were named All-Americans at the end of the season.

Head coach Donald Y. Yonker was inducted into the United Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame in 1992.

Roster

The following players were part of Drexel's squad during the 1958 season:

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
—Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO George Annett
—Flag of the United States.svg  USA Robert Antrasian
—Flag of the United States.svg  USA Charles Boecklin
— FW Flag of Poland.svg  POL Stanislav Długosz
—Flag of Germany.svg  GER Charles Frankenberger
—Flag of the United States.svg  USA Austin Gleeson
—Flag of the United States.svg  USA Donald Hobson
— MF Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Ozzie Jethon
—Flag of the United States.svg  USA William Johnston
—Flag of England.svg  ENG Charles Jones
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— FW Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  URS Igor Lissy
— DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Robert Muschek
— DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Donald Reiter
— FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ronald Ritter
—Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL George Sawcheck
—Flag of England.svg  ENG George Simon
—Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Leon Skochko
—Flag of England.svg  ENG Bently Stuart
—Flag of the United States.svg  USA David Van Dyke
—Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stanley Wybranski

Schedule

[3]

Date
Time, TV		Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
City, State
Exhibition
October 4
vs. Drexel AlumniW 7–0 
Philadelphia, PA
Regular season
October 11
at  Western Maryland W 7–1 [4]  1–0–0
(1–0–0)		 Westminster, MD
October 14
 Rider W 10–1 2–0–0
(2–0–0)
October 18
at  Elizabethtown W 4–2 3–0–0
(3–0–0)
October 21
No. 10 Delaware W 7–2 4–0–0
(4–0–0)
October 25
No. 10at  Wagner W  5–0–0
(5–0–0)
October 29
No. 8 West Chester W  6–0–0
(6–0–0)
November 1
No. 8 Washington (MD) W 6–1 7–0–0
(7–0–0)
November 4
No. 8at  Ursinus W 8–2 8–0–0
(8–0–0)
November 8
No. 3 Bucknell W  9–0–0

November 11
No. 1at  La Salle W 7–1 10–0–0

November 15
No. 1at  Johns Hopkins W 2–0 11–0–0

November 18
No. 1 Lehigh W 5–2 12–0–0
Philadelphia, PA

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