Haverford Fords men's soccer

Haverford Fords men's soccer
Founded	1901;124 years ago (1901)
University	Haverford College
Head coach	Kevin Brenner (1st season)
Conference	Centennial
Location	Haverford, Pennsylvania
Stadium	Walton Field (Capacity: 100)
Nickname	Fords
Colors	Red and black [1]
Home Away
Pre-tournament ASHA championships
1902
Pre-tournament IFRA championships
1902
Pre-tournament ISFA/ISFL championships
1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1915, 1918, 1926, 1945
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
DIII: 2015
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
DIII: 1980, 2015
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
DIII: 2012, 2015
NCAA Tournament appearances
DIII: 1976, 1977, 1980, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018
Conference Tournament championships
1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018
Conference Regular Season championships
1924, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1950, 1953, 1988

For information on all Haverford College sports, see Haverford Fords

The Haverford Fords men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States. The team is a member of the Centennial Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III.

Haverford's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1901. The team plays its home games at Walton Field on the Haverford campus. The Fords are coached by Zach Ward.

History

Haverford soccer team of 1910

The Fords have the distinction of winning the first three Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association national championships, the unofficial national championship that served as the predecessor to the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament from 1905 until 1958. The 1904–05 team is considered by some to be the first organized collegiate national championship to be won by a program. ^{[2] [3]}

The team would continue their early 20th century success before winning the ISFA titles in 1906, 1907, 1911 and 1918. ^{[4] [5]}

In 1924, the program won the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Association Football League season.

The 1945 team was undefeated. Success continued under Jimmy Mills, who was coach from 1949 to 1970. Under coach Dave Felsen, Haverford won the Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Division five times in the period from 1976 to 1982. ^{[6] [7]}

The team won three more MAC South titles under Joe Amorim, who was named head coach in 1983. ^{[8] [7]}

Haverford won a school-record 17 games in 1992. The team became the first men's soccer program to record 700 all-time wins, in September 2002, when the team defeated Neumann 7–0. ^[7]

Players

Current roster

As of November 2025 ^{[update] [9]} 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 0 GK   USA Grayson Benson 1 GK   USA Aaron Cohen 2 DF   USA Sam Kinsey 4 DF   USA Josh Brown 5 DF   USA Pavel Yurkov 6 MF   USA Max Lovinger 7 MF   USA Aaron Park 8 MF   USA John Dowd 9 FW   USA Andrew Fritz 10 MF   USA Thomas Vanni

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF   USA Gabe Knopf 12 FW   USA Miha Dakolias 14 MF   USA Jack Bonner 15 MF   USA Thomas Zamsky 16 MF   USA Jonathan D'Amour 17 DF   USA Tyler Jones 18 MF   USA Aidan Lacy 19 MF   USA Aidan Wong 20 MF   USA Aiden Lee 33 GK   USA Ollie McNamara

Coaching history

Haverford has had 19 men's soccer coaches in their program's history. The most recent head coach was Zach Ward, the men's soccer coach from 2018 until February, 2023. ^[10]

Years	Coach	G	W	L	T	Pct.
1901–1908	Wilfred Mustard	64	31	25	8	.000
1908–1909	Harold Morris	11	6	3	2	.000
1909–1910	Carey Thomas	11	3	4	4	.000
1910–1912	Frank Huish	39	16	16	7	.000
1912–1913	Francis James	18	12	3	3	.000
1913–1915	James Thomas	24	12	9	3	.000
1915–1920	George Young	62	39	14	9	.000
1920–1921	Daniel Oates	21	12	7	2	.000
1922–1934	James McPete	124	71	29	24	.000
1935–1940	James Gentle	62	36	24	2	.000
1941	Edgar Redington, Jr.	10	7	2	1	.000
1942–1946	Ray Mullan	41	26	12	3	.000
1947–1948	Edgar Redington, Jr.	17	8	7	2	.000
1949–1970	Jimmy Mills	238	124	94	20	.000
1971–1977	David Felsen	99	53	39	7	.000
1978–1982	Skip Jarocki	81	43	31	7	.000
1983–2007	Joe Amorim	469	214	223	32	.000
2009–2010	Bill Brady	33	14	17	2	.000
2011–2017	Shane Rineer	138	87	38	13	.000
2018–2022	Zach Ward	37	23	10	4	.000

Titles

National championships

Note: They were considered national titles before the establishment of the NCAA soccer tournament in 1959

• ACCL (1): 1901–02 ^{[n 1]}
• ISFA (7): 1904–05, 1905–06, 1906–07, 1908, 1911, 1915, 1917

Notes

1. Co-champions, along with Christian Brothers. ^[11]

References

1. "Centennial Conference (1981-1982 through present)" . Retrieved October 24, 2020.
2. Westcott, Rich (2001). "Sports Play a Major Role in City Life - Haverford Pioneers Soccer". A Century of Philadelphia Sports (ebook). Philadelphia: Temple University Press. pp.  7–10. ISBN   9781566398619.
3. Wangerin, David (2006). Soccer in a Football World: A Story of America's Forgotten Game (1st ed.). London: WSC Books via Temple University Press. pp.  23–24. ISBN   9781592138852.
4. Smith, Melvin (August 17, 2011). "College Soccer National Champions 1857-58 - 1909/10". The American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
5. "Statistics Summary for 1904". Haverford Athletics. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
6. David Felsen ’62. Hall of Fame 2017 at williston.com
7. Men's Soccer History on haverfordathletics.com (archived)
8. MEN’S SOCCER Conference Champions at gomacsports.com
9. Men's roster 2025 at haverfordathletics.com
10. "Men's Soccer Records - Coaches". Haverford Athletics. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
11. College Soccer National Champions 1857-58 - 1909/10 by Melvin Smith at the American Soccer History Archives (archived)

External links

• Official website