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1945 Haverford Fords Men's Soccer Team
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. 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. Background The Fords finished the 1944 season with a record of 5-2-2. The program scored 29 goals ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Haverford Fords compete at the NCAA Division III level in the Centennial Conference. The program has a modest history in collegiate athletics. Haverford boasts the only Varsity team, varsity cricket team in the United States. Its men's and women's track and field and cross country running, cross country teams are perennial powerhouses in their division. The outdoor track and field team won the first 16 Centennial Conference championships, and men's cross country has won all but two Centennial Conference championships. The soccer team is among the nation's oldest, having won its first intercollegiate match in 1905 against Harvard College. The lacrosse team has placed well nationally in the NCAA championships, while Haverford's fencing (sport), fencing team has competed since the early 1930s. Athletic teams Tennis Haverford has a long tradition of producing great tennis players. Recently, the team has been known for recruiting the most athletes from the state of Hawaii out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |