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Haverford Fords 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 wo ...
'' The Haverford Fords men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of
Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...
in
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, United States. The team is a member of the
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, which is part of the
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's
Division III In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...
. 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. The Fords have the distinction of winning the first three
Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association The NCAA held its first men's National Collegiate Soccer Championship in 1959, with eight teams selected for the tournament. Before 1959, national champions were selected by a committee of the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA) ba ...
national championships, the unofficial national championship that served as the predecessor to the
NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champi ...
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. The team would continue their early 20th century success before winning the ISFA titles in 1906, 1907, 1911 and 1918. In 1924, the program won the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Association Football League season.


Roster

As of October 15, 2020. Players whose numbers are listed "N/A" have not yet been assigned a number as a result of COVID-19.


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.


See also

;Pre-regulation national championship team seasons * 1901–02 Haverford Fords men's soccer team ;National Championship team seasons * 1904–05 Haverford Fords men's soccer team * 1905–06 Haverford Fords men's soccer team * 1906–07 Haverford Fords men's soccer team * 1907–08 Haverford Fords men's soccer team * 1910–11 Haverford Fords men's soccer team * 1917–18 Haverford Fords men's soccer team * 1926 Haverford Fords men's soccer team * 1945 Haverford Fords men's soccer team


References

{{Haverford Fords men's soccer navbox 1901 establishments in Pennsylvania Association football clubs established in 1901