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Harvard Crimson F.C.
Founded1905; 119 years ago (1905)[1]
UniversityHarvard University
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
StadiumJordan Field
NicknameCrimson
Home
Away
Pre-tournament ISFA/ISFL championships
1913, 1914, 1926, 1930
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1969, 1971, 1986, 1987
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1984, 1986, 1987
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1984, 1986, 1987, 2009
NCAA Tournament appearances
1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Conference Regular Season championships
1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1987, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2009

The Harvard Crimson men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Harvard University. The team is a member of the Ivy League of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[2]

Harvard is one of the most successful teams of the Ivy League, having won 13 championships.[3] In the pre-NCAA era, Harvard also won 4 Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA) championship titles.[4]

History

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The Crimson fielded their first varsity soccer team in 1905,[1][3] making the team one of the oldest college soccer programs in the United States, and one of the oldest continuously operating soccer programs in the United States. Most of the Crimson's success came in the mid-1910s, where they won two ISFL (the college soccer predecessor to the NCAA) championships, and again in the late 1920s to the early 1930s.

A Harvard (dark shirt) v Yale game in 1922

Since their 1930 ISFL title, the Crimson have failed to win a national title, although in the late 1960s and early 1970s the Crimson reached the College Cup twice. Also, in both 1986 and 1987 the Crimson reached the NCAA Division I Final Four. Their most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship came in 2009, when the Crimson reached the round of 16.

From 2013 through 2019, the Crimson were coached by Pieter Lehrer, a former assistant coach for the California Golden Bears men's soccer program. In 2014, Ross Friedman attained two all-time Harvard records with 12 season assists and 17 career assists, also ranking 6th in the NCAA in assists and 5th in assists per game.[5]

In November 2016, the team were suspended by the university after the student newspaper The Harvard Crimson published an article which indicated that team members had shared a yearly document in which they ranked new members of Harvard Crimson women's soccer team by their sex appeal and described them using sexually explicit terms. The suspension meant that they could no longer participate in any further games in the 2016 Ivy League men's soccer season (which they had been leading at the time of the suspension) or the National Collegiate Athletic Association.[6][7][8]

Several professional soccer players, including Shep Messing, Ross Friedman, Andre Akpan, Michael Fucito and John Catliff played for the Crimson, as well as several notable professionals outside of the soccer world. This includes Theodore Roosevelt III, Daniel Needham and John Johansen.

Team image

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Historically, the Harvard soccer teams have worn white kits as their primary colors, while alternate kits have been crimson[9] or black.[10]

Players

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Current roster

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As of 7 Sep 2024[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Nicholas WillenHear
1 GK United States USA Cullen MacNeil
2 DF Iceland ISL Kristján Gunnarsson
3 DF United States USA Zachary Sard
4 DF United States USA Ludovico Rollo
5 DF Germany GER Jan Riecke
6 MF United States USA Sam Bjarnason
7 FW United States USA Marcos Ojea
8 MF United States USA Ben Kelly
9 FW Norway NOR Nicholas Nyquist
10 MF Serbia SRB Marko Isakovic
11 FW Cyprus CYP Andreas Savva
12 DF United States USA Rustin Khosravi
14 MF Finland FIN Juho Ojanen
15 MF United States USA Phoenix Wooten
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Norway NOR Erik Dalaker
17 MF United States USA Dylan Tellado
18 MF Slovakia SVK Matus Vician
19 MF United States USA Bobby Cupps
20 MF United States USA Shane Lonergan
21 FW United States USA Xavier Tanyi
22 FW Japan JPN Yuta Hata
23 DF United States USA Nayan Das
24 DF United States USA Alexander Castel
26 MF United States USA Ethan Veghte
28 DF United States USA Edwin Dominguez
31 DF United States USA Tim Langenbahn
33 DF United States USA Ricardo Rollo
77 GK United States USA Will Sherwood
99 GK Sweden SWE Lucian Wood

Notable alumni

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See also: Category:Harvard Crimson men's soccer players

First Team All-Americans

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Harvard has fielded 38 first-team All-Americans.[12] Several players including Andre Akpan, John Catliff and Will Kohler had professional careers following college.[13][14] Other notable All-Americans include John Johansen, who was part of the Harvard Five[15] and Daniel Needham, who was a future politician and commanding general for the 26th Infantry Division.[16][17][18]

Second Team All-Americans

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Harvard has fielded 16-second-team All-Americans.

Third Team All-Americans

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Harvard has fielded three third-team All-Americans.

Player Position Year
Tony Marks DF 1966
Nick Hotchkin FW 1987
Kevin Ara FW 2002

Coaches

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Current staff

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Sources:[19]

Position Name
Head coach Josh Shapiro
Assistant coach Jordie Ciuffetelli
Assistant coach Bryan Harkin
Goalkeepers coach Morgan Sawyer

Historical head coaches

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Sources:[3]

Notes
  1. ^ Teams were coached by their captains.

Team honors

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National championships

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Title
n° 		Year Class Organizer Record Coach
1
 1913 Tournament ISFA 9–6–3 Charles Burgess
2
 1914 Tournament ISFA 6–1–2 Charles Burgess
3
 1926 Tournament ISFA 4–2–2 Thomas B. White
4
 1930 Tournament ISFA 8–1–0 John F. Carr

Conference championships

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Harvard has won 13 Ivy League championships.[20] The Ivy League began sponsoring men's varsity soccer in 1955. Prior to 1955, Harvard competed as an Independent.[21]

Harvard (in black) playing v Air Force in 2018
Title
n° 		Year Conf. Class Coach Overall
record 		Conference
record
1
 1955 Ivy Regular season J. Bruce Munro 10–2–0 5–1–0
2
 1958 Ivy Regular season J. Bruce Munro 10–2–1 5–1–1
3
 1959 Ivy Regular season J. Bruce Munro 9–1–3 5–1–0
4
 1961 Ivy Regular season J. Bruce Munro 8–2–1 5–1–1
5
 1962 Ivy Regular season J. Bruce Munro 6–5–0 5–2–0
6
 1963 Ivy Regular season J. Bruce Munro 8–2–0 6–0–0
7
 1969 Ivy Regular season J. Bruce Munro 14–1–0 7–0–0
8
 1970 Ivy Regular season J. Bruce Munro 12–1–0 7–0–0
9
 1987 Ivy Regular season Mike Getman 14–1–3 6–0–1
10
 1994 Ivy Regular season Stephen Locker 5–9–2 5–1–1
11
 1996 Ivy Regular season Stephen Locker 16–2–0 6–1–0
12
 2006 Ivy Regular season John Kerr Jr. 14–5–1 6–0–1
13
 2009 Ivy Regular season Jamie Clark 14–4–1 5–1–1

Rivalries

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Main article: Harvard–Yale soccer rivalry

Harvard athletics have a longstanding rivalry with Yale across all sports since 1875,[22][23][24][25] and it also translates to the men's soccer programs.

Both programs have faced each other on an annual basis since 1907.[26][27][28] As of Nov 2023, the Crimson lead the series against the Bulldogs 54–42–13.[29]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 1905 men's soccer schedule on gocrimson.com
  2. ^ "Men's Soccer". Harvard University. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
  3. ^ a b c 2024 Men's soccer record book on gocrimson.com
  4. ^ College Champions, 1904-1958 (archived)
  5. ^ Batterson, Paul (January 23, 2014). "Homegrown Friedman hopes to become a permanent part of the crew". Columbus Free Press. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  6. ^ Fahs, C. Ramsey (October 25, 2016). "2012 Harvard Men's Soccer Team Produced Sexually Explicit 'Scouting Report' on Female Recruits". The Harvard Crimson.
  7. ^ "Harvard ends men's soccer team season over lewd rankings of female players". The Guardian. November 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Chokshi, Niraj (November 3, 2016). "Harvard Cancels Rest of Men's Soccer Season Over Lewd Ratings of Female Players". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Bjarnason, Arlotti Score Goals, Men’s Soccer Drops 3-2 Decision at Cornell, 1 Oct 2022
  10. ^ Men's Soccer Wins Thriller at Dartmouth, 1-0, 29 Oct 2016
  11. ^ 2024 roster on Gocrimson.com
  12. ^ "Harvard Men's Soccer All-Americans" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  13. ^ "MLS: 1997 Collegiate Draft Results (Feb. 2)". Soccer America. February 2, 1997. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  14. ^ "Andre Akpan". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  15. ^ Bernstein, Fred A. (October 26, 2012). "John Johansen, 96, Last of 'Harvard Five' Architects, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  16. ^ "Will Command 51st Artillery". The Boston Daily Globe. November 18, 1930.
  17. ^ "Needham Heads 26th Division". The Boston Daily Globe. November 17, 1934.
  18. ^ Sibley, Frank P. (March 19, 1933). "Needham Could Get Wire When There Wasn't Any". The Boston Daily Globe.
  19. ^ Coaches on gocrimson.com
  20. ^ "Men's Soccer Ivy League Titles". gocrimson.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  21. ^ "Year-By-Year Results - Men's Soccer" (PDF). gocrimson.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  22. ^ Christenfeld, Sam O. M. (December 16, 2015). "Harvard-Yale Rivalry Goes Beyond the Game". The Harvard Crimson. thecrimson.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  23. ^ Rasco, Erick W. (November 21, 2017). "The Game: Harvard vs. Yale, Vol. 134" (Photojournal). Sports Illustrated. Time Warner. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  24. ^ Samuels, Robert S. (November 18, 2011). "A History of Harvard-Yale". The Harvard Crimson. thecrimson.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  25. ^ Corbett, Bernard M.; Simpson, Paul (December 18, 2007). The Only Game That Matters: The Harvard/Yale Rivalry. New York City: Crown-Archetype. ISBN 9780307422255.
  26. ^ "Game-by-Game Results" (PDF). yalebulldogs.com. Yale University Athletics. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  27. ^ "First Harvard versus Yale Football Game Program, 1875 - lot - Sotheby's". sothebys.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  28. ^ "Year by Year 1875". theunbalancedline.com.
  29. ^ Men's soccer statistics 2023 at gocrimson.com
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