Harvard Crimson men's soccer


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.
The Crimson fielded their first varsity team in 1905, 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 championships, and again in the late 1920s to the early 1930s. Several professional soccer players, including Shep Messing, 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.
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 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 or the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Players

2017 roster

Rivalries

National championships

SeasonCoachSelectorsRecord
1913Charles BurgessIntercollegiate Soccer Football Association9–6–3
1914Charles BurgessIntercollegiate Soccer Football Association6–1–2
1926Thomas B. WhiteIntercollegiate Soccer Football Association4–2–2
1930John F. CarrIntercollegiate Soccer Football Association8–1–0

Conference championships

Harvard has won 13 Ivy League championships. The Ivy League began sponsoring men's varsity soccer in 1955. Prior to 1955, Harvard competed as an Independent.
SeasonConferenceCoachOverall RecordConference Record
1955IvyJ. Bruce Munro10–2–05–1–0
1958IvyJ. Bruce Munro10–2–15–1–1
1959IvyJ. Bruce Munro9–1–35–1–0
1961IvyJ. Bruce Munro8–2–15–1–1
1962IvyJ. Bruce Munro6–5–05–2–0
1963IvyJ. Bruce Munro8–2–06–0–0
1969IvyJ. Bruce Munro14–1–07–0–0
1970IvyJ. Bruce Munro12–1–07–0–0
1987IvyMike Getman14–1–36–0–1
1994IvyStephen Locker5–9–25–1–1
1996IvyStephen Locker16–2–06–1–0
2006IvyJohn Kerr Jr.14–5–16–0–1
2009IvyJamie Clark14–4–15–1–1

Individual honors

First Team All-Americans

Harvard has fielded 38 first-team All-Americans. Several players including Andre Akpan, John Catliff and Will Kohler had professional careers following college. Other notable All-Americans include John Johansen, who was part of the Harvard Five and Daniel Needham, who was a future politician and commanding general for the 26th Infantry Division.
PlayerPositionYear
Lester CushingDF1909
Frank LelandFW1909
Elwyn BarronDF1910, 1912
Harry ByngFW1911, 1912
Brayton NicholsGK1912
Eugene McCallMF1912
Daniel NeedhamGK1912
Henry FranckeMF1913
Francis GrantMF1913
Walter WeldFW1913, 1914, 1915
J. Coleman JenningsFW1914
Richard CookeFW1916
John SullivanDF1922
Randolph HeizerFW1922
Walter PattisonDF1924
Joseph MacKinnonMF1925
Laurence DriggsFW1925
Richard ThomasGK1926
John FaudeGK1930
John BlandMF1930
Harvard BroadbentFW1932
Theodore RobieDF1935
John DormanMF1935
James WoodFW1935
Bernard JacobsenMF1939
John JohansenFW1939
Richard GiffordMF1942
Charley UffordDF1952
Langley KeyesFW1959
Marsh McCallMF1959
Tom BagnoliGK1962
Chris OhiriFW1963
Solomon GomezFW1969, 1970
Chris WilmotDF1969, 1970
Chris PapagianisFW1972
John CatliffFW1986
Will KohlerFW1996
Andre AkpanFW2008, 2009

Second Team All-Americans

Harvard has fielded 16-second-team All-Americans.
PlayerPositionYear
Carl ChadwickFW1909
C. M. BrowneGK1911
Quincy GreeneFW1911
Morris HallowellMF1912
Kenneth CrooksDF1926
John BlandMF1928
Alex StollmeyerDF1929
Paul CatinellaDF1930
John CarriganFW1930
Theodore Roosevelt IIIMF1934
George StorkFW1935
Charles WeissDF1949
Andy KydesMF1966
Phil KydesFW1971
Andre AkpanFW2007
Mike FucitoFW2007, 2008

Third Team All-Americans

Harvard has fielded three third-team All-Americans.
PlayerPositionYear
Tony MarksDF1966
Nick HotchkinFW1987
Kevin AraFW2002

Kit history

First kits
Second kits

Notable alumni