1959 NCAA soccer season

The 1959 NCAA soccer season was the inaugural season of college soccer sanctioned by the NCAA. Including the history of the ISFA, this was the 56th season of organized men's collegiate soccer in the United States.

1959 NCAA soccer season
Statistics
Tournament
Duration	November 22–December 28, 1959
College Cup
Date	November 28, 1959
Site	Memorial Stadium Storrs, Connecticut
Champions	Saint Louis
Runners-up	Bridgeport
Seasons
← ISFA 1960 →

The season culminated with the 1959 NCAA Soccer Tournament, the first of the modern NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament was won by the Saint Louis Billikens, who defeated Bridgeport Purple Knights in the final, 5–2.

Regular season

Champions

• California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference: San Francisco Community College
• New England Intercollegiate Soccer League: Bridgeport
• Ivy League: Harvard
• Metropolitan Intercollegiate Soccer Conference: Pratt
• Atlantic Coast Conference: Maryland
• New York State Athletic Conference: Cortland
• Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate League: Air Force
• Midwestern Conference: Michigan State
• Ohio Collegiate Soccer Conference: Akron
• Mason-Dixon Conference: Lynchburg
• Southern California Soccer Association: UCLA
• Middle Atlantic States Athletic Conference: Elizabethtown

Standings

1959 Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Akron †  ‍‍‍ 8 – 0 – 0   1.000 8 – 2 – 0   .800 Wilmington (OH)  ‍‍‍ 4 – 0 – 0   1.000 4 – 0 – 0   1.000 Cleveland State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 1 – 0   .875 9 – 1 – 0   .900 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 1 – 0 – 0   1.000 1 – 0 – 0   1.000 Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 0   .143 1 – 8 – 0   .111 Dayton  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 0   .143 1 – 8 – 0   .111 Denison  ‍‍‍ 0 – 1 – 0   .000 0 – 1 – 0   .000 Case Tech  ‍‍‍ 0 – 1 – 0   .000 0 – 1 – 0   .000 Grove City College  ‍‍‍ 0 – 1 – 0   .000 0 – 1 – 0   .000 Kenyon  ‍‍‍ 0 – 1 – 0   .000 0 – 1 – 0   .000 Oberlin  ‍‍‍ 0 – 1 – 0   .000 0 – 1 – 0   .000 Ohio Wesleyan ‍‍‍ 0 – 1 – 0   .000 0 – 1 – 0   .000 † – Conference champion + – Invited to the 1959 NCAA Soccer Tournament As of November 28, 1959 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

1959 Ivy League men's soccer standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT Harvard †  ‍‍‍ 5 – 1 – 0   .833 9 – 1 – 3   .808 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 4 – 2 – 0   .667 7 – 3 – 0   .700 Penn  ‍‍‍ 3 – 1 – 2   .667 7 – 2 – 2   .727 Yale  ‍‍‍ 3 – 2 – 1   .583 6 – 4 – 1   .591 Brown  ‍‍‍ 3 – 2 – 1   .583 7 – 6 – 3   .531 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5 – 0   .167 4 – 6 – 0   .400 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 0 – 6 – 0   .000 2 – 7 – 0   .222 *† – Conference champion + – Invited to the 1959 NCAA Soccer Tournament As of November 28, 1959 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 1959 NCAA Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	Saint Louis		6
	CCNY		2
						Saint Louis		5
						Bridgeport		2
	Bridgeport (10OT)		2
	West Chester State		1

Awards

All-Americans

The following players were named All-Americans following the 1959 season.^[1]

• G - John Santos, Farleigh-Dickinson
• RF - James Gallo, Temple
• LF - Bohdan Huryn, Fenn College
• RH - Peter Hazahiak, Howard
• CH - John Dueker, St. Louis
• LH - Joseph Cosgrove, Baltimore
• OR - James Taylor, Colgate
• IR - Walter Chyzowych, Temple
• CF - Cecil Heron, Michigan State
• IL - Erich Streder, Michigan State
• OL - Adam Pintz, Fenn College

References

1. Litterer, David (June 15, 2008). "The Year in American Soccer - 1959". The American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2018.