1959 NCAA soccer season

1959 NCAA soccer season
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 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.

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

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

^ 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.

[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.

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