Yale Bulldogs men's soccer

The Yale Bulldogs men's soccer program represents Yale University in NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. Founded in 1908,^[1] the Bulldogs compete in the Ivy League.

Yale Bulldogs men's soccer
2022 Yale Bulldogs men's soccer team
Founded	1908; 117 years ago (1908)[1]
University	Yale University
Head coach	Kylie Stannard (7th season)
Conference	Ivy
Location	New Haven, Connecticut
Stadium	Reese Stadium (Capacity: 3,000)
Nickname	Bulldogs
Colors	Yale blue and white[2]
Home Away
Pre-tournament ISFA/ISFL championships
1875, 1908, 1912, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1945
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1991
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1991
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1989, 1991, 1999
NCAA Tournament appearances
1973, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2005, 2019, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
2023
Conference Regular Season championships
1956, 1986, 1989, 1991, 2005, 2019

The Bulldogs are coached by Kylie Stannard, who was hired as the program's head coach in 2014. Yale plays their home matches at Reese Stadium, on the campus of Yale University.

History

Yale's first attempts with "kicking games" have roots in the 1860s, when the University, along with Princeton (then known as the College of Ottawa), Rutgers, and Brown, started to play a form of football that resembled the Association game.^[3]

Nevertheless, after a rugby football game played v Harvard in 1875, Yale dropped the association football in favor of rugby.^[4] That would be official in 1876 when Yale and other universities met at the Massasoit Convention in Springfield, Massachusetts, agreed to adopt most of the Rugby Football Union rules, with some variations,^[5][4]

Rivalries

Further information: Harvard–Yale soccer rivalry

Yale athletics have a longstanding rivalry with Harvard across all sports since 1875 when they first met in a rugby-style game,^[6][7][8][9] and it also translates to the men's soccer programs. Both representative teams have faced each other on an annual basis since 1907.^[10][11][12] The Crimson lead the series against the Bulldogs 53-38-12.^[13]

Yale has also a strong rivalry with Princeton,^[14] which is among the oldest in American sports^[15][16] since they played their first football game in 1873.^[17]

Players

Current roster

As of 7 Sep 2024^[18]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Chris Edwards 1 GK  GER Constantin Jung 2 DF  USA Sven Meacham 3 MF  USA Ryan Cote 4 DF  USA Nick Miller 6 DF  USA Jamie Orson 7 FW  USA Alex Umana 8 MF  USA Jonathan Seidman 9 FW  USA Joseph Farouz 10 FW  USA Quanah Brayboy 11 FW  USA Aydin Jay 12 DF  USA Vaughan Osga 13 FW  USA Jorik Dammann 14 MF  USA Teague McCammon

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  USA Owen Bull 17 MF  BRA Felipe Schwartz 18 MF  SCO Luke Renforth 19 FW  USA Salif Leintu 20 MF  AUS George Stamboulidis 21 MF  USA Andrew Seidman 22 DF  USA TJ Presthus 23 MF  USA Simon Adjakple 26 DF  USA Justin Harris 28 DF  USA Lior Gurion 29 GK  USA Marco Borrego 30 FW  USA Ryder Mills 34 MF  USA Diego Zaffanella

Coaches

Coaching history

Yale University has had nineteen coaches in their program's existence.^[19]

As of October 31, 2024

#	Years	Coach	Pld.	W	L	T
1	1907–1908	James Birnbaum	5	4	1	0
2	1908–1910	Cecil Herbert	9	3	3	3
3	1910–1912	Alexander Timm	8	6	2	2
4	1912–1913	Henry J. Greer	5	3	2	0
5	1913–1914	Robert H. Gamble	7	2	3	2
6	1914–1915	Waldo Tucker	11	4	5	2
7	1915–1916	George Haskell	8	3	5	0
8	1917–1918	M.B. Wood	4	1	3	0
9	1918–1919	Talbot Hunter	6	0	5	1
10	1919–1920	Albert Fearn	6	2	3	1
11	1920–1921	Horace Wilson	7	1	6	0
12	1921–1926	Morris Touchstone	43	15	18	10
13	1926–1949	Walter Leeman	218	131	55	32
14	1950–1965	Jack Marshall	183	103	61	19
15	1966–1973	Hubert Vogelsinger	99	38	45	16
16	1974–1977	Bill Killen	56	17	29	10
17	1978–1995	Steve Griggs	276	143	110	23
18	1996–2014	Brian Tompkins	325	138	148	39
19	2014–present	Kylie Stannard	100	30	55	15

Honours

National championships

Yale has won six men's varsity soccer national championships, all of which were national championships prior to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In 1908, 1912, 1928, 1930, 1935, 1945, they were determined as national champions by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA).

Title No.	Season	Organizer	Record	Coach	Team Captain
1	1908	ISFA	4–1–0	James Birnbaum	Raymond McNulty
2	1912	ISFA	5–0–0	Alexander B. Timm	Walter G. Dickey
3	1928	ISFA	6–0–1	Walter Leeman	John Whitelaw
4	1930	ISFA	8–1–0	Walter Leeman	C.C. Hardy
5	1935	ISFA	12–0–0	Walter Leeman	Samuel Pond
6	1945	ISFA	8–0–2	Walter Leeman	Francis Brice

Conference championships

Title No.	Season	Organizer	Class	Coach
1	1956	Ivy League	Regular season	Jack Marshall
2	1986	Ivy League	Regular season	Steve Griggs
3	1989	Ivy League	Regular season	Steve Griggs
4	1991	Ivy League	Regular season	Steve Griggs
5	2005	Ivy League	Regular season	Brian Tompkins
6	2019	Ivy League	Regular season	Kylie Stannard
7	2023	Ivy League	Tournament	Kylie Stannard

Seasons

NCAA Tournament history

Yale has appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments. Their most recent appearance came in 2019.^[20][21]

Yale (white shirts) vs Harvard game in 1922

Year	Record	Region	Round	Opponent	Results
1973	7–4–4	1	First round	Bridgeport	3–1
			Second round	Brown	1–2 (a.e.t.)
1986	11–2–2	1	First round	Harvard	1–2 (a.e.t.)
1989	12–5–0	1	First round	Hartwick	1–0
			Second round	Vermont	0–1
1991	12–4–2	1	First round	Boston University	3–2
			Second round	Seton Hall	4–3 (a.e.t.)
			Quarterfinals	Virginia	0–2
1999	13–5–1	2	First round	Rutgers	1–0 (a.e.t.)
			Second round	UConn	0–3
2005	10–4–4	1	First round	Stony Brook	1–2 (a.e.t.)
2019	13–3–2	4	First round	Boston College	0–3