The Cornell Big Red men's soccer program represents the Cornell University in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. Founded in 1908, the Big Red compete in the Ivy League. The Big Red are coached by John Smith, a former professional player and assistant coach for the Stanford Cardinal men's soccer program. Cornell plays their home matches at Charles F. Berman Field.
History
Cornell's soccer team was formed in 1908,Head coaching history and the university started its run on the sport competing in championships organized by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (ISFA),Haverford College Men's Soccer. All-time Game Results at haverfordathletics.com (archived) the predecessor national soccer championship to the NCAA soccer tournament.
The team's first coach was Talbot Hunter (six years later the team was established), who leaded the team between 1914 and 1915.
The Big Red won only a national title in 1934,The Year in American Soccer – 1934 at soccerhistoryusa.org the team's 27th. season in the competition. Under the coaching of Nick Bawlf,Men's soccer head coaching records the 1934 season was the most successful one in Cornell men's soccer history, going undefeated with a 5-0-2 record. Results of the season include victories over Hamilton (5–1), Penn (3–0), Swarthmore (2–1), Princeton (2–0), Leigh (2–1), and ties to Dartmouth and Haverford (both 1–1).The Cornell Daily Sun, Volume 55, Number 71, 18 December 1934
It was the only season in Cornell men's soccer history where the program finished the campaign with an undefeated record.Men's soccer all-time records at cornellbigred.com
Players
Current roster Men's soccer roster on cornellbigred.com
Team honors National championships ISFA National Champion (1): 1934
Conference championships Ivy League (4): 1975*, 1977, 1995*, 2012
(* shared title)
Individual honors The following players have been awarded as All-Americans by United Soccer Coaches or Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association.
First-Team All Americans
Year Player Year 1910 T.M. Stephenson GK1911M. DavisMF1912Robert DavisMF1914Howard LynchMFClarence Dyer MF1915Frank ThomasDF1917Russell IlerDFGeorge DibbleMF1921Hugh FatesDFElliot ThompsonMFFrancis RighterFWEduardo ElliFW1922Elliot ThompsonMFFrancis RighterFW1926Chien HsuDF1928George OlditchFW1930James DonovanMF1932Louis BernejilloMF1933Louis BernejilloMF1936William HersheyFW1937Leonard DarlingFW1938Eugene CrosbyFW1939John PerryDF1940Robert OchsGK1944Edward McDonoughDF1948Charles BermanFW1950Derl DerrFW1951George BoatengFW1957Josh NelsonDF1967Nikos AlexandridisFW1973Kip JordanDF2012Daniel HaberFW
Second-Team All-Americans
Year Player Year1909 Carlos Collado DF Alan Towers MF1927 Gibson Allen GK Chien Hsu DF1929 Egbert Cory FW1930 Orlando Carvalho FW1934 Bo Ivar Adlerbert DF Hendrick Versluis FW1935 Sidney Nathanson FW1938 John Perry DF1939 I. Robert Wood GK David Podrisky FW1940 John Perry MF Robert Taylor FW1941 Gordon Blatz FW1943 Merill Hunter DF Charles Cox GK Robert Prince FW1944 William Matchneer GK George Bailey FW1948 Derl Derr FW1949 Gunter Meng FW1950 Gunter Meng FW1957 Al Stratta FW1959 Ron Maierhofer FW1965 Seth Dei FW1974 Jon Ross GK1980 Kurt Bettger DF1996 Rob Elliott MF
Third-Team All-Americans
Year Player Year1995 Eric Kusseluk FW
Seasons Year-by-year The Big Red have sponsored varsity soccer for 111 seasons. They have a combined record of 510–545–148.
NCAA Tournament history
Cornell has appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments. Their most recent appearance came in 2022.
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