The 1909–10 Columbia Lions men's soccer team was a soccer team that represented Columbia University as during the 1909–10 ISFL season. It was the program's fifth season as a varsity team, and their first under the "Lions" moniker, after previously being referred to as the "Blue and White". The program is best known for winning the university's first national soccer championship, being deemed the ISFL national champions at the conclusion of the season, compiling a record of five wins, no losses, and one draw across ISFL play.
| 1909–10 Columbia Lions men's soccer | |
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| Conference | ISFL |
| Record | 10–2–3 (4–0–1 ISFL) |
| Home stadium | Polo Grounds |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia ‡ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Haverford | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Today, they are recognized by American Soccer History Archives as the 1910 college soccer champions.[1]
Schedule
edit| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site City, State | ||||||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| * |
Montclair | W 4–1 | 1–0–0 |
Polo Grounds Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| * |
at Staten Island | L 2–4 | 1–1–0 |
St. Paul's Field Staten Island, NY | |||||||
| * |
at Pratt | W 1–0 | 2–1–0 |
Fort Greene Park Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
| * |
Staten Island | L 2–4 | 2–2–0 |
Polo Grounds Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| * |
at Boys Club | W 3–0 | 3–2–0 |
Unknown Unknown | |||||||
| * |
at Springfield | T 1–1 | 3–2–1 |
Pratt Field Springfield, MA | |||||||
| * |
Boys Club | W 6–0 | 4–2–1 |
Polo Grounds Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| * |
Pratt | W 4–1 | 5–2–1 |
Polo Grounds Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| * |
Cameron | W 2–1 | 6–2–1 |
Polo Grounds Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| * |
Boys Club | T 0–0 | 6–2–2 |
Polo Grounds Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| ISFL | |||||||||||
| March 12, 1910[2]* |
Haverford | W 3–1 | 7–2–2 (1–0–0) |
Polo Grounds Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| * |
at Harvard | W 2–0 | 8–2–2 (2–0–0) |
Harvard Stadium Cambridge, MA | |||||||
| * |
at Penn | W 2–0 | 9–2–2 (3–0–0) |
Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| * |
at Cornell | W 8–0 | 10–2–2 (4–0–0) |
Percy Field Ithaca, NY | |||||||
| * |
Yale | T 0–0 | 10–2–3 (4–0–1) |
Polo Grounds Manhattan, NY | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
Source:[3]
References
edit- ^ Smith, Melvin (August 17, 2011). "College Soccer National Champions 1857-58 - 1909/10". The American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "Statistics Summary for 1909". Haverford Athletics. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- ^ "Men's Soccer All-Time Results: 1910". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia University Athletics. June 5, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2022.