1944 Navy Midshipmen men's soccer team

The 1944 Navy Midshipmen men's soccer team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1944 ISFA season. It was the program's 24th season of existence.

1944 Navy Midshipmen men's soccer
National Champions (ISFA/NSCAA)
ConferenceIndependent
1944 record6–1–0
Head coach
Home stadiumThompson Stadium

The 1944 season saw Navy win the ISFA national championship, and was voted by NSCAA as the number one team in the nation following the end of the season.[1] It was Navy's third college soccer national championship. The program was coached by former Olympic gold medalist,[2] Tom Taylor who had been coaching the program since its inception.

Schedule
Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular Season
10-21-1944*
 at Penn State W 2–1  1–0–0
 Thompson Stadium
University Park, PA
10-28-1944*
 Penn W 8–1  2–0–0
 Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-04-1944*
 Muhlenberg W 7–0  3–0–0
 Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-08-1944*
 Navy–Bainbridge L 1–3  3–1–0
 Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-15-1944*
 Bucknell W 6–0  4–1–0
 Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-18-1944*
 Swarthmore W 5–0  5–1–0
 Thompson Stadium
Annapolis, MD
11-25-1944*
 at Army
Army–Navy Cup		 W 1–0  6–1–0
 Michie Stadium
West Point, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Honors

All-Americans

Three players were named All-Americans by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association:[3]

First-team
  • George Reaves, DF
  • Robert Kirk, MF
  • Arturo Callisto, FW

Second-team
  • R.J. Leuschner

References
  1. "2018 Navy Men's Soccer Media Guide". navysports.com. September 12, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  2. "Tom Taylor Olympic medals and stats". June 3, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  3. Litterer, David (January 28, 2006). "The Year in American Soccer - 1944". homepages.sover.net. American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
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