Signature wins: The Haverford College men's soccer team made it back to the Centennial Conference Tournament for a ninth straight season and hosted a home playoff game on Walton Field for the seventh consecutive year in 2019. Highlighting that conference success was the highest-ranked road win in program history early in the season before the Fords officially punched their postseason ticket against the rival Garnet during the final day of the regular season.
Haverford started the Centennial Conference slate off on the highest of notes as the Fords took down Johns Hopkins by a 1-0 score in Baltimore, proving that a Fords team which had won three of the last four Centennial Conference Championships at the time was not going to go away without a battle. The Blue Jays were ranked No. 3 in the nation at that time and entered the year as the conference's preseason favorites. Nevertheless, Kevin Kaufman's 24th minute goal got the Fords off to a strong start in conference action. A highly competitive conference, which saw four teams make the NCAA Tournament, came down the final day of the regular season to decide the playoff participants. Facing a win and in situation, Haverford scored three times in the first half with goals from Noah Schwab, Mattieu Maciejewski, and Paul-Andre Coulibaly to secure a place in the conference tournament over the rival Garnet on Haverford's Senior Day.
Awards:
- United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award
- United Soccer Coaches All-American: Nick Jannelli (second team)
- D3Soccer All-American: Nick Jannelli (third team)
- United Soccer Coaches All-Mid-Atlantic Region: Nick Jannelli (first team)
- Centennial Conference Player of the Year: Nick Jannelli
- All-Centennial Conference: Nick Jannelli (first team), Noah Schwab (honorable mention)
- Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year: Nick Jannelli
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll: Peter Baroff, Zach Brown, Aaron Cohen, Matt Heim, Michael Iacono, Kevin Kaufman, Matthieu Maciejewski, Luca Mello, Brett Mozarsky, Meinhardt Rentrup, Noah Schwab, Ryan Sholes, Jake Zimmerman, Rodrigo Zuniga
- Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team: Mac Lyle
- United Soccer Coaches Division III Defensive Player of the Week: Dylan Ioffreda (9/25)
- Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week: Nick Jannelli (11/5)
- Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week: Michael Iacono (10/15), Dylan Ioffreda (9/24)
Season Notes: Haverford went 9-6-3 overall with a 5-3-1 record in Centennial Conference matches … The Fords were ranked as high as No. 21 in the United Soccer Coaches national poll throughout the regular season … Haverford has made the Centennial Conference Tournament every year since 2011 and has hosted at least one home playoff match since the start of the 2013 season … Nick Jannelli '20 became the program's first two-time All-American in the NCAA Division III era with his second-team United Soccer Coaches selection this year … Jannelli is just the second player in Centennial Conference history to be named Player of the Year twice … Jannelli became just the sixth player in program history to eclipse 100 career points as he capped his career with 45 goals and 24 assists (114 points), to go along with school records for game-winning goals (16) and penalty kicks made (11) … Haverford players have combined for 83 All-America accolades during the program's storied history … Michael Iacono graduates ranked fifth all-time in program history in goals against average (1.02) and ninth in save percentage (76.5%) … Dylan Ioffreda was named the Division III National Defensive Player of the Week by the United Soccer Coaches after recording a shutout in the Fords' aforementioned 1-0 victory over then-No. 3 Johns Hopkins … Haverford's 14 honorees on the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll was the most of any team in the Centennial Conference … Haverford earned the United Soccer Coaches Association Team Academic Award for the 19th straight season and the 21st time in the award's 22 year history.
Looking forward: One of the strengths of the Haverford team this year was an incredible amount of depth. That experience will certainly pay dividends going forward as the Fords replace a senior class that featured three All-Centennial Conference players. Including honorable mention All-Centennial Conference performer Noah Schwab, the Fords return 10 players to the 2020 roster who have started at least 10 matches over their careers. Additionally, seven others have also appeared in the starting lineup at various times throughout their careers for a very talented core that will be aiming to return Haverford to the top of the Centennial Conference which has consistently proven itself to be among the best conferences in all of Division III.