| Yale Bulldogs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 2022 Yale Bulldogs men's soccer team | |||
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| Founded | 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] | ||
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| 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 Yale Bulldogs men's soccer program represents Yale University in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. Founded in 1908,[1] the Bulldogs compete in the Ivy League.
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 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]
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.
- ^ a b Yale men's soccer history and records at Yale Bulldogs
- ^ "Yale Athletics Brand Guidelines" (PDF). December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- ^ No Christian End! The Beginnings of Football in America By PFRA Research (Originally Published in The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889 (PFRA Books)
- ^ a b THE BOSTON GAME article by Michael T. Geary at academia.edu
- ^ Camp and His Followers: American Football 1876–1889 By PFRA Research (archived)