Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association

Intercollegiate Soccer
Football Association
AbbreviationISFA
PredecessorIntercollegiate Soccer Football League
Founded1905
Dissolved1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Legal statusAssociation
Region served
United States and Canada
Membership
50 schools

The Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association (abbrevriated ISFA) was a sports government body that ruled the practice of college soccer in the United States from 1905 to 1958.

Before the NCAA held its first men's National Collegiate Soccer Championship in 1959, national champions were selected by a committee of the ISFA based on season records and competition. In addition, the College Soccer Bowl tournament was held from 1950–1952 (following the 1949–1951 seasons) for the purpose of deciding a national champion on the field. The Soccer Bowl was a one-site competition involving four teams selected by college soccer administrators. However, the ISFA committee continued to select the national champion in those three years (in 1950 selecting as champion a team that did not participate in the second Soccer Bowl).[1]

  1. ^ "The American Soccer History Archives: NCAA College Soccer Championships". Archived from the original on November 26, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2010.