Pictured: Austin Harms recorded seven shutouts last
fall.
Photo courtesy: David Silverman
2010 Harvard Men's Soccer Schedule
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard
men’s soccer team, which has reached the NCAA tournament in
each of the last four seasons, will play six home games and face
nine teams that qualified for last year’s NCAA postseason
this upcoming fall.
The Crimson under the tutelage of Jamie Clark, the Virginia B. and
James O. Welch, Jr. ’52 Head Coach for Harvard Men’s
Soccer, will play 17 regular-season games during the 2010 season,
as Harvard looks to repeat as Ivy League champion.
Harvard begins its season by hosting Stanford at Ohiri Field Sept.
4, before visiting intrastate rival Massachusetts Sept. 6.
Following a road game at Connecticut Sept. 10, the Crimson will
travel to Albuquerque, N.M., to face UC Santa Barbara Sept. 17 and
New Mexico Sept. 19, two 2009 NCAA tournament participants.
Harvard concludes a stretch of six road contests at Stony Brook
Sept. 24 and at Boston University Sept. 26.
The Crimson returns to Cambridge to play Providence Sept. 28,
before opening the Ivy League portion of its schedule against
archrival Yale Oct. 2. After a midweek road game at Holy
Cross Oct. 6, Harvard will host Cornell Oct. 9, before visiting
Brown Oct. 16.
On Oct. 19, the Crimson will close out its non-conference slate at
home against Boston College, before finishing the regular season
with three Ivy games. Harvard will visit Princeton Oct. 23
and Dartmouth Oct. 30, before returning home to host Columbia on
Senior Day Nov. 6.
“Each year the Ivy League keeps getting better,”
Clark added. “It's now widely perceived as one of the
top conferences in the nation. Half of the teams
in the league made it to the NCAA tournament last year, and I
expect to see this trend continue. This will make it a huge
challenge for us to repeat as conference champion.”
Harvard, which posted a 14-4-1 overall record last fall, won the
Ivy League crown, going 5-1-1 in league play. The Crimson
advanced to the third round of the NCAA tournament by defeating
Monmouth, 3-0, at Ohiri Field. Harvard reached as high as No.
6 in the national polls, tying the highest the program has ever
been ranked.
Andre Akpan ’09 and Kwaku Nyamekye ’10 were selected
in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, as Akpan was chosen in the second round
with the 22nd overall pick by the Colorado Rapids. Nyamekye
was picked 60th overall in the fourth round by the Columbus Crew.
In addition, Clark was honored as the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA)/Mondo Northeast Region Coach of the
Year.
Rising seniors Jaren LaGreca, a defender, and Robert Millock, a
midfielder and defender, will captain the Crimson during the
upcoming season.
Game times and dates are subject to change.