[1] Penn State is currently a member of the Big Ten Conference and a participating school in its men's soccer league.

Penn State's athletic director and head football coach Pop Golden announced in May 1911 he would support any interclass games with the presentation of a trophy to the winning team.

[6][7] These games would eventually turn into the creation of an interclass league at the university, helping grow the sport's popularity on campus.

[8][9] An official Penn State varsity soccer team was introduced in December 1911 with the scheduling of three road matches facing intercollegiate national champion Haverford College, as well as Westtown School and the University of Pennsylvania.

[10] Fielding a 14-man roster and being coached by a student manager the Nittany Lions set off for Philadelphia to debut in December 1911.

[12] The Nittany Lions played their inaugural match on December 19, 1911, against the previous year's national champion Haverford College, the squad fell 3–2.

[13] The Nittany Lion's abandoned their 1917 Fall season after one match was played due to the United States entering World War I.

While head coach Jeffrey lead the Nittany Lions on multiple international tours where they played professional and semiprofessional sides.

Inevitably, Princeton received an invitation to join the league while and Penn State was left waiting.

Receiving an invitation to join the association alongside Penn State were Lehigh, Army, Lafayette, Navy, Colgate, Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst, Wesleyan and all six former members of the Intercollegiate Soccer League.

The initial plan put forward by the association was to create two or three leagues that would all separately compete for its own championship cup.

[24] The Nittany Lions engaged in a tour of six pre-season exhibition matches in Scotland through 6 weeks during August and September 1934.

[25][26][27][28][29][30] Penn State was suspended for championship contention by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association in January 1935.

[31][32] Penn State holds the longest men's soccer collegiate unbeaten streaks at 65 games.

Penn State's schedule originally featured four active members but Syracuse was later suspended for the 1935 season due to only playing 3 league contests in 1934.

[41][42] Complications arose weeks before the Nittany Lions were set to start their tour when Iranian Prime Minister Haj Ali Razmara was assassinated.

After the match, Penn State's goalkeeper Ron Coder was picked up and carried to the team bus in celebration by locals.

The match was photographed and published as part of George W. Long's 1951 assignment for National Geographic entitled, “Journey Into Troubled Iran”.

[43][45][46] The Nittany Lions, coming off of back-to-back national titles, the retirement of its most prolific head coach William Jeffrey and a decade of collegiate soccer dominance fell in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Penn State Nittany Lion's faced off against the national team side at Jeffrey Field On April 26, 1985, at 7:30 p.m. in front of 1,500 fans.

[48][49] Penn State opened the scoring in the 27th minute with a strike from midfielder Troy Snyder to make the game 1–0.

Shortly after the United States responded with a goal of their own in the 36th minute from midfielder Amr Aly to make the game 1-1.

His assistant, Barry Gorman, later succeeded him as head coach, keeping the Penn State job through the 2009 season.

[53][54] The league comprised Penn State, Rutgers, West Virginia, Duquesne, George Washington and UMass.

The team's home kit features a majority white top with a navy collar and thin, short, dark blue streaks speckled across the entire jersey.

Featured on the left sleeve in navy is the Penn State Nittany Lion athletics logo.

[60] The first varsity soccer home game played by Penn State took place in April 1914 at New Beaver Field when the Nittany Lions defeated the Lafayette Leopards 6–0.

[62] The stadium was dedicated to the late Bill Jeffrey who was the team's head coach from 1926 until 1952 and a National Soccer Hall of Fame member.

In addition to the installation of a new field surface, a press box and a video booth were also added, and the bleachers were expanded to a capacity of 5,000.

[66][67] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.