This Week · September 4, 2026
The Prince, the Streak, and the Team the World Sent to Claremont
Soccer · 1962

The Prince, the Streak, and the Team the World Sent to Claremont

How a seven-nation squad from a small liberal arts college ended the most dominant winning streak American college soccer has ever seen — and why almost no one knows about it.

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