Records Show Trump Played 1964 NYMA Soccer Season as Team Went 3-8

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 21

1964 yearbooks, box scores and former teammates depict Donald Trump as an average NYMA full-back or half-back, not the standout some later accounts suggested.
Those records directly undercut teammate Peter Ticktin’s claim that NYMA went 11-0; the school’s soccer team actually finished 3-8, and Trump was not its captain.
Former cadets said Trump joined soccer after a football injury and used sports to gain standing at a military academy marked by hazing, violence and rigid discipline.
The team was built largely around Latin American cadets, placing Trump—later known for anti-immigration rhetoric—on a squad where he was often the only white player on the field.
The account adds to a broader pattern of Trump-era mythmaking as he heads into the 2026 World Cup summer with an unusually visible role in U.S. soccer politics.

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