HAVERFORD, Pa. – Charles Sharp (Denver, Colo.) was named Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Year on Tuesday, leading six Haverford men's soccer players recognized in the conference's 2026 All-Centennial selections. Sharp is the Fords' first Player of the Year since 2019 and earned First Team honors alongside Thomas Vanni (Wilmington, Del.) and Grayson Benson (Timonium, Md.). Josh Brown (Shaker Heights, Ohio) was named to the Second Team, Connor Gustafson (Lake Bluff, Ill.) earned honorable mention, and Saylen Cardoni (Lafayette, Calif.) was selected to the All-Sportsmanship Team.
Sharp led Haverford with 15 goals and 35 points, adding five assists and six game-winning goals. He ranked second nationally in game-winning goals, 10th in total goals and 15th in total points.
Sharp's season featured two multi-goal performances, a five-game scoring streak and goals in each of Haverford's first two Centennial Conference Tournament victories. After recording an assist in the season-opening 3-0 win at Immaculata, he scored against Stockton and netted both of his goals against Penn State Abington in a 4-0 victory.
The Colorado Rapids Academy ECNL product followed with goals against Susquehanna and Delaware Valley before delivering two goals and an assist in a 3-1 win over Gettysburg, contributing to all three Haverford goals. He extended that scoring streak to five matches with another goal against Penn State Brandywine.
Sharp put together a second five-game scoring streak in October, finding the net against Dickinson, Manhattanville, McDaniel, Muhlenberg and Franklin & Marshall. That stretch included the lone goal in a 1-0 victory at McDaniel, the game-winner in a 2-0 triumph at Muhlenberg and a goal in the 3-0 Senior Day win over Franklin & Marshall that secured Haverford's conference tournament berth. He also assisted on the Fords' goal in the regular-season finale at Swarthmore.
He carried that production into the postseason, scoring in the 2-1 first-round victory at Ursinus that gave Haverford its first Centennial Conference Tournament win since 2018, then netting the game-winning goal in the 5-0 semifinal victory at Dickinson. He scored in 13 matches overall, with the Fords going 12-1 in those contests.
Vanni joined Sharp on the First Team after recording 10 goals and five assists for 25 points in a standout senior campaign. He ranked second nationally in shots per game and third in the Centennial in goals and points per game. He capped the season with a monster conference tournament showing, exploding with a five-point performance—two goals and an assist—in Haverford's dominant 5-0 semifinal win at Dickinson.
Benson earned First Team honors after anchoring the Fords in goal yet again, building on a sophomore season that brought Honorable Mention All-Centennial and Third Team All-Region recognition. The junior started all 19 of his appearances, recording 52 saves across 1,665 minutes while posting 10 shutouts, a 0.65 goals-against average and a .813 save percentage. He led the Centennial Conference in all three of those latter categories, ranking fifth nationally in shutouts, 21st in goals-against average and 48th in save percentage. Benson delivered five saves in the 1-0 victory at Penn State Harrisburg and four in the 1-0 win at McDaniel. He added three saves in the 5-0 conference semifinal victory at Dickinson for his 10th shutout, then recorded a season-high six saves in the championship game at Johns Hopkins.
Brown earned Second Team recognition after contributing three goals and three assists while playing lockdown defense for the Scarlet & Black. He scored twice in a 3-1 win at Manhattanville, then added a goal and an assist in the Fords' semifinal win at Dickinson.
Gustafson, a rookie defender who also anchored the backline, received honorable mention after totaling two goals and two assists. He scored in each of Haverford's first two games, a 3-0 win at Immaculata and a 3-1 victory over Stockton.
Cardoni was named to the All-Sportsmanship Team after appearing in 11 matches, including one start. The senior midfielder recorded six shots and put two on goal in 2026.
Haverford finished 15-4-2 overall, tallying the most wins since the 2015 Elite 8 squad, and 5-3-1 in Centennial Conference play. After defeating Ursinus in the first round and Dickinson in the semifinals, the Fords advanced to the conference championship game, where they fell 1-0 in a hard-fought battle at Johns Hopkins.
