The team would go on the road from December 19 to 21 to face Haverford College, West Town School, and the University of Pennsylvania. The team returned to Penn State drawing two of its matches against West Town School and the University of Pennsylvania and losing its match against the University of Pennsylvania 3-2. The varsity team again slated a round of road matches in December of 1912. The team faced Franklin & Marshall College, Haverford College and Westtown School. The team attempted to schedule a match against the University of Pennsylvania but negotiations between the teams fell though. The Nittany Lions defeated Franklin & Marshall College 4-1, drew Haverford College 1-1, and defeated Westtown College 2-0. Penn State alumnus James G. White who was noted as having an interest in the development of a soccer program at Penn State donated $100 () to fund the travel and equipment for both of these road trips. As the success of Penn State's soccer team began to show and the team attempted to find a way to continue to finance the sport the team pursued an invitation to the Intercollegiate Soccer League, the league in which the season winner was crowned as national champion. Two trips were planned for the spring of 1914 to face members of the league. Proposed opponents were University of Pennsylvania, Haverford College, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, and Harvard. In May 1914 an application was submitted to the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association to join the Intercollegiate Soccer League.At the time of petition Penn State and Princeton were being considered by the association, Princeton were admitted and Penn State never received an invitation to join the league. From the late 1920s into the late 1940s Penn State was noted as one of the top college soccer programs in the United States. Leading the team from the 1920s to the 1960s was head coach Bill Jeffrey who was able to accumulate ten national championship wins, a record 138 wins and a 65 game unbeaten streak. Jeffrey was inducted to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1951 for his coaching performance and help growing the game of soccer in the United States. The highest success of Penn State's soccer program as well as college soccer of the era was seen under Jeffrey. While head coach Jeffrey lead the Nittany Lions on multiple international tours where they played professional and semiprofessional sides. After an initial failure to receive an invitation to join the Intercollegiate Soccer League, Penn State continued to push for recognition scheduling games against its members and sending petition letters to league leaders.