1970 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship

1970 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 24
Champions Saint Louis (8th title)
Runners-up UCLA (1st title game)
Matches played 23
Goals scored 79 (3.43 per match)

The 1970 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship was the twelfth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Saint Louis Billikens won their eighth national title, and second title in a row, by defeating the UCLA Bruins in the championship game 1-0. The final match was played on December 5, 1970 in Edwardsville, Illinois.[1][2]

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
   Harvard 6  
   WPI 0  
     Harvard 2  
       Brown 1  
   Brown 1
   Middlebury 0  
     Harvard 3  
     Hartwick College 4  
   Hartwick College 4  
   Army 0  
     Hartwick College 6
       Columbia 1  
   Buffalo State 1
   Columbia 2  
     Hartwick College 0
     Saint Louis 1
        
        
     Saint Louis 7
       Akron 0  
      
        
     Saint Louis 2
     SIU Edwardsville 1  
        
        
     SIU Edwardsville 6
       Cleveland State 0  
      
  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
        
     San Jose State 1  
       Denver 2  
      
        
     Denver 1  
     UCLA 3  
        
        
     UCLA 1
       San Francisco 0  
      
        
     UCLA 4
     Howard 3
   Navy 1  
   South Florida 0  
     Navy 0
       Howard 2  
   Howard 2
   Maryland 0  
     Howard 1
     Philadelphia 0  
   Penn State 2  
   Delaware 1  
     Penn State 1
       Philadelphia 2  
   Pennsylvania 1
   Philadelphia 2  

Final – Ralph Korte Stadium, Edwardsville, Illinois

5 December 1970
Saint Louis 1–0 UCLA

References

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