1972 NCAA University Division Men's Soccer Championship

1972 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 24
Champions Saint Louis (9th title)
Runners-up UCLA (2nd title game)
Matches played 23
Goals scored 90 (3.91 per match)
← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 NCAA University Division Men's Soccer Championship was the fourteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top University Division college soccer team in the United States. The Saint Louis Billikens won their ninth national title by defeating the UCLA Bruins in the championship game, 4-2. The final match was played on December 29, 1972 in Miami, Florida at the Miami Orange Bowl for the second straight year.[1][2]

The NCAA College Division Men's Soccer Championship (now known as Division II) was held for the first time in 1972.

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
   Harvard 1  
   Rhode Island 0  
     Harvard 3  
       Brown 2  
   Brown 4
   Connecticut 2  
     Harvard 0  
     Cornell 2  
   Long Island-Brooklyn 2  
   NYU 1  
     Long Island-Brooklyn 2
       Cornell 3  
   Army 1
   Cornell 3  
     Cornell 0
     UCLA 1
        
        
     San Jose State 4
       Fresno State 0  
      
        
     San Jose State 1
     UCLA 3  
        
        
     UCLA 5
       Washington 0  
      
  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
   Howard 9  
   Duke 0  
     Howard 4  
       Clemson 0  
   Clemson 3
   West Virginia 2  
     Howard 2  
     Pennsylvania 0  
   Pennsylvania 4  
   Drexel 0  
     Pennsylvania 3
       Penn State 1  
   Penn State 2
   St. Joseph's 0  
     Howard 1
     Saint Louis (OT) 2
        
        
     Saint Louis 2
       Bowling Green 0  
      
        
     Saint Louis 3
     Ohio 1  
        
        
     Ohio 3
       Air Force 2  
      

Final – Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

29 December 1972
UCLA 2–4 Saint Louis

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1972 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 12. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
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