1979 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1979 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 19
Champions SIU Edwardsville (1st title)
Runners-up Clemson (1st title game)
Matches played 19
Goals scored 66 (3.47 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Obed Ariri, Clemson (5)
← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 21st organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The SIU Edwardsville Cougars won their first national title by defeating the Clemson Tigers in the championship game, 3-2. The final match was played on December 9, 1979 in Tampa, Florida at Tampa Stadium for the second straight year.[1][2]

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
        
     San Francisco 3  
       Santa Clara 2  
      
        
     San Francisco 2  
     SIU Edwardsville 4  
        
        
     SMU 0
       SIU Edwardsville 2  
   Saint Louis 1
   SIU Edwardsville 2  
     SIU Edwardsville 2
     Penn State 1
        
        
     Indiana 5
       Cleveland State 0  
   Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1
   Cleveland State 2  
     Indiana 0
     Penn State 2  
        
        
     Penn State 3
       Princeton 1  
   Philadelphia U. 0
   Princeton 1  
  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
        
     American 1  
       Virginia 0  
      
        
     American 0  
     Clemson 1  
        
        
     Clemson 1
       South Carolina 0  
      
        
     Clemson 4
     Columbia 1
        
        
     Hartwick College 2
       Columbia 3  
      
        
     Columbia 5
     Rhode Island 1  
        
        
     Connecticut 2
       Rhode Island
(OT, PK)		 3  
      

Championship Rounds

Third-Place Final

Final

9 December 1978
SIU Edwardsville 3–2 Clemson
Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 5,500

References

  1. ↑ "1979 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 19. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
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