1981 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1981 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Country	USA
Teams	20
Champions	Connecticut (1st title)
Runners-up	Alabama A&M (1st title game)
Matches played	20
Goals scored	63 (3.15 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Elvis Comrie, Connecticut (5) Pedro DeBrito, Connecticut (5) Solomon Shiferow, Alabama A&M (5)
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The 1981 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 23rd organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Connecticut Huskies won their first national title by defeating the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in the championship game, 2-1, after one overtime period. The final match was played on December 6, 1981 in Palo Alto, California at Stanford Stadium.^[1][2]

Early rounds

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Championship Stanford Stadium Palo Alto, California
		Clemson	3
		NC State	1
							Clemson	1
							Alabama A&M (2OT)	2
		Alabama A&M (OT)	1
		Duke	0
												Alabama A&M (OT)	2
											West Virginia	1
							Virginia	1
							West Virginia	2
																	Alabama A&M (OT,PK)	3
																	Philadelphia U.	2
							Indiana	5
							Wisconsin	1
												Indiana	0
											Philadelphia U.	1
							Philadelphia U.	2
							Penn State	0
																						Alabama A&M	1
																						Connecticut (OT)	2
							LIU Brooklyn (4OT)	1
							Columbia	0
												LIU Brooklyn	0
											Connecticut	3
							Connecticut	6
							Vermont	2
																	Connecticut	2
																	Eastern Illinois	1
							San Francisco	1
							San Diego State (OT,PK)	2#
		San Diego State	4#
		California	0
												San Diego State	0
											Eastern Illinois	w/o#
							Saint Louis	0
							Eastern Illinois	1#
		Eastern Illinois (OT)	2#
		SIU Edwardsville	1

Note

1. San Diego State and Eastern Illinois had their results vacated by the NCAA.

Championship Rounds

Third-Place Final

Philadelphia University v Eastern Illinois

Philadelphia University	2–4	Eastern Illinois

Final

Alabama A&M v Connecticut

6 December 1981

Alabama A&M	1–2 (OT)	Connecticut

Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, California Attendance: 3,500

References

1. "1981 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 21. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf