1973 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1973 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 24
Champions Saint Louis (10th title)
Runners-up UCLA (3rd title game)
Matches played 23
Goals scored 85 (3.7 per match)

The 1973 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the fifteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top Division I college soccer team in the United States. The Saint Louis Billikens won their tenth national title by defeating the UCLA Bruins for the second consecutive year in the championship game, 2-1 after one overtime period. The final match was played on January 4, 1974 in Miami, Florida at the Miami Orange Bowl for the third straight year.[1][2]

Starting in 1973, the NCAA changed its classification system and the former University Division became Division I. At the same time, the College Division split into Division II and Division III.

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
   Bridgeport 1  
   Yale 3  
     Yale 1  
       Brown (2OT) 2  
   Connecticut 0
   Brown (OT) 1  
     Brown (2OT) 1  
     Hartwick College 0  
   Oneonta State (3OT) 2  
   Army 1  
     Oneonta State 0
       Hartwick College 2  
   Hartwick College 3
   Long Island-Brooklyn 2  
     Brown 1
     Saint Louis 3
        
        
     Saint Louis 6
       Bowling Green 0  
      
        
     Saint Louis 3
     SIU Edwardsville 0  
        
        
     SIU Edwardsville 3
       Northern Illinois 0  
      
  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
   Clemson 7  
   James Madison 0  
     Clemson (4OT) 1  
       South Florida 0  
   West Virginia 1
   South Florida 3  
     Clemson 1  
     Pennsylvania 0  
   Pennsylvania 5  
   Temple 1  
     Pennsylvania 4
       Penn State 0  
   Penn State 5
   Philadelphia U. 3  
     Clemson 1
     UCLA (2OT) 2
        
        
     San Francisco 5
       Santa Clara 0  
      
        
     San Francisco 2
     UCLA 3  
        
        
     UCLA 3
       Washington 0  
      

Final – Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

4 January 1974
Saint Louis 2–1 (OT) UCLA
Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
Attendance: 5,861

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1973 Division I Men's Championship Bracket". NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 13. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf