1990 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1990 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 28
Champions UCLA (2nd title)
Runners-up Rutgers (1st title game)
Matches played 27
Goals scored 69 (2.56 per match)
Attendance 55,096 (2,041 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Chad Deering, Indiana (3)

The 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 31st organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The UCLA Bruins won their second national title by defeating the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the championship game, 1-0, after four overtime periods and a penalty kick shootout. This was the first championship game decided by penalty kicks. The final match was played on December 2, 1990 in Tampa, Florida at USF Soccer Stadium. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.[1][2]

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals Championship
USF Soccer Stadium
Tampa, Florida
                                               
        
     Rutgers (pen.) 2  
       Adelphi 2  
   Brooklyn College 0
   Adelphi 1  
     Rutgers 1  
     Dartmouth 0  
   Columbia 2  
   Seton Hall 0  
     Columbia 1
       Dartmouth 2  
   Dartmouth (pen.) 1
   Vermont 1  
     Rutgers 1  
     Evansville 0  
        
        
     Evansville 1
       Boston U. 0  
   Boston U. 3
   Boston College 2  
     Evansville 1
     Indiana 0  
   Indiana 5  
   UW Milwaukee 1  
     Indiana 2
       Saint Louis 1  
   Saint Louis 1
   George Mason 0  
     Rutgers 0
     UCLA (4OT/PK) 1
        
     NC State 3  
       South Carolina 1  
   South Carolina 3
   Clemson 0  
     NC State (pen.) 1  
     Virginia 0  
   North Carolina 2  
   Wake Forest 1  
     North Carolina 1
       Virginia 3  
   Virginia 1
   Richmond 0  
     NC State 0
     UCLA (2OT/PK) 1  
        
        
     UCLA 2
       San Diego 1  
   San Diego 4
   Portland 2  
     UCLA 2
     SMU 0  
   Fresno State 2  
   Santa Clara 1  
     Fresno State 1
       SMU 2  
   SMU 2
   Illinois State 1  

Final

2 December 1990
Rutgers 0–1 (4OT/PK) UCLA

References