1967 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship

1967 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 16
Champions Michigan State (1st title)
Saint Louis (6th title)
Matches played 15
Goals scored 61 (4.07 per match)
← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship was the ninth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Michigan State Spartans and the Saint Louis Billikens were co-national champions after the championship game was called due to inclement weather while the game was tied 0-0. This was Michigan State's first and Saint Louis' sixth title. The final match was played on December 2, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] The most outstanding offensive player of the tournament was Ernie Tuchscherer of Michigan State.[2]

Teams

Qualified Teams
School Record Appearance Last Bid
Akron 10–2 2nd 1966
Army 8–2–2 5th 1966
Bridgeport 8–3 5th 1966
Buffalo State 8–1 1st Never
Colorado College 6–2 2nd 1966
Fairleigh Dickinson 8–4 3rd 1964
Long Island–Brooklyn 11–1–1 4th 1966
Maryland 8–2–1 7th 1964
Michigan State 7–1 6th 1966
Navy 10–0–1 5th 1966
Saint Louis 10–0 9th 1966
San Francisco 9–0–1 6th 1966
San Jose State 9–1 4th 1966
Temple 11–0–1 2nd 1966
Trinity College 9–2 3rd 1965
West Chester 13–1 6th 1965

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Final
            
Long Island 2
Bridgeport 0
Long Island 3
Trinity College 1
Trinity College 6
Army 4
Long Island 0
Michigan State 4
Michigan State 4
Maryland 1
Michigan State 3
Akron 1
Temple 0
Akron 1
Michigan State 0
Saint Louis 0
Navy 5
West Chester 0
Navy 2
Buffalo State 1
Fairleigh Dickinson 1
Buffalo State (2OT, PK) 1
Navy 0
Saint Louis 1
Saint Louis 6
Colorado College 1
Saint Louis 4
San Jose State 3
San Jose State (2OT, PK) 3
San Francisco 3

References

  1. ↑ "1967 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 7. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
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