1981 NCAA Division I 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)
← 1980 1982 →

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

Final

6 December 1981
Alabama A&M 1–2 (OT) Connecticut

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
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