1959 NAIA Soccer Championship
The 1959 NAIA Soccer Championship was the inaugural tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.
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| Country |  |
|---|---|
| Teams | 4 |
| Champions | Pratt Institute 1st title 1st title game |
| Runners-up | Elizabethtown 1st title game |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 19 (4.75 per match) |
| Best player | Robert Offerman, Pratt |
1960 → | |
Pratt defeated Elizabethtown in the championship match, 4–3 (after two overtime periods), to win their first NAIA national title. The final was played at Slippery Rock State College in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.[1]
Bracket
| First Round | Championship Slippery Rock, PA | |||||||
| Elizabethtown | 5 | |||||||
| Howard | 2 | |||||||
| Elizabethtown | 3 | |||||||
| Pratt Institute (NY) | 4** | |||||||
| Pratt Institute (NY) | 2 | |||||||
| New Bedford Tech | 1 | Third Place | ||||||
| Howard | 2 | |||||||
| New Bedford Tech | 0 | |||||||
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See also
- NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament – also began in 1959
References
- "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
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