1979 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
The 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 21st organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The SIU Edwardsville Cougars won their first national title by defeating the Clemson Tigers in the championship game, 3–2. The final match was played on December 9, 1979, in Tampa, Florida, at Tampa Stadium for the second straight year.[1][2]
| Men's College Cup (semifinals & final) | |
| Country | USA |
|---|---|
| Teams | 19 |
| Champions | SIU Edwardsville (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Clemson (1st title game) |
| Matches played | 19 |
| Goals scored | 66 (3.47 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Obed Ariri, Clemson (5) |
← 1978 1980 → | |
Early rounds
| First round | Second round | Third round | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia U. | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||
| American | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| American | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick College | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island (OT, PK) |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
Championship Rounds
Third-Place Final
Final
| SIU Edwardsville | 3–2 | Clemson |
|---|---|---|
|
Attendance: 5,500
gollark: Maybe your username should be `/dev/sda`.
gollark: Also `y`.
gollark: Oh, `x` is a cool username too.
gollark: I still don't know what the top one is.
gollark: I agree.
References
- "1979 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 19. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
- http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.