1979 NCAA Division I soccer tournament

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1979 NCAA Division I soccer tournament
1979 College Cup
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Venue(s) Tampa Stadium
Flag of Florida.svg Tampa, Florida
Teams19
Final positions
Champions SIU Edwardsville (1st title)
Runner-up Clemson
Third place Penn State
Fourth place Columbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored66 (3.47 per match)
Attendance30,947 (1,629 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Flag of Nigeria.svg Obed Ariri, Clemson (5)
  1978
1980  

The 1979 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 21st annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national men's college soccer champion among its Division I members in the United States.

Contents

The final match was played at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida on December 9.

SIU Edwardsville won their first Division I national title, defeating Clemson in the final, 3–2. [1]

Qualifying

Three teams made their debut appearance in the NCAA Division I soccer tournament: SMU, South Carolina, and Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
San Francisco 3
Santa Clara 2
San Francisco 2
SIU Edwardsville4
SMU 0
Saint Louis 1 SIU Edwardsville2
SIU Edwardsville 2SIU Edwardsville2
Penn State 1
Indiana 5
Wisconsin–Milwaukee 1 Cleveland State 0
Cleveland State 2Indiana 0
Penn State2
Penn State 3
Philadelphia Textile 0 Princeton 1
Princeton 1SIU Edwardsville2
Clemson 0
American 1
Virginia 0
American 0
Clemson1
Clemson 1
South Carolina 0
Clemson4
Columbia 1
Hartwick College 2 Third place
Columbia 3
Columbia5Penn State 2
Rhode Island 1 Columbia 1
Connecticut 2
Rhode Island
(OT, PK)
3

Championship Rounds

Final

SIU Edwardsville 3–2 Clemson
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Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 5,500

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References

  1. "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved June 21, 2023.