1971 NCAA soccer tournament

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1971 NCAA soccer tournament
1971 College Cup
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Venue(s) Miami Orange Bowl
Flag of Florida.svg Miami, Florida
Teams24
Final positions
Champions Howard (vacated)
Runner-up Saint Louis
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored98 (4.26 per match)
Best player Mike Seerey, Saint Louis (offensive)
  1970
1972  

The 1971 NCAA soccer tournament was the 13th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States. This was the final championship before the establishment of separate championships for the NCAA's University Division (now Division I) and College Division (now Divisions II and III) in 1972.

Contents

The final match was played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on December 30.

Howard initially won their first national title—defeating two-time defending champion Saint Louis, 3–2, in the championship game—but the Bison's title would later be vacated by the NCAA on disputed player eligibility grounds. [1] The championship was not re-awarded.

Qualifying

Two teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA soccer tournament: Chico State and Cornell.

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
Harvard 6
Southern Connecticut State 0 Harvard3
Brown 4Brown 1
Bridgeport 1 Harvard4
Hartwick College 3Hartwick College 1
Army 0 Hartwick College4
Cornell 2Cornell 1
Long Island 1 Harvard 0
Howard 1Howard1
West Virginia 0 Howard3
Navy 3Navy 0
South Florida 1 Howard8
Penn 2Penn State 0
East Stroudsburg State 0 Penn 1
Penn State 4Penn State2
Saint Joseph's 1 Howard3†
Saint Louis 2
Saint Louis 4
Ohio 0
Saint Louis3
SIU Edwardsville 1
SIU Edwardsville 2
Akron 0
Saint Louis3
San Francisco 2
San Francisco 3
San Jose State 2
San Francisco6
UCLA 2
UCLA 5
Chico State 2

Final

Howard*3–2 Saint Louis
Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
Attendance: 5,800

The Championship was later vacated by the NCAA [2] on the grounds that two Howard players had played amateur soccer in Trinidad, exhausting their eligibility, and that two others had not taken entrance exams, required by the NCAA, to predict a grade point average of at least 1.6. Howard University argued that the eligibility rules were vague and discriminated against foreigners, and that the players had all maintained grade-point averages of 3.0 or higher in college, but the NCAA did not reverse the ruling. [3]

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The 1971 Howard Bison men's soccer team represented Howard University in Washington, D.C. during the 1971 NCAA men's soccer season. The team finished the season undefeated and won the 1971 NCAA tournament, defeating the Saint Louis Billikens 3–2 in the final. However, following an anonymous tip, the NCAA investigated the team and ruled they had fielded ineligible players. In January 1973, the NCAA vacated the national championship and banned the Bison from the 1973 playoffs. The team protested the punishment, arguing that they had been targeted because of their success as a historically black university (HBCU). Although they were unable to get the 1971 championship reinstated, Howard went on to win the 1974 NCAA tournament and again beat Saint Louis in the final.

References

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