1973 NCAA Division I soccer tournament

1973 NCAA Division I soccer tournament

1973 College Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Saint Louis (10th title)
Runners-up	UCLA
Semifinalists	Brown Clemson
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	85 (3.7 per match)
Awards
Best player	None designated
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The 1973 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 15th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its Division I members in the United States. Beginning with this season, the NCAA changed its classification system, and the former University Division was rebranded as Division I.

The final match was played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on January 4.

Saint Louis won their tenth national title, and second consecutive, by defeating UCLA in the championship game, 2–1 after one overtime period. ^[1]

Qualifying

Five teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA soccer tournament: Madison College (James Madison), Northern Illinois, Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta), Santa Clara, and Yale.

Bracket

	First round				Second round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Championship
	Bridgeport	1
	Yale	3			Yale	1
	Connecticut	0			Brown (a.e.t.)	2
	Brown (a.e.t.)	1							Brown (a.e.t.)	1
	Oneonta (a.e.t.)	2							Hartwick College	0
	Army	1			Oneonta	0
	Hartwick College	3			Hartwick College	2
	Long Island	2											Brown	1
													Saint Louis	3
					Saint Louis	6
					Bowling Green	0
									Saint Louis	3
									SIU Edwardsville	0
					SIU Edwardsville	3
					Northern Illinois	0
																	Saint Louis	2*
	Clemson	7															UCLA	1
	Madison College	0			Clemson (a.e.t.)	1
	West Virginia	1			South Florida	0
	South Florida	3							Clemson	1
	Penn	5							Penn	0
	Temple	1			Penn	4
	Penn State	5			Penn State	0
	Philadelphia Textile	3											Clemson	1
													UCLA (a.e.t.)	2
					San Francisco	5
					Santa Clara	0
									San Francisco	2
									UCLA	3
					UCLA	3
					Washington	0

Final

January 4, 1974

Saint Louis	2–1 (OT)	UCLA

Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Attendance: 5,861

See also

• 1973 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
• 1973 NAIA Soccer Championship

References

1. "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved June 8, 2023.