Tournament details | |
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Country | United States Canada |
Venue(s) | Pasadena, California |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Simon Fraser (1st title) |
Runner-up | Rockhurst |
Third place | Quincy (IL) |
Fourth place | Davis & Elkins |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 56 (4.67 per match) |
Best player | Darryl Wallace, Simon Fraser |
The 1976 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 18th annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States and Canada.
Simon Fraser defeated Rockhurst in the final, 1–0, to claim the Clan's first NAIA national title. This was the first title for a team from Canada.
The final was played in Pasadena, California. [1]
The tournament field remained fixed at eight teams. Third-, fifth-, and seventh-placed finals remained in place alongside the national championship match.
Qualified Teams | ||||
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School | Appearance | Last Bid | ||
Alabama–Huntsville | 1st | Never | ||
Davis & Elkins | 8th | 1974 | ||
Houghton | 2nd | 1975 | ||
Maine–Portland-Gorham | 1st | Never | ||
Quincy (IL) | 10th | 1975 | ||
Rockhurst | 6th | 1975 | ||
Simon Fraser | 2nd | 1975 | ||
Spring Arbor | 1st | 1969 |
Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||
Davis & Elkins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Alabama–Huntsville | 0 | 14OT | ||||||||||||||||
Alabama–Huntsville | 4 | Davis & Elkins | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Maine–Portland-Gorham | 7 | Rockhurst | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Rockhurst | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2OT | Maine–Portland-Gorham | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Maine–Portland-Gorham | 3 | Rockhurst | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Houghton | 4 | Simon Fraser | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Simon Fraser | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2OT | Spring Arbor | 1 | OT | |||||||||||||||
Seventh place | Spring Arbor | 4 | Simon Fraser | 2 | Third place | |||||||||||||
Houghton | 5 | Quincy (IL) | 1 | OT | ||||||||||||||
Alabama–Huntsville | 4 | Quincy (IL) | 4 | Davis & Elkins | 1 | |||||||||||||
Spring Arbor | 2 | Houghton | 0 | Quincy (IL) | 2 | |||||||||||||
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