1978 NCAA Division I soccer tournament

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1978 NCAA Division I soccer tournament
1978 College Cup
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Venue(s) Tampa Stadium
Flag of Florida.svg Tampa, Florida
Teams24
Final positions
Champions San Francisco (vacated)
Runner-up Indiana
Third place Clemson
Fourth place Philadelphia Textile
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored98 (4.08 per match)
Attendance30,533 (1,272 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Flag of Nigeria.svg Thompson Usiyan, Appalachian State (7)
  1977
1979  

The 1978 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 20th 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 10.

San Francisco initially won their fourth national title, defeating Indiana in the final, 2–0. [1] However, the Dons' title would later be vacated by the NCAA and not rewarded.

Qualifying

Two teams made their debut appearance in the NCAA Division I soccer tournament: American and La Salle.

Bracket

seeds [2]

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
S1 Clemson 4
S4 American 0 S1 Clemson (OT) 2
S2 Appalachian State 9S2 Appalachian State 1
S3 George Washington 3 S1 Clemson4
NY1 Adelphi 0 NY4 St. Francis (NY) 0
NY4 St. Francis (NY) 1NY4 St. Francis (NY)2
NY2 Columbia 3NY2 Columbia 0
NY3 Hartwick College 2 Clemson 1
San Francisco2
San Francisco 6
Stanford 3
San Francisco (OT) 3
Santa Clara 2
Santa Clara 2
Washington 0
San Francisco2
MA1 Philadelphia Textile 5Indiana 0
MA4 La Salle 1 Philadelphia Textile (OT) 2
MA2 Temple 1Temple 1
MA3 Penn State 0 Philadelphia Textile3
NE1 Brown 3Connecticut 0
NE4 Vermont 1 Brown 1
27 Dartmouth 0 Connecticut3
6 Connecticut 4Philadelphia Textile 0
Indiana2
Indiana 3Third place
Cleveland State 1
Indiana2Clemson 6
SIU Edwardsville 0 Philadelphia Textile 2
Saint Louis 2
SIU Edwardsville (3OT) 3

Championship Rounds

Final

San Francisco 2–0 Indiana
Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 8,700

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