1981 NCAA Division I soccer tournament

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1981 NCAA Division I soccer tournament
1981 College Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Venue(s) Stanford Stadium
Flag of California.svg Stanford, California
Teams20
Final positions
Champions Connecticut (1st title)
Runners-up Alabama A&M
Third place Eastern Illinois (vacated)
Fourth place Philadelphia Textile
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored63 (3.15 per match)
Attendance31,200 (1,560 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Flag of England.svg Elvis Comrie,
Connecticut (5)
Flag of Cape Verde (1975-1992).svg Pedro DeBrito,
Connecticut (5)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Solomon Shiferow,
Alabama A&M (5)
  1980
1982  

The 1981 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 23rd 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 Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California on December 6.

Connecticut won their first Division I national title, defeating Alabama A&M in the final, 2–1 after one overtime. [1]

This was the final NCAA Division I championship before the introduction of gendered tournaments in the fall of 1982.

Qualifying

Two teams made their debut appearance in the NCAA Division I soccer tournament: NC State and Wisconsin.

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
Clemson 3
NC State 1 Clemson 1
Alabama A&M (OT) 1Alabama A&M (2OT) 2
Duke 0 Alabama A&M (OT) 2
West Virginia 1
Virginia 1
West Virginia 2
Alabama A&M (OT, PK) 3
Philadelphia Textile 2
Indiana 5
Wisconsin 1
Indiana 0
Philadelphia Textile1
Philadelphia Textile 2
Penn State 0
Alabama A&M 1
Connecticut (OT) 2
Long Island (4OT) 1
Columbia 0
Long Island 0
Connecticut3
Connecticut 6
Vermont 2
Connecticut2
Eastern Illinois 1
San Francisco 1 Third place
San Diego State 4#San Diego State (OT, PK) 2#
California 0 San Diego State 0 Philadelphia Textile 2
Eastern Illinoisw/o#Eastern Illinois 4
Saint Louis 0
Eastern Illinois (OT) 2#Eastern Illinois1#
SIU Edwardsville 1

Note

Championship Rounds

Final

Alabama A&M 1–2 (a.e.t.) Connecticut

See also

References

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