1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

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1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
ACC regular season and Tournament Champions
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record21–2–2 (5–1–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coach George Gelnovatch (1st season)
Home stadiumUVA Soccer Field
Seasons
  1988
1990  

The 1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 1989 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers, playing their 49th season of existence, won their first ever national championship, which was a co-title with Santa Clara. It was often considered[ by whom? ] the start to the Cavaliers' early 1990s dynasty run in college soccer.

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
City, State
Regular Season
09-02-1989*
No. 1No. 2  Indiana
Hoosier Soccer Tournament
W 1–0 1–0–0
Bill Armstrong Stadium
09-03-1989*
No. 1vs.  Notre Dame
Hoosier Soccer Tournament
W 3–0 2–0–0
Bill Armstrong Stadium
09-05-1989*
No. 1 Longwood W 3–1 3–0–0
UVA Soccer Field
09-08-1989*
No. 1 Charlotte
UVA Tournament
W 2–0 4–0–0
UVA Soccer Field
09-10-1989*
No. 1 Charleston
UVA Tournament
W 6–0 5–0–0
UVA Soccer Field
09-13-1989*
No. 1at  VCU W 10–0 6–0–0
Cary Street Field
09-17-1989
No. 1at  Maryland
Rivalry
W 4–1 7–0–0 (1–0–0)
UMD Soccer Field
09-20-1989*
No. 1 Penn W 2–0 8–0–0
UVA Soccer Field
09-24-1989
No. 1No. 13  Wake Forest W 1–0 9–0–0 (2–0–0)
UVA Soccer Field
09-27-1989*
No. 1at  James Madison W 2–1 OT10–0–0
JMU Soccer Field
10-01-1989
No. 1No. 11  North Carolina W 3–0 11–0–0 (3–0–0)
UVA Soccer Field
10-04-1989*
No. 1at  Richmond L 0–1 11–1–0
University of Richmond Stadium
10-08-1989
No. 1at  NC State W 4–0 12–1–0 (4–0–0)
Derr Field
10-11-1989*
No. 1 Towson State W 4–0 13–1–0
UVA Soccer Field
10-14-1989*
No. 1vs. No. 23  San Francisco
Stanford Tournament
W 1–0 14–1–0
Maloney Field
10-15-1989*
No. 1at  Stanford
Stanford Tournament
W 2–1 OT15–1–0
Maloney Field
10-18-1989*
No. 1 George Mason W 1–0 16–1–0
UVA Soccer Field
10-21-1989
No. 1at No. 16  Duke T 2–2 OT16–1–1 (4–0–1)
Koskinen Stadium
10-25-1989
No. 1 Virginia Tech
Commonwealth Cup
W 3–1 OT17–1–1 (4–0–1)
UVA Soccer Field
10-29-1989
No. 1No. 18  Clemson W 4–2 OT18–1–1 (5–0–1)
UVA Soccer Field
ACC Tournament
11-10-1989
No. 1No. 14  Duke
Semifinals
L 0–1 18–2–1
UVA Soccer Field
NCAA Tournament
11-19-1989*
No. 2No. 13  Philadelphia Textile
Second round
W 4–1 19–2–1
UVA Soccer Field
11-26-1989
No. 2No. 4  South Carolina
Quarterfinals
W 1–0 OT20–2–1
UVA Soccer Field
12-02-1989
No. 2No. 7  Rutgers
Semifinals
W 3–0 21–2–1
Rutgers Stadium
12-03-1989
No. 2No. 1  Santa Clara
Final
T 1–1 OT21–2–2
Rutgers Stadium (3,889)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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