1990 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

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1990 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
1990 Men's College Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Venue(s) USF Soccer Stadium
Flag of Florida.svg Tampa, Florida
Teams28
Final positions
Champions UCLA (2nd title)
Runners-up Rutgers
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored69 (2.56 per match)
Attendance55,096 (2,041 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Chad Deering, Indiana (3)
Awards
Best player Joe-Max Moore, UCLA (offensive)
Brad Friedel, UCLA (defensive)
  1989
1991  

The 1990 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 32nd annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's collegiate soccer among its Division I members in the United States.

Contents

UCLA defeated Rutgers in the championship game in a penalty kick shootout (4–3) after the match ended in a 0–0 draw. This was the second title for the Bruins and the first championship game decided by penalty kicks.

The final match was played on December at USF Soccer Stadium in Tampa, Florida. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team. [1] [2]

Qualifying

Three teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament: Illinois State, Richmond, and San Diego.

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
Rutgers (pen.)2
Brooklyn College 0 Adelphi 2
Adelphi 1Rutgers1
Columbia 2Dartmouth 0
Seton Hall 0 Columbia 1
Dartmouth (pen.)1Dartmouth2
Vermont 1 Rutgers1
Evansville 0
Evansville 1
Boston University 3Boston University 0
Boston College 2 Evansville1
Indiana 5Indiana 0
Wisconsin–Milwaukee 1 Indiana2
Saint Louis 1Saint Louis 1
George Mason 0 Rutgers 0(3)
UCLA (4OT, pen.) 0(4)
NC State 3
South Carolina 3South Carolina 1
Clemson 0 NC State(pen.)1
North Carolina 2Virginia 0
Wake Forest 1 North Carolina 1
Virginia 1Virginia3
Richmond 0 NC State 0
UCLA (2OT, pen.) 1
UCLA 2
San Diego 4San Diego 1
Portland 2 UCLA2
Fresno State 2SMU 0
Santa Clara 1 Fresno State 1
SMU 2SMU2
Illinois State 1

Final

Rutgers 0–1 (4OT/PK) UCLA

See also

References

  1. "1990 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 30. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  2. "Men's soccer – Division I: History" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2012.