1996 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

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1996 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
CountryUSA
Teams32
Champions St. John's (NY) (1st title)
Runners-up Florida International (1st title game)
Matches played31
Goals scored99 (3.19 per match)
Attendance85,915 (2,771 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Alen Kozić, Florida International (3)
1995
1997

The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 37th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The St. John's Red Storm won their first national title by defeating the Florida International Panthers in the championship game, 4–1. The final match was played on December 15, 1996, in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond Stadium for the second straight year. All the other matches were played at the home field of the higher seeded team. [1] [2]

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St. Johns Red Storm mens soccer

The St. John's Red Storm men's soccer team represents St. John's University in New York City, New York in all in NCAA Division I soccer competitions. They compete in the Big East Conference and have experienced consistent success in both conference and national competitions. From 1992–2013, the Red Storm went to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament in 20 of 22 seasons, with four appearances in the College Cup semifinals and two appearances in the final, winning the national championship in 1996. The team posted 27 consecutive seasons with a win percentage of .500 or better from 1987–2013 before suffering three consecutive losing seasons from 2014–16.

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National Seeds

National Seeds
SeedSchoolRecord
#1 Washington 14–2–1
#2 Florida International 13–4–2
#3 UNC Greensboro 21–1
#4 William & Mary 18–2–1

Early rounds

 First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsChampionship
Richmond Stadium
Richmond, Virginia
                        
1 Washington (2OT)2 
  Santa Clara 1 
 1Washington1 
   Fresno State2 
  California 1
  Fresno State 2 
  Fresno State0 
  Creighton2 
  Cal State Fullerton 2 
  UCLA 1 
  Cal State Fullerton0
   Creighton (pen.)0 
  SMU 0
  Creighton 2 
  Creighton1 
  St. John's (NY)2 
  Virginia 0 
  George Mason 1 
  George Mason1
   St. John's (NY)2 
  Fordham 1
  St. John's (NY) 5 
  St. John's (NY) (OT)2
 4William & Mary1 
  James Madison 1 
  Maryland (OT)2 
  Maryland0
  4William & Mary3 
  Army 1
4 William & Mary (4OT)3 
  St. John's (NY)4
 2FIU1
3 UNC Greensboro 0 
  Notre Dame 1 
  Notre Dame0 
   Charlotte1 
  Charlotte 3
  College of Charleston 1 
  Charlotte3 
  Hartford0 
  Boston U. 2 
  Harvard 3 
  Harvard2
   Hartford (OT)3 
  Hartford (OT)3
  Rhode Island 2 
  Charlotte0
 2FIU4 
  Bowling Green 4 
  Detroit 0 
  Bowling Green0
   Indiana2 
  Indiana 4
  Evansville 1 
  Indiana0
 2FIU1 
  Rutgers (OT)2 
  Cornell 1 
  Rutgers0
  2FIU2 
  South Florida 1
2 FIU 6 

Final

St. John's (NY) 4–1 Florida International
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References

  1. "1996 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 36. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
  3. http://www.socceramerica.com/article/16703/mens-ncaa-summary-fiu-1-st-johns-4.html