1998 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

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1998 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
CountryUSA
Teams32
Champions Indiana
Runners-up Stanford
Matches played31
Goals scored93 (3 per match)
Attendance56,078 (1,809 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Aleksey Korol, Indiana (6)
Best player Aleksey Korol, Indiana (MOP offense)
Nick Garcia, Indiana (MOP defense)
1997
1999

The 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 39th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Indiana Hoosiers won their fourth national title by defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game, 3–1. The final match was played on December 13, 1998, in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond Stadium for the fourth straight year. All other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team. [1] [2]

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Contents

National Seeds

National Seeds
SeedSchoolRecord
#1 Clemson 20–1
#2 Virginia 14–3–3
#3 Duke 18–3
#4 Washington 16–3
#5 St. John's (NY) 14–4–3
#6 UCLA 16–3
#7 Cal State Fullerton 14–4–2
#8 Indiana 18–2

Play-in rounds

Lafayette dft. Dayton 1-0

Early rounds

 First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsChampionship
Richmond Stadium
Richmond, Virginia
                        
1 Clemson 5 
  Lafayette 0 
 1Clemson1 
   William & Mary0 
  William & Mary (2OT)2
  South Florida 1 
 1Clemson1 
 8Indiana2 
  Cincinnati 0 
  Butler (2OT)1 
  Butler1
  8Indiana (2OT)2 
  Akron 2
8 Indiana (2OT)3 
 8Indiana4 
  Santa Clara0 
5 St. John's (NY) (2OT)1 
  Brown 0 
 5St. John's (NY)1
   Penn State0 
  Connecticut 0
  Penn State 1 
 5St. John's (NY)1
  Santa Clara2 
  SMU 0 
  Santa Clara (OT)1 
  Santa Clara4
   UNC Greensboro1 
  UNC Greensboro 2
4 Washington 1 
 8Indiana3
  Stanford1
3 Duke 2 
  Jacksonville 3 
  Jacksonville0 
   Maryland3 
  Maryland 2
  Richmond 1 
  Maryland3 
  Creighton2 
  Saint Louis 1 
  Creighton (2OT)4 
  Creighton2
  6UCLA0 
  Fresno State 1
6 UCLA 2 
  Maryland0
  Stanford1 
7 Cal State Fullerton 1 
  San Diego 2 
  San Diego1
   Stanford (2OT)3 
  Stanford (3OT)3
  San Jose State 2 
  Stanford3
 2Virginia0 
  VCU 1 
  South Carolina 2 
  South Carolina0
  2Virginia1 
  Rider 0
2 Virginia 3 

Final

Indiana 3–1 Stanford

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References

  1. "1998 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 38. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf