Final
| Charleston (WV) | 2–0 | Cal State Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|
Freddy Tracey  9:14', 73:59' (Cabañas)Williams N'Dah  48:49' | Report | Carl Solli 38:27' Tim Klefisch 49:42' |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Dates | November 24-December 14, 2019 |
| Teams | 40 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Charleston (WV) (2nd title, 4th final) |
| Runner-up | Cal State LA (2nd final) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 39 |
| Goals scored | 110 (2.82 per match) |
| All statistics correct as of 11/19/2019. | |
The 2019 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 48th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from December 12–14, 2019 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2019. [1]
All Division II men's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the 38-team tournament field. No teams received automatic bids; at-large bids are based on the teams' regular season records and the Quality of Winning Percentage Index. [2] Teams were placed into one of four unbalanced super-regional brackets, consisting of eight or ten teams, based on geographic location.
| Team | Qualified As | Qualified On | Qualification Type | Previous Appearances in Tournament [3] | Previous best performance [3] | Tournament Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumption | Northeast-10 Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | None (Debut) | — | Super Region 1 Seed No. 10 |
| Azusa Pacific | Pacific West Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 2 (2014, 2018) | Third Round (2018) | Super Region 4 Seed No. 1 |
| Bellarmine | Great Lakes Valley Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | None (Debut) | — | Super Region 3 Seed No. 2 |
| Cal Poly Pomona | CCAA Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 5 (1998, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) | Runners-up (2015) | Super Region 4 Seed No. 4 |
| Charleston (WV) | Mountain East Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 9 (1999, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) | Champions (2017) | Super Region 1 Seed No. 3 |
| Colorado School of Mines | RMAC Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 8 (2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018) | Quarterfinals (2015) | Super Region 4 Seed No. 8 |
| Francis Marion | Peach Belt Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 2 (2000, 2008) | Quarterfinals (2000) | Super Region 2 Seed No. 7 |
| Lee | Gulf South Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | None (Debut) | — | Super Region 2 Seed No. 9 |
| Limestone | Conference Carolinas Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 7 (2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) | Third Round (2014) | Super Region 2 Seed No. 10 |
| Lynn | Sunshine State Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 17 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) | Champions (2003, 2012, 2014) | Super Region 2 Seed No. 1 |
| Mercy | East Coast Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 3 (1979, 1989, 2018) | Quarterfinals (1979) | Super Region 1 Seed No. 6 |
| Midwestern State | Lone Star Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 13 (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) | Semifinals (2007, 2010) | Super Region 4 Seed No. 10 |
| Millersville (PA) | PSAC Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 6 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018) | Semifinals (2011) | Super Region 1 Seed No. 8 |
| Post | CACC Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 3 (2012, 2013, 2018) | Second Round (2012) | Super Region 1 Seed No. 9 |
| Tiffin | GMAC Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018) | Second Round (2013, 2016, 2018) | Super Region 3 Seed No. 6 |
| Western Washington | GNAC Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 1 (2016) | Second Round (2016) | Super Region 4 Seed No. 6 |
| Wingate | South Atlantic Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 9 (1999, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) | Champions (2016) | Super Region 2 Seed No. 3 |
| Wis.-Parkside | GLIAC Champions | November 18, 2019 | Automatic | 4 (1994, 2000, 2004, 2006) | Second Round (2004) | Super Region 3 Seed No. 10 |
| Adelphi | Super Region No. 1 Rank 2 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 8 (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) | Champions (1974) | Super Region 1 Seed No. 1 |
| Gannon | Super Region No. 1 Rank 1 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 9 (1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2007, 2012) | Semifinals (1989, 1990, 1993) | Super Region 1 Seed No. 2 |
| Franklin Pierce | Super Region No. 1 Rank 5 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 19 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016) | Champions (2007) | Super Region 1 Seed No. 4 |
| Wilmington (DE) | Super Region No. 1 Rank 3 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 4 (2009, 2013, 2015, 2018) | Second Round (2009, 2013, 2015, 2018) | Super Region 1 Seed No. 5 |
| West Chester | Super Region No. 1 Rank 6 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 4 (2002, 2016, 2017, 2018) | Runners-up (2018) | Super Region 1 Seed No. 7 |
| Palm Beach Atl. | Super Region No. 2 Rank 3 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) | Quarterfinals (2015) | Super Region 2 Seed No. 2 |
| Florida Tech | Super Region No. 2 Rank 4 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 9 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2016) | Champions (1988, 1991) | Super Region 2 Seed No. 4 |
| West Florida | Super Region No. 2 Rank 2 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 6 (1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013) | Semifinals (2006) | Super Region 2 Seed No. 5 |
| Young Harris | Super Region No. 2 Rank 5 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 4 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018) | Quarterfinals (2014, 2017) | Super Region 2 Seed No. 6 |
| Queens (NC) | Super Region No. 2 Rank 8 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 7 (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2018) | Quarterfinals (1999, 2006) | Super Region 2 Seed No. 8 |
| Lake Erie | Super Region No. 3 Rank 1 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | None (Debut) | — | Super Region 3 Seed No. 1 |
| Maryville (MO) | Super Region No. 3 Rank 4 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 2 (2017, 2018) | Second Round (2017) | Super Region 3 Seed No. 3 |
| McKendree | Super Region No. 3 Rank 5 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | None (Debut) | — | Super Region 3 Seed No. 4 |
| Ohio Valley | Super Region No. 3 Rank 3 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 2 (2017, 2018) | Quarterfinals (2018) | Super Region 3 Seed No. 5 |
| Cedarville | Super Region No. 3 Rank 6 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 1 (2015) | Second Round (2015) | Super Region 3 Seed No. 7 |
| Fort Hays State | Super Region No. 3 Rank 8 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 7 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) | Semifinals (2018) | Super Region 3 Seed No. 8 |
| UIndy | Super Region No. 3 Rank 9 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 3 (2013, 2015, 2017) | First Round (2013, 2015, 2017) | Super Region 3 Seed No. 8 |
| Cal State LA | Super Region No. 4 Rank 2 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 13 (1981, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) | Runners-up (1981) | Super Region 4 Seed No. 2 |
| St. Mary's (TX) | Super Region No. 4 Rank 3 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | None (Debut) | — | Super Region 4 Seed No. 3 |
| Cal State San Bernardino | Super Region No. 4 Rank 4 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 3 (1991, 2009, 2010) | First Round (1991, 2009, 2010) | Super Region 4 Seed No. 5 |
| UC San Diego | Super Region No. 4 Rank 8 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | 4 (2003, 2013, 2014, 2016) | Semifinals (2016) | Super Region 4 Seed No. 7 |
| Texas A&M International | Super Region No. 4 Rank 11 | November 18, 2019 | At-Large Bid | None (Debut) | — | Super Region 4 Seed No. 9 |
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Adelphi | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Millersville (PA) | 2 | 9 | Post | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Post | 3 | 9 | Post | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Franklin Pierce | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Franklin Pierce | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wilmington (DE) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Franklin Pierce | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Charleston (WV) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Charleston (WV) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | West Chester | 1 | 6 | Mercy | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Assumption (2OT) | 2 | 3 | Charleston (WV) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gannon | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Gannon | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Assumption | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
* Host Institution
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lynn | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Queens (NC) (PK) | 1 | 8 | Queens (NC) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Lee | 1 | 1 | Lynn | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Florida Tech | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Florida Tech | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | West Florida | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lynn | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wingate | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Wingate | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Francis Marion | 3 | 6 | Young Harris | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Limestone | 2 | 3 | Wingate | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Palm Beach Atl. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Palm Beach Atl. | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Francis Marion | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lake Erie | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Fort Hays St. | 2 | 9 | UIndy | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | UIndy | 3 | 9 | UIndy | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ohio Valley | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | McKendree | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ohio Valley | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | UIndy | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maryville (MO) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maryville (MO) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Cedarville (PK) | 0 | 6 | Tiffin | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Wis.-Parkside | 0 | 3 | Maryville (MO) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bellarmine | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Bellarmine (PK) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Cedarville | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Azusa Pacific | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Colo. Sch. of Mines | 2 | 8 | Colo. Sch. of Mines | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Tex. A&M Int'l | 1 | 8 | Colo. Sch. of Mines | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | CSU San B'dino | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Cal Poly Pomona | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | CSU San B'dino | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | CSU San B'dino | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal State LA | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Mary's (TX) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | UC San Diego | 0 | 6 | Western Wash. | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Midwestern St. | 1 | 3 | St. Mary's (TX) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal State LA (PK) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Midwestern St. | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal State LA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Semifinals December 12, 2019 Highmark Stadium Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Championship December 14, 2019 Highmark Stadium Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| 1 | Cal State LA | 3 | |||||||
| 4 | UIndy | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Cal State LA | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Charleston (WV) | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Charleston (WV) | 3 | |||||||
| 3 | Lynn | 1 | |||||||
| Charleston (WV) | 2–0 | Cal State Los Angeles |
|---|---|---|
| Freddy Tracey 9:14', 73:59' (Cabañas) Williams N'Dah 48:49' | Report | Carl Solli 38:27' Tim Klefisch 49:42' |
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