1977 NAIA Soccer Championship
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| Country |  United States Canada |
|---|---|
| Championship venue | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Teams | 8 |
| Champions | Quincy (IL) (7th title) |
| Runners-up | Keene State |
| Third place | Davis & Elkins |
| Fourth place | Erskine |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 26 (2.17 per match) |
| Best player |  Emilio John,Quincy (IL) |
← 1976 1978 → | |
The 1977 NAIA Soccer Championship was the 19th annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States and Canada.
Quincy (IL) defeated Keene State in the final, 3–0, to claim the Hawks' seventh NAIA national title.
The final was played in Huntsville, Alabama.[1]
Qualification[]
The tournament field remained fixed at eight teams. Third-, fifth-, and seventh-placed finals remained in place alongside the national championship match.
| Qualified Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Appearance | Last Bid | ||
| Davis & Elkins | 9th | 1976 | ||
| Erskine | 5th | 1974 | ||
| Goshen | 3rd | 1975 | ||
| Keene State | 4th | 1974 | ||
| Midwestern State | 1st | Never | ||
| Quincy (IL) | 11th | 1976 | ||
| Rutgers–Camden | 1st | Never | ||
| Simon Fraser | 3rd | 1976 | ||
Bracket[]
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Championship semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quincy (IL) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers–Camden | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers–Camden | 2 | Quincy (IL) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Goshen | 1 | Erskine | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Erskine | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goshen | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers–Camden | 0 | Quincy (IL) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Fraser | 2 | Keene State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis & Elkins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Fraser | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Fraser | 1 | Davis & Elkins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | Midwestern State | 0 | Keene State | 1 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goshen | 1 | Keene State | 1 | Erskine | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Midwestern State | 3 | Midwestern State | 0 | Davis & Elkins | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
Categories:
- NAIA championships
- 1977 in American soccer
- 1977 in sports in Alabama