1977 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament

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1977 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
CountryUSA
Teams24
ChampionsHartwick College (1st title)
Runners-upSan Francisco (5th title game)
Matches played24
Goals scored86 (3.58 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Art Napolitano, Hartwick College (4)
Best playerJohn Young, Hartwick College (Offense)
, Hartwick College (Defense)
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The 1977 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the nineteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. Hartwick College won their first national title by defeating the San Francisco Dons, 2–1. The final match was played on December 4, 1977, in Berkeley, California, at California Memorial Stadium.[1][2]

Early rounds[]

First round Second round Third round Semifinals
            
Brown 2
Dartmouth 1
Brown 3
Rhode Island 1
Rhode Island 1
Vermont 0
Brown 2
Clemson 1
Clemson 4
George Washington 0
Clemson 3
Appalachian State 1
Howard
Appalachian State w/o
Brown 1
Hartwick College 4
Hartwick College 5
St. Francis (NY) 1
Hartwick College 3
Cornell 1
Long Island 1
Cornell 2
Hartwick College 2
Philadelphia U. 0
Penn State 5
Pennsylvania 1
Penn State 0
Philadelphia U. 3
Princeton 0
Philadelphia U. 3
First round Second round Third round Semifinals
            
Cleveland State 2
Saint Louis 0
Cleveland State 2
SIU Edwardsville (3OT) 3
SIU Edwardsville (4OT) 3
Indiana 2
SIU Edwardsville 1
San Francisco 2
San Francisco 2
Air Force 1
San Francisco 4
UCLA 1
UCLA 3
California 1

Championship Rounds[]

Third-Place Final[]

SIU Edwardsville3–2Brown

Final[]

Hartwick College2–1San Francisco
Attendance: 16,503

References[]

  1. ^ "1977 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
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