1973 NCAA Division I soccer tournament
The 1973 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 15th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its Division I members in the United States. Beginning with this season, the NCAA changed its classification system, and the former University Division was rebranded as Division I.
| 1973 College Cup | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country |  United States |
| Venue(s) | Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida |
| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Saint Louis (10th title) |
| Runner-up | UCLA |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 85 (3.7 per match) |
| Best player | None designated |
The final match was played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on January 4.
Saint Louis won their tenth national title, and second consecutive, by defeating UCLA in the championship game, 2–1 after one overtime period.[1]
Qualifying
editFive teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA soccer tournament: Madison College (James Madison), Northern Illinois, Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta), Santa Clara, and Yale.
Bracket
edit| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||||||
| Bridgeport | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | Yale | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 0 | Brown (2OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brown (OT) | 1 | Brown (2OT) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oneonta (3OT) | 2 | Hartwick College | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Army | 1 | Oneonta | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick College | 3 | Hartwick College | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 2 | Brown | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 2* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 7 | UCLA | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Madison College | 0 | Clemson (4OT) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 1 | South Florida | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 3 | Clemson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 5 | Penn | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 1 | Penn | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 5 | Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 3 | Clemson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| UCLA (2OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
edit| Saint Louis | 2–1 (OT) | UCLA |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved June 8, 2023.