1976 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1976 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 24
Champions San Francisco (3rd title)
Runners-up Indiana (1st title game)
Matches played 23
Goals scored 84 (3.65 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Dave MacWilliams, Philadelphia U. (5)
Best player Andy Atuegbu, San Francisco (Offense)
David Shelton, Indiana (Defense)

The 1976 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the eighteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The San Francisco Dons won their third national title, and second consecutive, by defeating the Indiana Hoosiers in the championship game, 1-0. The final match was played on December 5, 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Franklin Field for the first time.[1][2]

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
   Connecticut 2  
   Rhode Island 1  
     Connecticut 1  
       Brown 0  
   Brown 6
   Bridgeport 2  
     Connecticut 1  
     Hartwick College 2  
   Hartwick College 1  
   Cornell 0  
     Hartwick College 3
       St. Francis (NY) 0  
   Adelphi 0
   St. Francis (NY) 2  
     Hartwick College 1
     Indiana 2
        
        
     Indiana 2
       Akron 1  
      
        
     Indiana 1
     SIU Edwardsville 0  
        
        
     SIU Edwardsville 2
       Saint Louis 1  
      
  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
   Clemson 8  
   James Madison 0  
     Clemson 3  
       Howard 1  
   Howard 3
   Maryland 1  
     Clemson 3  
     Philadelphia U. 2  
   Temple 4  
   Bucknell 0  
     Temple 0
       Philadelphia U. 4  
   Philadelphia U. 4
   Penn State 0  
     Clemson 0
     San Francisco 1
        
        
     San Francisco 1
       UCLA 0  
      
        
     San Francisco 5
     San Jose State 0  
        
        
     San Jose State 4
       Washington 1  
      

Championship Rounds

Third-Place Final

Final

References

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