1968 NCAA Soccer Championship

1968 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country USA
Teams 21
Champions Michigan State (2nd title)
Maryland (1st title)
Matches played 20
Goals scored 86 (4.3 per match)
1967
1969

The 1968 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship was the tenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Michigan State Spartans and the Maryland Terrapins were co-national champions after the championship game ended in a 2–2 tie after two overtime periods. This was Michigan State's second and Maryland's first national title. The final match was played on December 7, 1968, in Atlanta.[1][2]

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
       
    Brockport State 3  
      Army (pen.) 3  
  Harvard 1
  Army 4  
    Army 1  
    Brown 3  
       
       
    Brown 3
      Fairleigh Dickinson 1  
  Fairleigh Dickinson 3
  Hofstra 1  
    Brown 0
    Michigan State 2
       
       
    Akron 0
      Michigan State 1  
  North Carolina 1
  Michigan State 5  
    Michigan State 2
    West Chester 2  
       
       
    West Chester 4
      Temple 3  
  Delaware 2
  Temple 3  
  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
       
    Maryland 3  
      Saint Louis 2  
  Saint Louis 3
  West Virginia 2  
    Maryland 2  
    Hartwick College 1  
       
       
    Hartwick College 4
      Trinity College 0  
     
       
    Maryland 4
    San Jose State 3
       
       
    San Jose State 3
      UCLA 1  
     
       
    San Jose State 1
    Air Force 0  
       
       
    San Francisco 2
      Air Force 3  
     

Final – Grant Field, Atlanta

Michigan State 2–2 (2OT) Maryland
Attendance: 1,112

References

  1. "1968 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 8. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  2. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
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