1976 NCAA Division I Soccer Championship

1976 NCAA Division I Soccer Championship
Country  United States
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 CTS (5)
Best player Andy Atuegbu, San Francisco (Offense)
David Shelton, Indiana (Defense)
← 1975
1977 →

The 1976 NCAA Division I 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 final match was played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 5, 1976.

San Francisco won their third national title, and second consecutive, by defeating Indiana in the championship game, 1–0.[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

Indiana 0–1 San Francisco
Attendance: 5,981

References

  1. ↑ "1976 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 16. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
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