1996 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1996 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country USA
Teams 32
Champions St. John's (NY) (1st title)
Runners-up Florida International (1st title game)
Matches played 31
Goals scored 99 (3.19 per match)
Attendance 85,915 (2,771 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Alen Kozić, Florida International (3)
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The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 37th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The St. John's Red Storm won their first national title by defeating the Florida International Panthers in the championship game, 4–1. The final match was played on December 15, 1996, in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond Stadium for the second straight year. All the other matches were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.[1][2]

National Seeds

National Seeds
Seed School Record
#1 Washington 14–2–1
#2 Florida International 13–4–2
#3 UNC Greensboro 21–1
#4 William & Mary 18–2–1

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals Championship
Richmond Stadium
Richmond, Virginia
                                               
1 Washington (2OT) 2  
  Santa Clara 1  
  1 Washington 1  
      Fresno State 2  
  California 1
  Fresno State 2  
    Fresno State 0  
    Creighton 2  
  Cal State Fullerton 2  
  UCLA 1  
    Cal State Fullerton 0
      Creighton (pen.) 0  
  SMU 0
  Creighton 2  
    Creighton 1  
    St. John's (NY) 2  
  Virginia 0  
  George Mason 1  
    George Mason 1
      St. John's (NY) 2  
  Fordham 1
  St. John's (NY) 5  
    St. John's (NY) (OT) 2
  4 William & Mary 1  
  James Madison 1  
  Maryland (OT) 2  
    Maryland 0
    4 William & Mary 3  
  Army 1
4 William & Mary (4OT) 3  
    St. John's (NY) 4
  2 FIU 1
3 UNC Greensboro 0  
  Notre Dame 1  
    Notre Dame 0  
      Charlotte 1  
  Charlotte 3
  College of Charleston 1  
    Charlotte 3  
    Hartford 0  
  Boston U. 2  
  Harvard 3  
    Harvard 2
      Hartford (OT) 3  
  Hartford (OT) 3
  Rhode Island 2  
    Charlotte 0
  2 FIU 4  
  Bowling Green 4  
  Detroit 0  
    Bowling Green 0
      Indiana 2  
  Indiana 4
  Evansville 1  
    Indiana 0
  2 FIU 1  
  Rutgers (OT) 2  
  Cornell 1  
    Rutgers 0
    2 FIU 2  
  South Florida 1
2 FIU 6  

Final

St. John's (NY) 4–1 Florida International
Van Saun  27'
Krakowiak  28'
Hickey  68'
Kulego  89'		 [3] Moleka  64'
Attendance: 20,874

References

  1. ↑ "1996 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 36. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.socceramerica.com/article/16703/mens-ncaa-summary-fiu-1-st-johns-4.html
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