NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
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| Founded | 1972 |
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| Number of teams | 35 |
| Current champions | Charleston (WV) |
| Most successful club(s) |
Southern Connecticut State (6 titles) |
| Website | |
The NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship is the annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. It has been played annually since 1972; prior to then, all teams competed in a single class.
The most successful program has been Southern Connecticut State, with 6 national titles.
The current champions are Charleston (WV), who won the 2017 title.
Format
The Division II tournament is structured around four unbalanced Super Regionals from the eight NCAA regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West). At least two and as many as six teams from each region are selected with no automatic qualifiers given. The selection criteria used is similar to that used in Division I, although one difference is that the RPI is replaced with the Quality of Winning Percentage Index, a more subjective measure. In 2016, the tournament field consisted of a 38-team, single-elimination tournament.
The first two rounds are played on campus sites with the highest seed usually hosting the regional semis and finals. The winners of each region meet in the third round and/or quarterfinals, with the host being determined by specific criteria or, failing that, geographical rotation. The final two rounds are played at a predetermined site. The 2016 semifinals and final were held at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri from December 1–3, 2016 and hosted by the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and the Kansas City Sports Commission.[1]
Champions
| NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Final | Semifinalists/Third Place Match | ||||||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | |||||
| 1972 Details |
SIU Edwardsville | 1–0 | Oneonta State | Cal State Chico & Baltimore | ||||||
| 1973 Details |
Missouri–St. Louis | 3–0 | Cal State Fullerton | Adelphi | 1-0 | Baltimore | ||||
| 1974 Details |
Adelphi | 3–2 | Seattle Pacific | UDC | 5-3 | Eastern Illinois | ||||
| 1975 Details |
Baltimore | 3–1 | Seattle Pacific | Adelphi | 9-1 | Green Bay | ||||
| 1976 Details |
Loyola (MD) | 2–0 | New Haven | Cal State Chico | 3-2 (2ot; PK) | Missouri–St. Louis | ||||
| 1977 Details |
Alabama A&M 1 | 2–1 | Seattle Pacific | New Haven | 3-2 (2ot; PK) | Green Bay | ||||
| 1978 Details |
Seattle Pacific 1 | 1–0 (3OT) | Alabama A&M | Eastern Illinois | 2-1 | So. Conn. State | ||||
| 1979 Details |
Alabama A&M 2 | 2–0 | Eastern Illinois | Seattle Pacific | 1-0 (2ot) | So. Conn. State | ||||
| 1980 Details |
Lock Haven | 1–0 (OT) | FIU | Cal State Chico | 2-1 (ot, PK) | So. Conn. State | ||||
| 1981 Details |
Tampa 1 | 1–0 (OT) | Cal State Los Angeles | So. Conn. State | 3-1 | Missouri-St. Louis | ||||
| 1982 Details |
FIU 1 | 2–1 | Southern Connecticut State | Southern Connecticut State & Oakland | ||||||
| 1983 Details |
Seattle Pacific 2 | 1–0 | Tampa | Oakland & Southern Connecticut State | ||||||
| 1984 Details |
FIU 2 | 1–0 (OT) | Seattle Pacific | New Haven & Missouri-St. Louis | ||||||
| 1985 | Seattle Pacific 3 | 3–2 | FIU | NYIT & Davis & Elkins | ||||||
| 1986 | Seattle Pacific 4 | 4–1 | Oakland | Bridgeport & Davis & Elkins | ||||||
| 1987 | Southern Connecticut State 1 | 2–0 | Cal State Northridge | Missouri-St. Louis & Tampa | ||||||
| 1988 | Florida Tech 1 | 3–2 | Cal State Northridge | Southern Connecticut State & Oakland | ||||||
| 1989 | Southern New Hampshire 1 | 3–1 | UNC Greensboro | Cal State East Bay & Gannon | ||||||
| 1990 | Southern Connecticut State 2 | 0–0 (4OT, PK) | Seattle Pacific | Gannon & Florida Tech | ||||||
| 1991 | Florida Tech 2 | 5–1 | Sonoma State | Cal Poly # & Franklin Pierce | ||||||
| 1992 | Southern Connecticut State 3 | 1–0 | Tampa | Oakland & Seattle Pacific | ||||||
| 1993 | Seattle Pacific 5 | 1–0 | Southern Connecticut State | Florida Tech & Gannon | ||||||
| 1994 | Tampa 2 | 3–0 (2OT) | Oakland | Seattle Pacific & Southern Connecticut State | ||||||
| 1995 | Southern Connecticut State 4 | 2–0 | SC-Spartanburg | Mercyhurst & Cal State Bakersfield | ||||||
| 1996 | Grand Canyon | 3–1 | Oakland | Lynn & Southern Connecticut State | ||||||
| 1997 | Cal State Bakersfield | 1–0 | Lynn | Truman State & Southern Connecticut State | ||||||
| 1998 | Southern Connecticut State 5 | 1–0 | SC-Spartanburg | Mercyhurst & Seattle Pacific | ||||||
| 1999 | Southern Connecticut State 6 | 2–1 (2OT) | Fort Lewis | Charleston (WV) & Barry | ||||||
| 2000 | Cal State Dominguez Hills 1 | 2–1 (4OT) | Barry | East Stroudsburg & Lewis | ||||||
| 2001 | Tampa 3 | 2–1 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | Dowling & SIU Edwardsville | ||||||
| 2002 | Sonoma State | 4–3 | Southern New Hampshire | Central Arkansas & Mercyhurst | ||||||
| 2003 | Lynn 1 | 2–1 | Cal State Chico | Findlay & Dowling | ||||||
| 2004 | Seattle | 2–1 | SIU Edwardsville | UNC Pembroke & Dowling | ||||||
| 2005 | Fort Lewis 1 | 3–1 | Franklin Pierce | Lynn & SIU Edwardsville | ||||||
| 2006 | Dowling | 1–0 | Fort Lewis | Lincoln Memorial & West Florida | ||||||
| 2007 | Franklin Pierce | 1–0 | Lincoln Memorial | Montevallo & Midwestern State | ||||||
| 2008 | Cal State Dominguez Hills 2 | 3–0 | Dowling | Tampa & Northern Kentucky | ||||||
| 2009 | Fort Lewis 2 | 1–0 | Lees-McRae | Le Moyne & Lewis | ||||||
| 2010 | Northern Kentucky | 3–2 | Rollins | Dowling & Midwestern State | ||||||
| 2011 | Fort Lewis 3 | 3–2 | Lynn | Franklin Pierce & Millersville | ||||||
| 2012 | Lynn 2 | 3–2 | Saginaw Valley State | Simon Fraser & Mercyhurst | ||||||
| 2013 | Southern New Hampshire 2 | 2–1 | Carson-Newman | Rockhurst & Simon Fraser | ||||||
| 2014 | Lynn 3 | 3–2 | University of Charleston | Colorado Mesa & Quincy | ||||||
| 2015 | Pfeiffer | 4–0 | Cal Poly Pomona | Charleston & Rockhurst | ||||||
| 2016 | Wingate | 2–0 | Charleston (WV) | Rockhurst & UC San Diego | ||||||
| 2017 Details |
Charleston (WV) | 2–2 (2OT, PK) |
Lynn | Cal Poly Pomona & Rockhurst | ||||||
# = Later vacated by NCAA.
Teams ranked by titles
| Rank | School | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Connecticut | 6 |
| 2 | Seattle Pacific | 5 |
| 3 | Fort Lewis | 3 |
| Tampa | 3 | |
| Lynn | 3 | |
| 6 | Alabama A&M | 2 |
| Cal State Dominguez Hills | 2 | |
| Florida International | 2 | |
| Florida Tech | 2 | |
| Southern New Hampshire | 2 |
Schools ranked by number of appearances
| Rank | School | Appearances |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Pacific University | |
| 2 | Southern Connecticut State University | |
| 3 | University of Tampa | |
| 4 | Southern New Hampshire University | |
| 5 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | |
| 6 | Franklin Pierce University | |
| 7 | University of Missouri-St. Louis | |
| 8 | Lynn University | |
| Mercyhurst University | ||
| Rollins College | ||
| 9 | Oakland University | |
| 10 | California State University, Dominguez Hills | |
| Dowling College |
Former Division II Champions now in Division I
Source=[4]
| School | Championship | Year moved | Current Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIU Edwardsville | 1972 | 1973, 2008[a 1] | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Loyola (Maryland) | 1976 | 1979 | Patriot League |
| Florida International | 1982, 1984 | 1987 | Conference USA |
| Grand Canyon | 1996 | 2013 | Western Athletic Conference |
| CSU Bakersfield | 1997 | 2006 | Western Athletic Conference |
| Seattle | 2004 | 2008 | Western Athletic Conference |
| Northern Kentucky | 2010 | 2012 | Horizon League |
- ↑ SIUE returned to Division II from 1996 through 2007.
- In addition to the above schools, Alabama A&M moved to Division I after winning Division II titles in 1977 & 1979. However, it discontinued its men's soccer program after the 2010 season.[5]
- Adelphi also moved to Division I in 1976, after winning the Division II title in 1974, but returned to Division II in 2013.[6]
See also
- List of NCAA Division II men's soccer programs
- NCAA Men's Division II Soccer Tournament appearances by school
- NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship
- NCAA Men's Division III Soccer Championship
- NCAA Women's Soccer Championship
- NAIA national men's soccer championship
- Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
References
- ↑ "https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2016-11-07/division-ii-mens-soccer-championship-field-announced". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 4 December 2016. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "Division II Men's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ↑ https://www.ncaa.com/sports/soccer-men/d2
- ↑ http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec2/sponsorship
- ↑ http://www.socceramerica.com/article/39299/alabama-am-to-drop-mens-program.html
- ↑ http://www.aupanthers.com/news/2012/8/16/MSOC_0816123705.aspx
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