1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship

The 1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the tenth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. This was the final Division II tournament to feature a third-place match.

1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
Country United States
Teams10
ChampionsTampa (1st)
Runners-upCal State Los Angeles
Third placeSo. Conn. State
Matches played10
Goals scored24 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Ron Basile, SCSC (3)
1980
1982

Tampa defeated Cal State Los Angeles in the final, 1–0 (after one overtime period), to win their first Division II national title. The Spartans (14-0-3) were coached by Jay Miller.

The semifinals and final were played at the Soccer-Lacrosse Stadium on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]


Bracket

  First Round
Campus sites
Quarterfinals
Campus sites
Semifinals
New Haven, CT
Final
November 28, 1981
New Haven, CT
                                     
       
  UM–Saint Louis 1  
    Lock Haven State* 0  
     
       
  UM–Saint Louis 0  
  Tampa 2  
       
       
  Tampa* 1
    Rollins 0  
     
       
  Tampa (OT) 1
  Cal State LA 0
       
       
  Cal State LA 2 Third place
    Chico State* 1  
Seattle Pacific 2 UM–Saint Louis 1
Chico State* 3   So. Conn. State 3
  Cal State LA 3
  So. Conn. State 0  
       
       
  So. Conn. State 1
    New Haven* 0  
New Haven (OT) 2*
Hartford* 1  

Final

Tampa1–0 (OT)Cal State Los Angeles
Peter Johansson  92:29' Report 1
Report 2

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
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