1972 NCAA University Division Soccer Tournament
The 1972 NCAA University Division Men's Soccer Tournament was the fourteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top University Division college soccer team in the United States. The Saint Louis Billikens won their ninth national title by defeating the UCLA Bruins in the championship game, 4–2. The final match was played on December 29, 1972, in Miami, Florida, at the Miami Orange Bowl for the second straight year.[1][2]
| Men's College Cup (semifinals & final) | |
| Country | USA |
|---|---|
| Teams | 24 |
| Champions | Saint Louis (9th title) |
| Runners-up | UCLA (2nd title game) |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 90 (3.91 per match) |
← 1971 1973 → | |
The NCAA College Division Men's Soccer Championship (now known as Division II) was held for the first time in 1972.
Early rounds
| First round | Second round | Third round | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| NYU | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Army | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||
| Howard | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Drexel | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pennsylvania | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Joseph's | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis (OT) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Final – Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
| UCLA | 2–4 | Saint Louis |
|---|---|---|
Attendance: 3,000
References
- "1972 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 12. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
- http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
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