1973 NCAA Division I soccer tournament
The 1973 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 15th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its Division I members in the United States. Beginning with this season, the NCAA changed its classification system, and the former University Division was rebranded as Division I.
| 1973 College Cup | |
| Country |  United States |
|---|---|
| Championship venue | Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida |
| Teams | 24 |
| Champions | Saint Louis (10th title) |
| Runners-up | UCLA |
| Semi-finalists | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 85 (3.7 per match) |
| Best player | None designated |
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The final match was played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on January 4.
Saint Louis won their tenth national title, and second consecutive, by defeating UCLA in the championship game, 2–1 after one overtime period.[1]
Qualifying
Five teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA soccer tournament: Madison College (James Madison), Northern Illinois, Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta), Santa Clara, and Yale.
Bracket
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||||||
| Bridgeport | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | Yale | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 0 | Brown (2OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brown (OT) | 1 | Brown (2OT) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oneonta (3OT) | 2 | Hartwick College | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Army | 1 | Oneonta | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick College | 3 | Hartwick College | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 2 | Brown | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 2* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 7 | UCLA | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Madison College | 0 | Clemson (4OT) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 1 | South Florida | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 3 | Clemson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 5 | Penn | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 1 | Penn | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 5 | Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Textile | 3 | Clemson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| UCLA (2OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Final
| Saint Louis | 2–1 (OT) | UCLA |
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References
- "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved June 8, 2023.