1977 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament

The 1977 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the nineteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. Hartwick College won their first national title by defeating the San Francisco Dons, 2–1. The final match was played on December 4, 1977, in Berkeley, California, at California Memorial Stadium.^[1][2]

1977 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country	USA
Teams	24
Champions	Hartwick College (1st title)
Runners-up	San Francisco (5th title game)
Matches played	24
Goals scored	86 (3.58 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Art Napolitano, Hartwick College (4)
Best player	John Young, Hartwick College (Offense) Jeff Tipping, Hartwick College (Defense)
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Early rounds

	First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		Brown	2
		Dartmouth	1
							Brown	3
							Rhode Island	1
		Rhode Island	1
		Vermont	0
												Brown	2
												Clemson	1
		Clemson	4
		George Washington	0
							Clemson	3
							Appalachian State	1
		Howard
		Appalachian State	w/o
																	Brown	1
																	Hartwick	4
		Hartwick	5
		St. Francis (NY)	1
							Hartwick	3
							Cornell	1
		Long Island	1
		Cornell	2
												Hartwick	2
												Philadelphia Textile	0
		Penn State	5
		Penn	1
							Penn State	0
							Philadelphia Textile	3
		Princeton	0
		Philadelphia Textile	3
																						Hartwick	2
																						San Francisco	1
							Cleveland State	2
							Saint Louis	0
												Cleveland State	2
												SIU Edwardsville (3OT)	3
							SIU Edwardsville (4OT)	3
							Indiana	2
																	SIU Edwardsville	1
																	San Francisco	2
							San Francisco	2
							Air Force	1
												San Francisco	4
												UCLA	1
							UCLA	3
							California	1

Championship Rounds

Third-Place Final

SIU Edwardsville	3–2	Brown

Final

4 December 1977

Hartwick College	2–1	San Francisco

California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

Attendance: 16,503

See also

• 1977 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
• 1977 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
• 1977 NAIA Soccer Championship

References

1. "1977 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 17. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
2. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-12-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)