1978 NCAA Division I soccer tournament

The 1978 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 20th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national men's college soccer champion among its Division I members in the United States.

1978 NCAA Division I soccer tournament

1978 College Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Tampa Stadium Tampa, Florida
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	San Francisco (vacated)
Runner-up	Indiana
Third place	Clemson
Fourth place	Philadelphia Textile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	98 (4.08 per match)
Attendance	30,533 (1,272 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Thompson Usiyan, Appalachian State (7)
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The final match was played at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida on December 10.

San Francisco initially won their fourth national title, defeating Indiana in the final, 2–0.^[1] However, the Dons' title would later be vacated by the NCAA and not rewarded.

Qualifying

See also: 1978 NCAA Division I soccer season

Two teams made their debut appearance in the NCAA Division I soccer tournament: American and La Salle.

Bracket

• S - South region
• NY - New York region
• NE - New England region
• MA - Mid-Atlantic region
• MW - Mid-West region
• FW - Far-West region

seeds^[2]

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship
	S1	Clemson	4
	S4	American	0			S1	Clemson (OT)	2
	S2	Appalachian State	9			S2	Appalachian State	1
	S3	George Washington	3								S1	Clemson	4
	NY1	Adelphi	0								NY4	St. Francis (NY)	0
	NY4	St. Francis (NY)	1			NY4	St. Francis (NY)	2
	NY2	Columbia	3			NY2	Columbia	0
	NY3	Hartwick College	2														Clemson	1
																	San Francisco	2
							San Francisco	6
							Stanford	3
												San Francisco (OT)	3
												Santa Clara	2
							Santa Clara	2
							Washington	0
																						San Francisco	2
	MA1	Philadelphia Textile	5																			Indiana	0
	MA4	La Salle	1				Philadelphia Textile (OT)	2
	MA2	Temple	1				Temple	1
	MA3	Penn State	0									Philadelphia Textile	3
	NE1	Brown	3									Connecticut	0
	NE4	Vermont	1				Brown	1
	27	Dartmouth	0				Connecticut	3
	6	Connecticut	4														Philadelphia Textile	0
																	Indiana	2
							Indiana	3													Third place
							Cleveland State	1
												Indiana	2									Clemson	6
												SIU Edwardsville	0									Philadelphia Textile	2
							Saint Louis	2
							SIU Edwardsville (3OT)	3

Championship Rounds

Final

December 10, 1978

San Francisco	2–0	Indiana

Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 8,700

• Championship was later vacated by the NCAA.^[3]

See also

• 1978 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
• 1978 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
• 1978 NAIA Soccer Championship

References

1. "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
2. "Hartwick Seeded 3d In Soccer". New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
3. "DI Men's Soccer Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.