1972 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
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| Country | USA | ||
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| Teams | 24 | ||
| Champions | SIU Edwardsville (1st title) | ||
| Runners-up | SUNY Oneonta (1st title game) | ||
| Matches played | 23 | ||
| Goals scored | 88 (3.83 per match) | ||
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The 1972 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the inaugural Division II men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Since 1959, all schools had competed in a single division. The SIU Edwardsville Cougars won their first NCAA title in any sport by defeating the Oneonta Red Dragons in the championship game, 1-0. In 1973, SIUE would move into Division I (returning to Division II some fifteen years later), and Oneonta would not qualify for the tournament, before moving into the newly created Division III in 1974. The final match was played on December 9, 1972 in Edwardsville, Illinois at SIUE's Cougar Field, which also hosted the Division I College Cup in 1970 and 1975.[1] [2]
Early rounds
| First round | Second round | Third round | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||
| Bridgeport | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bridgeport | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Springfield | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Springfield (2 ot) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Springfield | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oneonta | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick (2ot) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brockport | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oneonta | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Adelphi | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oneonta | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oneonta | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cal State, Chico | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cal State, Fullerton | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cal State, Fullerton | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cal State, Chico | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cal State, Chico | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Semifinals | |||||||||||||||
| East Stroudsburg (2ot) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Montclair State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| East Stroudsburg (2ot) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Muhlenberg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Muhlenberg | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| East Stroudsburg | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Baltimore | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Florida (ot) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Baltimore | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Baltimore | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Baltimore | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Missouri St. Louis | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Final – Cougar Field, SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
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December 9, 1972
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| SIU Edwardsville | 1-0 | Oneonta |
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Cougar Field@ SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
Attendance: not recorded |
