1977 NCAA Division I soccer tournament
| 1977 College Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | United States |
| Venue(s) | California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California |
| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Hartwick College (1st title) |
| Runners-up | San Francisco |
| Third place | SIU Edwardsville |
| Fourth place | Brown |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 86 (3.58 per match) |
| Attendance | 28,577 (1,191 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) |  Art Napolitano, Hartwick (4) |
| Awards | |
| Best player |  John Young,Hartwick (Offense)  Jeff Tipping,Hartwick (Defense) |
The 1977 NCAA Division I soccer tournament was the 19th 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.
The final match was played at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, California on December 4.
Hartwick College won their first national title, defeating two-time defending champions San Francisco in the final, 2–1.[1]
Qualifying
One team made their debut appearance in the NCAA Division I soccer tournament: Princeton.
Bracket
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 1 | Brown | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rhode Island | 1 | Rhode Island | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 0 | Brown | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | Clemson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| George Washington | 0 | Clemson | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Howard | Appalachian State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | w/o | Brown | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick | 5 | Hartwick | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| St. Francis (NY) | 1 | Hartwick | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Long Island | 1 | Cornell | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | Hartwick | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 5 | Philadelphia Textile | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 1 | Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 0 | Philadelphia Textile | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 4 | Brown | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1 | SIU Edwardsville | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Championship rounds
Final
| Hartwick College | 2–1 | San Francisco |
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Attendance: 16,503
See also
- 1977 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
- 1977 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
- 1977 NAIA Soccer Championship
References
- ^ "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved June 21, 2023.