1969 NCAA soccer tournament

1969 NCAA soccer tournament

1969 College Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Saint Louis (7th title)
Runner-up	San Francisco
Semifinalists	Harvard Maryland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	79 (3.43 per match)
Best player	Al Trost, Saint Louis (offensive) Pat Leahy, Saint Louis (defensive)

The 1969 NCAA soccer tournament was the 11th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.

The final match was played at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California on December 8.

Saint Louis won a seventh national title, defeating San Francisco in the championship game, 4–0.^[1]

Qualifying

Ten teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA soccer tournament: Cleveland State, Montclair State, Penn, Philadelphia Textile (Jefferson), RPI, San Diego State, SIU Edwardsville, South Florida, Southern Connecticut State, and Virginia.

Bracket

	First round				Second round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Championship San Jose, CA
	Harvard	5
	Southern Connecticut	0			Harvard	4
	Brown	2			Brown	0
	Bridgeport	1							Harvard	1
	Hartwick	5							Hartwick	0
	RPI	3			Hartwick	4
	NYU	1			NYU	3
	Adelphi	0											Harvard	1
													Saint Louis	2
					Saint Louis	4
					SIU Edwardsville	0
									Saint Louis	2
									Cleveland State	1
					Cleveland State	3
					Michigan State	0
																	Saint Louis	4
																	San Francisco	0
					San Francisco	2
					San Diego State	1
									San Francisco	3
									San Jose State	1
					San Jose State	1
					Air Force	0
													San Francisco	1
	Maryland	5											Maryland	0
	Virginia	0			Maryland	4
	South Florida	1			South Florida	1
	Navy	0							Maryland	1
	Philadelphia Textile	2							Penn	0
	West Chester State	1			Philadelphia Textile	1
	Montclair State	0			Penn	2
	Penn	3

Final

December 8, 1969

Saint Louis	4–0	San Francisco

Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California

Attendance: 5,000

See also

• 1969 NAIA Soccer Championship

References

1. "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved May 30, 2023.