1988 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

1988 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

1988 Men's College Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, Indiana
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Indiana (3rd title)
Runner-up	Howard
Semifinalists	Portland South Carolina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	65 (2.83 per match)
Attendance	38,560 (1,677 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Michael Dominic, Brooklyn (3) Ian Hennessy, Seton Hall (3)
Best player	Ken Snow, Indiana (offensive) Mike Anehauser, Indiana (defensive)

The 1988 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 30th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's collegiate soccer among its Division I members in the United States.

Indiana won their third national title, defeating Howard in the championship game, 1–0

The final match was played on December 4 at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.^[1][2]

Qualifying

See also: 1988 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

Three teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament: Notre Dame, Portland, and Wake Forest.

Bracket

	First round				Second round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Championship
					Virginia	1
	Fairleigh Dickinson	1			Fairleigh Dickinson	0
	Penn State	0							Virginia	2
									Howard (2OT)	3
					Howard (pen.)	2
	Philadelphia Textile	1			Philadelphia Textile	1
	Navy	0											Howard	2
													South Carolina	0
					South Carolina	3
	Wake Forest	0			North Carolina	1
	North Carolina	2							South Carolina	1
									SMU	0
					Saint Louis	1
	Notre Dame	0			SMU (2OT)	2
	SMU	2															Howard	0
																	Indiana	1
					Seton Hall	5
	Brooklyn College	4			Brooklyn College	2
	Adelphi	1							Seton Hall	1
									Indiana	3
					Indiana	3
	Boston University	3			Boston University	1
	Connecticut	1											Indiana	1
													Portland	0
					Portland	2
	San Diego State	1			UCLA	1
	UCLA	2							Portland	2
									Fresno State	0
					Evansville	1
	UNLV	1			Fresno State (pen.)	2
	Fresno State (pen.)	2

Final

December 4, 1988

Howard	0–1	Indiana

Bill Armstrong Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

Attendance: 5,168

See also

• NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
• NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship
• NAIA Men's Soccer Championship

References

1. "1988 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 28. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2012.