1976 NCAA Division II soccer tournament
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Loyola (MD) (1st title) |
| Runner-up | New Haven (1st title game) |
| Third place | Chico State |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 54 (3.38 per match) |
The 1976 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the fifth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.
Loyola (MD) defeated New Haven in the final match, 2–0, to win their first national title. The final was played at Memorial Stadium in Seattle, Washington on November 27, 1976.[1]
Bracket
[edit]| First Round *Campus sites | Quarterfinals *Campus sites | Semifinals | Final November 27, 1976 Seattle, WA | ||||||||||||
| Hartford | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Southern Connecticut | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Southern Connecticut | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 1(4OT) | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| C.W. Post | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 2(2OT) | ||||||||||||||
| UMSL | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| UMSL | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| UMSL | 2(OT) | ||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| UW–Green Bay | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Randolph–Macon | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rollins | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rollins | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Baltimore | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 1 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Cal State Hayward | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 1 | UM–Saint Louis | 2(2) | ||||||||||||
| Chico State | 2(2OT) | Chico State | 2(4) | ||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 3(4OT) | ||||||||||||||
Final
[edit]| New Haven | 0–2 | Loyola (MD) |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ian Reid  42:10' (Chelminiak)Pete Notaro 72:30' (Chelminiak) |
Attendance: 3,000
See also
[edit]- 1976 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
- 1976 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
- 1976 NAIA Soccer Championship
References
[edit]- ^ "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 19, 2017.