1977 NCAA Division II soccer tournament
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Alabama A&M (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Seattle Pacific (3rd title game) |
| Third place | New Haven |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 40 (2.5 per match) |
The 1977 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the sixth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.
Alabama A&M defeated Seattle Pacific in the final match, 2–1, to win their first national title. This was the Falcons' third defeat in the final match, after losing appearances in 1974 and 1975. The final was played in Miami, Florida, on December 3, 1977.[1]
Bracket
[edit]| First Round *Campus sites | Quarterfinals *Campus sites | Semifinals | Final December 3, 1977 Miami, Florida | ||||||||||||
| New Haven | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| So. Conn. State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| So. Conn. State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Le Moyne | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Loyola (MD) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 2(OT) | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Florida International | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Florida International | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| UM–Saint Louis | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 0(2) | ||||||||||||||
| UW–Green Bay | 0(3) | ||||||||||||||
| UW–Green Bay | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| UW–Green Bay | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 2(3OT) | ||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 1 | Third Place | |||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 2(3OT) | ||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 1 | New Haven | 2(5) | ||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 2 | UW–Green Bay | 2(3) | ||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Seattle Pacific | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Final
[edit]| Alabama A&M | 2–1 | Seattle Pacific |
|---|---|---|
Luke Whitley  19:10' (Emnike)Kenneth Okafohe 64:22' | Report 1 Report 2 | Servando Rivera 81:03' |
See also
[edit]- 1977 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
- 1977 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
- 1977 NAIA Soccer Championship
References
[edit]- ^ "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 21, 2017.