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1972 NCAA University Division soccer tournament
1972 College Cup
Tournament details
Land	Vereinigte Staaten
Venue(s)	Miami Orange Bowl; Miami, Florida
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Saint Louis (9th title)
Runner-up	UCLA
Semifinalists	Cornell; Howard;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	90 (3.91 per match)
Best player	Danny Counce, Saint Louis (offensive); Bruce Arena, Cornell (defensive)
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The 1972 NCAA University Division soccer tournament was the 14th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its University Division members in the United States.

The final match was played at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on December 29.

Saint Louis won their ninth national title by defeating UCLA in the championship game, 4–2.^[1] The championship was not re-awarded.

A concurrent NCAA College Division Men's Soccer Championship (now known as Division II) was held for the first time in 1972.

Qualifying

Six teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA soccer tournament: Bowling Green, Clemson, Duke, Fresno State, Rhode Island, and Washington.

Bracket

First round		Second round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Championship

Harvard	1
Rhode Island	0	Harvard	3
Brown	4	Brown	2
Connecticut	2			Harvard	0
Long Island	2			Cornell	2
NYU	1	Long Island	2
Army	1	Cornell	3
Cornell	3					Cornell	0
						UCLA	1
		San Jose State	4
		Fresno State	0
				San Jose State	1
				UCLA	3
		UCLA	5
		Washington	0
								UCLA	2
Howard	9							Saint Louis	4
Duke	0	Howard	4
Clemson	3	Clemson	0
West Virginia	2			Howard	2
Penn	4			Penn	0
Drexel	0	Penn	3
Penn State	2	Penn State	1
Saint Joseph's	0					Howard	1
						Saint Louis (OT)	2
		Saint Louis	2
		Bowling Green	0
				Saint Louis	3
				Ohio	1
		Ohio	3
		Air Force	2

Final

December 29, 1972

UCLA	2–4	Saint Louis

Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Attendance: 3,000

References

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

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

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+{{Short description|Men's college soccer tournament in the United States}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
-| title               = NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
+{{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
+{{infobox football tournament season
+| title               = NCAA University Division soccer tournament
 | year                = 1972
-| other_title         = Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
+| other_titles         = 1972 College Cup
 | image               =
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+| country             = {{USA}}
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-| champions           = [[Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer|Saint Louis]] (9th title)
+| venue               = [[Miami Orange Bowl]]<br />{{Nowrap|{{flagicon|Florida}} [[Miami, Florida]]}}
-| runner-up           = [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA]] (2nd title game)
+| winners           = [[Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer|Saint Louis]]
+| count               = 9
+| second           = [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA]]
+| semifinal1      = [[Cornell Big Red men's soccer|Cornell]]
+| semifinal2      = [[Howard Bison men's soccer|Howard]]
 | matches             = 23
 | goals               = 90
-| top goal scorer     =
+| scoring_leader     =
+| award              = [[Danny Counce]], Saint Louis (offensive)<br />[[Bruce Arena]], Cornell (defensive)
-| player              =
-| prevseason          = [[1971 NCAA Soccer Tournament|1971]]
+| prev_season          = [[1971 NCAA soccer tournament|1971]]
-| nextseason          = [[1973 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament|1973]]
+| next_season          = [[1973 NCAA Division I soccer tournament|1973]]
 }}
+The '''1972 [[NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament|NCAA University Division soccer tournament]]''' was the 14th annual tournament organized by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] to determine the national champion of men's [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] among its [[University Division (NCAA)|University Division]] members in the [[United States]].
-The '''1972 [[NCAA University Division Men's Soccer Tournament]]''' was the fourteenth organized men's [[college soccer]] tournament by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]], to determine the top [[University Division (NCAA)|University Division]] college soccer team in the United States. The [[Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer|Saint Louis Billikens]] won their ninth national title by defeating the [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA Bruins]] in the championship game, 4–2. The final match was played on December 29, 1972, in [[Miami, Florida]], at the [[Miami Orange Bowl]] for the second straight year.<ref>{{cite web|title=1972 Division I Men's Championship Bracket|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2011/D1Brackets.pdf|work=NCAA|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=November 22, 2012|pages=12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-11-24 |archive-date=2014-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015070124/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+The final match was played at the [[Miami Orange Bowl]] in [[Miami, Florida]] on December 29.
-The [[NCAA College Division Men's Soccer Championship]] (now known as Division II) was held for the first time in 1972.
+[[Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer|Saint Louis]] won their ninth national title by defeating [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA]] in the championship game, 4–2.<ref>{{cite web |title=DIVISION I MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/D1champs.pdf |website=ncaa.org |publisher=NCAA |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> The championship was not re-awarded.
-==Tournament==
-{{5RoundBracket-Byes
+A concurrent [[NCAA College Division Men's Soccer Championship]] (now known as Division II) was held for the first time in 1972.
-| RD1=First Round
-| RD2=Second Round
+==Qualifying==
-| RD3=Quarterfinals
+{{see also|1972 NCAA University Division soccer season}}
-| RD4=Semifinals
-| RD5=Final
+Six teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA soccer tournament: [[Bowling Green Falcons men's soccer|Bowling Green]], [[Clemson Tigers men's soccer|Clemson]], [[Duke Blue Devils men's soccer|Duke]], [[Fresno State Bulldogs men's soccer|Fresno State]], [[Rhode Island Rams men's soccer|Rhode Island]], and [[Washington Huskies men's soccer|Washington]].
+==Bracket==
+{{5RoundBracket
+| RD1= '''First round'''
+| RD2= '''Second round'''
+| RD3= '''Quarterfinals'''
+| RD4= '''Semifinals'''
+| RD5= '''Championship'''
+| seeds=no
+| team-width=165
+| score-width=30
+| boldwinner=high
+| compact=yes
+| byes=1
  | RD1-team01='''[[Harvard Crimson men's soccer|Harvard]]'''
  | RD1-score01='''1'''
- | RD1-team02=[[Rhode Island Rams|Rhode Island]]
+ | RD1-team02=[[Rhode Island Rams men's soccer|Rhode Island]]
  | RD1-score02=0
- | RD1-team03='''[[Brown Bears|Brown]]'''
+ | RD1-team03='''[[Brown Bears men's soccer|Brown]]'''
  | RD1-score03='''4'''
  | RD1-team04=[[Connecticut Huskies men's soccer|Connecticut]]
  | RD1-score04=2
- | RD1-team05='''[[Long Island Blackbirds|Long Island]]'''
+ | RD1-team05='''[[Long Island Blackbirds men's soccer|Long Island]]'''
  | RD1-score05='''2'''
- | RD1-team06=[[NYU Violets|NYU]]
+ | RD1-team06=[[NYU Violets men's soccer|NYU]]
  | RD1-score06=1
@@ Line 50: / Line 73: @@
  | RD1-score08='''3'''
- | RD1-team17='''[[Howard Bison|Howard]]'''
+ | RD1-team17='''[[Howard Bison men's soccer|Howard]]'''
  | RD1-score17='''9'''
  | RD1-team18=[[Duke Blue Devils men's soccer|Duke]]
@@ Line 60: / Line 83: @@
  | RD1-score20=2
- | RD1-team21='''[[Penn Quakers men's soccer|Pennsylvania]]'''
+ | RD1-team21='''[[Penn Quakers men's soccer|Penn]]'''
  | RD1-score21='''4'''
  | RD1-team22=[[Drexel Dragons men's soccer|Drexel]]
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  | RD1-team23='''[[Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer|Penn State]]'''
  | RD1-score23='''2'''
- | RD1-team24=[[St. Joseph's Hawks men's soccer|St. Joseph's]]
+ | RD1-team24=[[Saint Joseph's Hawks men's soccer|Saint Joseph's]]
  | RD1-score24=0
@@ Line 95: / Line 118: @@
  | RD2-score10=0
- | RD2-team11='''Pennsylvania'''
+ | RD2-team11='''Penn'''
  | RD2-score11='''3'''
  | RD2-team12=Penn State
@@ Line 105: / Line 128: @@
  | RD2-score14=0
- | RD2-team15='''[[Ohio Bobcats mens's soccer|Ohio]]'''
+ | RD2-team15='''[[Ohio Bobcats men's soccer|Ohio]]'''
  | RD2-score15='''3'''
  | RD2-team16=[[Air Force Falcons men's soccer|Air Force]]
@@ Line 122: / Line 145: @@
  | RD3-team05='''Howard'''
  | RD3-score05='''2'''
- | RD3-team06=Pennsylvania
+ | RD3-team06=Penn
  | RD3-score06=0
- | RD3-team07='''Saint Louis
+ | RD3-team07='''Saint Louis'''
  | RD3-score07='''3'''
  | RD3-team08=Ohio
@@ Line 146: / Line 169: @@
 }}
+== Final ==
-== Final – [[Miami Orange Bowl]], [[Miami, Florida]] ==
 {{football box
-|date = 29 December 1972
+|date = December 29, 1972
 |time =
 |team1 = [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA]]
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 ==See also==
-*[[NCAA College Division Men's Soccer Championship]]
+* [[1972 NCAA College Division soccer tournament]]
-*[[1972 NCAA College Division Soccer Tournament]]
+* [[1972 NAIA Soccer Championship]]
 == References ==
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 [[Category:1972 NCAA University Division soccer season|Championship]]
-[[Category:NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament seasons]]
+[[Category:NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament seasons]]
 [[Category:1972 in American soccer|NCAA]]
 [[Category:1972 in sports in Florida|NCAA University Division Soccer Tournament]]
 [[Category:December 1972 sports events in the United States|NCAA University Division Soccer Tournament]]
-[[Category:Soccer in Florida]]
+[[Category:Soccer competitions in Florida]]
+[[Category:1970s in Miami]]
+[[Category:College sports tournaments in Florida]]

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