1973 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship

The 1973 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the second annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.

1973 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship

Country	United States
Teams	25
Champions	UM–Saint Louis (1st title)
Runners-up	Cal State Fullerton (1st title game)
Third place	Adelphi
Matches played	24
Goals scored	78 (3.25 per match)
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Missouri–Saint Louis defeated Cal State Fullerton in the final match, 3–0, to win their first national title. The final was played in Springfield, Massachusetts at Springfield College on December 8, 1973.[1][2][3]

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
		Springfield	2
		Westfield State	0
							Springfield	4
							Babson	0
		Babson (OT)	2
		Hartford	1
												Springfield	0
											Adelphi	1
		Adelphi	4
		Merchant Marine	0
							Adelphi	3
							Binghamton	0
		Albany (NY)	1
		Binghamton (OT)	2
																	Adelphi	0
																	UM–Saint Louis	1
							UM–Saint Louis	3
							Western Illinois	1
		Western Illinois	3
		Wooster	1
												UM–Saint Louis	2
											Eastern Illinois	1
							MacMurray	0
							Eastern Illinois	2
																						UM–Saint Louis	3
																						Cal State Fullerton	0
		Baltimore	3
		Washington College	1
							Baltimore	6
							Loyola (MD)	1
		Loyola (MD)	3
		Rollins	0
												Baltimore	6
											East Stroudsburg State	3
		East Stroudsburg State	2
		Lock Haven State	0
							East Stroudsburg State (2OT)	1
							Elizabethtown	0
		Elizabethtown	4
		Muhlenberg	1
																	Baltimore	0
																	Cal State Fullerton	1
							Cal State Fullerton	3
							UC Davis	1
												Cal State Fullerton	1
											Westmont	0
							Seattle Pacific	1
							Westmont	3

Final

December 8, 1973

Missouri–Saint Louis	3–0	Cal State Fullerton
Kevin Missey  40:14' (Flemming),  79:50' Mark LeGrand  43:20'	Report

Benedum Field, Springfield, Massachusetts

Attendance: 2,241

See also

• NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship

References

1. "NCAA Division II Men's Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
2. "Soccer Tittle to UMSL". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 9, 1973. p. 1H. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
3. "Springfield College Soccer 1973". Springfield College Archives and Special Collections. cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved January 26, 2020.