1968 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship

1968 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 21
Champions Michigan State (2nd title)
Maryland (1st title)
Matches played 20
Goals scored 86 (4.3 per match)

The 1968 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship was the tenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Michigan State Spartans and the Maryland Terrapins were co-national champions after the championship game ended in a 2-2 tie after two overtime periods. This was Michigan State's second and Maryland's first national title. The final match was played on December 7, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia.[1][2]

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
        
     Brockport State 3  
       Army (pen.) 3  
   Harvard 1
   Army 4  
     Army 1  
     Brown 3  
        
        
     Brown 3
       Fairleigh Dickinson 1  
   Fairleigh Dickinson 3
   Hofstra 1  
     Brown 0
     Michigan State 2
        
        
     Akron 0
       Michigan State 1  
   North Carolina 1
   Michigan State 5  
     Michigan State 2
     West Chester 2  
        
        
     West Chester 4
       Temple 3  
   Delaware 2
   Temple 3  
  First round Second round Third round Semifinals
                                     
        
     Maryland 3  
       Saint Louis 2  
   Saint Louis 3
   West Virginia 2  
     Maryland 2  
     Hartwick College 1  
        
        
     Hartwick College 4
       Trinity College 0  
      
        
     Maryland 4
     San Jose State 3
        
        
     San Jose State 3
       UCLA 1  
      
        
     San Jose State 1
     Air Force 0  
        
        
     San Francisco 2
       Air Force 3  
      

Final – Grant Field, Atlanta, Georgia

7 December 1968
Michigan State 2–2 (2OT) Maryland
Grant Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 1,112

References

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