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1972 NCAA College Division soccer tournament

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The 1972 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship (then named the NCAA College Division Men's Soccer Championship) was the inaugural Division II men's college soccer tournament held by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Since 1959, all schools had competed in a single division. The SIU Edwardsville Cougars won their first NCAA title in any sport by defeating the Oneonta Red Dragons in the championship game, 1–0. The final match was played on December 9, 1972, in Edwardsville, Illinois, at SIUE's Cougar Field, which also hosted the Division I College Cup in 1970 and 1975.

Qualifying

Early rounds

| team-width=165 | score-width=30

| RD1-team01=Bridgeport | RD1-score01=1 | RD1-team02=New Haven | RD1-score02=0

| RD1-team03=Springfield | RD1-score03=2*(2OT)* | RD1-team04=Hartford | RD1-score04=1

| RD1-team05=Hartwick | RD1-score05=2*(2OT)* | RD1-team06=Brockport | RD1-score06=1

| RD1-team07=Adelphi | RD1-score07=0 | RD1-team08=Oneonta | RD1-score08=6

| RD1-team17=East Stroudsburg State | RD1-score17=2*(2OT)* | RD1-team18=Montclair State | RD1-score18=1

| RD1-team19=Muhlenberg | RD1-score19=5 | RD1-team20=Philadelphia Textile | RD1-score20=4

| RD1-team21=South Florida | RD1-score21=1*(OT)* | RD1-team22=Madison College | RD1-score22=0

| RD1-team23=Baltimore | RD1-score23=7 | RD1-team24=Loyola Maryland | RD1-score24=1

| RD2-team01=Bridgeport | RD2-score01=0 | RD2-team02=Springfield | RD2-score02=1

| RD2-team03=Hartwick | RD2-score03=0 | RD2-team04=Oneonta | RD2-score04=3

| RD2-team05=Cal State Fullerton | RD2-score05=6 | RD2-team06=San Francisco State | RD2-score06=1

| RD2-team07=Chico State | RD2-score07=3 | RD2-team08=Seattle Pacific | RD2-score08=2

| RD2-team09=East Stroudsburg State | RD2-score09=2*(2OT)* | RD2-team10=Muhlenberg | RD2-score10=1

| RD2-team11=South Florida | RD2-score11=0 | RD2-team12=Baltimore | RD2-score12=1

| RD2-team13=UMSL | RD2-score13=2 | RD2-team14=Akron | RD2-score14=6

| RD2-team15=Eastern Illinois | RD2-score15=0 | RD2-team16=SIU Edwardsville | RD2-score16=3

| RD3-team01=Springfield | RD3-score01=1 | RD3-team02=Oneonta | RD3-score02=2

| RD3-team03=Cal State Fullerton | RD3-score03=0 | RD3-team04=Chico State | RD3-score04=1

| RD3-team05=East Stroudsburg | RD3-score05=0 | RD3-team06=Baltimore | RD3-score06=3

| RD3-team07=Akron | RD3-score07=2 | RD3-team08=SIU Edwardsville | RD3-score08=3

| RD4-team01=Oneonta | RD4-score01=6 | RD4-team02=Chico State | RD4-score02=0

| RD4-team03=Baltimore | RD4-score03=1 | RD4-team04=**SIU Edwardsville ** | RD4-score04=4

Final

Division change

1972 was the only year that this tournament was known as the "College Division Men's Soccer Championship." In 1973, the NCAA renamed the University Division as Division I and the College Division as Division II.

Several of the teams in the new Division II that placed a high emphasis on their soccer programs, including both SIUE and Oneonta, moved to Division I after only one season, taking advantage of a then-current NCAA rule that allowed a Division II school to play one sport in Division I and a Division I school to play one sport in Division II. As a result, seven of the twenty-four teams in the 1972 College Division tournament were among the twenty-four teams in the 1973 Division I tournament.

NCAA Men's Soccer Teams that were in 1972 College Division Tournament & 1973 Division I Tournament	School	School's current name
University of Bridgeport	Same	II
Hartwick College	Same	III
Madison College	James Madison University	I
Oneonta State University College of Education	State University of New York at Oneonta	III
Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science	Thomas Jefferson University	II
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	I
University of South Florida	Same	I

Although four of the seven teams have since stepped down to a lower division, five other schools in the 1972 tournament have since moved up to Division I. These are: Akron, Cal State Fullerton, Eastern Illinois, Hartford, and Loyola Maryland.

References

Flashbart, Harold. (December 10, 1972). "Cougars Take U.S. Crown". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"Men's Division II Championship Brackets".
"Men's Soccer Division II History".
"Men's Division I Championship Brackets".
"Men's Division II Championship Brackets".
"NCAA Sports Sponsorship: Division I Men's Soccer". National Collegiate Athletic Association.

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