1987 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

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1987 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament - Wikipedia

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1987 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
1987 Men's College Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Venue(s)	Riggs Field Clemson, South Carolina
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Clemson (2nd title)
Runner-up	San Diego State
Semifinalists	Harvard North Carolina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	55 (2.39 per match)
Attendance	57,009 (2,479 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bruce Murray, Clemson (5)
Best player	Bruce Murray, Clemson (offensive) Tim Genovese, Clemson (defensive)
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The 1987 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 29th annual tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of men's collegiate soccer among its Division I members in the United States.

Clemson Tigers won their second national title, defeating San Diego State in the championship game, 2–0.

The final match was played on December 6 at Riggs Field in Clemson, South Carolina. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.^[1]^[2]

Qualifying

No teams made their debut appearances in the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Bracket

Home teams are indicated by *

Regional 1

First round

Second round
November 21

Quarterfinals
November 29

Hartwick

Adelphi (ot)

Adelphi

Harvard

Harvard (ot)

Connecticut

Regional 2

First round
November 15

Second round
November 21

Quarterfinals
November 29

UCLA

Fresno State

UCLA (forfeit)^{[A 1]}

UNLV

San Francisco

UNLV^{[A 1]}

UCLA

San Diego State

Saint Louis

San Diego State (pen.)

SMU

Regional 3

First round
November 15

Second round
November 21–22

Quarterfinals
November 29

Clemson

Evansville

Clemson

Indiana

Clemson

Rutgers

Seton Hall

Rutgers

Regional 4

First round
November 15

Second round
November 22

Quarterfinals
November 29

NC State

South Carolina

South Carolina

North Carolina

Duke

North Carolina

Loyola Maryland

George Mason

Virginia

Virginia

Loyola Maryland

William & Mary

Loyola Maryland

College Cup

National Semifinals December 5		National Final December 6

Harvard	1

San Diego State (pen.)	1
		San Diego State	0

		Clemson	2
Clemson	4

North Carolina	1

Finals

Semifinals

December 5, 1987

Harvard	1–1 (a.e.t.)	San Diego State
Derek Mills 20'	Report	Brad Walsh 80'
Penalties
	4–5

Riggs Field, Clemson, South Carolina

December 5, 1987

Clemson	4–1	North Carolina
Pearse Tormey 30' David Veghte 42' Bruce Murray 67' Pearse Tormey 77'	Report	Derek Missimo 69'

Riggs Field, Clemson, South Carolina

Final

December 6, 1987

San Diego State	0–2	Clemson
	Report	Paul Rutenis 23' Richie Richmond 90'

Riggs Field, Clemson, South Carolina

Attendance: 8,322

Notes

^ ^a ^b UNLV was disqualified from the tournament for using an ineligible player against San Francisco.^[3]

References

"1987 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). Men’s Division I Championship Brackets. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2011.

^ "1987 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 27. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Sports Extra: Briefly". Daily News of Los Angeles. November 20, 1987. The UNLV soccer team has been removed from the NCAA soccer championships for using an ineligible player in its first-round victory over San Francisco...

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