1959 NCAA Soccer Championship
| Country |
 United States | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Champions | Saint Louis (1st title) | ||
| Runners-up | Bridgeport | ||
| Matches played | 7 | ||
| Goals scored | 22 (3.14 per match) | ||
| |||
The 1959 NCAA Soccer Championship was the first organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top men's collegiate soccer team in the United States. The inaugural championship was played on November 28, 1959 at Memorial Stadium at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.
Saint Louis defeated Bridgeport in the final, 2–0, to claim the inaugural title.[1]
Teams
| Qualified Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Record | Appearance | Last Bid | |
| Bridgeport | 9–0 | 1st | Never | |
| CCNY | 8–1–1 | 1st | Never | |
| Colgate | 7–1 | 1st | Never | |
| Maryland | 8–0 | 1st | Never | |
| Saint Louis | 8–1 | 1st | Never | |
| San Francisco | 8–1 | 1st | Never | |
| West Chester State | 8–0–1 | 1st | Never | |
| Williams | 6–0–2 | 1st | Never | |
Bracket
| First round | Semifinals | Final Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT | ||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 4 | |||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 6 | |||||||||||||
| CCNY | 2 | |||||||||||||
| CCNY | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Williams | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Bridgeport | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Bridgeport (2OT) | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Colgate | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Bridgeport (10OT) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| West Chester State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| West Chester State | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Maryland | 0 | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "1959 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 2. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
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