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The NCAA held its first National Collegiate Soccer Championship in 1959, with eight teams selected for the tournament.

The field was expanded to 16 teams in four regional playoffs, with the winners advancing to the championship round.

There are now 32 teams in the tournament. Champions of 11 major conferences qualify automatically, and the champions of 10 other conferences enter a play-in round for five berths. The other 16 teams are at-large selections.

After two rounds of play in each of eight regions, a third round reduces the field to four teams that advance to the championship round.

The Division II tournament was added in 1972, the Division III tournament in 1974.

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Division I

Championship Results

YearChampionship ResultsWinning Coach
1959St. Louis 5, Bridgeport 2Bob Guelker
1960St. Louis 3, Maryland 2Bob Guelker
1961West Chester 2, St. Louis 0Mel Lorback
1962St. Louis 4, Maryland 3Bob Guelker
1963St. Louis 3, Navy 0Bob Guelker
1964Navy 1, Michigan St. 0F. H. Warner
1965St. Louis 1, Michigan St. 0Bob Guelker
1966San Francisco 5, LIU-Brooklyn 2Steve Negoesco
1967Michigan St. 0Gene Kenney
 TIESt. Louis 0Harry Keough
Game called because of inclement weather
1968Maryland 2 Doyle Royal
TIEMichigan St. 2Gene Kenney
Game called after two overtimes
1969St. Louis 4, San Francisco 0Harry Keough
1970St. Louis (14-0-1)Harry Keough
1971Howard 3, St. Louis 2Lincoln Phillips
Championship later vacated
1972St. Louis 4, UCLA 2Harry Keough
1973St. Louis 2, UCLA 1 (OT)Harry Keough
1974Howard 2, St. Louis 1 (4 OT)Lincoln Phillips
1975San Francisco 4, SIU-Edwardsville 0Steve Negoesco
1976San Francisco 1, Indiana 0Steve Negoesco
1977Hartwick 2, San Francisco 1Jim Lennox
1978San Francisco 2, Indiana 0Steve Negoesco
Championship later vacated
1979SIU-Edwardsville 3, Clemson 2Bob Guelker
1980San Francisco 4, Indiana 3 (OT)Steve Negoesco
1981Connecticut 2, Alabama A&M 1 (OT)Joe Morrone
1982Indiana 2, Duke 1 (8 OT)Jerry Yeagley
1983Indiana 1, Columbia 0 (2 OT)Jerry Yeagley
1984Clemson 2, Indiana 1I. M. Ibrahim
1985UCLA 1, American 0 (8 OT)Sigi Schmid
1986Duke 1, Akron 0John Rennie
1987Clemson 2, San Diego St. 0I. M. Ibrahim
1988Indiana 1, Howard 0Jerry Yeagley
1989Santa Clara 1Steve Sampson

TIE
Virginia 1Bruce Arena
Game called after two overtimes
1990UCLA 1, Rutgers 0 (4 OT, PK)Sigi Schmid
1991Virginia 0, Santa Clara 0Bruce Arena
Virgina won on penalty kicks
1992Virginia 2, San Diego 0Bruce Arena
1993Virginia 2, South Carolina 0Bruce Arena
1994Virginia 1, Indiana 0Bruce Arena
1995Wisconsin 2, Duke 0Jim Launder
1996St. John's (NY) 4, Florida International 1Dave Masur
1997UCLA 2, Virginia 0Sigi Schmid
1998Indiana 3, Stanford 1Jerry Yeagley
1999Indiana 1, Santa Clara 0Jerry Yeagley
2000Connecticut 2, Creighton 0Ray Reid
2001North Carolina 2, Indiana 0Elmar Bolowich
2002UCLA 1, Stanford 0Tom Fitzgerald
2003Indiana 2, St. John's (NY) 1Jerry Yeagley
2004Indiana 1, Cal-Santa Barbara 1Mike Freitag
 Indiana won 3-2 in a penalty kick shootout
2005Maryland 1, New Mexico 0Sasho Cirovski
2006Cal-Santa Barbara 2, UCLA 1Tim Vom Steeg
2007Wake Forest 2, Ohio St. 1Jay Vidovich

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Most Outstanding Players

1960
OffenseDon Range, St. Louis
DefenseJohn Klein, St. Louis
1961
OffenseBill Foulke, West Chester
DefenseBill Killen, West Chester
1962
OffenseGerry Balassi, St. Louis
DefenseDon Caresia, St. Louis
1963
None Chosen
1964
OffenseSydney Alozie, Michigan St.
DefenseMyron Hura, Navy
1965
OffensePat McBride, St. Louis
DefenseJack Gilsinn, St. Louis
DefenseNick Krat, Michigan St.
1966
OffenseSandor Hites, San Francisco
1967
OffenseErnie Tuchscherer, Michigan St.
1968
None Chosen
1969
OffenseAl Trost, St. Louis
DefensePat Leahy, St. Louis
1970
None Chosen
1971
OffenseMike Seerey, St. Louis
1972
OffenseDanny Counce, St. Louis
DefenseBruce Arena, Cornell
1973-74
None Chosen
1975
OffenseAndy Atuegbu, San Francisco
DefenseSteve Ralbovsky, Brown
1976
OffenseAndy Atuegbu, San Francisco
DefenseDavid Shelton, Indiana
1977
OffenseJohn Young, Hartwick
DefenseJeff Tipping, Hartwick
1978-96
None Chosen
1997
OffenseSeth George, UCLA
DefenseMatt Reis, UCLA
1998
OffenseAleksey Korol, Indiana
DefenseNick Garcia, Indiana
1999
OffenseYuri Lavrinenko, Indiana
DefenseNick Garcia, Indiana
2000
OffenseDarin Lewis, Connecticut
DefenseChris Gbandi, Connecticut
2001
OffenseRyan Kneipper, North Carolina
DefenseDavid Stokes, North Carolina
2002
OffenseAaron Lopez, Stanford
DefenseZach Wells, Stanford
2003
OffenseJacob Peterson, Indiana
DefenseJay Nolly, Indiana
2004
OffenseDrew McAthy, Cal-Santa Barbara
DefenseJay Nolly, Indiana
2005
OffenseJason Garey, Maryland
DefenseChris Seitz, Maryland
2006
OffenseNick Perera, Cal-Santa Barbara
DefenseAndy Iro, Cal-Santa Barbara
2007
OffenseMarcus Tracy, Wake Forest
DefenseBrian Edwards, Wake Forest

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All-Tournament Teams

1997
Seth George, UCLA
Matt Reis, UCLA
Josh Keller, UCLA
Tom Polti, UCLA
Ben Olsen, Virginia
Scott Vermillion, Virginia
Brian West, Virginia
Chris Klein, Indiana
Aleksey Korol, Indiana
Tim Leonard, St. Louis
1998
Aleksey Korol, Indiana
Nick Garcia, Indiana
Laza Alavanja, Indiana
Gino DiGuardi, Indiana
Dema Kovalenko, Indiana
Yuri Larinenko, Indiana
Andrew Parrish, Indiana
Jamie Clark, Stanford
Simon Elliott, Stanford
Lee Morrison, Stanford
Steve Armas, Maryland
Taylor Twellman, Maryland
Michael Goehring, San Francisco
1999
Yuri Lavrinenko, Indiana
Nick Garcia, Indiana
Ryan Mack, Indiana
Aleksey Korol, Indiana
Adam Eyre, Santa Clara
Shawn Percell, Santa Clara
Ari Rodopoulos, Santa Clara
Darin Lewis, Connecticut
Brent Rahim, Connecticut
Pete Vagenas, UCLA
Sasha Victorine, UCLA
2000
Darin Lewis, Connecticut
Chris Gbandi, Connecticut
Brent Rahim, Connecticut
Bryheem Hancock, Connecticut
Max Zieky, Connecticut
Mike Tranchilla, Creighton
Brian Mullan, Creighton
Ishmael Mintah, Creighton
Mike Gabb, Creighton
Diego Walsh, Southern Methodist
Pat Noonan, Indiana
2001
Ryan Kneipper, North Carolina
David Stokes, North Carolina
Danny Jackson, North Carolina
Matt Crawford, North Carolina
Michael Ueltschey, North Carolina
Pat Noonan, Indiana
Mike Ambersley, Indiana
Matt Moses, Stanford
Todd Dunivant, Stanford
Jeff Matteo, St. John's (NY)
Shalrie Joseph, St. John's (NY)
2002
Aaron Lopez, UCLA
Zach Wells, UCLA
Joe Wieland, Creighton
Mike Tranchilla, Creighton
Sumed Ibrahim, Maryland
Chad Marshall, Stanford
Roger Levesque, Stanford
Todd Dunivant, Stanford
Adolfo Gregorio, UCLA
Matt Taylor, UCLA
Scott Thompson, UCLA
2003
Jay Nolly, Indiana
Jed Zayner, Indiana
Seth Stammler, Maryland
Christopher Wingert, St. John's (NY)
Drew Shinabarger, Indiana
Will Weatherly, Santa Clara
Josh Tudela, Indiana
Danny O'Rourke, Indiana
Sumed Ibrahim, Maryland
Jacob Peterson, Indiana
Ned Grabavoy, Indiana
2004
Jay Nolly, Indiana
Danny O'Rourke, Indiana
Jed Zayner, Indiana
John Michael Hayden, Indiana
Drew McAthy, Cal-Santa Barbara
Andy Iro, Cal-Santa Barbara
Tony Lochhead, Cal-Santa Barbara
Dan Kennedy, Cal-Santa Barbara
2005
Jason Garey, Maryland
Chris Seitz, Maryland
Robbie Rogers, Maryland
A. J. Godbolt, Maryland
Michael Dello-Russo, Maryland
Andrew Boyens, New Mexico
Lance Watson, New Mexico
Mike Graczyk, New Mexico
Dane Richards, Clemson
Justin Moore, Clemson
Paulo da Silva, SMU

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Division II

Championship Results

YearChampionship ResultsWinning Coach
1972SIU-Edwardsville 1, Oneonta St. 0Bob Guelker
1973Missouri-St. Louis 3, Cal. St. Fullerton 0Don Dallas
1974Adelphi 3, Seattle Pacific 2Menahem Less
1975Baltimore 3, Seattle Pacific 1Dick Edell
1976Loyola (MD) 2, New Haven 0Jim Bullington
1977Alabama A & M 2, Seattle Pacific 1Salah Yousif
1978Seattle Pacific 1, Alabama A & M 0 (3 OT)Cliff McCrath
1979Alabama A & M 2, Eastern Illinois 0Salah Yousif
1980Lock Haven 1, Florida International 0 (OT)Michael Parker
1981Tampa 1, Cal. St. Los Angeles 0 (OT)Jay Miller
1982Florida International 2, Southern Conn. St. 1Karl Kremser
1983Seattle Pacific 1, Tampa 0Cliff McCrath
1984Florida International 1, Seattle Pacific 0 (OT)Karl Kremser
1985Seattle Pacific 3, Florida International 2Cliff McCrath
1986Seattle Pacific 4, Oakland 1Cliff McCrath
1987Southern Conn. St. 2, Cal St. Northridge 0Bob Dikranian
1988Florida Tech 3, Cal St. Northridge 2Rick Stottler
1989New Hampshire Coll. 3, UNC Greensboro 1John Rootes
1990Southern Conn. St. 1, Seattle Pacific 0Ray Reid
Decided by penalty kicks after 4 OT periods
1991Florida Tech 5, Sonoma St. 1Rick Stottler
1992Southern Conn. St. 1, Tampa 0Ray Reid
1993Seattle Pacific 1, Southern Conn. St. 0Cliff McCrath
1994Tampa 3, Oakland 0 (2 OT)Tom Fitzgerald
1995Southern Conn. St. 2, SC-Spartanburg 0Ray Reid
1996Grand Canyon 3, Oakland 1Peter Duah
1997Cal St. Bakersfield 1, Lynn 0Simon Tobin
1998Southern Conn. St. 1, SC-Spartanburg 0Tom Lang
1999Southern Conn. St. 2, Fort Lewis 1 (2 OT)Tom Lang
2000Cal St. Dominguez Hills 2, Barry 1 (4 OT)Joe Flanagan
2001Tampa 2, Cal. St.-Dominguez Hills 1Keith Fulk
2002Sonoma St. 4, Southern NH 3Marcus Ziemer
2003Lynn Univ. 2, Cal. St.-Chico 1Shaun Pendleton
2004Seattle 2, SIU-Edwardsville 1Peter Fewing
2005Ft. Lewis 3, Franklin Pierce 1Jeremy Gunn
2006Dowling 1, Ft. Lewis 0John DiRico
2007Franklin Pierce 1, Lincoln Memorial 0Marco Koolman

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Most Outstanding Players

1975
OffenseCharles Meyers, Baltimore
DefenseMike Wall, Baltimore
1976
OffenseIan Reid, Loyola (MD)
DefenseJohn Palmere, Loyola (MD)
1977-87
None Chosen
1988
OffenseRobin Chan, Florida Tech
DefenseRick Iverson, Cal. St. Northridge
1989
OffenseArchie Harlow, New Hampshire Coll.
DefenseMike Martin, New Hampshire Coll
1990-98
None Chosen
1999
OffenseT. J. Delucia, Southern Conn. St.
DefenseBrad Greenwood, Fort Lewis
2000
OffenseVictor Guerrero, Cal St.-Dominguez Hills
DefenseJacobi Goodfellow, Barry
2001
OffenseKareem Escayg, Tampa
DefenseLuis Morales, Cal St.-Dominguez Hills
2002
OffenseTony Bussard, Sonoma St.
DefenseMatt Bernard, Sonoma St.
2003
OffenseAndrew Hirst, Lynn
DefenseRoss Lumsden, Lynn
2004
OffenseBobby McAlister, Seattle
DefenseSanta Maria Rivera, Seattle
2005
OffenseJohn Cunliffe, Ft. Lewis
DefenseBryan Eisenbraun, Ft. Lewis
2006
OffenseGuy-Roland Kpene, Dowling
DefenseThomas Vaaland, Dowling
2007
OffenseDavid Clifton, Franklin Pierce
DefenseJames Thorpe, Franklin Pierce

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All-Tournament Teams

1999
T. J. Delucia, Southern Conn. St.
Brad Greenwood, Fort Lewis
Luc Cisna, Fort Lewis
Chris Greer, Fort Lewis
Steve Berglund, Fort Lewis
Avi Scabini, Southern Conn. St.
Paul Oyuga, Southern Conn. St.
Assaf Dagai, Southern Conn. St.
Paul Brooks, Southern Conn. St.
Phil Elias, Charleston
Johan Nordin, Charleston
Greg Jehs, Barry
Alen Marcina, Barry
2000
Victor Guerrero, Cal St.-Dominguez Hills
Jacobi Goodfellow, Barry
Tony de Vocht, Cal St.-Dominguez Hills
Alex Bengard, Cal St.-Dominguez Hills
Garrett Estrin, Cal St.-Dominguez Hills
Greg Jehs, Barry
Alen Marcina, Barry
John Thompson, Lewis
Martin Strah, Lewis
Karl Nusshag, East Stroudsburg
Sean Stewart, East Stroudsburg
2001
Kareem Escayg, Tampa
Robbie Folbrycht, Tampa
Marlon Rojas, Tampa
Roy Fink, Tampa
Luis Morales, Cal St.-Dominguez Hills
Joe Cartlidge, Cal St.-Dominguez Hills
Scott White, Cal St.-Dominguez Hills
Abdoul Karim Diallo, Dowling
Leonard Doramodou, Dowling
Justin McMillian, SIU-Edwardsville
David Mwendapole, SIU-Edwardsville
2002
Tony Bussard, Sonoma St.
Brandon Boone, Sonoma St.
Matt Bernard, Sonoma St.
Ryan Smith, Sonoma St.
Mounir Tajiou, Southern NH
Romelle Burgess, Southern NH
Anthony Augustine, Southern NH
Matt Kagan, Southern NH
Oliver Woodward, Mercyhurst
Dustin McNaughton, Central Arkansas
Danny George, Central Arkansas
2003
Andrew Hirst, Lynn
Ross Lumsden, Lynn
Mark Melling, Lynn
Lee Paul Scroggins, Lynn
Garthfield Whyte, Lynn
Jesse Grigg, Cal St.-Chico
Dominik Jakubek, Cal St.-Chico
Kevin Kuiper, Cal St.-Chico
Dustin Tong, Cal St.-Chico
Sergine Babacar Mboup, Dowling
Tony McCormick, Findlay
2004
Bobby McAlister, Seattle
Santa Maria Rivera, Seattle
Jeremiah Doyle, Seattle
Pat Doran, Seattle
Kevin Thibodeau, SIU-Edwardsville
John Matthews, SIU-Edwardsville
Mike Banner, SIU-Edwardsville
Chris Kenney, Dowling
Sergine Babacar Mbsup, Dowling
Ali Erdal, NC-Pembroke
Trond Myrland, NC-Pembroke
2005
John Cunliffe, Fort Lewis
Bryan Eisenbraun, Fort Lewis
Cliff Wilmes, Fort Lewis
Cole Sweetser, Fort Lewis
Mike Zaegel, SIU-Edwardsville
Mike Banner, SIU-Edwardsville
Lee Porter, Lynn
Chris Knox, Lynn
Christopher Joyce, Franklin Pierce
James Thorpe, Franklin Pierce
Andre Elphic, Franklin Pierce
2006
John Cunliffe, Fort Lewis
Bryan Eisenbraun, Fort Lewis
Cliff Wilmes, Fort Lewis
Cole Sweetser, Fort Lewis
Christopher Joyce, Franklin Pierce
James Thorpe, Franklin Pierce
Andre Elphic, Franklin Pierce
Mike Zaegel, SIU Edwardsville
Mike Banner, SIU Edwardsville
Lee Porter, Lynn
Chris Knox, Lynn
2007
James Thorpe, Franklin Pierce
David Clifton, Franklin Pierce
Frantz Francois, Franklin Pierce
Bisharra Ettienne, Franklin Pierce
Michel Vitulano, Franklin Pierce
Victor Souza, Lincoln Memorial
Claudio Rico, Lincoln Memorial
Leonardo de Barros, Lincoln Memorial
Nelson Pizarro, Lincoln Memorial
Brian Martinez, Midwestern State
Melford James, Jr., Montevallo

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Division III

Championship Results

YearChampionship ResultsWinning Coach
1974Brockport St. 3, Swarthmore 1Walt Kopczuk
1975Babson 1, Brockport St. 0Bob Hartwell
1976Brandeis 2, Brockport St. 1 (2 OT)Mike Coven
1977Lock Haven 1, Cortland St. 0Michael Parker
1978Lock Haven 3, Washington (MO) 0Michael Parker
1979Babson 2, Rowan 1Bill Rogers
1980Babson 1, Scranton 0 (OT)Bill Rogers
1981Rowan 2, Scranton 1 (4 OT)Dan Gilmore
1982UNC-Greensboro 2, Bethany (WV) 1Mike Berticelli
1983UNC-Greensboro 3, Claremont-M-S 2Mike Berticelli
1984Wheaton (IL) 2, Brandeis 1 (3 OT)Joe Bean
1985UNC-Greensboro 5, Washington (MO) 0Michael Parker
1986UNC-Greensboro 2, UC-San Diego 0Michael Parker
1987UNC-Greensboro 6, Washington (MO) 1Michael Parker
1988UC-San Diego 3, Rochester Institute 0Derek Armstrong
1989Elizabethtown 2, Greensboro 0Skip Roderick
1990Rowan 2, Ohio Wesleyan 1Dan Gilmore
Decided by penalty kicks after 4 OT periods
1991UC-San Diego 1, Coll. of New Jersey 0Derek Armstrong
1992Kean 3, Ohio Wesleyan 1Tony Ochrimenko
1993UC-San Diego 1, Williams 0Derek Armstrong
1994Bethany (WV) 1, Johns Hopkins 0 (2 OT)John Cunningham
1995Williams 2, Methodist 1Mike Russo
1996Coll. of New Jersey 2, Kenyon 1 (4 OT)George Nazario
1997Wheaton (IL) 3, Coll. of New Jersey 0Joe Bean
1998Ohio Wesleyan 2, Greensboro 1 (2 OT)Jay Martin
1999St. Lawrence 2, Wheaton (IL) 0Bob Durocher
2000Messiah 2, Rowan 0Dave Brandt
2001Richard Stockton 3, Redlands 2Jeff Haines
2002Messiah 1, Otterbein 0Dave Brandt
2003Trinity (TX) 2, Drew 1Paul McGinlay
2004Messiah 4, Cal-Santa Cruz 0Paul McGinlay
2005Messiah 1, Gustavus Adolphus 0Dave Brandt
2006Messiah 3, Wheaton (IL) 0Dave Brandt
2007Middlebury 0, Trinity (TX) 0David Saward
Middlebury won shootout, 4-3

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Most Outstanding Players

1975
OffenseWilfrid Thibodeau, Babson
DefenseJimmy Powers, Babson
1976
OffenseCleveland Lewis, Brandeis
DefenseArn Armstrong, Brockport St.
1977-2004
None Chosen
2005
Kai Kasiguran, Messiah
2005
OffenseJosh Sanders, Messiah
DefenseJ. D. Binger, Messiah
2007
Brian Bush, Middlebury

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