Country USA Matches played 19 | Teams 19 Goals scored 66 (3.47 per match) | |
Champions SIU Edwardsville (1st title) Runners-up Clemson (1st title game) | ||
The 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 21st organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The SIU Edwardsville Cougars won their first national title by defeating the Clemson Tigers in the championship game, 3-2. The final match was played on December 9, 1979, in Tampa, Florida, at Tampa Stadium for the second straight year.
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1979 NCAA Division I Soccer Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA