1981 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament

Football tournament season

1981 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer TournamentMen's College Cup (semifinals & final)

Country| USA
Teams| 20
Champions| Connecticut (1st title)
Runners-up| Alabama A&M (1st title game)
Matches played| 20
Goals scored| 63 (3.15 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)| Elvis Comrie, Connecticut (5)
Pedro DeBrito, Connecticut (5)
Solomon Shiferow, Alabama A&M (5)

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The 1981 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 23rd organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Connecticut Huskies won their first national title by defeating the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in the championship game, 2–1, after one overtime period. The final match was played on December 6, 1981, in Palo Alto, California, at Stanford Stadium.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Bracket
* 1.1 Note
* 2 Championship Rounds
* 2.1 Third-Place Final
* 2.2 Final
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Bracket[edit]

| First round | | | Second round | | | Third round | | | Semifinals | | | Championship
Stanford Stadium
Palo Alto, California |

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|  | Clemson | 3 | | | | |
|  | NC State | 1 |
| |  | Clemson | 1 |
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| | |  | Alabama A&M (2OT) | 2 |
|  | Alabama A&M (OT) | 1 |

|  | Duke | 0 |
| |  | Alabama A&M (OT) | 2 |
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| | |  | West Virginia | 1 |
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| |  | Virginia | 1 |
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| | |  | West Virginia | 2 |
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| |  | Alabama A&M (OT,PK) | 3 |
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| | |  | Philadelphia U. | 2 |
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| |  | Indiana | 5 |
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| | |  | Wisconsin | 1 |
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| |  | Indiana | 0 |
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| | |  | Philadelphia U. | 1 |
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| |  | Philadelphia U. | 2 |
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| | |  | Penn State | 0 |
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| |  | Alabama A&M | 1 |
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| | |  | Connecticut (OT) | 2 |
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| |  | LIU Brooklyn (4OT) | 1 |
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| | |  | Columbia | 0 |
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| |  | LIU Brooklyn | 0 |
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| | |  | Connecticut | 3 |
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| |  | Connecticut | 6 |
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| | |  | Vermont | 2 |
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| |  | Connecticut | 2 |
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| | |  | Eastern Illinois | 1 |
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| |  | San Francisco | 1 |
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| | |  | San Diego State (OT,PK) | 2# |
|  | San Diego State | 4# |

|  | California | 0 |
| |  | San Diego State | 0 |
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| | |  | Eastern Illinois | w/o# |
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| |  | Saint Louis | 0 |
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| | |  | Eastern Illinois | 1# |
|  | Eastern Illinois (OT) | 2# |

|  | SIU Edwardsville | 1 |

### Note[edit]

1. San Diego State and Eastern Illinois had their results vacated by the NCAA.

## Championship Rounds[edit]

### Third-Place Final[edit]

Philadelphia University| 2–4| Eastern Illinois

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### Final[edit]

6 December 1981

Alabama A&M| 1–2 (OT)| Connecticut

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Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, California

Attendance: 3,500

## See also[edit]

* 1981 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
* 1981 NCAA Division III Soccer Championship
* 1981 NAIA Soccer Championship

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1981 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 21. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2012-12-07.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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