1985 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament (original) (raw)

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1985 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

1985 Men's College Cup
Tournament details
Country United States
Venue(s) KingdomeWashington (state) Seattle, Washington
Teams 23
Final positions
Champions UCLA (1st title)
Runner-up American
Semifinalists EvansvilleHartwick
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 64 (2.91 per match)
Attendance 54,206 (2,464 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Dale Ervine, UCLA (4)
Best player Dale Ervine, UCLA (offensive)Paul Caligiuri, UCLA (defensive)
19841986

The 1985 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 27th 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.

UCLA won their first national title, defeating American in the championship game, 1–0, after eight overtime periods.

The final match was played on December 14 at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington.[1][2]

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

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Hartwick College 2
Long Island 1 Columbia 0
Columbia (OT) 3 Hartwick College 1
Boston University 0
Connecticut 1
Boston University (OT/PK) 2
Hartwick College 0
Clemson 5 American 1
NC State 2 Clemson 0
Duke 0 South Carolina (OT/PK) 1
South Carolina 3 South Carolina 0
American 2
American 3
George Mason 1 George Mason 1
Virginia 0 American 0
UCLA (8OT) 1
Evansville 3
Akron 0 Indiana 0
Indiana 2 Evansville 1
Penn State 0
Temple 5
Penn State (OT/PK) 6
Evansville 1
UCLA 3 UCLA 3
California 1 UCLA (OT) 1
Fresno State 1 UNLV 0
UNLV 2 UCLA 2
SMU 0
SMU 2
Air Force 1

This game is the longest game in NCAA soccer history, with the winning goal scored at 166 minutes and 5 seconds of playing time.[3] After this game and the 1982 final both went to eight overtimes, the NCAA changed the rules for the 1986 season from unlimited 10-minute overtimes to a maximum of two 30-minute periods divided into halves.

  1. ^ "1985 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 25. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2012.{{[cite web](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fweb "Template:Cite web")}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Edes, Gordon (December 15, 1985). "UCLA Wins Longest NCAA Soccer Final in 8th Overtime, 1-0". Los Angeles Times.