1986 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

1986 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	USA
Teams	22
Final positions
Champions	Duke (1st title)
Runner-up	Akron (1st title game)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	55 (2.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Tom Stone, Duke (4)

The 1986 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 27th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Duke Blue Devils won their first national title by defeating the Akron Zips in the championship game, 1–0. The final match was played on December 13, 1986, in Tacoma, Washington, at the Tacoma Dome.

Early rounds

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Championship Tacoma Dome Tacoma, Washington
							LIU Brooklyn	2
							Hartwick College	3
												Hartwick College	0
												Harvard	2
							Boston U.	1
							Harvard	2
		Harvard (OT,PK)	2
		Yale	1
																	Harvard	1
																	Duke	3
							NC State	0
							Duke	2
		South Carolina	2
		Duke	3
												Duke	2
												Loyola (MD)	1
		Virginia	0
		Loyola (MD)	1
							Loyola (MD)	2
							George Mason	0
		Maryland	1
		George Mason (2OT)	2
																						Duke	1
																						Akron	0
							Evansville	1
							Akron (OT)	2
												Akron (OT,PK)	2
												Penn State	1
							Seton Hall	0
							Penn State (OT)	2
																	Akron	1
																	Fresno State	0
		UCLA	3
		Cal State Fullerton	0
							UCLA	0
							Fresno State (OT)	1
		Fresno State	1
		San Francisco	0
												Fresno State	1
												SMU	0
							SMU	3
							Saint Louis	1
		California	0
		Saint Louis	2

Final

13 December 1986

Duke	1–0	Akron
Tom Stone

Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Washington

Attendance: 4,196

See also

• NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
• NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship
• NAIA Men's Soccer Championship