NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament
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| Founded | 1972 |
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| Region | United States |
| Number of teams | 40 |
| Current champions | Charleston (WV) (2) |
| Most successful club(s) | Southern Connecticut (6) |
| Website | [1] |
The NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship is the annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. It has been played annually since 1972; prior to then, all teams competed in a single class.
The most successful program has been Southern Connecticut State, with 6 national titles.
The current champion is Charleston (WV). The Golden Eagles won their second title in 2019, defeating Cal State Los Angeles in the final, 2–0.
Format
The Division II tournament is structured around four unbalanced Super Regionals from the eight NCAA regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West). At least two and as many as six teams from each region are selected with no automatic qualifiers given. The selection criteria used is similar to that used in Division I, although one difference is that the RPI is replaced with the Quality of Winning Percentage Index, a more subjective measure. In 2016, the tournament field consisted of a 38-team, single-elimination tournament.
The first two rounds are played on campus sites with the highest seed usually hosting the regional semis and finals. The winners of each region meet in the third round and/or quarterfinals, with the host being determined by specific criteria or, failing that, geographical rotation. The final two rounds are played at a predetermined site. The 2016 semifinals and final, for example, were held at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri and hosted by the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and the Kansas City Sports Commission.[1]
Champions
| NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship | ||||||||||
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| Year | Final | Semifinalists/Third Place Match | ||||||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | |||||
| 1972 Details |
SIU Edwardsville | 1–0 | Oneonta State | Cal State Chico & Baltimore | ||||||
| 1973 Details |
Missouri–St. Louis | 3–0 | Cal State Fullerton | Adelphi | 1-0 | Baltimore | ||||
| 1974 Details |
Adelphi | 3–2 | Seattle Pacific | UDC | 5-3 | Eastern Illinois | ||||
| 1975 Details |
Baltimore | 3–1 | Seattle Pacific | Adelphi | 9-1 | UW–Green Bay | ||||
| 1976 Details |
Loyola (MD) | 2–0 | New Haven | Cal State Chico | 3-2 (2ot; PK) | Missouri–St. Louis | ||||
| 1977 Details |
Alabama A&M 1 | 2–1 | Seattle Pacific | New Haven | 3-2 (2ot; PK) | UW–Green Bay | ||||
| 1978 Details |
Seattle Pacific 1 | 1–0 (3OT) | Alabama A&M | Eastern Illinois | 2-1 | So. Conn. State | ||||
| 1979 Details |
Alabama A&M 2 | 2–0 | Eastern Illinois | Seattle Pacific | 1-0 (2ot) | So. Conn. State | ||||
| 1980 Details |
Lock Haven | 1–0 (OT) | FIU | Cal State Chico | 2-1 (ot, PK) | So. Conn. State | ||||
| 1981 Details |
Tampa 1 | 1–0 (OT) | Cal State Los Angeles | So. Conn. State | 3-1 | Missouri-St. Louis | ||||
| 1982 Details |
FIU 1 | 2–1 | So. Conn. State | Missouri–St. Louis & Oakland | ||||||
| 1983 Details |
Seattle Pacific 2 | 1–0 | Tampa | Oakland & So. Conn. State | ||||||
| 1984 Details |
FIU 2 | 1–0 (OT) | Seattle Pacific | New Haven & Missouri-St. Louis | ||||||
| 1985 Details |
Seattle Pacific 3 | 3–2 | FIU | NYIT & Davis & Elkins | ||||||
| 1986 Details |
Seattle Pacific 4 | 4–1 | Oakland | Bridgeport & Davis & Elkins | ||||||
| 1987 Details |
So. Conn. State 1 | 2–0 | Cal State Northridge | Missouri-St. Louis & Tampa | ||||||
| 1988 Details |
Florida Tech 1 | 3–2 | Cal State Northridge | So. Conn. State & Oakland | ||||||
| 1989 Details |
New Hampshire College 1 | 3–1 | UNC Greensboro | Cal State Hayward & Gannon | ||||||
| 1990 Details |
So. Conn. State 2 | 0–0 (4OT, PK) | Seattle Pacific | Gannon & Florida Tech | ||||||
| 1991 Details |
Florida Tech 2 | 5–1 | Sonoma State | Cal Poly Pomona # & Franklin Pierce | ||||||
| 1992 Details |
So. Conn. State 3 | 1–0 | Tampa | Oakland & Seattle Pacific | ||||||
| 1993 Details |
Seattle Pacific 5 | 1–0 | So. Conn. State | Florida Tech & Gannon | ||||||
| 1994 Details |
Tampa 2 | 3–0 (2OT) | Oakland | Seattle Pacific & So. Conn. State | ||||||
| 1995 Details |
So. Conn. State 4 | 2–0 | USC Spartanburg | Mercyhurst & Cal State Bakersfield | ||||||
| 1996 Details |
Grand Canyon | 3–1 | Oakland | Lynn & So. Conn. State | ||||||
| 1997 Details |
Cal State Bakersfield | 1–0 | Lynn | Truman State & So. Conn. State | ||||||
| 1998 Details |
So. Conn. State 5 | 1–0 | USC Spartanburg | Mercyhurst & Seattle Pacific | ||||||
| 1999 Details |
So. Conn. State 6 | 2–1 (2OT) | Fort Lewis | Charleston (WV) & Barry | ||||||
| 2000 Details |
Cal State Dominguez Hills 1 | 2–1 (4OT) | Barry | East Stroudsburg & Lewis | ||||||
| 2001 Details |
Tampa 3 | 2–1 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | Dowling & SIU Edwardsville | ||||||
| 2002 Details |
Sonoma State | 4–3 | SNHU | Central Arkansas & Mercyhurst | ||||||
| 2003 Details |
Lynn 1 | 2–1 | Cal State Chico | Findlay & Dowling | ||||||
| 2004 Details |
Seattle | 2–1 | SIU Edwardsville | UNC Pembroke & Dowling | ||||||
| 2005 Details |
Fort Lewis 1 | 3–1 | Franklin Pierce | Lynn & SIU Edwardsville | ||||||
| 2006 Details |
Dowling | 1–0 | Fort Lewis | Lincoln Memorial & West Florida | ||||||
| 2007 Details |
Franklin Pierce | 1–0 | Lincoln Memorial | Montevallo & Midwestern State | ||||||
| 2008 Details |
Cal State Dominguez Hills 2 | 3–0 | Dowling | Tampa & Northern Kentucky | ||||||
| 2009 Details |
Fort Lewis 2 | 1–0 | Lees-McRae | Le Moyne & Lewis | ||||||
| 2010 Details |
Northern Kentucky | 3–2 | Rollins | Dowling & Midwestern State | ||||||
| 2011 Details |
Fort Lewis 3 | 3–2 | Lynn | Franklin Pierce & Millersville | ||||||
| 2012 Details |
Lynn 2 | 3–2 | Saginaw Valley State | Simon Fraser & Mercyhurst | ||||||
| 2013 Details |
SNHU 2 |
2–1 | Carson–Newman | Rockhurst & Simon Fraser | ||||||
| 2014 Details |
Lynn 3 | 3–2 | Charleston (WV) | Colorado Mesa & Quincy | ||||||
| 2015 Details |
Pfeiffer | 4–0 | Cal Poly Pomona | Charleston (WV) & Rockhurst | ||||||
| 2016 Details |
Wingate | 2–0 | Charleston (WV) | Rockhurst & UC San Diego | ||||||
| 2017 Details |
Charleston (WV) | 2–2 (2OT, PK) |
Lynn | Cal Poly Pomona & Rockhurst | ||||||
| 2018 Details |
Barry | 2–1 | West Chester | Cal Poly Pomona & Fort Hays State | ||||||
| 2019 Details |
Charleston (WV) | 2–0 | Cal State Los Angeles | Indianapolis and Lynn | ||||||
# = Later vacated by NCAA.
Teams ranked by titles
| Rank | School | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southern Connecticut | 6 |
| 2 | Seattle Pacific | 5 |
| 3 | Fort Lewis | 3 |
| Tampa | 3 | |
| Lynn | 3 | |
| 6 | Alabama A&M | 2 |
| Cal State Dominguez Hills | 2 | |
| Charleston (WV) | 2 | |
| Florida International | 2 | |
| Florida Tech | 2 | |
| Southern New Hampshire | 2 |
Schools ranked by number of appearances
| Rank | School | Appearances |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Pacific | 35 |
| 2 | Southern Connecticut | 31 |
| 3 | Tampa | 24 |
| 4 | SNHU (N.H. College) | 22 |
| 5 | East Stroudsburg | 19 |
| 6 | Franklin Pierce | 19 |
| 7 | UMSL | 17 |
| 8 | Lynn | 15 |
| Mercyhurst | ||
| Rollins | ||
| 9 | Oakland | |
| 10 | Cal State Dominguez Hills | 13 |
| Dowling |
Former Division II Champions now in Division I
Source=[4]
| School | Championship | Year moved | Current Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIU Edwardsville | 1972 | 1973, 2008[a 1] | Mid-American Conference[a 2] |
| Loyola (Maryland) | 1976 | 1979 | Patriot League |
| FIU (Florida International) | 1982, 1984 | 1987 | Conference USA |
| Grand Canyon | 1996 | 2013 | Western Athletic Conference |
| CSU Bakersfield | 1997 | 2006 | Western Athletic Conference (Big West Conference in 2020) |
| Seattle | 2004 | 2008 | Western Athletic Conference |
| Northern Kentucky | 2010 | 2012 | Horizon League |
- ^ SIUE returned to Division II from 1996 through 2007.
- ^ SIUE is a full member of the Ohio Valley Conference, which sponsors soccer for women only. The school houses both men's soccer and wrestling in the MAC.
- In addition to the above schools, Alabama A&M moved to Division I after winning Division II titles in 1977 & 1979. However, it discontinued its men's soccer program after the 2010 season.[5]
- Adelphi also moved to Division I in 1976, after winning the Division II title in 1974, but returned to Division II in 2013.[6]
See also
- List of NCAA Division II men's soccer programs
- NCAA Men's Division II Soccer Tournament appearances by school
- NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship
- NCAA Men's Division III Soccer Championship
- NCAA Women's Soccer Championship
- NAIA national men's soccer championship
- Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
References
- ^ "https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2016-11-07/division-ii-mens-soccer-championship-field-announced". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ "Division II Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NCAA. April 21, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ "DII Men's College Soccer - Home - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.
- ^ http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec2/sponsorship
- ^ "Alabama A&M to drop men's program". socceramerica.com.
- ^ "Adelphi Men's Soccer To Reclassify To Division II Beginning Fall 2013 - Adelphi University". Adelphi University Athletics.
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