1959 NAIA Soccer Championship

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1959 NAIA Men's Soccer Championship
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsPratt Institute
1st title
1st title game
Runner-upElizabethtown
1st title game
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored19 (4.75 per match)
Best playerRobert Offerman, Pratt
1960 →

The 1959 NAIA Soccer Championship was the inaugural tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.

Pratt defeated Elizabethtown in the championship match, 4–3 (after two overtime periods), to win their first NAIA national title. The final was played at Slippery Rock State College in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.[1]

Bracket[edit]

First Round Championship
Slippery Rock, PA
      
Elizabethtown 5
Howard 2
Elizabethtown 3
Pratt Institute (NY) 4**
Pratt Institute 2
New Bedford Tech 1 Third Place
Howard 2
New Bedford Tech 0

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 3, 2017.