1960 NAIA Soccer Championship

1960 NAIA Soccer Championship
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsElizabethtown (1)
Newark Engineering (1)
Runner-upN/A
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored19 (4.75 per match)
Best playerElwood Kerkeslager, Elizabethtown
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The 1960 NAIA Soccer Championship was the second annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college soccer among its members in the United States.

Elizabethtown and Newark Engineering (now NJIT) played to a 2–2 tie (called due to darkness after four overtime periods) and shared the NAIA national title; it was the first championship for either the Blue Jays or the Highlanders. The final was played at Slippery Rock State College in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.[1]

Bracket

First Round Championship
Slippery Rock, PA
      
Elizabethtown 8
Tabor 0
Elizabethtown 2****
Newark Engineering 2
Newark Engineering 3**
Fitchburg State 2 Third Place
Tabor 2
Fitchburg State 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 23, 2017.