NAIA men's soccer championship

NAIA Men's Soccer Championship
Organizing bodyNAIA
Founded1959
RegionUnited States
Current champion(s)MidAmerica Nazarene (1st)
Most successful club(s)Quincy
(11 titles)
Websitenaia.org/msoc

The NAIA Men's Soccer Championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA men's college soccer in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1959.[1]

The most successful program is Quincy (IL), with 11 NAIA national titles. The current champions are MidAmerica Nazarene, who won their first men's national title in 2023.

Results

NAIA Men's Soccer Championship
Ed. Year Championship match Host city
Champion Score Runner-up
1 1959 Pratt Institute (1)
4−3 (a.e.t.)
 Elizabethtown Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
2 1960 Elizabethtown (1)[n 1]
Newark Engineering (1)[n 1]
2−2 (a.e.t.)
 – Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
3 1961 Howard (1)
3−2
 Newark Engineering Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
4 1962 East Stroudsburg State (1)
4−0
 Pratt Institute Richmond, Indiana
5 1963 Earlham (1)
Castleton State (1)
– [n 2]
 – Frostburg, Maryland
6 1964 Trenton State (1)
3−0
 Lincoln (PA) Upper Montclair, New Jersey
7 1965 Trenton State (2)
6−2
 Earlham Kansas City, Missouri
8 1966 Quincy (1)
6−1
 Trenton State Belmont, North Carolina
9 1967 Quincy (2)
3−1
 Rockhurst Quincy, Illinois
10 1968 Davis & Elkins (1)
2−1 (a.e.t.)
 Quincy Quincy, Illinois
11 1969 Eastern Illinois (1)
1−0 (a.e.t.)
 Davis & Elkins Richmond, Indiana
12 1970 Davis & Elkins (2)
2−0
 Quincy Dunn, North Carolina
13 1971 Quincy (3)
1−0
 Davis & Elkins Dunn, North Carolina
14 1972 Westmont (1)
2−1 (a.e.t.)
 – [n 3] Dunn, North Carolina
15 1973 Quincy (4)
3−0
 Rockhurst Florissant, Missouri
16 1974 Quincy (5)
6−0
 Davis & Elkins Florissant, Missouri
17 1975 Quincy (6)
1−0
 Simon Fraser Raleigh, North Carolina
18 1976 Simon Fraser (1)
1−0
 Rockhurst Pasadena, California
19 1977 Quincy (7)
3−0
 Keene State Huntsville, Alabama
20 1978 Quincy (8)
2−0
 Alabama−Huntsville Huntsville, Alabama
21 1979 Quincy (9)
1−0
 Rockhurst Springfield, Illinois
22 1980 Quincy (10)
1−0 (a.e.t.)
 Simon Fraser Springfield, Illinois
23 1981 Quincy (11)
4−1
 Alderson−Broaddus Springfield, Illinois
24 1982 Simon Fraser (2)
4−0
 Midwestern State Wichita Falls, Texas
25 1983 Simon Fraser (3)
1−0
 Midwestern State Wichita Falls, Texas
26 1984 West Virginia Wesleyan (1)
3−2 (a.e.t.)
 Fresno Pacific Fresno, California
27 1985 West Virginia Wesleyan (2)
4−3 (a.e.t.)
 Fresno Pacific Spartanburg, South Carolina
28 1986 Sangamon State (1)
1−0
 Simon Fraser Wichita Falls, Texas
29 1987 Lynn (1)
1−0 (a.e.t.)
 Simon Fraser Wichita Falls, Texas
30 1988 Sangamon State (1)
3−1
 Alderson−Broaddus Fort Lauderdale, Florida
31 1989 West Virginia Wesleyan (3)
1−0
 Lynn Las Cruces, New Mexico
32 1990 West Virginia Wesleyan (4)
3−1
 Lynn Boca Raton, Florida
33 1991 Lynn (1)
2−1 (a.e.t.)
 Midwestern State Boca Raton, Florida
34 1992 Belhaven (1)
2−1
 Lynn San Antonio, Texas
35 1993 Sangamon State (3)
4−3 (a.e.t.)
 Lynn San Antonio, Texas
36 1994 West Virginia Wesleyan (5)
4−2
 Mobile Mobile, Alabama
37 1995 Lindsey Wilson (1)
2−1
 Midwestern State Mobile, Alabama
38 1996 Lindsey Wilson (2)
5−0
 Birmingham−Southern Birmingham, Alabama
39 1997 Seattle (1)
2−1 (a.e.t.)
 Rockhurst Birmingham, Alabama
40 1998 Lindsey Wilson (3)
2−1
 Illinois−Springfield Birmingham, Alabama
41 1999 Lindsey Wilson (4)
2−1
 Mobile Albuquerque, New Mexico
42 2000 Lindsey Wilson (5)
2−1 (a.e.t.)
 Auburn−Montgomery Albuquerque, New Mexico
43 2001 Lindsey Wilson (6)
4−0
 Auburn−Montgomery Bowling Green, Kentucky
44 2002 Mobile (1)
2−1
 Park[n 4] Bowling Green, Kentucky
45 2003 Rio Grande (1)
1−0
 Fresno Pacific Olathe, Kansas
46 2004 Lindenwoood (1)
1−0
 Auburn−Montgomery Olathe, Kansas
47 2005 Lindsey Wilson (1)
4−1
 Azusa Pacific Daytona Beach, Florida
48 2006 Graceland (1)
0−0 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)
 Azusa Pacific Daytona Beach, Florida
49 2007 Azusa Pacific (1)
2−0
 Concordia (CA) Olathe, Kansas
50 2008 Bethel (TN) (1)
2−1 (a.e.t.)
 Rio Grande Fresno, California
51 2009 Lindsey Wilson (2)
1−0
 The Master's (CA) Fresno, California
52 2010 Hastings (1)
5−3
 Notre Dame (OH) Orange Beach, Alabama
53 2011 Lindsey Wilson (3)
3−2
 Hastings Orange Beach, Alabama
54 2012 Belhaven (1)
2−0
 Mobile Montgomery, Alabama
55 2013 Martin Methodist (1)
2−1 (a.e.t.)
 Auburn−Montgomery Montgomery, Alabama
56 2014 Davenport (1)
2−1 (a.e.t.)
 Texas−Brownsville Delray Beach, Florida
57 2015 Rio Grande (2)
1−0 (a.e.t.)
 MidAmerica Nazarene Delray Beach, Florida
58 2016 Hastings (2)
1−0
 Rio Grande Delray Beach, Florida
59 2017 Wayland Baptist (1)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
 Missouri Valley Delray Beach, Florida
60 2018 Central Methodist (1)
1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
 Missouri Valley Irvine, California
61 2019 Central Methodist (2)
3–1
 Hastings Irvine, California
62 2020 Missouri Valley (1)
2–0
 Oklahoma Wesleyan Evans, Georgia
63 2021 Keiser (1)
2–0
 Mobile Decatur, Alabama
64 2022 Bethel (IN) (1)
3–1
 Mobile Decatur, Alabama
65 2023 MidAmerica Nazarene (1)
2–1
 Milligan Wichita, Kansas
Notes
  1. ^ a b Title shared.
  2. ^ 1963 championship game canceled due to snow; teams declared co-champions.
  3. ^ Davis & Elkins vacated second place in 1972 due to having fielded an ineligible player.
  4. ^ Park vacated second place in 2002 due to having fielded an ineligible player.

Cumulative results

Team Championships Runners-up
Quincy[r 1] 11 (1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981) 2 (1968, 1970)
Lindsey Wilson 9 (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2011) 0
West Virginia Wesleyan[r 1] 5 (1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1994) 0
Simon Fraser[r 1] 3 (1976, 1982, 1983) 4 (1975, 1980, 1986, 1987)
Illinois−Springfield (Sangamon State)[r 1] 3 (1986, 1988, 1993) 1 (1998)
Lynn (Boca Raton)[r 1] 2 (1987, 1991) 4 (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993)
Davis & Elkins[r 1] 2 (1968, 1970) 3 (1969, 1971, 1974)
Hastings 2 (2010, 2016) 2 (2011, 2019)
Rio Grande (OH) 2 (2003, 2015) 2 (2008, 2016)
TCNJ (Trenton State)[r 1] 2 (1964, 1965) 1 (1966)
Central Methodist (MO) 2 (2018, 2019) 0
Belhaven[r 1] 2 (1992, 2012) 0
Mobile 1 (2002) 5 (1994, 1999, 2012, 2021, 2022)
Missouri Valley 1 (2020) 2 (2017, 2018)
Earlham[r 1] 1 (1963*) 1 (1965)
NJIT (Newark Engineering)[r 1] 1 (1960*) 1 (1961)
Elizabethtown[r 1] 1 (1960*) 1 (1959)
Pratt[r 1] 1 (1959) 1 (1962)
MidAmerica Nazarene 1 (2023) 0
Bethel (IN) 1 (2022) 0
Keiser 1 (2021) 0
Wayland Baptist 1 (2017) 0
Davenport (MI)[r 1] 1 (2014) 0
UT Southern (Martin Methodist) 1 (2013) 0
Bethel (TN) 1 (2008) 0
Azusa Pacific[r 1] 1 (2007) 0
Graceland (IA) 1 (2006) 0
Lindenwood[r 1] 1 (2004) 0
Seattle[r 1] 1 (1997) 0
Westmont 1 (1972) 0
Eastern Illinois[r 1] 1 (1969) 0
Castleton (Castleton State)[r 1] 1 (1963*) 0
East Stroudsburg[r 1] 1 (1962) 0
Howard[r 1] 1 (1961) 0
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t No longer NAIA members

Players

The following players have gone on to play at a professional level after playing in the NAIA competition.

Athlete NAIA School MLS/NASL/MISL/USL Team
Casey Barton Tabor (Kan.) Kansas City Comets
Joe Barton Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) Atlanta Silverbacks
Sam Bick Quincy (IL) Minnesota Kicks
Milton Blanco Fresno Pacific (Calif.) C.D. Chivas
Brady Bryant Mobile (Ala.) Wilmington Hammerheads
Pablo Campos Fresno Pacific (Calif.) Real Salt Lake
Mesac Celeste Lee (Tenn.) Cincinnati Kings
Tony Chursky Simon Fraser (B.C.) Seattle Sounders
Frank Ciaccia Simon Fraser (B.C.) Toronto Blizzard
Daniel Clitnovici University of Mary (N.D.) Universitatea Craiova (Romania)
Andrew Corazza Simon Fraser (B.C.) Vancouver Whitecaps
Patrick Daka Western Baptist (Ore.) Charlotte Eagles
Eric Delabar Quincy (IL) St. Louis Steamers
Dino Delevski Oklahoma City Kansas City Comets
Tafaria Fray St. Gregory's (Okla.) Charlotte Eagles
Brian Gant Simon Fraser (B.C.) Portland Timbers
Bruce Gant Simon Fraser (B.C.) Minnesota Kicks
Joey Gjertsen Evergreen State (Wash.) Vancouver Whitecaps
James Gledhill Mobile (Ala.) Wilmington Hammerheads
Diego Gutierrez Rockhurst (Mo.) Kansas City Wizards
Danny Harvey Bryan (Tenn.) Charlotte Eagles
Nate Houser Baker (Kan.) Baltimore Blast
Juan Pablo Irrera Columbia (Mo.) Puerto Rico Islanders
Declan Jogi King (Tenn.) Charlotte Eagles
Emilio John Quincy (IL) St. Louis Steamers
Daniel Karamoy Sterling College (Kan.) Persebaya Surabaya (Indonesia)
Paul Kato Spring Arbor College (Mich.) Kalamazoo Kangaroos
Lindsay Kennedy Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) St. Louis Steamers
Steve Kindel Simon Fraser (B.C.) Vancouver Whitecaps
Erik Lefebvre Houghton College (N.Y.) Charlotte Eagles
Chris Lemons Oklahoma Christian Charlotte Eagles
Steven Lenhart Azusa Pacific (Ca.) San Jose Earthquakes
Tyrone Marshall Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) LA Galaxy
Kevin McCloskey Rio Grande (Ohio) Cincinnati Kings
John McGrane Simon Fraser (B.C.) Los Angeles Aztecs
Mike McLenaghen Simon Fraser (B.C.) Portland Timbers
Ben Meek Westmont (Calif.) Charlotte Eagles
Johnny Menyongar Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) Minnesota Thunder
Bruce Miller Simon Fraser (B.C.) Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Stephen Murray Lambuth (Tenn.) Wilmington Hammerheads
Adauto Neto Mobile (Ala.) Cleveland Force
Shawn Peterson Fresno Pacific (Ca.) Charlotte Eagles/Birmingham Grasshoppers
Buzz Parsons Simon Fraser (B.C.) Vancouver Whitecaps
Jim Pollihan Quincy (IL) Rochester Lancers
Orlando Ramírez Fresno Pacific (Calif.) San Jose Earthquakes
Randy Ragan Simon Fraser (B.C.) Toronto Blizzard
Paul Rayment Alderson Broaddus Toronto Blizzard
Addae Rique Missouri Baptist St. Louis Steamers
Greg Robertson Spring Arbor College (Mich.) Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
Lee Rogers Spring Arbor College (Mich.) Milwaukee Wave
Craig Scheer Illinois-Springfield Kansas City Comets
Carl Schwarzen Quincy (IL) St. Louis Stars
Kevin Sloan Catawba (N.C.) Philadelphia Kixx
Derek Smith Union (Ky.) Cincinnati Kings
Josiah Snelgrove Houghton College (N.Y.) Rochester Lancers
Mike Sweeney Simon Fraser (B.C.) Edmonton Drillers
Jacob Ward Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) San Diego Sockers
Gannon Webb William Carey (Miss.) Wilmington Hammerheads

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NAIA. NAIA Honors.com. Retrieved January 22, 2016.