1998 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1998 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country USA
Teams 32
Champions Indiana
Runners-up Stanford Cardinal
Matches played 31
Goals scored 93 (3 per match)
Attendance 56,078 (1,809 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Aleksey Korol, Indiana (6)
Best player Aleksey Korol, Indiana (MOP offense)
Nick Garcia, Indiana (MOP defense)

The 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 39th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Indiana Hoosiers won their fourth national title by defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game, 3–1. The final match was played on December 13, 1998 in Richmond, Virginia at Richmond Stadium for the fourth straight year. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.[1][2]

National Seeds

National Seeds
Seed School Record
#1 Clemson 20–1
#2 Virginia 14–3–3
#3 Duke 18–3
#4 Washington 16–3
#5 St. John's (NY) 14–4–3
#6 UCLA 16–3
#7 Cal State Fullerton 14–4–2
#8 Indiana 18–2

Early rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals Championship
Richmond Stadium
Richmond, Virginia
                                               
1  Clemson 5  
   Lafayette 0  
  1  Clemson 1  
       William & Mary 0  
   William & Mary (2OT) 2
   South Florida 1  
  1  Clemson 1  
  8  Indiana 2  
   Cincinnati 0  
   Butler (2OT) 1  
     Butler 1
    8  Indiana (2OT) 2  
   Akron 2
8  Indiana (2OT) 3  
  8  Indiana 4  
     Santa Clara 0  
5  St. John's (NY) (2OT) 1  
   Brown 0  
  5  St. John's (NY) 1
       Penn State 0  
   Connecticut 0
   Penn State 1  
  5  St. John's (NY) 1
     Santa Clara 2  
   SMU 0  
   Santa Clara (OT) 1  
     Santa Clara 4
       UNC Greensboro 1  
   UNC Greensboro 2
4  Washington 1  
  8  Indiana 3
     Stanford 1
3  Duke 2  
   Jacksonville 3  
     Jacksonville 0  
       Maryland 3  
   Maryland 2
   Richmond 1  
     Maryland 3  
     Creighton 2  
   Saint Louis 1  
   Creighton (2OT) 4  
     Creighton 2
    6  UCLA 0  
   Fresno State 1
6  UCLA 2  
     Maryland 0
     Stanford 1  
7  Cal State Fullerton 1  
   San Diego 2  
     San Diego 1
       Stanford (2OT) 3  
   Stanford (3OT) 3
   San Jose State 2  
     Stanford 3
  2  Virginia 0  
   VCU 1  
   South Carolina 2  
     South Carolina 0
    2  Virginia 1  
   Rider 0
2  Virginia 3  

Final

December 13, 1998
Indiana 3–1 Stanford

References

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