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.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Elizabethtown (1) Newark Engineering (1) |
| Runner-up | N/A |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 19 (4.75 per match) |
| Best player | Elwood Kerkeslager, Elizabethtown |
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
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved December 23, 2017.