NAIA men's soccer championship

NAIA Men's Soccer Championship
Organizing body	NAIA
Founded	1959
Region	United States; Canada
Current champion(s)	Dalton State (1st)
Most successful club(s)	Quincy; (11 titles)
Website	naia.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 Dalton State, who won their first men's national title in 2024.

Results

NAIA Men's Soccer Championship
Ed.	Year		Championship match			Host city
Ed.	Year		Champion	Score	Runner-up	Host city
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
66	2024	Dalton State (1)	0−0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	William Penn	Wichita, Kansas

Notes

^ ^a ^b Title shared.
^ 1963 championship game canceled due to snow; teams declared co-champions.
^ Davis & Elkins vacated second place in 1972 due to having fielded an ineligible player.
^ Park vacated second place in 2002 due to having fielded an ineligible player.

Champions

Active programs

Team	Titles	Years
Lindsey Wilson	9	1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2011
Hastings	2	2010, 2016
Rio Grande (OH)	2	2003, 2015
Central Methodist	2	2018, 2019
Dalton State	1	2024
MidAmerica Nazarene	1	2023
Bethel (IN)	1	2022
Keiser	1	2021
Missouri Valley	1	2020
Wayland Baptist	1	2017
Tennessee Southern	1	2013
Bethel (TN)	1	2008
Graceland	1	2006
Mobile	1	2002

Former programs

Team	Titles	Years
Quincy^{[r 1]}	11	1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Simon Fraser^{[r 1]}	5	1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1994
Illinois–Springfield^{[r 1]}	3	1986, 1988, 1993
West Virginia Wesleyan^{[r 1]}	3	1976, 1982, 1983
Belhaven^{[r 1]}	2	1992, 2012
Lynn^{[r 1]}	2	1987, 1991
Davis & Elkins^{[r 1]}	2	1968, 1970
TCNJ^{[r 1]}	2	1964, 1965
Davenport^{[r 1]}	1	2014
Azusa Pacific^{[r 1]}	1	2007
Lindenwood^{[r 1]}	1	2004
Seattle^{[r 1]}	1	1997
Westmont^{[r 1]}	1	1972
Eastern Illinois^{[r 1]}	1	1969
Earlham^{[r 1]}	1	1963*
Castleton^{[r 1]}	1	1963*
East Stroudsburg^{[r 1]}	1	1962
Howard^{[r 1]}	1	1961
NJIT^{[r 1]}	1	1960*
Elizabethtown^{[r 1]}	1	1960*
Pratt^{[r 1]}	1	1959

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u 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

References

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

External links

Official website

[shar-2] Title shared.

[nofinal-3] 1963 championship game canceled due to snow; teams declared co-champions.

[vac1-4] Davis & Elkins vacated second place in 1972 due to having fielded an ineligible player.

[park1-5] Park vacated second place in 2002 due to having fielded an ineligible player.

[noNAIA-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u No longer NAIA members

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

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