1973 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
# 1973 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament

The 1973 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the fifteenth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top Division I college soccer team in the United States. The Saint Louis Billikens won their tenth national title by defeating the UCLA Bruins for the second consecutive year in the championship game, 2–1 after one overtime period. The final match was played on January 4, 1974, in Miami, Florida, at the Miami Orange Bowl for the third straight year.

Starting in 1973, the NCAA changed its classification system and the former University Division became Division I. At the same time, the College Division split into Division II and Division III.

## Tournament field

| First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bridgeport | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Yale | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Yale | 3 | Yale | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | Brown (2OT) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Connecticut | 0 | Brown (2OT) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Brown (OT) | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Brown (OT) | 1 | | | Brown (2OT) | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | Hartwick College | 0 | | | | | |
| Oneonta State (3OT) | 2 | | | | | Hartwick College | 0 | | | | | |
| Army | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Army | 1 | Oneonta State | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | Hartwick College | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Hartwick College | 3 | Hartwick College | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Long Island | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Long Island | 2 | | | | | | Brown | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | | Saint Louis | 3 | | |
| | | Saint Louis | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | Bowling Green | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Saint Louis | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | SIU Edwardsville | 0 | | | | | |
| | | SIU Edwardsville | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | Northern Illinois | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Saint Louis | 2* |
| | | | | | | | | | UCLA | 1 |
| Clemson | 7 | | | | | | | | | | UCLA | 1 |
| Madison College | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Madison College | 0 | Clemson (4OT) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | South Florida | 0 | | | | | | | |
| West Virginia | 1 | South Florida | 0 | | | | | | | |
| South Florida | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| South Florida | 3 | | | Clemson | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | Pennsylvania | 0 | | | | | |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | | | | | Pennsylvania | 0 | | | | | |
| Temple | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Temple | 1 | Pennsylvania | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | Penn State | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Penn State | 5 | Penn State | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Philadelphia Textile | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Philadelphia Textile | 3 | | | | | | Clemson | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | | UCLA (2OT) | 2 | | |
| | | San Francisco | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | Santa Clara | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | San Francisco | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | UCLA | 3 | | | | | |
| | | UCLA | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | Washington | 0 | | | | | | | |
