1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
ACC regular season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament ; Final, T 1–1 v. Santa Clara
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	21–2–2 (5–1–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bruce Arena (12th season);
Assistant coach	George Gelnovatch (1st season)
Home stadium	UVA Soccer Field
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference

Record21–2–2 (5–1–0 ACC)

Headcoach

Bruce Arena (12th season)

Assistant coachGeorge Gelnovatch (1st season)

The 1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 1989 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers, playing their 49th season of existence, won their first ever national championship, which was a co-title with Santa Clara. It was often considered^{[by whom?]} the start to the Cavaliers' early 1990s dynasty run in college soccer.

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular Season
09-02-1989*	No. 1	No. 2 Indiana Hoosier Soccer Tournament	W 1–0	1–0–0	Bill Armstrong Stadium
09-03-1989*	No. 1	vs. Notre Dame Hoosier Soccer Tournament	W 3–0	2–0–0	Bill Armstrong Stadium
09-05-1989*	No. 1	Longwood	W 3–1	3–0–0	UVA Soccer Field
09-08-1989*	No. 1	Charlotte UVA Tournament	W 2–0	4–0–0	UVA Soccer Field
09-10-1989*	No. 1	Charleston UVA Tournament	W 6–0	5–0–0	UVA Soccer Field
09-13-1989*	No. 1	at VCU	W 10–0	6–0–0	Cary Street Field
09-17-1989	No. 1	at Maryland Rivalry	W 4–1	7–0–0 (1–0–0)	UMD Soccer Field
09-20-1989*	No. 1	Penn	W 2–0	8–0–0	UVA Soccer Field
09-24-1989	No. 1	No. 13 Wake Forest	W 1–0	9–0–0 (2–0–0)	UVA Soccer Field
09-27-1989*	No. 1	at James Madison	W 2–1 ^OT	10–0–0	JMU Soccer Field
10-01-1989	No. 1	No. 11 North Carolina	W 3–0	11–0–0 (3–0–0)	UVA Soccer Field
10-04-1989*	No. 1	at Richmond	L 0–1	11–1–0	University of Richmond Stadium
10-08-1989	No. 1	at NC State	W 4–0	12–1–0 (4–0–0)	Derr Field
10-11-1989*	No. 1	Towson State	W 4–0	13–1–0	UVA Soccer Field
10-14-1989*	No. 1	vs. No. 23 San Francisco Stanford Tournament	W 1–0	14–1–0	Maloney Field
10-15-1989*	No. 1	at Stanford Stanford Tournament	W 2–1 ^OT	15–1–0	Maloney Field
10-18-1989*	No. 1	George Mason	W 1–0	16–1–0	UVA Soccer Field
10-21-1989	No. 1	at No. 16 Duke	T 2–2 ^OT	16–1–1 (4–0–1)	Koskinen Stadium
10-25-1989	No. 1	Virginia Tech Commonwealth Cup	W 3–1 ^OT	17–1–1 (4–0–1)	UVA Soccer Field
10-29-1989	No. 1	No. 18 Clemson	W 4–2 ^OT	18–1–1 (5–0–1)	UVA Soccer Field
ACC Tournament
11-10-1989	No. 1	No. 14 Duke Semifinals	L 0–1	18–2–1	UVA Soccer Field
NCAA Tournament
11-19-1989*	No. 2	No. 13 Philadelphia Textile Second round	W 4–1	19–2–1	UVA Soccer Field
11-26-1989	No. 2	No. 4 South Carolina Quarterfinals	W 1–0 ^OT	20–2–1	UVA Soccer Field
12-02-1989	No. 2	No. 7 Rutgers Semifinals	W 3–0	21–2–1	Rutgers Stadium
12-03-1989	No. 2	No. 1 Santa Clara Final	T 1–1 ^OT	21–2–2	Rutgers Stadium (3,889)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

v t e Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
Venues	Scott Stadium (1941–1992) Klöckner Stadium (1992–present)
Rivalries	Maryland Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" Cavalier Marching Band
Seasons	1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
College Cup finals	2009 2019
National championship seasons in bold; NCAA College Cup in italics

1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

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1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
ACC regular season and Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament Final, T 1–1 v. Santa Clara
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	21–2–2 (5–1–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bruce Arena (12th season)
Assistant coach	George Gelnovatch (1st season)
Home stadium	UVA Soccer Field
Seasons ← 1988 1990 →