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1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

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1989 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
ACC regular season and Tournament Champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record21–2–2 (5–1–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coachGeorge Gelnovatch (1st season)
Home stadiumUVA Soccer Field
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →

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.

Schedule

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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.

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