The 2007
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champi ...
was a tournament of 48 teams from
NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of College athletics, intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major ...
who played for the NCAA Championship in
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
. The College Cup for the final four teams was held at
SAS Soccer Park
WakeMed Soccer Park is a major Association football, soccer complex in Cary, North Carolina, United States. It consists of a purpose-built, Soccer-specific stadium, soccer-specific main stadium called Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park, two ...
in
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest muni ...
. All other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 16, 2007.
In the final,
Wake Forest defeated
Ohio State
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public ...
, 2–1, with second-half goals scored by Marcus Tracy and Zach Schilawski. This was Wake Forest's first NCAA title in men's soccer and eighth overall.
The tournament began on November 23, 2007. The first round was played on November 23 and 24, and the second round on the November 28. The third round was played on December 1 and 2. The Regional Finals were played on December 7 and 8.
Regional 1
Regional 2
Regional 3
Regional 4
College Cup –
SAS Soccer Park
WakeMed Soccer Park is a major Association football, soccer complex in Cary, North Carolina, United States. It consists of a purpose-built, Soccer-specific stadium, soccer-specific main stadium called Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park, two ...
,
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest muni ...
Results
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
College Cup
Semifinals
Championship
Statistics
Goalscorers
;4 goals
*
O'Brian White
O'Brian White (born 14 December 1985, in Ocho Rios) is a Jamaican former footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Youth and college
White grew up in Jamaica before moving to Scarborough, Ontario in 2002 to live with his mother. He began pla ...
— Connecticut
;3 goals
*
Yan Klukowski
Yan Klukowski (born 1 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hereford.
Club career Youth and College
Born and raised in Chippenham, Wiltshire, Klukowski was educated at Sheldon School. His football ed ...
— Central Connecticut State
* Bryan Hogan — Massachusetts
* Andrew Magill — Ohio State
*
Marcus Tracy
Marcus Garin Tracy (born October 2, 1986 in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer player who plays as a striker.
Career
College and Amateur
Although born in Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Tracy grew up in Newtown, CT, pla ...
— Wake Forest
;2 goals
* Stephen Brust — Bradley
* Chris Cutshaw — Bradley
* Javier Ayala-Hil — California
* Conor Smith — Central Connecticut State
* Ian Sarachan — Illinois-Chicago
* Stuart Amick — Massachusetts
* Mike DeSantis — Massachusetts
*
Joseph Lapira
Joseph Lapira (born August 13, 1986, Rochester, New York) is a retired soccer player. Born in the United States, Lapira is a one time international for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Besides the United States, he has played in No ...
— Notre Dame
* Xavier Balc — Ohio State
*
Eric Brunner
Eric Brunner (born February 12, 1986) is a retired American soccer player who played as a defender.
Career
Professional
Following his college career Brunner was selected 16th in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls. He initially sig ...
— Ohio State
* Eric Edwards — Ohio State
* Ambane Emmanuel — Old Dominion
*
Yohance Marshall — South Florida
*
Charlie Campbell
Charlie Campbell (born January 5, 1988, in Mundelein, Illinois) is an American soccer player.
Career
College and amateur
Campbell attended Mundelein High School and played club soccer for the Chicago Sockers, before going on to play college s ...
— Virginia Tech
*
Patrick Nyarko
Patrick Nyarko (born January 15, 1986) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer.
Career
College
After coming to the United States in 2005, Nyarko was a star forward and three-time All-ACC selection for the Virginia Tech Hokies soccer tea ...
— Virginia Tech
*
Cody Arnoux — Wake Forest
*
Zack Schilawski — Wake Forest
;1 goal
*
Alejandro Bedoya
Alejandro Bedoya (born April 29, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder and captains the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.
Early life
Bedoya, of Colombian descent, was born in New Jersey and raised ...
— Boston College
* Derek Puerta — Boston U
* Justin Bigelow — Bradley
* Drew DeGurian — Bradley
* Kevin Davies — Brown
*
Andrew Jacobson — California
*
Andrew Wiedeman
Andrew Dennis Wiedeman (born August 22, 1989) is a retired American soccer player, who played as a forward.
Career
College and amateur
Wiedeman played college soccer at the University of California, where he earned numerous individual honors ...
— California
* Andrew Cooper — Central Connecticut State
* Johan Rundquist — Central Connecticut State
* Glenn Volk — Colgate
*
Dori Arad — Connecticut
*
Chukwudi Chijindu
Chukwudi Ibegbunaneke 'Chuck' Chijindu (born February 20, 1986) is an American professional soccer player.
Career
Youth
A native of Fontana, California, Chijindu attended Damien High School in La Verne, California, He was a 4-year Varsity lette ...
— Connecticut
*
Akeem Priestley
Akeem Sayeed Priestley (born 13 April 1985) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Canadian club Master's Futbol as a winger.
Club career
Priestley played his college career in the United States at Jacksonville University and als ...
— Connecticut
* Tim Bohnenkamp — Creighton
*
Andrei Gotsmanov — Creighton
* Mo Travis — Creighton
*
Dan Keat
Daniel Phillip Keat (born 28 September 1987) is a former New Zealand footballer who played as a midfielder.
Amateur career
His hometown is Lower Hutt, where he attended Hutt International Boys' School in Upper Hutt and was named Sportsman of ...
— Dartmouth
* Haris Cekic — Furman
* Chris Davis — Furman
*
Andre Akpan
Andre Ubong Akpan (born December 9, 1987) is an American former soccer player who most recently played for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.
Career
Youth and college
Akpan was born in Grand Prairie, Texas, to a Nigerian father an ...
— Harvard
* John Stamatis — Harvard
* Mike Giffin — Illinois-Chicago
* Kevin Stoll — Illinois-Chicago
* John Mellencamp — Indiana
*
Frank Jonke — Louisville
* Phil Bannister — Loyola (Maryland)
* Eddie Dines — Loyola (Maryland)
*
Omar Gonzalez
Omar Alejandro Gonzalez (born October 11, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.
A college soccer player for the Maryland Terrapins, he joined the LA G ...
— Maryland
*
Rodney Wallace — Maryland
* Michael Jejna — Massachusetts
* Prince Ofosu — Massachusetts
*
Doug DeMartin — Michigan State
* Dave Donohue — Notre Dame
* Alex Yoshinaga — Notre Dame
* Piotr Nowak — Oakland
* Endre Osnes — Oakland
* Stefan St. Louis — Oakland
*
Roger Espinoza — Ohio State
* Geoff Marsh — Ohio State
* A. J. Kulp — Old Dominion
* Braulio Constantino — Saint Peter's
* Matt Hatzke — Santa Clara
*
Stephen McCarthy — Santa Clara
*
Babajide Ogunbiyi — Santa Clara
*
Bruno Guarda
Bruno Ernesto Guarda (born February 6, 1986), also known as Peter Jackson and DJ - BG is a Brazilian footballer who last played for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League.
Career College
Guarda moved to the United States in high ...
— SMU
* Jason Devenish — South Florida
* Todd Goddard — Tulsa
* Ashley McInnes — Tulsa
*
Quincy Amarikwa
Quincy Obinna Amarikwa ( ; born October 29, 1987) is an American soccer player.
Career
College and Amateur
Amarikwa attended Liberty High School. He was a member of the Bakersfield Alliance club soccer team and played college soccer at UC Da ...
— UC Davis
* Jon Curry — UC Santa Barbara
*
Alfonso Motagalvan
Felix Alfonso Motagalvan (born February 11, 1987) is an American soccer player.
Playing career
Youth and college
Motagalvan was born in Santa Rosa, California, grew up in Gilroy, California, and attended Gilroy High School where he was a ...
— UC Santa Barbara
*
Nick Perera
Nicolas Perera (born 5 June 1986) is a Spanish-born American soccer coach, executive, and player who plays for the Tacoma Stars of the MASL. He coached the team from 2018 to 2021.
As an executive, Perera was most recently the general manager ...
— UC Santa Barbara
*
Kyle Nakazawa — UCLA
*
Mike Zaher
Michael Rory Zaher (born September 24, 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former American soccer player.
Career
College and amateur
Zaher attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, whom he led to the Nevada high school state champions ...
— UCLA
*
Connor Tobin
Connor Tobin (born February 11, 1987) is an American soccer player.
Career
College
Tobin was born in Fort Collins, Colorado. He attended the University of Vermont where he was a standout player for the Catamounts. He played in 77 games durin ...
— Vermont
*
Ross LaBauex — Virginia
*
Dane Murphy — Virginia
*
Chris Tierney — Virginia
* Joe Nason — Virginia Tech
*
Austin da Luz
Austin da Luz (born October 9, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player.
Career
Youth and college
Da Luz attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School Soccer Academy in Austin, Texas, where he was exposed to high levels of intensive tr ...
— Wake Forest
*
Julian Valentin — Wake Forest
*
Ely Allen — Washington
*
Dan Stratford
Daniel James Stratford (born 29 May 1985) is an English former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder and current head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer team. He returned to his ''alma mater'' after three ...
— West Virginia
*
Andrew Wright — West Virginia
;Own goals
*
Eric Brunner
Eric Brunner (born February 12, 1986) is a retired American soccer player who played as a defender.
Career
Professional
Following his college career Brunner was selected 16th in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by New York Red Bulls. He initially sig ...
— Ohio State (playing against UC Santa Barbara)
References
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NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament seasons
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champi ...
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champi ...
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
The NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I men's national champi ...