The 2009

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was a tournament of 48 teams from

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who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer . The semifinals and final were held at

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. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team (indicated by * for non-seeded teams). The final was held on December 13, 2009 with

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defeating

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, 3–2 in a

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, following a goalless regulation and two overtimes. The bracket was announced November 16, 2009. The tournament started on November 19. The second round was played on November 22. The third round was played on November 29. The Regional Finals were played on December 4 and 5.

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

College Cup –
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Goal scorers

;4 goals *

Will Bates William R. Bates (born April 1, 1991) is an American soccer player who plays for the Richmond Strikers of the National Premier Soccer League. Career High school Bates attended and played soccer at Thomas Dale High School under head coach Mark F ...

– Virginia ;3 goals *

Anthony Ampaipitakwong Anthony Petch Ampaipitakwong ( th, แอนโธนี่ เพ็ชร อําไพพิทักษ์วงศ์; born 14 June 1988) is a retired professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder (association fo ...

– Akron * Luke Gorczyca – Drake * Alex Dixon – North Carolina * David Walker – UC Santa Barbara * Zack Schilawski – Wake Forest ;2 goals *

Kyle Bekker Kyle Edward Bekker (born September 2, 1990) is a Canadian professional soccer midfielder, and team captain, for Forge FC. Club career Youth Bekker was born in Oakville, Ontario and began his youth soccer career with the Oakville Blue Stars, ...

– Boston College * Karl Reddick – Boston College * Kevin Shrout – Drake * Garrett Webb – Drake * Ryan Finley – Duke * Darren Yeagle – Indiana * Billy Cortes – Maryland * Casey Townsend – Maryland * Jack Hillgard – Northwestern *

Collen Warner Collen Warner (born June 24, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. He last played for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. College and amateur Warner attended Denver East High School, played club socc ...

– Portland * James Dice – Saint Louis * Alex Sweetin -Saint Louis * Austin Neil – Tulsa *

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– Virginia *

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 ;1 goal *

Teal Bunbury Teal Alexander Bunbury (born February 27, 1990) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward and midfielder for Nashville SC in Major League Soccer. Born in Canada, he represented the United States national team. Early life Bunbur ...

– Akron * Kofi Sarkodie – Akron * Mori Avi Hana – Boston College *

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– Boston College * Charlie Rugg – Boston College * Sean Rosa – Brown * Brendan Burgforf – Bucknell * Adam Gross – Charlotte *

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 * Matt Kuhn – Drake * Kenan Malicevic – Drake * Michael Noonan – Drake *

Cole Grossman Nicholas Holland "Cole" Grossman (born April 10, 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former American soccer player who most recently played for Stabæk in the Norwegian Eliteserien. Career College and amateur Grossman is a product of Duke Uni ...

– Duke * Trae Harrison – Duke *

Christian Ibeagha Christian Ogochukwu Ibeagha (born January 10, 1990) is a Nigerian-born American soccer player. Career Youth, College and Amateur Ibeagha attended Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Oklahoma and spent his entire college career at Duke University ...

– Duke * Ryan McDaniel – Duke *

Andrew Wenger James Andrew Wenger (born December 25, 1990) is an American former professional soccer player who played for eight seasons in Major League Soccer. College and amateur career Wenger made an immediate impact in his first year at Duke University. ...

– Duke *

Tony Walls Tony Walls (born January 16, 1990) is an American soccer player currently playing for St. Louis Ambush in the Major Arena Soccer League. Career College and Amateur Walls played four years of college soccer at the University of Wisconsin–Gre ...

– Green Bay *

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 * Adam Rousmaniere – Harvard * Richard Smith – Harvard *

Will Bruin William Christopher Bruin (born October 24, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC. Prior to joining Seattle, he spent 6 seasons playing for the Houston Dynamo. H ...

– Indiana * Phil Bannister – Loyola Maryland * Vincent Ocampo – Loyola Marymount * Jason Herrick – Maryland *

Drew Yates Drew Yates (born May 14, 1988, in Severna Park, Maryland) is an American soccer player. Career College and amateur Yates attended Archbishop Curley High School and DeMatha High School, played club soccer for the two-time national champion Casa ...

– Maryland * Rubin Bega – Michigan State * Heath Melugin – Missouri State * Lance Rozeboom – New Mexico *

Billy Schuler William Jason Schuler (born April 27, 1990) is an American soccer player. Career Youth and college A resident of Allentown, New Jersey, Schuler attended Peddie School. Schuler played three seasons over four years (redshirting his junior ye ...

– North Carolina * Kirk Urso – North Carolina * Akil DeFreitas – North Carolina State * Piero Bellizzi – Northwestern *

Jeb Brovsky John Eli "Jeb" Brovsky (born December 3, 1988) is an American former soccer player. Career College and amateur Brovsky played youth soccer for Colorado Rush with whom he won many state and national titles. He went to Green Mountain High School ...

– Notre Dame * Bright Dike – Notre Dame * John Schaefer – Notre Dame * Brian Forgue – Penn State * Drew Chrostek – Portland * Ryan Luke – Portland *

Max Alvarez Max Alvarez (born June 16, 1991) is an American soccer player. Career Youth and amateur Alvarez played four years of college soccer at Sacramento State University. The forward was voted second team freshman All-America by Soccer America in 20 ...

– Sacramento State * Bryan Baker – Sacramento State * Scott Crandall – Sacramento State *

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– Saint Louis * Adam Jahn – Stanford * Daniel Leon – Stanford * Adoni Levine – Stanford * Dominique Yahyavi – Stanford *

Fredrik Brustad Fredrik Brustad (; born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian football forward who plays for KFUM. Club career Brustad was born in Oslo, and played for Ullern and Lyn in his youth. After spending three years of his college soccer career at Stetson Univ ...

– Stetson * Bernardo Añor – South Florida * Sébastien Thurière – South Florida * Blaine Gonsalves – Tulsa * Ashley McInnes – Tulsa * Jose Parada – Tulsa *

Chandler Hoffman Jon Chandler Hoffman (born August 17, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a forward for Los Angeles Force in the National Independent Soccer Association. Career College and amateur After leading Oak Mountain ...

– UCLA *

Ryan Hollingshead Ryan Michael Hollingshead (born April 16, 1991) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right-back for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. Career College Ho ...

– UCLA * Fernando Monge – UCLA * Kyle Nakazawa – UCLA * Shawn Guderian – UNC Wilmington * Daniel Roberts – UNC Wilmington * Neil Barlow – Virginia * Ari Dimas – Virginia * Jordan Evans – Virginia * Hunter Jumper – Virginia * Brian Ownby – Virginia * Anthony Arena – Wake Forest *

Corben Bone Corben Bone (born September 16, 1988 in Plano, Texas) is an American former professional soccer player. Career College and amateur Bone played college soccer at Wake Forest University from 2007 to 2009 where he appeared in 68 games scoring 15 ...

– Wake Forest * Andy Lubahn – Wake Forest * Sam Redmond – Wake Forest * Husref Jopic – Western Illinois * Said Abdi – Winthrop * Cameron Alksnis – Winthrop

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