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The 2015
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 ...
(also known as the 2015 College Cup) was the 57th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of
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Division I men's collegiate soccer. The first, second, third, and quarterfinal rounds were held at college campus sites across the
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during November and December 2015, with host sites determined by seeding and record. The four-team College Cup finals were played at
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in
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from December 11–13, 2015. The defending national champions, the
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, were eliminated in the tournament's second round.
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won their first-ever national title by defeating Clemson, 4–0 in the final.


Qualification

All Division I men's soccer programs except for
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, Incarnate Word,
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, and
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were eligible to qualify for the tournament. Those four programs were ineligible because they were in transition from Division II to Division I. The tournament field remained fixed at 48 teams. Of the 23 schools that had previously won the championship, 13 qualified for this year's tournament.


Format

As in previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament featured 48 participants out of a possible field of 202 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 were allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths were supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the
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(RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify. The NCAA Selection Committee also named the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams played in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.


Schedule


Bracket


Regional 1


Regional 2


Regional 3


Regional 4


College Cup


Results

''Home team through quarterfinals on left''


First round


Second round


Third round


Quarterfinals


College Cup


Semifinals


Championship


Statistics


Goalscorers

;5 goals *
Jordan Morris Jordan Perry Morris (born October 26, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger and forward for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and the United States national team. He grew up on Mercer Island, Washin ...
— Stanford ;3 goals * Stuart Holthusen — Akron ;2 goals *
Richie Laryea Richmond Mamah Laryea ( ; Ga: ; born January 7, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a right-back or midfielder for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC, on loan from Premier League club Nottingham Forest, and the Canada ...
— Akron * Victor Souto — Akron * Simon Enström — Boston College * T. J. Casner — Clemson * Saul Chinchilla — Clemson * Thales Moreno — Clemson *
Kwame Awuah Kwame Awuah (born December 2, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player. Club career Early career Awuah played for the Club Uruguary Toronto, Woodbridge Strikers, the Ontario provincial program and the Dante Alighieri varsity boys soccer ...
— Connecticut *
Ricky Lopez-Espin Ricky Lopez-Espin (born December 2, 1995) is an American former soccer player. Career College Lopez-Espin spent his entire college career at Creighton University. He made a total of 74 appearances for the Bluejays and tallied 30 goals and 7 a ...
— Creighton * Ricardo Perez — Creighton * Timo Pitter — Creighton * Cooper Vandermaas-Peeler — Elon *
Eryk Williamson Eryk Tyrek Williamson (born June 11, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers. College Williamson attended the University of Maryland, where he played in the 2015 ...
— Maryland * Amir Bashti — Stanford *
Brandon Vincent Brandon Vincent (born May 1, 1994) is a former American professional soccer player who played as a defender for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer. Vincent grew up playing in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy for Real So Cal. Career A ...
— Stanford *
Ben Polk Benjamin Polk (born 19 September 1992) is an American soccer player. Career Polk began his career in the youth setup of Oxford United, but was released after six years with the club. He later signed with local side Banbury United, where he play ...
— Syracuse * Juan Sebastián Sánchez — Tulsa ;1 goal * Adam Najem — Akron * Sean Sepe — Akron * Gonçalo Soares — Akron * Trevor Davock — Boston College * Isaac Normesinu — Boston College * Felix De Bona — Boston University * Diego Campos — Clemson * Aaron Jones — Clemson * Iman Mafi — Clemson * Brandt Bronico — Charlotte * Luke Waechter — Charlotte * Martin Melchor — Coastal Carolina *
Tobenna Uzo Tobenna "Toby" Jonathan Uzo (born October 13, 1994) is a Nigerian footballer. His brother is fellow footballer Uchenna Uzo. Career Uzo attended Houston Baptist College in 2012, but did not play college soccer until 2013. Uzo transferred to Coas ...
— Coastal Carolina * DeAndrae Brown — Connecticut * Fernando Castellanos — Creighton * Evan Waldrep — Creighton *
Justin Donawa Justin Donawa (born 27 June 1996) is a Bermudian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Altrincham F.C., Altrincham and for the Bermuda national football team. He previously appeared for Somer ...
— Dartmouth * Alexander Marsh — Dartmouth * Kennedy Nwabia — Dayton * Maik Schoonderwoerd — Dayton * Carlos Sendin — Dayton * Alec Bartlett — Drake * Steven Enna — Drake * James Grunert — Drake * Eduardo Alvarez — Elon * James Brace — Elon * Jaiden Fortune — Elon * Luis Betancur — FIU * Brad Fountain — FIU *
Lewis Hawke Lewis Hawke (born 22 October 1993)is a Scottish footballer who plays for Montrose. He has previously played for Furman Paladins, Annan Athletic, Bulleen Lions, Queen's Park and Stirling Albion. Hawke started his career at Greenock Morton a ...
— Furman * Brandon Allen — Georgetown *
Arun Basuljevic Arun Basuljevic (born December 17, 1995) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays for USL Championship club El Paso Locomotive FC, El Paso Locomotive. Career College & Youth Basuljevic played three years of Colle ...
— Georgetown *
Alex Muyl Alex Muyl (born September 30, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Nashville SC in Major League Soccer. Early career Muyl was raised by French immigrant parents in Manhattan, New York and attended Bard High ...
— Georgetown *
Keegan Rosenberry Keegan Rosenberry (born December 11, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Early carrer He played at Penn Fusion soccer club. Rosenberry played his four years o ...
— Georgetown * Daniel Massey — Hofstra * Mario Ruiz — Hofstra * Ben Maurey — Indiana *
Kevin Barajas Kevin Bryan Barajas (born February 18, 1996) is an American soccer player who plays for German club LSK Hansa in Regionalliga Nord. Career Youth and college Barajas played four years of college soccer at the University of Kentucky between 2 ...
— Kentucky * Mark Forrest — Lehigh * Simon Hestnes — LIU Brooklyn * Alex Crognale — Maryland * Ivan Magalhães — Maryland *
Tucker Hume Tucker Hume (born August 22, 1993) is an American soccer forward. He has a twin brother Walker Hume. Playing career In February 2017, Hume signed with Ottawa Fury FC in the United Soccer League United Soccer League (USL), formerly know ...
— North Carolina *
Zach Wright Zach Wright (born December 18, 1995) is an American soccer player. Career Youth and College Wright played four years of college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between 2014 and 2017. During his time with the Tar Heels, ...
— North Carolina * Patrick Berneski — Notre Dame * Jeffrey Farina — Notre Dame * Austin Ricci — Oakland *
Matt Rickard Matthew Rickard (born 1993) is a former English footballer who played as a striker. Club career Rickard was a product of the Plymouth Argyle Centre of Excellence.
— Oakland * Danny Jensen — Ohio State * Abdi Mohamed — Ohio State * Jamie Summers — Radford * Sugor Al Awwad — Rutgers * Ahmad Faheem — Rutgers * Dylan Autran — Santa Clara * Edson Cardona — Santa Clara * Carlos Delgadillo — Santa Clara * Luis Urias — Santa Clara * Hamza Haddadi — Seattle * David Olsen — Seattle * Idrissa Camara — SMU * Stanton Garcia — SMU * Brenden Lee — SMU * Danny Deakin — South Carolina * Prosper Figbe — South Florida *
Corey Baird Corey Jacob Baird (born January 30, 1996) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Dynamo. Career Youth Baird, from Esc ...
— Stanford *
Foster Langsdorf Foster Langsdorf (born December 14, 1995) is an American former professional soccer player. After a very successful collegiate career at Stanford, he played for several teams over the course of five seasons. Most of is appearances were for Po ...
— Stanford * Eric Verso — Stanford * Louis Cross — Syracuse *
Kamal Miller Kamal Anthony Miller (born May 16, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF and the Canada national team. Early life Born in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Mil ...
— Syracuse * Noah Rhynhart — Syracuse * Miles Robinson — Syracuse *
Geoffrey Dee Geoffrey Dee (born November 10, 1995) is an American soccer player. Early life College and youth Dee played four years of college soccer, starting at the University of Tulsa for two years, before transferring to the University of Louisville in ...
— Tulsa * Miguel Velasquez — Tulsa * Jordan Vale — UCLA * Kevin Feucht — UC Santa Barbara *
Ismaila Jome Ismaila "Ish" Jome (born November 4, 1994) is a Gambian footballer who currently is a free agent. Career Early life and youth career Jome was born on November 4, 1994, in Banjul, Gambia, to Jainaba Jobe and Dodou Jome. At a young age, he reloca ...
— UC Santa Barbara *
Seo-In Kim Seo-In Kim (born 18 April 1995) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lexington in USL League One. Early life Kim was born on April 18, 1995, in Seongnam, South Korea to Brian Jin and Jennifer Sunhee Kim. Soon after, he a ...
— UC Santa Barbara *
Jake Rozhansky Jake Michael Rozhansky ( he, ג'ייק מייקל רוזנסקי, born 4 July 1996) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for MLS Next Pro side New England Revolution II. During his career, he has previously appeared for D.C. ...
— Virginia * Marcus Salandy-Defour — Virginia * Jon Bakero — Wake Forest * Ricky Greensfelder — Wake Forest * Ian Harkes — Wake Forest ;Own goals *
Brad Ruhaak Bradley Ruhaak (born September 17, 1994) is an American Association football, soccer player who plays as a defender (association football), defender. References External links

* 1994 births Living people Men's association football defe ...
— Akron (playing against SMU) * Austin Wilcox — Cal Poly (playing against UCLA) * Taylor Curtis — SMU (playing against Akron)


See also

* NCAA Men's Soccer Championships ( Division II,
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) * NCAA Women's Soccer Championships ( Division I, Division II,
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)


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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 ...