The 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament (also known as the 2016 College Cup) was the 58th 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 2016, with host sites determined by seeding and record. The four-team College Cup finals was played at

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on December 9 and 11, 2016. The Stanford Cardinal successfully defended their 2015 title. Stanford played the North Carolina Tar Heels to a scoreless draw in the semifinals before winning a

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, 10–9, to advance to the Championship game. The Cardinal then also tied the

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, 0–0, in the final before claiming the back-to-back title with another penalty shootout victory, 5–4. Stanford tied the NCAA record for the Lowest Goals-Against Average in the Tournament (Minimum 3 Games) of 0.00 by becoming the fourth team to not allow their opponents to score a goal in the tournament. The other three co-record-holders are the 1976

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, the 1995

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, and the 2009

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Qualification

All Division I men's soccer programs except for Grand Canyon, Incarnate Word, and

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will be eligible to qualify for the tournament. Those three programs are ineligible because they are in transition from Division II to Division I. The tournament field remains fixed at 48 teams. Of the 24 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 features 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 are 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 are supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify. The NCAA Selection Committee also names 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 play 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

2016 College Cup

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

national championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

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— Providence ;3 goals * Alex Happi — Clemson *

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— Stanford * Brian Wright — Vermont * Nico Quashie — Virginia Tech * Jon Bakero — Wake Forest ;2 goals *

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— Akron * Austen Burnikel — Clemson *

Kortne Ford Kortne Thompson-Ford (born January 26, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer. Early life Kortne Ford spent his early life in Olathe, Kansas where he made th ...

— Denver * Andre Shinyashiki — Denver * Albert Ruiz — Florida Gulf Coast * Tate Schmitt — Louisville *

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— 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 *

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— Notre Dame * Sergio Carmago — Syracuse *

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— UCLA * Marcelo Acuña — Virginia Tech *

Ema Twumasi Emmanuel "Ema" Twumasi (born 18 May 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas. Career Youth and college Twumasi played two years of college soccer at Wake Forest University between 2016 and 2 ...

— Wake Forest ;1 goal *

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(born August 10, 1960) is an American retired professional

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— Boston College * Brandt Bronico — Charlotte * Daniel Bruce — Charlotte * Einar Einarsson — Coastal Carolina *

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— Coastal Carolina * Zach Pagani — Colgate * Bruno Scodari — Colgate * Myles Englis — Creighton * Mitch LaGro — Creighton *

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— Creighton * Ricardo Perez — Creighton * Joel Rydstrand — Creighton * Karim Sawaf — Creighton * Matt Danilack — Dartmouth * Chandler Crosswait — Denver * Scott DeVoss — Denver * Alex Underwood — Denver * Robert Ferrer — Florida Gulf Coast * Justin Gavin — Florida Gulf Coast *

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— Indiana * Billy McConnell — Indiana *

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— Kentucky * J. J. Williams — Kentucky * Cherif Dieye — Louisville * Jack Gayton — Louisville *

Mohamed Thiaw Mohamed Thiaw (born January 24, 1995) is a Senegalese soccer player. Career College Born in Dakar, Senegal, Thiaw moved to Lexington, Kentucky as a 15-year-old where he attended Bryan Station High School and after graduation attended Cinci ...

— Louisville * Kevin Engesser — Loyola-Chicago * Alec Lasinski — Loyola-Chicago *

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— Maryland *

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 * Michael Marcantognini — Michigan State * Patrick Khouri — New Mexico * Nils Bruening — North Carolina * Jeremy Kelly — North Carolina * Drew Murphy — North Carolina * Tariq Branche — Pacific * Danny Griffin — Providence * Steven Kilday — Providence * Brendan Reardon — Providence * Nick Sailor — Providence * João Serrano — Providence * Fraser Colmer — Radford * Arthur Herpreck — Rider * A. J. Vergara — San Diego State * Tomas Hilliard-Arce — Stanford * Sam Werner — Stanford * Austin Ledbetter — SIU Edwardsville * Keegan McHugh — SIU Edwardsville * Kevin Walker — South Carolina * Marcus Epps — South Florida * Lindo Mfeka — South Florida * Chris Nanco — Syracuse * José Hernández — UCLA * Kike Poleo — UCLA * Willie Raygoza — UCLA * Adam Musovski — UNLV * Jon Arnar Barðdal — Vermont * Stefan Lamanna — Vermont * Pablo Aguilar — Virginia * Paddy Foss — Virginia * Brendan Moyers — Virginia Tech * Forrest White — Virginia Tech * Luis Argudo — Wake Forest * Ian Harkes — Wake Forest * Jacori Hayes — Wake Forest * Beau Blanchard — Washington * Scott Menzies — Washington * Elijah Rice — Washington * Justin Schmidt — Washington * Steven Wright — Washington ;Own goals *

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— Clemson (playing against South Carolina) * Kaelon Fox — Kentucky (playing against Creighton)

Notes

References

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