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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 2017, with host sites determined by seeding and record. The four-team College Cup finals were played at

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on December 8 and 10. The

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defended their 2016 title by defeating

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overtime, 1–0, to claim the 2017 championship.

Qualification

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

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(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. Of the 24 schools that had previously won the championship, 13 qualified for this year's tournament.

Qualified teams

Seeding

Schedule

Bracket

Regional 1

Host Institution*

Regional 2

Host Institution*

Regional 3

Host Institution*

Regional 4

Host Institution*

2017 College Cup

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

national championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

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— Wisconsin ;3 goals * Sam Gainford — Akron * Brandon Guhl — Butler ;2 goals * Stuart Holthusen — Akron * Martin Melchor — Coastal Carolina *

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— Coastal Carolina * Paul Marie — FIU * Jannik Loebe — Fordham * Tate Schmitt — Louisville * Jack Hallahan — Michigan * Robin Schmidt — New Hampshire * Jelani Pieters — North Carolina * Sean Bowman — San Francisco * Bryce Kaminski — San Francisco * Julio Moncada — UNC Wilmington * Jon Bakero — Wake Forest * Tom Barlow — Wisconsin ;1 goal * Marcel Zajac — Akron *

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— Butler * Lewis Suddick — Butler * Bass Sarr — Cal State Fullerton * Aravind Sivakumar — California * Jason Wright — Clemson * Ryan Bellavance — Colgate * Karl Brown — Colgate * Uyi Omorogbe — Colgate * Aram Ouligian — Colgate * Jared Stroud — Colgate * Zach Morant — Columbia * Kynan Rocks — Columbia * Matthias Frick — Duke * Kristófer Garðarsson — Duke * Max Moser — Duke * Brian White — Duke * Deshawon Nembhard — FIU * Bart Dziedzic — Fordham * Matthew Lewis — Fordham * Eric Ohlendorf — Fordham * Jörgen Oland — Fordham *

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— Georgetown * Jacob Graiber — Illinois-Chicago *

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— Indiana * Francesco Moore — Indiana *

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— Indiana * Cory Thomas — Indiana *

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— Indiana * Walker Andriot — Louisville * Adrien Cabon — Louisville * Adam Wilson — Louisville * Hunter Barone — Michigan State * Jimmy Fiscus — Michigan State *

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— Michigan State * Michael Pimlott — Michigan State *

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— Michigan State * Jacob Gould — New Hampshire * Kristian Piippo — New Hampshire * Mauricio Pineda — North Carolina * Jack Skahan — North Carolina * Brandon Perdue — Old Dominion * Max Wilschrey — Old Dominion * Bob Groenendijk — Pacific * Spencer Vue — Pacific * Habib Barry — Seattle *

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— Seattle * Gabriel Ruiz — Seattle * Christian Boorom — Southern Methodist *

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— Southern Methodist *

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— Southern Methodist *

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— St. Francis Brooklyn * Nadim Saqui — St. Francis Brooklyn *

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— Stanford *

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— Stanford * Ulrik Edvardsen — VCU * Luc Fatton — VCU * Marcelo Acuña — Virginia Tech * Collin Verfurth — Virginia Tech * Brandon Servania — Wake Forest * Kyle Coffee — Washington * Elijah Rice — Washington * Pepe Martinez-Bertrand — Western Michigan * Kosti Moni — Western Michigan * Ben Thornton — Western Michigan * Ryder Bell — William & Mary * Mitch Guitar — Wisconsin ;Own goals *

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— Georgetown (playing against Southern Methodist)

Record by conference

*The 1st, R32, R16, QF, SF, F, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the first round, Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final, and National Champion, respectively.

References

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Qualification

Qualified teams

Seeding

Schedule

Bracket

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

2017 College Cup

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

national championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

Record by conference

See also

References