The 2006 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from

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who played for the NCAA Championship in

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. The College Cup Final Four was held at Hermann Stadium in

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. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 3, 2006.

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, and Wake Forest made the Final Four. UC Santa Barbara beat Wake Forest and UCLA defeated Virginia. In the final UC Santa Barbara won the title game overcoming UCLA, 2–1. The tournament started on November 10, 2006. The first round was played on November 10 and 11. The second round on the 15th, and the third round on the 18th and 19th. The Regional Finals were played on November 24–26.

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

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Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

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— UCLA ;4 goals * Gerardo Alvarez — Northwestern * David Estrada — UCLA ;3 goals * Andrew Daniels — Brown *

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— UC Santa Barbara * Nick Perera — UC Santa Barbara * Tyler Rosenlund — UC Santa Barbara * Adam Cristman — Virginia * Yannick Reyering — Virginia * Zack Schilawski — Wake Forest * Kevin Forrest — Washington ;2 goals * Javier Ayala-Hil — California * Mike Grella — Duke * Michael Videira — Duke * Spencer Wadsworth — Duke * Michael Todd — Hofstra * Brad North — Northwestern * Joseph Lapira — Notre Dame * Kurt Martin — Notre Dame * Jason Leopoldo — UCLA * Scott Jones — UNC Greensboro *

Steven Curfman Steven Curfman (born October 8, 1986, in Manassas, Virginia) is a former American soccer player who is currently a youth coach for North Carolina FC. Career College and amateur Curfman grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, attended Athens Drive ...

— Wake Forest *

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— Wake Forest ;1 goal * Rob Philippou — Adelphi * Barry Neville — Binghamton * Nick Elenz-Martin — Brown * Mark Schmiegel — Bucknell * Jeff Serafini — California * Jacob Wilson — California *

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— Clemson * Bryson Moore — Clemson * Dane Richards — Clemson * Julius James — Connecticut * Chris Loftus — Duke * Jimmy Gaughan — Fairfield * Christian Uy — Fairfield * Richard Godfrey — Gardner-Webb * Chris Salvaggione — Gardner-Webb * Andre Akpan — Harvard * Mike Fucito — Harvard * Rory McCrea — Hofstra * Eric Cervantes — Illinois-Chicago * Pavle Dundjer — Illinois-Chicago * Cesar Zambrano — Illinois-Chicago * Brian Ackley — Indiana * Adam Gazda — Lehigh * Jeremy Hall — Maryland * Graham Zusi — Maryland * Stephen Brown — New Mexico * Blake Danaher — New Mexico * Justin McGrane — Northern Illinois * David Roth — Northwestern * Brian Usinger — Northwestern * Trevor Banks — Old Dominion * Ross MacKenzie — Old Dominion * Jeffrey Gonsalves — Rhode Island *

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— Rhode Island * Nick LaBrocca — Rutgers * Freddy McDonald — San Diego State * Peter Lowry — Santa Clara * Brian Martin — Santa Clara * Babajide Ogunbiyi — Santa Clara * Erik Ustruck — Santa Clara * Scott Corbin — SMU * Ryan Soroka — St. John's * Nino Mangione — Towson * Pat Healey — Towson * Kevin Ruck — Towson * Shane Elsner — UAB * Bryan Byrne — UC Santa Barbara * Andy Iro — UC Santa Barbara * David Walker — UC Santa Barbara *

Chance Myers Chance Russell Myers (born December 7, 1987, in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American former soccer player. Career College and amateur Myers attended Thousand Oaks High School, and played college soccer at UCLA from 2006 to 2007. Over two y ...

— UCLA * Kyle Nakazawa — UCLA * Michael Stephens — UCLA * Thomas Campbell — UNC Greensboro * Michael Fitzgerald — UNC Greensboro * Randi Patterson — UNC Greensboro * Nico Colaluca — Virginia * Ian Holder — Virginia * Jonathan Villanueva — Virginia * Patrick Nyarko — Virginia Tech * Sam Cronin — Wake Forest * Michael Lahoud — Wake Forest * Wells Thompson — Wake Forest * Matt Fischer — Washington * Steve Mohn — Washington * Chris Wittig — West Virginia

References

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