The 2007
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 champ ...
was a tournament of 48 teams from
NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athleti ...
who played for the NCAA Championship in
soccer. The College Cup for the final four teams was held at
SAS Soccer Park
WakeMed Soccer Park is a major soccer complex in Cary, North Carolina, United States. It consists of a purpose-built, soccer-specific main stadium called Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park, two lighted practice fields, and four additional ...
in
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest muni ...
. All other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 16, 2007.
In the final,
Wake Forest defeated
Ohio State
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public ...
, 2–1, with second-half goals scored by Marcus Tracy and Zach Schilawski. This was Wake Forest's first NCAA title in men's soccer and eighth overall.
The tournament began on November 23, 2007. The first round was played on November 23 and 24, and the second round on the November 28. The third round was played on December 1 and 2. The Regional Finals were played on December 7 and 8.
Regional 1
Regional 2
Regional 3
Regional 4
College Cup –
SAS Soccer Park
WakeMed Soccer Park is a major soccer complex in Cary, North Carolina, United States. It consists of a purpose-built, soccer-specific main stadium called Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park, two lighted practice fields, and four additional ...
,
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest muni ...
Results
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
College Cup
Semifinals
Championship
Statistics
Goalscorers
;4 goals
*
O'Brian White
O'Brian White (born 14 December 1985, in Ocho Rios) is a Jamaican former footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Youth and college
White grew up in Jamaica before moving to Scarborough, Ontario in 2002 to live with his mother. He began ...
— Connecticut
;3 goals
*
Yan Klukowski
Yan Klukowski (born 1 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hereford.
Club career Youth and College
Born and raised in Chippenham, Wiltshire, Klukowski was educated at Sheldon School. His football e ...
— Central Connecticut State
* Bryan Hogan — Massachusetts
* Andrew Magill — Ohio State
*
Marcus Tracy
Marcus Garin Tracy (born October 2, 1986 in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer player who plays as a striker.
Career
College and Amateur
Although born in Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Tracy grew up in Newtown, CT, play ...
— Wake Forest
;2 goals
* Stephen Brust — Bradley
* Chris Cutshaw — Bradley
* Javier Ayala-Hil — California
* Conor Smith — Central Connecticut State
* Ian Sarachan — Illinois-Chicago
* Stuart Amick — Massachusetts
* Mike DeSantis — Massachusetts
*
Joseph Lapira
Joseph Lapira (born August 13, 1986, Rochester, New York) is a retired soccer player. Born in the United States, Lapira is a one time international for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Besides the United States, he has played in No ...
— Notre Dame
* Xavier Balc — Ohio State
*
Eric Brunner — Ohio State
* Eric Edwards — Ohio State
* Ambane Emmanuel — Old Dominion
*
Yohance Marshall
Yohance Marshall (born January 22, 1986) is a Trinidadian footballer who last played for Kórdrengir in the 3. deild karla in Iceland.
Career
Youth and college
Born in Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago, Marshall attended high school at St. Anth ...
— South Florida
*
Charlie Campbell
Charlie Campbell (born January 5, 1988, in Mundelein, Illinois) is an American Association football, soccer player.
Career
College and amateur
Campbell attended Mundelein High School and played club soccer for the Chicago Sockers, before goin ...
— Virginia Tech
*
Patrick Nyarko — Virginia Tech
*
Cody Arnoux — Wake Forest
*
Zack Schilawski — Wake Forest
;1 goal
*
Alejandro Bedoya — Boston College
* Derek Puerta — Boston U
* Justin Bigelow — Bradley
* Drew DeGurian — Bradley
* Kevin Davies — Brown
*
Andrew Jacobson — California
*
Andrew Wiedeman — California
* Andrew Cooper — Central Connecticut State
* Johan Rundquist — Central Connecticut State
* Glenn Volk — Colgate
*
Dori Arad
Dori Arad ( he, דורי ארד, born 6 September 1982) is an Israeli former footballer.
He retired from play after the 2013 NCAA tournament.
Early life
Arad was born in kibbutz HaHotrim, Israel, to a Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִי� ...
— Connecticut
*
Chukwudi Chijindu — Connecticut
*
Akeem Priestley
Akeem Sayeed Priestley (born 13 April 1985) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Canadian club Master's Futbol as a winger.
Club career
Priestley played his college career in the United States at Jacksonville University and ...
— Connecticut
* Tim Bohnenkamp — Creighton
*
Andrei Gotsmanov
Andrei Gotsmanov (born 6 May 1986) is a Belarusian footballer.
Career
College
Gotsmanov grew up in Woodbury, Minnesota and played college soccer at Creighton University, with whom he earned the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Awa ...
— Creighton
* Mo Travis — Creighton
*
Dan Keat — Dartmouth
* Haris Cekic — Furman
* Chris Davis — Furman
*
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 and ...
— Harvard
* John Stamatis — Harvard
* Mike Giffin — Illinois-Chicago
* Kevin Stoll — Illinois-Chicago
* John Mellencamp — Indiana
*
Frank Jonke
Frank Jonke (born January 30, 1985) is a Canadian former soccer player who played in the USL Premier Development League, Canadian Soccer League, Kakkonen, Ykkönen, Veikkausliiga, and the North American Soccer League.
Playing career
Born in ...
— Louisville
* Phil Bannister — Loyola (Maryland)
* Eddie Dines — Loyola (Maryland)
*
Omar Gonzalez
Omar Alejandro Gonzalez (born October 11, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.
A college soccer player for the Maryland Terrapins, he joined the LA G ...
— Maryland
*
Rodney Wallace — Maryland
* Michael Jejna — Massachusetts
* Prince Ofosu — Massachusetts
*
Doug DeMartin
Doug DeMartin (born July 4, 1986 in Mason, Michigan) is an American soccer player who last played for Portland Timbers in the USSF Division-2 Professional League.
Career
College and amateur
DeMartin played college soccer at Michigan State U ...
— Michigan State
* Dave Donohue — Notre Dame
* Alex Yoshinaga — Notre Dame
* Piotr Nowak — Oakland
* Endre Osnes — Oakland
* Stefan St. Louis — Oakland
*
Roger Espinoza — Ohio State
* Geoff Marsh — Ohio State
* A. J. Kulp — Old Dominion
* Braulio Constantino — Saint Peter's
* Matt Hatzke — Santa Clara
*
Stephen McCarthy — Santa Clara
*
Babajide Ogunbiyi
Babajide "Jide" Ogunbiyi (born October 30, 1986) is a retired American soccer player who played as a defender.
Early life
Ogunbiyi was born in Rochester, New York to Lai, a pharmacologist from Nigeria, and Elaine Ogunbiyi, a biochemist from J ...
— Santa Clara
*
Bruno Guarda — SMU
* Jason Devenish — South Florida
* Todd Goddard — Tulsa
* Ashley McInnes — Tulsa
*
Quincy Amarikwa
Quincy Obinna Amarikwa ( ; born October 29, 1987) is an American soccer player.
Career
College and Amateur
Amarikwa attended Liberty High School. He was a member of the Bakersfield Alliance club soccer team and played college soccer at UC D ...
— UC Davis
* Jon Curry — UC Santa Barbara
*
Alfonso Motagalvan
Felix Alfonso Motagalvan (born February 11, 1987) is an American soccer player.
Playing career
Youth and college
Motagalvan was born in Santa Rosa, California, grew up in Gilroy, California, and attended Gilroy High School where he was ...
— UC Santa Barbara
*
Nick Perera
Nicolas Perera (born 5 June 1986) is a Spanish-born American soccer coach, executive, and player who plays for the Tacoma Stars of the MASL. He coached the team from 2018 to 2021.
As an executive, Perera was most recently the general manage ...
— UC Santa Barbara
*
Kyle Nakazawa — UCLA
*
Mike Zaher
Michael Rory Zaher (born September 24, 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former American soccer player.
Career
College and amateur
Zaher attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, whom he led to the Nevada high school state champio ...
— UCLA
*
Connor Tobin — Vermont
*
Ross LaBauex — Virginia
*
Dane Murphy
Dane Murphy (born March 15, 1986) is a retired American soccer player.
Murphy played for D.C. United in Major League Soccer before joining German 2. Bundesliga team VfL Osnabrück. In 2012, he joined New York Cosmos in the North American Soccer ...
— Virginia
*
Chris Tierney — Virginia
* Joe Nason — Virginia Tech
*
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 t ...
— Wake Forest
*
Julian Valentin — Wake Forest
*
Ely Allen — Washington
*
Dan Stratford
Daniel James Stratford (born 29 May 1985) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder and current head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer team. He returned to his '' alma mater'' after three seasons as assista ...
— West Virginia
*
Andrew Wright — West Virginia
;Own goals
*
Eric Brunner — Ohio State (playing against UC Santa Barbara)
References
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{{NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
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NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament seasons
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 champ ...
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 champ ...
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 champ ...