2005 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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2005 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 10 – December 4, 2005
Teams64
Final positions
ChampionsPortland Pilots
(2nd title, 8th College Cup)
Runner-upUCLA Bruins
(3rd title match, 4th College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored207 (3.29 per match)
Attendance62,569 (993 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Kara Lang, UCLA (8G, 1A)
Best playerOffensive–Christine Sinclair (Portland)
Defensive–Cori Alexander (Portland)
All statistics correct as of 7/11/2015.
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The 2005 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2005 Women's College Cup) was the 24th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Aggie Soccer Complex in College Station, Texas from December 2–4, 2005 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 10–25.[1]

Portland defeated UCLA in the final, 4–0, to win their second national title.[2]

The most outstanding offensive player was Christine Sinclair from Portland, and the most outstanding defensive player was Cori Alexander, also from Portland. Sinclair was also named MOP Offensive after Portland's first title in 2002. Sinclair and Alexander, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 8 goals and 1 assist, was Kara Lang from UCLA.

Qualification[edit]

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.

Format[edit]

Just as before, the final two rounds, deemed the Women's College Cup, were played at a pre-determined neutral site. All other rounds were played on campus sites at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams hosted four team-regionals on their home fields during the tournament's first weekend. Rather than being seeded 1 to 16, teams were seeded to 1 to 4 and placed in one of four main brackets.[3]

National seeds[edit]

#1 Seeds (Overall #1–#4) #2 Seeds (Overall #5–#8) #3 Seeds (Overall #9–#12) #4 Seeds (Overall #13–#16)

Records[edit]

Penn State Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Boston College ACC At-large 11–5–2
Boston U. America East Automatic 13–4–4
Bucknell Patriot Automatic 11–8–1
3 Connecticut Big East At-large 15–4–2
Dartmouth Ivy League At-large 12–4–1
Fresno State WAC Automatic 10–9–1
Hofstra CAA Automatic 14–3–3
North Texas Sun Belt Automatic 16–3–2
Northwestern State Southland Automatic 12–5–1
1 Penn State Big Ten At-large 19–0–1
Saint Louis Atlantic 10 Automatic 15–4
2 Santa Clara West Coast At-large 14–4–2
SMU Conference USA At-large 14–4–2
Stanford Pac-10 At-large 10–6–3
4 Texas A&M Big 12 Automatic 16–3–2
West Virginia Big East At-large 11–5–3
Portland Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Arizona Pac-10 At-large 09–7–3
Bowling Green MAC Automatic 14–6–2
4 BYU Mountain West At-large 15–2–3
Central Conn. State Northeast Automatic 17–3
Creighton Missouri Valley Automatic 12–5–3
3 Duke ACC At-large 13–5–1
Fairfield MAAC Automatic 10–6–3
Iowa State Big 12 At-large 11–6–3
Michigan State Big Ten At-large 11–5–5
Nebraska Big 12 At-large 13–7–1
2 Notre Dame Big East Automatic 19–2
1 Portland West Coast Automatic 18–0–1
Utah Mountain West At-large 14–6–1
Valparaiso Mid-Continent Automatic 12–7–1
Weber State Big Sky Automatic 14–4–1
Yale Ivy League Automatic 13–3–1
UCLA Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
3 Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic 17–3
Colorado Big 12 At-large 12–7–3
Gonzaga West Coast At-large 12–3–4
Liberty Big South Automatic 12–6–2
4 Marquette Big East At-large 17–3–1
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic 12–4–4
MVSU SWAC Automatic 09–7–2
Purdue Big Ten At-large 11–7–1
Tennessee SEC Automatic 14–5–2
UC Riverside Big West At-large 11–4–5
1 UCLA Pac-10 Automatic 17–1–2
UNLV Mountain West Automatic 13–6–3
USC Pac-10 At-large 12–5–2
2 Virginia ACC At-large 15–5–1
Wake Forest ACC At-large 09–8–1
Wisconsin Big Ten Automatic 13–8–2
North Carolina Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
3 California Pac-10 At-large 14–3–2
Clemson ACC At-large 09–8–2
Florida SEC At-large 13–5–1
Florida Atlantic Atlantic Sun Automatic 16–3–1
2 Florida State ACC At-large 17–3
Illinois Big Ten At-large 11–6–3
Mississippi SEC At-large 14–4–2
1 North Carolina ACC Automatic 20–1
4 Pepperdine West Coast At-large 13–3–3
Rice Conference USA Automatic 13–6–1
Samford Ohio Valley Automatic 15–3–3
Texas Big 12 At-large 11–8–1
UTEP Conference USA At-large 18–3–1
Vanderbilt SEC At-large 16–3–2
VCU CAA At-large 12–4–5
Western Carolina Southern Automatic 18–5

Bracket[edit]

Penn State Bracket[edit]

First round
November 10–11
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 12–13
Regional Campus Sites
Third Round
November 18–20
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 25
Campus Sites
            
1 Penn State 6
Bucknell 0
1 Penn State 5
Jeffrey Field • State College, PA
West Virginia 2
  Hofstra 0
  West Virginia 3
1 Penn State* 4
4 Texas A&M 1
  SMU 3
  North Texas 0
SMU 2
Aggie Soccer ComplexCollege Station, TX
4 Texas A&M 4
4 Texas A&M 7
Northwestern State 0
1 Penn State* 2
2 Santa Clara 1
3 Connecticut 0
Boston University 1
  Boston University 0
Morrone StadiumStorrs, CT
  Boston College 1
  Boston College 2
  Dartmouth 1
Boston College 1
2 Santa Clara* 2
  Saint Louis 2
  Stanford 0
Saint Louis 0
Buck Shaw StadiumSanta Clara, CA
2 Santa Clara 4
2 Santa Clara 5
Fresno State 0

Portland Bracket[edit]

First round
November 10–11
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 12–13
Regional Campus Sites
Third Round
November 18–20
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 25
Campus Sites
            
1 Portland 5
Iowa State 0
1 Portland 3
Nebraska Soccer Field • Lincoln, NE
Nebraska 2
  Creighton 0
  Nebraska 1
1 Portland* 4
Arizona 0
  Utah 0
  Arizona 1
  Arizona 1
Ute Soccer Field • Salt Lake City, UT
  Weber State 0
4 BYU 1(3)
Weber State (OT, PSO) 1(4)
1 Portland* 3
2 Notre Dame 1
3 Duke 4
Fairfield 0
3 Duke 0
Reese StadiumNew Haven, CT
Yale 1
  Yale 3
  Central Connecticut 0
Yale 2
2 Notre Dame* 5
  Michigan State 4
  Bowling Green 0
Michigan State 0
Alumni Field • South Bend, IN
2 Notre Dame 3
2 Notre Dame 6
Valparaiso 0

UCLA Bracket[edit]

First round
November 10–11
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 12–13
Regional Campus Sites
Third Round
November 18–20
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 25
Campus Sites
            
1 UCLA 9
Mississippi Valley State 0
1 UCLA 3
Drake StadiumLos Angeles, CA
Colorado 0
  UC Riverside 0(3)
  Colorado (2OT, PSO) 0(4)
1 UCLA* 4
4 Marquette 0
  Purdue 0(5)
  Wisconsin–Milwaukee (2OT, PSO) 0(6)
Wisconsin–Milwaukee 0
Valley FieldsMilwaukee, WI
4 Marquette 1
4 Marquette 1
Wisconsin 0
1 UCLA* 5
2 Virginia 0
3 Cal State Fullerton (OT) 1
UNLV 0
3 Cal State Fullerton 3
Fullerton StadiumFullerton, CA
USC 1
  USC 1
  Gonzaga 0
3 Cal State Fullerton 1
2 Virginia* 2
  Tennessee 5
  Wake Forest 2
Tennessee 0
Klöckner StadiumCharlottesville, VA
2 Virginia 3
2 Virginia 4
Liberty 0

North Carolina Bracket[edit]

First round
November 10–11
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 12–13
Regional Campus Sites
Third Round
November 18–20
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 25
Campus Sites
            
1 North Carolina 2
Western Carolina 0
1 North Carolina 6
Fetzer FieldChapel Hill, NC
VCU 2
  VCU 3
  Clemson 1
1 North Carolina* 6
4 Pepperdine 0
  Samford (2OT, PSO) 1(5)
  Vanderbilt 1(4)
Samford 1
VU Soccer Complex • Nashville, TN
4 Pepperdine 2
4 Pepperdine 1
Ole Miss 0
1 North Carolina* 1(4)
2 Florida State* 1(5)
3 California 2
Rice 0
3 California 2
Mike A. Myers StadiumAustin, TX
UTEP 1
  Texas 2
  UTEP 3
3 California 1
2 Florida State* 2
  Illinois 1
  Florida 0
Illinois 1
James G. Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL
2 Florida State 2
2 Florida State 3
Florida Atlantic 0

College Cup[edit]

Semifinals
December 2
Aggie Soccer Complex
College Station, Texas
Championship
December 4
Aggie Soccer Complex
College Station, Texas
      
1 Penn State 0(3)
1 Portland 0(4)
1 Portland 4
1 UCLA 0
1 UCLA 4
2 Florida State 0

All-tournament team[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "2005 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "2005 Division I Women's Championship Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved July 11, 2015.[permanent dead link]