2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game
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The 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game (also known as the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's College Cup) was played on December 4, 2023, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, and determined the winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, the national collegiate women's soccer championship in the United States. This was the 41st. edition of this tournament organised by the NCAA.[1]
Event | 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament | ||||||
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Date | 5 December 2022 | ||||||
Venue | WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC | ||||||
Referee | Samantha Martinez | ||||||
Attendance | 9,531 | ||||||
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The match featured North Carolina (20–4–1),[2] which played its 27th. final, and UCLA, which made its 6th. appearance in the final. UCLA made a historic comeback[3] to defeat North Carolina 3–1 and win their second NCAA women's soccer title.[1][4]
UCLA forced the extra time scoring two goals with only 10 minutes remaining. The winning goal was scored by Graduate midfielder Maricarmen Reyes in the 107'.[5] UCLA (which had reached the final with a 22–2–1 record) also became the first women's soccer program in the NCAA history to win a national championship with a first-year head coach.[3][1] This championship became the 120th. title in UCLA athletics program history.[5][2]
North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance praised UCLA, and stated about the game: "This is one of the greatest finals I've personally ever been involved in" (...) up and back, lots of goals, overtime, the drama of sport — one team goes up, the other one claws their way back."[3]