2005 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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]

2005 NCAA women's soccer tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Champions Portland at the White House
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 10 – December 4, 2005
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Portland Pilots (2nd title, 8th College Cup)
Runner-up	UCLA Bruins (3rd title match, 4th College Cup)
Semifinalists	Florida State Seminoles (2nd College Cup) Penn State Nittany Lions (3rd College Cup)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	207 (3.29 per match)
Attendance	62,569 (993 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Kara Lang, UCLA (8G, 1A)
Awards
Best player	Offensive–Christine Sinclair (Portland) Defensive–Cori Alexander (Portland)
← 2004 2006 → All statistics correct as of 7/11/2015.

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

Main article: 2005 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

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

Format

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

#1 Seeds (Overall #1–#4)	#2 Seeds (Overall #5–#8)	#3 Seeds (Overall #9–#12)	#4 Seeds (Overall #13–#16)
North Carolina (20–0–1) Penn State (19–0–1) Portland (18–0–1) UCLA (17–1–2)	Florida State (17–3–0) Notre Dame (19–2–0) Santa Clara (14–4–2) Virginia (15–5–1)	California (14–3–2) Cal State Fullerton (17–3–0) Connecticut (15–4–2) Duke (13–5–1)	BYU (15–2–3) Marquette (17–3–1) Pepperdine (13–3–3) Texas A&M (16–3–2)

Records

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

Penn State Bracket

	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 Complex • College 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 Stadium • Storrs, 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 Stadium • Santa Clara, CA
						2	Santa Clara	4
	2	Santa Clara	5
		Fresno State	0

Portland Bracket

	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 Stadium • New 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

	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 Stadium • Los 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 Fields • Milwaukee, 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 Stadium • Fullerton, CA
							USC	1
		USC	1
		Gonzaga	0
											3	Cal State Fullerton	1
											2	Virginia*	2
		Tennessee	5
		Wake Forest	2
							Tennessee	0
	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
						2	Virginia	3
	2	Virginia	4
		Liberty	0

North Carolina Bracket

	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 Field • Chapel 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 Stadium • Austin, TX
							UTEP	1
		Texas	2
		UTEP	3
											3	California	1
											2	Florida State*	2
		Illinois	1
		Florida	0
							Illinois	1
	James G. Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL
						2	Florida State	2
	2	Florida State	3
		Florida Atlantic	0

College Cup

	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

• Cori Alexander, Portland (most outstanding defensive player)
• Danesha Adams, UCLA
• Lindsey Huie, Portland
• Stephanie Lopez, Portland
• Erin McLeod, Penn State
• Iris Mora, UCLA
• Jill Oakes, UCLA
• Megan Rapinoe, Portland
• Christine Sinclair, Portland (most outstanding offensive player)
• India Trotter, Florida State
• Angie Woznuk, Portland

See also

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)