2007 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

The 2007 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from NCAA Division I who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer. The College Cup for the final four teams was held at SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. All other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 16, 2007.

2007 NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Tournament

Division I Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	48
Defending champions	UC Santa Barbara Guachos
Final positions
Champions	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Runner-up	Ohio State Buckeyes
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	115 (2.45 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	O'Brian White (4)
← 2006 2008 →

In the final, Wake Forest defeated Ohio State, 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

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
		Boston U	1
		UMass	2
							UMass	2
						1	Boston College	1
												UMass	3
												Central Connecticut	1
						16	Tulsa	2
							Central Connecticut	3
		Central Connecticut	3
		Harvard	2
																	UMass	2
																	UIC	1
		UIC	0(6)
		Saint Louis	0(5)
							UIC	2
						9	Northwestern	0
												UIC	1
											8	Creighton	0
						8	Creighton	3
							SMU	0
		Gonzaga	0
		SMU	1

Regional 2

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
		Duke	0
		Louisville	1
							Louisville	0
						5	Ohio State	1
											5	Ohio State	4/2OT
											12	UC Santa Barbara	3
						12	UC Santa Barbara	1
							Washington	0
		Portland	0
		Washington	1
																5	Ohio State	4
																	Bradley	0
		Liberty	0
		Loyola (MD)	2
							Loyola (MD)	0(2)
						13	Maryland	0(4)
											13	Maryland	2
												Bradley	3/2OT
						4	Indiana	1(4)
							Bradley	1(5)
		DePaul	0
		Bradley	2

Regional 3

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
		Vermont	1(4)
		Dartmouth	1(3)
							Vermont	0
						3	Connecticut	2
											3	Connecticut	5
												South Florida	0
						14	Akron	0
							South Florida	1/2OT
		Colgate	1
		South Florida	2
																3	Connecticut	0
																11	Virginia Tech	1
		UC Davis	1
		California	2/2OT
							California	2
						11	Virginia Tech	3
											11	Virginia Tech	1
												Old Dominion	0
						6	Brown	1
							Old Dominion	2/2OT
		Providence	0
		Old Dominion	1

Regional 4

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
		New Mexico	0
		UCLA	1
							UCLA	1
						7	Santa Clara	3
											7	Santa Clara	0
											10	Notre Dame	2
						10	Notre Dame	2
							Oakland	1
		Oakland	2
		Michigan State	1
																10	Notre Dame	0
																2	Wake Forest	1/OT
		St. Peter's	1
		Virginia	3
							Virginia	0
						15	West Virginia	1
											15	West Virginia	1
											2	Wake Forest	3
						2	Wake Forest	1
							Furman	0
		Campbell	0
		Furman	2

College Cup – SAS Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina

	National semifinals December 14					National Championship December 16
		Massachusetts	0
	5	Ohio State	1
						5	Ohio State	1
						2	Wake Forest	2
	11	Virginia Tech	0
	2	Wake Forest	2

Results

First round

Massachusetts v Boston U

November 23, 2007	Massachusetts	2–1	Boston U	Amherst, Massachusetts
12:00 EST	Amick 24' Jejna 67'	Report	Puerta 87'	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 484 Referee: Gus St. Silva

California v UC Davis

November 23, 2007	California	2–1 (a.e.t.)	UC Davis	Berkeley, California
4:30 EST	Jacobson 33' Wiedeman 102'	Report	Amarikwa 75'	Stadium: Edwards Stadium Attendance: 3,479 Referee: Colin Arblaster

Virginia v Saint Peter's

November 23, 2007	Virginia	3–1	Saint Peter's	Charlottesville, Virginia
5:00 EST	LaBauex 51' Murphy 78' Tierney 84'	Report	Constantino 30'	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Ronnie Canales

Louisville v Duke

November 23, 2007	Louisville	1–0	Duke	Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 EST	F. Jonke 28'	Report		Stadium: Cardinal Park Attendance: 828 Referee: Jim Sparks

South Florida v Colgate

November 23, 2007	South Florida	2–1	Colgate	Tampa, Florida
7:30 EST	Devenish 19' Y. Marshall 72'	Report	Volk 54'	Stadium: USF Soccer Stadium Attendance: 928 Referee: Chris Kenney

Saint Louis v Illinois-Chicago

November 23, 2007	Saint Louis	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Illinois-Chicago	St. Louis, Missouri
8:00 EST		Report		Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 1,193 Referee: Abdu Bensalah
	Penalties
	Patterson Ream Holmes Barklage Hayes Grazier Sweetin Gasparovic		Bubonja B. Husidić Zambrano Trout Dundjer Giffin Bilbrey Spiess

Washington v Portland

November 23, 2007	Washington	1–0	Portland	Seattle
9:00 EST	Allen 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,125 Referee: Mark Matthews

Harvard v Central Connecticut State

November 24, 2007	Harvard	2–3	Central Connecticut State	Cambridge, Massachusetts
12:00 EST	Stamatis 37' Akpan 77'	Report	Smith 22' Cooper 53' Klukowski 84'	Stadium: Ohiri Field Attendance: 953 Referee: Lou Labbadia

Michigan State v Oakland

November 24, 2007	Michigan State	1–2	Oakland	East Lansing, Michigan
12:00 EST	DeMartin 80'	Report	Nowak 39' St. Louis 46'	Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex Attendance: 896 Referee: Brent Sorg

Loyola (Maryland) v Liberty

November 24, 2007	Loyola (Maryland)	2–0	Liberty	Baltimore
1:00 EST	Dines 23' Bannister 41'	Report		Stadium: Ridley Athletic Complex Attendance: 902 Referee: Jorge González

Furman v Campbell

November 24, 2007	Furman	2–0	Campbell	Greenville, South Carolina
1:00 EST	Davis 36' Cekic 90'	Report		Stadium: Eugene E. Stone III Stadium Attendance: 773 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Dartmouth v Vermont

November 24, 2007	Dartmouth	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Vermont	Hanover, New Hampshire
2:30 EST	Keat 1' (pen.)	Report	Tobin 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Burnham Field Attendance: 2,034 Referee: Erich Simmons
	Penalties
	Henderson Ordonez Keat Christman Rothenberg		Crasilneck Hasman Hill Georgiadis Tobin

Old Dominion v Providence

November 24, 2007	Old Dominion	1–0	Providence	Norfolk, Virginia
7:00 EST	Emmanuel 67'	Report		Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: 703 Referee: Nate Clement

Bradley v DePaul

November 24, 2007	Bradley	2–0	DePaul	Peoria, Illinois
8:00 EST	Brust 61' Bigelow 83'	Report		Stadium: Shea Stadium Attendance: 1,129 Referee: Jorge Riopedre

SMU v Gonzaga

November 24, 2007	SMU	1–0	Gonzaga	University Park, Texas
8:00 EST	Guarda 76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Westcott Field Attendance: 232 Referee: Misail Tsapos

UCLA v New Mexico

November 24, 2007	UCLA	1–0	New Mexico	Los Angeles
10:00 EST	Nakazawa 89'	Report		Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 625 Referee: Miguel Chicas

Second round

#13 Maryland v Loyola (Maryland)

November 28, 2007	#13 Maryland	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Loyola (Maryland)	College Park, Maryland
5:00 EST		Report		Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 1,874 Referee: Andrew Chapin
	Penalties
	Allen Zusi King Gonzalez Hall		McVea Darvill Correa Cantillo

#5 Ohio State v Louisville

November 28, 2007	#5 Ohio State	1–0	Louisville	Columbus, Ohio
5:00 EST	Magill 53'	Report		Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 870 Referee: Abdu Bensalah

#1 Boston College v Massachusetts

November 28, 2007	#1 Boston College	1–2	Massachusetts	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
7:00 EST	Bedoya 18'	Report	Hogan 51' Mi. DeSantis 85'	Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,882 Referee: Erich Simmons

#6 Brown v Old Dominion

November 28, 2007	#6 Brown	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Old Dominion	Providence, Rhode Island
7:00 EST	Davies 49'	Report	Kulp 12' Emmanuel 107'	Stadium: Stevenson Field Attendance: 1,675 Referee: Gus St. Silva

#4 Indiana v Bradley

November 28, 2007	#4 Indiana	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Bradley	Bloomington, Indiana
7:00 EST	Mellencamp 2'	Report	Brust 69'	Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,297 Referee: Hilario Grajeda
	Penalties
	Weaver Adlard Ackley Alexander Roach		Brust Donoho DeGurian Campbell Cutshaw

#16 Tulsa v Central Connecticut State

November 28, 2007	#16 Tulsa	2–3	Central Connecticut State	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 EST	McInnes 21' Goddard 86' (pen.)	Report	Klukowski 23' Rundquist 48' Smith 81'	Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium Attendance: 851 Referee: Tim Debysingh

#3 Connecticut v Vermont

November 28, 2007	#3 Connecticut	2–0	Vermont	Storrs, Connecticut
7:00 EST	Arad 1' White 56'	Report		Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 2,631 Referee: Lou Labbadia

#11 Virginia Tech v California

November 28, 2007	#11 Virginia Tech	3–2	California	Blacksburg, Virginia
7:00 EST	Nason 25' Campbell 56', 85'	Report	Ayala-Hil 59', 90'	Stadium: Tech Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,597 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

#2 Wake Forest v Furman

November 28, 2007	#2 Wake Forest	1–0	Furman	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 EST	Valentin 23'	Report		Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,443 Referee: Steve Taylor

#15 West Virginia v Virginia

November 28, 2007	#15 West Virginia	1–0	Virginia	Morgantown, West Virginia
7:00 EST	Stratford 51'	Report		Stadium: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,112 Referee: Mark Garcia

#14 Akron v South Florida

November 28, 2007	#14 Akron	0–1 (a.e.t.)	South Florida	Akron, Ohio
7:30 EST		Report	Y. Marshall 102'	Stadium: Lee R. Jackson Field Attendance: 1,059 Referee: Tony DeLois

#10 Notre Dame v Oakland

November 28, 2007	#10 Notre Dame	2–1	Oakland	Notre Dame, Indiana
7:30 EST	Yoshinaga 36' Lapira 57'	Report	Osnes 66'	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 468 Referee: Rich Grady

#8 Creighton v SMU

November 28, 2007	#8 Creighton	3–0	SMU	Omaha, Nebraska
8:00 EST	Bohnenkamp 6' Gotsmanov 37' Travis 87'	Report		Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 1,390 Referee: Hidajet Tica

#9 Northwestern v Illinois-Chicago

November 28, 2007	#9 Northwestern	0–2	Illinois-Chicago	Evanston, Illinois
8:00 EST		Report	Stoll 72' Sarachan 90'	Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 1,023 Referee: David Jaworski

#7 Santa Clara v UCLA

November 28, 2007	#7 Santa Clara	3–1	UCLA	Santa Clara, California
10:00 EST	Hatzke 24' McCarthy 79' Ogunbiyi 80'	Report	Zaher 38'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 1,834 Referee: Dinesh Singh

#12 UC Santa Barbara v Washington

November 28, 2007	#12 UC Santa Barbara	1–0	Washington	Santa Barbara, California
10:00 EST	J. Curry 10'	Report		Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 9,641 Referee: Alex Gorin

Third round

#13 Maryland v Bradley

December 1, 2007	#13 Maryland	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Bradley	College Park, Maryland
6:00 EST	Wallace 17' Gonzalez 28'	Report	DeGurian 88' Cutshaw 90', 109'	Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 1,959 Referee: Nate Clement

#8 Creighton v Illinois-Chicago

December 1, 2007	#8 Creighton	0–1	Illinois-Chicago	Omaha, Nebraska
8:00 EST		Report	Sarachan 74'	Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Jorge Riopedre

#7 Santa Clara v #10 Notre Dame

December 1, 2007	#7 Santa Clara	0–2	#10 Notre Dame	Santa Clara, California
10:00 EST		Report	Lapira 68' Donohue 71'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 2,487 Referee: Yader Reyes

#3 Connecticut v South Florida

December 2, 2007	#3 Connecticut	5–0	South Florida	Storrs, Connecticut
12:00 EST	White 2', 22', 60' Priestley 47' Chijindu 76'	Report		Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 2,882 Referee: Erich Simmons

Massachusetts v Central Connecticut State

December 2, 2007	Massachusetts	3–1	Central Connecticut State	Amherst, Massachusetts
12:00 EST	Hogan 74', 80' Ofosu 87'	Report	Klukowski 88'	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 1,197 Referee: Bahij Salman

#5 Ohio State v #12 UC Santa Barbara

December 2, 2007	#5 Ohio State	4–3 (a.e.t.)	#12 UC Santa Barbara	Columbus, Ohio
1:00 EST	Brunner 25', 70' Edwards 66' Magill 104'	Report	Motagalvan 5' Brunner 32' (o.g.) Perera 53'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 643 Referee: Michael Oliver

#11 Virginia Tech v Old Dominion

December 2, 2007	#11 Virginia Tech	1–0	Old Dominion	Blacksburg, Virginia
1:00 EST	Nyarko 23'	Report		Stadium: Tech Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,365 Referee: Bill Dittmar

#2 Wake Forest v #15 West Virginia

December 2, 2007	#2 Wake Forest	3–1	#15 West Virginia	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1:00 EST	Schilawski 56' Arnoux 65', 87'	Report	Wright 50' (pen.)	Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,614 Referee: Andrew Chapin

Quarterfinals

#3 Connecticut v #11 Virginia Tech

December 8, 2007	#3 Connecticut	0–1	#11 Virginia Tech	Storrs, Connecticut
1:00 EST		Report	Nyarko 22'	Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 5,495 Referee: Brent Sorg

#2 Wake Forest v #10 Notre Dame

December 8, 2007	#2 Wake Forest	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#10 Notre Dame	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 EST	da Luz 97'	Report		Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,589 Referee: Rob Mann

Massachusetts v Illinois-Chicago

December 9, 2007	Massachusetts	2–1	Illinois-Chicago	Amherst, Massachusetts
12:00 EST	Amick 48' Mi. DeSantis 80'	Report	Giffin 59'	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 1,863 Referee: Ali Haycock

#5 Ohio State v Bradley

December 9, 2007	#5 Ohio State	4–0	Bradley	Columbus, Ohio
1:00 EST	Balc 58' (pen.), 65' Marsh 63' Magill 70'	Report		Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,705 Referee: Jorge de la Bandera

College Cup

Semifinals

#2 Wake Forest v #11 Virginia Tech

December 14, 2007	#2 Wake Forest	2–0	#11 Virginia Tech	Cary, North Carolina
5:00 EST	Tracy 51', 83'	Report		Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 8,611 Referee: Alex Gorin

#5 Ohio State v Massachusetts

December 14, 2007	#5 Ohio State	1–0	Massachusetts	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 EST	Edwards 53'	Report		Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 8,611 Referee: Alex Prus

Championship

#2 Wake Forest v #5 Ohio State

December 16, 2007	#2 Wake Forest	2–1	#5 Ohio State	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 EST	Tracy 66' Schilawski 78'	Report	Espinoza 13'	Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 8,172 Referee: Misail Tsapos

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals

• O'Brian White — Connecticut

3 goals

• Yan Klukowski — Central Connecticut State
• Bryan Hogan — Massachusetts
• Andrew Magill — Ohio State
• Marcus Tracy — 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 — Notre Dame
• Xavier Balc — Ohio State
• Eric Brunner — Ohio State
• Eric Edwards — Ohio State
• Ambane Emmanuel — Old Dominion
• Yohance Marshall — South Florida
• Charlie Campbell — 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 — Connecticut
• Chukwudi Chijindu — Connecticut
• Akeem Priestley — Connecticut
• Tim Bohnenkamp — Creighton
• Andrei Gotsmanov — Creighton
• Mo Travis — Creighton
• Dan Keat — Dartmouth
• Haris Cekic — Furman
• Chris Davis — Furman
• Andre Akpan — Harvard
• John Stamatis — Harvard
• Mike Giffin — Illinois-Chicago
• Kevin Stoll — Illinois-Chicago
• John Mellencamp — Indiana
• Frank Jonke — Louisville
• Phil Bannister — Loyola (Maryland)
• Eddie Dines — Loyola (Maryland)
• Omar Gonzalez — Maryland
• Rodney Wallace — Maryland
• Michael Jejna — Massachusetts
• Prince Ofosu — Massachusetts
• Doug DeMartin — 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 — Santa Clara
• Bruno Guarda — SMU
• Jason Devenish — South Florida
• Todd Goddard — Tulsa
• Ashley McInnes — Tulsa
• Quincy Amarikwa — UC Davis
• Jon Curry — UC Santa Barbara
• Alfonso Motagalvan — UC Santa Barbara
• Nick Perera — UC Santa Barbara
• Kyle Nakazawa — UCLA
• Mike Zaher — UCLA
• Connor Tobin — Vermont
• Ross LaBauex — Virginia
• Dane Murphy — Virginia
• Chris Tierney — Virginia
• Joe Nason — Virginia Tech
• Austin da Luz — Wake Forest
• Julian Valentin — Wake Forest
• Ely Allen — Washington
• Dan Stratford — West Virginia
• Andrew Wright — West Virginia

Own goals

• Eric Brunner — Ohio State (playing against UC Santa Barbara)

References

• "2007 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). Men's Division I Championship Brackets. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 47. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2011.