2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2007 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country	United States
Dates	November 15–December 9, 2007
Teams	64
Champions	USC Trojans (1st title, 1st College Cup)
Runners-up	Florida State Seminoles (1st title match, 4th College Cup)
Third place	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9th College Cup) UCLA Bruins (5th College Cup)
Matches played	63
Goals scored	190 (3.02 per match)
Attendance	61,019 (969 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sanna Talonen, FSU (8G, 1A)
Best player	Offensive–Amy Rodriguez (USC) Defensive–Kristin Olsen (USC)
← 2006 2008 →
All statistics correct as of 7/22/2015.

The 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2007 Women's College Cup) was the 26th 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 7–9, 2007 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 15–30.^[1]

USC defeated Florida State in the final, 2–0, to win their first national title. Both teams were making their first appearances in the tournament final while USC managed to become the first program since Florida in 1998 to win the College Cup in the first ever appearance.^[2] The Trojans (20–3–2) were coached by Ali Khosroshahin.

The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Amy Rodriguez from USC, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Kristin Olsen, also from USC. Rodriguez and Olsen, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 8 goals and 1 assist, was Sanna Talonen from Florida State.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.^[3]

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 (with some exceptions, noted below) during the tournament's first weekend.

National Seeds

#1 Seeds	#2 Seeds	#3 Seeds	#4 Seeds
North Carolina (17–3–1) Penn State (16–3–2) Stanford (14–2–4) UCLA (16–1–2)	Portland (15–3–0) Purdue (19–2–2) USC (14–3–2) Texas A&M (17–3–2)	Florida (16–4–2) Florida State (13–5–3) Georgia (17–3–2) Tennessee (13–4–2)	Notre Dame (15–4–2) Virginia (11–3–6) Wake Forest (12–6–3) West Virginia (15–4–2)

Bracket

North Carolina Bracket

	First Round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round November 17–19 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30 Campus Sites
	1	North Carolina	6
		High Point	1
						1	North Carolina	3
	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
							UNC Greensboro	1
	Memphis		0
	UNC Greensboro		1
											1	North Carolina	2
											4	Notre Dame	3
	Louisville		0
	Illinois (OT)		1
							Illinois	0
	Alumni Field • Notre Dame, IN
						4	Notre Dame	2
		Loyola–Chicago	0
	4	Notre Dame	3
																4	Notre Dame	3
																	Duke	2
	3	Georgia	6
		Alabama A&M	1
						3	Georgia	0
	Turner Soccer Complex • Athens, GA
							Duke	1
	South Carolina		1(1)
	Duke (2OT, PSO)		1(4)
											Duke		2
											Indiana		0
	Indiana (2OT)		3
	Toledo		2
							Indiana	0(4)
	Varsity Soccer Complex • West Lafayette, IN
						2	Purdue	0(3)
	2	Purdue	4
		Oakland	0

Stanford Bracket

	First Round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round November 17–19 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30 Campus Sites
	2	Texas A&M	4
		Stephen F. Austin	1
						2	Texas A&M	2
	Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX
							Texas	3
	BYU		0
	Texas		2
												Texas	0
											3	Florida State	4
	LSU (2OT)		2
	Samford		1
							LSU	0
	Seminole Soccer Complex • Tallahassee, FL
						3	Florida State	4
		Kennesaw State	0
	3	Florida State	3
																3	Florida State (2OT)	3
																	Connecticut	2
	4	Wake Forest	2
		Boston University	1
						4	Wake Forest	0
	Newton Soccer Complex • Newton, MA
							Connecticut	2
	Connecticut (2OT, PSO)		0(5)
	Boston College		0(4)
												Connecticut	2
											1	Stanford	0
	Santa Clara		0
	California		2
							California	1(7)
	Maloney Field • Stanford, CA
						1	Stanford (2OT, PSO)	1(8)
		Sacramento State	0
	1	Stanford	7

Penn State Bracket

	First Round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round November 17–19 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30 Campus Sites
	1	Penn State	4
		Monmouth	0
						1	Penn State (2OT)	2
	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA
							Hofstra	1
	Hofstra		1
	Ohio State		0
											1	Penn State	0
											4	West Virginia	1
	James Madison		2
	Penn		0
							James Madison	0
	Mountaineer Soccer Complex • Morgantown, WV
						4	West Virginia	2
		Navy	0
	4	West Virginia	4
																4	West Virginia	0
																2	USC	1
	3	Florida	3
		Miami (FL)	0
						3	Florida	0(4)
	Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL
							UCF	0(3)
	Auburn		1
	UCF		3
											3	Florida	0
											2	USC	1
	Missouri (2OT, PSO)		1(2)
	Southeast Missouri State		1(0)
							Missouri	1
	Walton Stadium • Columbia, MO
						2	USC (2OT)	2
	2	USC	3
		Creighton	0

UCLA Bracket

	First Round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round November 17–19 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30 Campus Sites
	2	Portland	5
		Denver	0
						2	Portland	1
	Merlo Field • Portland, OR
							Colorado	0
	Hawaiʻi		0
	Colorado		2
											2	Portland	3
											3	Tennessee	0
	Charlotte		2
	Clemson		4
							Clemson	0
	UT Soccer Complex • Knoxville, TN
						3	Tennessee (2OT)	1
		Furman	0
	3	Tennessee	2
																2	Portland	2
																1	UCLA (2OT)	3
	4	Virginia	4
		Loyola–Maryland	1
						4	Virginia	1
	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
							William & Mary	0
	Georgetown		1
	William & Mary		2
											4	Virginia	1
											1	UCLA (2OT)	2
	San Diego		1
	Oklahoma State		2
							Oklahoma State	0
	Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
						1	UCLA	4
	1	UCLA	3
		Cal State Fullerton	1

College Cup

	Semifinals December 7 Aggie Soccer Stadium College Station, Texas					Championship December 9 Aggie Soccer Stadium College Station, Texas
	4	Notre Dame	2
	3	Florida State	3
						3	Florida State	0
						2	USC	2
	2	USC	2
	1	UCLA	1

All-tournament team

• Amy Rodriguez, USC (Most Outstanding Offensive Player)
• Kristin Olsen, USC (Most Outstanding Defensive Player)
• Lauren Cheney, UCLA
• Janessa Currier, USC
• Amanda DaCosta, Florida State
• Christina DiMartino, UCLA
• Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame
• Kasey Johnson, USC
• Sanna Talonen, Florida State
• Marihelen Tomer, USC
• Mami Yamaguchi, Florida State

See also

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

References

1. "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
2. "2007 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
3. "2007 Division I Women's Tournament Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 22, 2015.