2006 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2006 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country United States
Dates November 8–December 3, 2006
Teams 64
Champions North Carolina Tar Heels
(18th title, 22nd College Cup)
Runners-up Notre Dame Fighting Irish
(5th title match, 8th College Cup)
Third place Florida State Seminoles
(3rd College Cup)
UCLA Bruins
(5th College Cup)
Matches played 63
Goals scored 187 (2.97 per match)
Attendance 68,298 (1,084 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Kerri Hanks, ND (4G, 8A)
Best player Offensive–Robin Gayle (UNC)
Defensive–Heather O'Reilly (UNC)
← 2005 2007 →
All statistics correct as of 7/15/2015.

The 2006 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2006 Women's College Cup) was the 25th 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 SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 1–3, 2006 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 8–25.[1]

North Carolina defeated Notre Dame in the final, 2–1, to win their eighteenth national title.[2] This was a rematch of the 1994, 1996, and 1999 tournament finals, all won by the Tar Heels.

The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Robin Gayle from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Heather O'Reilly, also from North Carolina. Gayle and O'Reilly, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 4 goals and 8 assists, was Kerri Hanks from Notre Dame.

Qualification

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

Pre-Tournament Top 25

1. Notre Dame
2. North Carolina
3. Santa Clara
4. UCLA
5. Florida State

6. Texas
7. Portland
8. Texas A&M
9. Penn State
10. West Virginia

11. Oklahoma State
12. Wake Forest
13. Utah
14. Florida
15. Rutgers

16. Stanford
17. BYU
18. Villanova
19. Navy
20. Colorado

21. California
22. Illinois
23. Tennessee
24.
25. William & Mary

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.

Bracket

North Carolina Bracket

First Round
November 8–11
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 11–13
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 17–19
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 24–25
Campus Sites
            
  North Carolina 7
  UNC Asheville 0
  North Carolina 4
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
  Navy 0
  Navy (2OT, PSO) 0(5)
  William & Mary 0(4)
  North Carolina* 6
  Tennessee 2
  Duke (2OT, PSO) 0(6)
  Louisville 0(5)
  Duke 0(3)
UT Soccer Complex • Knoxville, TN
  Tennessee (2OT, PSO) 0(4)
  Tennessee 4
  UAB 0
  North Carolina* 3
  Texas A&M 2
  Wake Forest 4
  Old Dominion 0
  Wake Forest 0
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
  Virginia 2
  Virginia 2
  West Virginia 0
  Virginia 1
  Texas A&M* 2
  SMU 2
  McNeese State 0
  SMU 0
Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX
  Texas A&M 4
  Texas A&M 5
  Grambling State 0

Texas Bracket

First Round
November 8–11
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 11–13
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 17–19
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 24–25
Campus Sites
            
  UCLA 6
  UNLV 1
  UCLA 3
Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
  Cal State Fullerton 1
  Cal State Fullerton 3
  Loyola Marymount 0
  UCLA* 3
  Florida 2
  Marquette 3
  Purdue 1
  Marquette 0(3)
Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI
  Florida (2OT, PSO) 0(4)
  Florida 2
  Loyola–Chicago 0
  UCLA* 2
  Portland 1
  Utah (2OT) 3
  Idaho State 2
  Utah 0
Ute Soccer Field • Salt Lake City, UT
  Portland 3
  Portland 2
  BYU 1
  Portland 2
  Texas* 0
  Connecticut 2
  Columbia 1
  Connecticut 1(1)
Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT
  Texas (2OT, PSO) 1(3)
  Texas 4
Long Island 0

Santa Clara Bracket

First Round
November 8–11
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 11–13
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 17–19
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 24–25
Campus Sites
            
  Santa Clara 0
  USC 1
  USC 0
Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA
  Stanford 2
  Stanford 2
  Nevada 1
  Stanford* 0(2)
  Clemson 0(4)
  Clemson 1(4)
  Vanderbilt 1(3)
  Clemson (2OT, PSO) 0(4)
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
  Oklahoma State 0(2)
  Oklahoma State 2
  UNC Greensboro 0
  Clemson 1
  Florida State* 2
  Illinois 2
  Southeast Missouri State 0
  Illinois 4
Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO
  Saint Louis 1
  Saint Louis 2
  Drake 0
  Illinois 0
  Florida State* 1
  California 3
  Auburn 1
  California 1
Seminole Soccer Complex • Tallahassee, FL
  Florida State 3
  Florida State 6
  Jacksonville 0

Notre Dame Bracket

First Round
November 8–11
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 11–13
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 17–19
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 24–25
Campus Sites
            
  Penn State 3
  Niagara 1
  Penn State 2
Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA
  Villanova 0
  Villanova 5
  Toledo 1
  Penn State* 1
  Boston College 0
  Boston College 3
  Boston University 0
  Boston College (2OT, PSO) 0(4)
Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ
  Rutgers 0(2)
  Rutgers 2
  Hartford 0
  Penn State 0
  Notre Dame* 4
  Colorado 2
  Colorado College 1
  Colorado 2
Prentup Field • Boulder, CO
  Denver 1
  Denver 2
  Kentucky 0
  Colorado 0
  Notre Dame* 3
  Wisconsin–Milwaukee 0(5)
  Michigan 0(3)
  Wisconsin–Milwaukee 0
Alumni Field • Notre Dame, IN
  Notre Dame 1
  Notre Dame 7
  Oakland 1

College Cup

Semifinals
December 1
SAS Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina 		Championship
December 3
SAS Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
      
  North Carolina 2
  UCLA 1
  North Carolina 2
  Notre Dame 1
  Florida State 0
  Notre Dame 2

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2006 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2006 Division I Women's Tournament Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
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