2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country  United States
Teams 48
Defending champions Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Champions Maryland Terrapins
Runners-up North Carolina Tar Heels
Matches played 47
Goals scored 105 (2.23 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Andrew Wiedeman (4)
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The 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship 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 Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 14, 2008.

The bracket was announced November 17, 2008. The tournament started on November 21. The first round was played on November 21 and 22, and the second round on the 25th and 26th. The third round was played on November 29 and 30. The Regional Finals were played on December 6. Maryland won the 2008 College Cup, defeating North Carolina, 1–0, in the final. This was Maryland's third College Cup and second since 2005.

Regional 1

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
  William and Mary (10-6-3) 3  
  Winthrop (14-5-1) 1  
    William and Mary (11-6-3) 0  
    1 Wake Forest (18-1-1) 1/OT  
     
       
  1 Wake Forest (19-1-1) 7  
  16 Dartmouth (11-5-2) 0  
       
       
  16 Dartmouth (11-5-1) 0(4)
      Boston College (10-8-2) 0(2)  
  Boston College (9-8-2) 2
  Colgate (12-5-3) 0  
  1 Wake Forest (20-1-1) 5
  8 South Florida (15-4-3) 0
  Duke (10-7-2) 0  
  UNC Greensboro (8-11-2) 2  
    UNC Greensboro (9-11-2) 2/OT
    9 Loyola (Md.) (18-1-1) 1  
     
       
  UNC Greensboro (10-11-2) 1(1)
  8 South Florida (15-4-2) 1(3)  
       
       
  8 South Florida (14-4-2) 2
      Harvard (12-5-0) 1  
  Massachusetts (10-7-3) 0
  Harvard (11-5-0) 1/2OT  

Regional 2

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
  Oakland (14-4-1) 0(3)  
  Ohio State (9-8-2) 0(4)  
    Ohio State (9-8-3) 0  
    5 Akron (16-1-4) 1/2OT  
     
       
  5 Akron (17-1-4) 0  
  Northwestern (14-4-3) 1  
       
       
  12 Notre Dame (12-6-2) 1
      Northwestern (13-4-3) 2  
  Northwestern (13-4-2) 0(4)
  Loyola (Ill.) (12-6-3) 0(1)  
  Northwestern (15-4-3) 0
  13 North Carolina (13-7-1) 1
  Louisville (11-7-2) 3  
  Jacksonville (11-8-1) 4/OT  
    Jacksonville (12-8-1) 0
    13 North Carolina (11-7-1) 1  
     
       
  13 North Carolina (12-7-1) 3/OT
    Ill-Chicago (12-3-6) 2  
       
       
  4 Michigan State (13-5-1) 0(2)
      Ill-Chicago (12-3-5) 0(3)  
  Ill-Chicago (12-3-4) 0(3)
  Dayton (15-4-2) 0(1)  

Regional 3

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
  Boston University (11-5-3) 1  
  Farleigh Dickinson (13-5-2) 0  
    Boston University (12-5-3) 0  
    3 St. John's (16-2-3) 1  
     
       
  3 St. John's (NY) (17-2-3) 3  
  14 UC Irvine (15-1-6) 2  
       
       
  14 UC Irvine (14-1-6) 3
      Cal Poly (11-5-6) 0  
  UCLA (10-4-6) 0
  Cal Poly (10-5-6) 1  
  3 St. John's (NY) (18-2-3) 3/OT
  6 Indiana (14-6-3) 2
  UC Davis (12-4-4) 4  
  Denver (10-6-2) 0  
    UC Davis (13-4-4) 1
    11 Michigan (12-5-3) 2  
     
       
  11 Michigan (13-5-3) 0
  6 Indiana (13-6-3) 3  
       
       
  6 Indiana (12-6-3) 2
      St. Louis (12-4-5) 0  
  St. Louis (11-4-5) 1/2OT
  Drake (13-4-1) 0  

Regional 4

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
  Tulsa (15-3-3) 1  
  UMKC (9-6-3) 0  
    Tulsa (16-3-3) 1  
    7 Creighton (14-1-2) 2  
     
       
  7 Creighton (15-1-2) 2/OT  
    Connecticut (11-4-6) 1  
       
       
  10 Virginia (11-8-1) 0
      Connecticut (10-4-6) 2  
  Connecticut (9-4-6) 1
  Fairfield (11-7-0) 0  
  7 Creighton (16-1-2) 0
  2 Maryland (20-3-0) 1
  California (10-3-5) 3  
  San Francisco (9-9-2) 0  
    California (11-3-5) 3/2OT
    15 UC Santa Barbara (10-6-5) 2  
     
       
  California (12-3-5) 1
  2 Maryland (19-3-0) 2  
       
       
  2 Maryland (18-3-0) 2
      George Mason (14-6-2) 0  
  George Mason (13-6-2) 1
  Penn (11-2-4) 0  

College Cup – Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas

National Semifinals
December 12 		National Championship
December 14
      
1 Wake Forest (21-1-1) 0
13 North Carolina (14-7-1) 1
13 North Carolina (15-7-1) 0
2 Maryland (22-3-0) 1
3 St. John's (NY) (19-2-3) 0
2 Maryland (21-3-0) 1/2OT

Goal scorers

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