2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

2017 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament
College Cup
Country United States
Dates November 16 – December 10
Teams 48
Champions Stanford
Runners-up Indiana
Matches played 40
Goals scored 106 (2.65 per match)
2016
2018
All statistics correct as of November 26, 2017.

The 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship (also known as the 2017 College Cup) was the 59th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's collegiate soccer. The first, second, third, and quarterfinal rounds were held at college campus sites across the United States during November and December 2017, with host sites determined by seeding and record. The four-team College Cup finals were played at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania on December 8 and 10.[1]

The Stanford Cardinal defended their 2016 title by defeating Indiana in golden goal overtime, 1–0, to claim the 2017 championship.

Qualification

As in previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament features 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 are allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths are supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.

The NCAA Selection Committee also names the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams play in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.

Of the 24 schools that had previously won the championship, 13 qualified for this year's tournament.

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Qualified on Qualification type Previous appearances in tournament Previous best
performance
Air Force No. 27 RPI November 13 At-large 11 (1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2012) Quarterfinals (1968, 1993)
Albany Am. East champions November 12 Automatic 1 (2016) Round of 16 (2016)
Akron MAC champions November 12 Automatic 27 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. 2015, 2016) Champions (2010)
Butler No. 14 RPI November 13 At-large 7 (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2016) Round of 16 (1995, 1998)
California No. 33 RPI November 13 At-large 18 (1960, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014) Quarterfinals (2005)
Cal State Fullerton Big West champions November 11[2] Automatic 9 (1975, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2014, 2015) Semifinals (1993)
Central Arkansas MVC champions November 12 Automatic None (debut)
Clemson No. 6 RPI November 13 At-large 30 (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (1984, 1987)
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt champions November 12 Automatic 14 (1992, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Round of 16 (1992, 2003, 2012, 2013)
Colgate Patriot League champions November 12 Automatic 6 (1959, 1966, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016) Round of 16 (1992, 2003, 2012, 2013)
Columbia No. 29 RPI November 13 At-large 13 (1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993) Runners-Up (1983)
Dartmouth Ivy League champions November 6[3] Automatic 17 (1964, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016) Quarterfinals (1990)
Duke No. 3 RPI November 13 At-large 25 (1972, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Champions (1986)
Fairfield MAAC champions November 12 Automatic 3 (2006, 2008, 2011) Second Round (2006)
FIU No. 21 RPI November 13 At-large 9 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015) Runners-Up (1996)
Fordham No. 26 RPI November 13 At-large 3 (1996, 2014, 2016) First Round (1996, 2014, 2016)
Georgetown Big East champions November 12 Automatic 7 (1994, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Runners-up (2012)
Indiana No. 4 RPI November 13 At-large 41 (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (1982, 1983, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2012)
UIC Horizon League champions November 11 Automatic 6 (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016) Quarterfinals (2007)
Lipscomb Atlantic Sun champions November 11[4] Automatic None (debut)
Louisville No. 5 RPI November 13 At-large 9 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) Runners-Up (2010)
Maryland No. 25 RPI November 13 At-large 34 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (1968, 2005, 2008)
UMass Atlantic 10 champions November 12 Automatic 3 (2001, 2007, 2008) Semifinals (2007)
Mercer SoCon champions November 12 Automatic 2 (2001, 2016) First Round (2001, 2016)
Michigan No. 15 RPI November 13 At-large 5 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012) Semifinals (2010)
Michigan State No. 12 RPI November 13 At-large 18 (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) Champions (1967, 1968)
New Hampshire No. 20 RPI November 13 At-large 1 (1994) First Round (1994)
North Carolina No. 2 RPI November 13 At-large 24 (1968, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2105, 2016) Champions (2001, 2011)
NC State No. 45 RPI November 13 At-large 13 (1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2009) Semifinals (1990)
Notre Dame No. 10 RPI November 13 At-large 19 (1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2-12, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (2013)
Old Dominion Conference USA champions November 12 Automatic 13 (1989, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Round of 16 (2006, 2007)
Omaha Summit League champions November 11[5] Automatic None (debut)
Pacific No. 35 RPI November 13 At-large 1 (2016) Second round (2016)
Presbyterian Big South champions November 12 Automatic None (debut)
San Francisco WCC champions November 11[6] Automatic 30 (1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008) Champions (1966, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980)
Seattle U WAC champions November 12 Automatic 2 (2013, 2015) Round of 16 (2015)
SMU The American champions November 12 Automatic 30 (1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015) Semifinals (2000, 2005)
St. Francis Brooklyn NEC champions November 12 Automatic 8 (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 2013, 2014, 2016) Quarterfinals (1978)
Stanford Pac-12 champions November 7[7] Automatic 15 (1962, 1978, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (2015, 2016)
UNCW No. 36 RPI November 13 At-large 2 (2009, 2014) Second Round (2009, 2014)
Virginia No. 9 RPI November 13 At-large 38 (1969, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2014)
VCU No. 13 RPI November 13 At-large 8 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013) Quarterfinals (2004)
Virginia Tech No. 22 RPI November 13 At-large 5 (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016) Semifinals (2007)
Wake Forest ACC champions November 12[8] Automatic 20 (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (2007)
Washington No. 37 RPI November 13 At-large 22 (1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) Quarterfinals (2013)
Western Michigan No. 8 RPI November 13 At-large 1 (2003) First Round (2003)
William & Mary CAA champions November 12 Automatic 15 (1980, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2013) Quarterfinals (1980, 1996)
Wisconsin Big Ten champions November 12 Automatic 6 (1981, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2013) Champions (1995)

Seeding

Seeded teams
Seed School Conference Record Berth type United Soccer Coaches
ranking[9]
RPI ranking[10]
1 Wake Forest ACC 17–1–2 Tournament champion 1 1
2 Indiana Big 10 15–0–5 At-large 2 4
3 North Carolina ACC 14–3–1 At-large 7 2
4 Louisville ACC 11–2–4 At-large 9 5
5 Akron Mid-American 16–3–1 Tournament champion 4 7
6 Duke ACC 12–4–2 At-large 14 3
7 Michigan State Big Ten 11–3–3 At-large 15 12
8 Clemson ACC 12–5–1 At-large 5 6
9 Stanford PAC 12 15–2–1 Conference champion 3 11
10 Western Michigan Mid-American 16–3–1 At-large 6 8
11 Virginia ACC 12–3–5 At-large 8 9
12 Notre Dame ACC 11–6–2 At-large 12 10
13 Michigan Big 10 12–5–2 At-large 16 15
14 Georgetown Big East 14–3–2 Tournament champion 11 19
15 Dartmouth Ivy League 12–3–1 Conference champion 17 16
16 VCU Atlantic 10 12–6–0 At-large 22 13

Schedule

Round Date
First round November 16
Second round November 19
Third round November 25–26
Quarterfinals December 1−3
College Cup Semifinals December 8
College Cup Final December 10

Bracket

Regional 1

  First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
                                     
       
  1 Wake Forest* 1  
    Columbia 0  
  William & Mary* 1
  Columbia 2OT 2  
  1 Wake Forest* 2  
  Butler 0  
  Butler* 2  
  Lipscomb 0  
  Butler 3
    16 VCU* 2  
     
       
  1 Wake Forest* 0
  9 Stanford 2
       
       
  9 Stanford* PK 0(4)
    Pacific 0(1)  
  Pacific* 2
  Cal State Fullerton 1  
  9 Stanford* 2
  Coastal Carolina 0  
  Coastal Carolina* 1  
  Mercer 0  
  Coastal Carolina 3
    8 Clemson* 1  
     

Host Institution*

Regional 2

  First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
                                     
       
  5 Akron* 3  
    Seattle 0  
  Washington* 2
  Seattle OT 3  
  5 Akron* OT 3  
  Wisconsin 2  
  Wisconsin* 4  
  UIC 1  
  Wisconsin OT 1
    12 Notre Dame* 0  
     
       
  5 AkronPK 0(4)
  4 Louisville* 0(3)
       
       
  13 Michigan* 2
    Colgate 3  
  Massachusetts* 0
  Colgate 2  
  Colgate 0
  4 Louisville* 2  
  California* 1  
  San Francisco 2  
  San Francisco 2
    4 Louisville* 3  
     

Host Institution*

Regional 3

  First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
                                     
       
  3 North Carolina* 2  
    UNC Wilmington 1  
  UNC Wilmington* OT 1
  Presbyterian 0  
  3 North Carolina* 2  
  SMU 0  
  SMU* 2  
  Central Arkansas 0  
  SMU 2OT 2
    14 Georgetown* 1  
     
       
  3 North Carolina* 2
  Fordham 1
       
       
  11 Virginia* 0
    Fordham 1  
  Fordham* OT 3
  St. Francis Brooklyn 2  
  Fordham PK 2(8)
  6 Duke* 2(7)  
  FIU* 2  
  Omaha 0  
  FIU 1
    6 Duke* 2  
     

Host Institution*

Regional 4

  First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
                                     
       
  7 Michigan State* 3  
    Virginia Tech 0  
  Virginia Tech* 2
  Air Force 0  
  7 Michigan State* 3  
  10 Western Michigan 2  
  Maryland* 0(4)  
  Albany PK 0(5)  
  Albany 0
    10 Western Michigan* 2  
     
       
  7 Michigan State 1(2)
  2 Indiana* PK 1(3)
       
       
  15 Dartmouth* 0(1)
    New Hampshire PK 0(4)  
  New Hampshire* 3
  Fairfield 0  
  New Hampshire 1
  2 Indiana* 2  
  Old Dominion* 2  
  NC State 0  
  Old Dominion 0
    2 Indiana* 3  
     

Host Institution*

2017 College Cup

Semifinals
December 9
Talen Energy Stadium
Chester, Pennsylvania
Championship
December 11
Talen Energy Stadium
Chester, Pennsylvania
      
9 Stanford 2
5 Akron 0
9 Stanford 2OT 1
2 Indiana 0
2 Indiana 1
3 North Carolina 0

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

National Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
  • United States Mike Catalano — Wisconsin
3 goals
  • England Sam Gainford — Akron
  • United States Brandon Guhl — Butler
2 goals
  • New Zealand Stuart Holthusen — Akron
  • United States Martin Melchor — Coastal Carolina
  • Haiti Frantzdy Pierrot — Coastal Carolina
  • France Paul Marie — FIU
  • Germany Jannik Loebe — Fordham
  • United States Tate Schmitt — Louisville
  • Republic of Ireland Jack Hallahan — Michigan
  • Germany Robin Schmidt — New Hampshire
  • United States Jelani Pieters — North Carolina
  • United States Sean Bowman — San Francisco
  • United States Bryce Kaminski — San Francisco
  • Honduras Julio Moncada — UNC Wilmington
  • Spain Jon Bakero — Wake Forest
  • United States Tom Barlow — Wisconsin
1 goal
  • Canada Marcel Zajac — Akron
  • Finland Alex Lehtinen — Butler
  • England Lewis Suddick — Butler
  • Senegal Bass Sarr — Cal State Fullerton
  • United States Aravind Sivakumar — California
  • Jamaica Jason Wright — Clemson
  • United States Ryan Bellavance — Colgate
  • United States Karl Brown — Colgate
  • United States Uyi Omorogbe — Colgate
  • United States Aram Ouligian — Colgate
  • United States Jared Stroud — Colgate
  • United States Zach Morant — Columbia
  • Republic of Ireland Kynan Rocks — Columbia
  • Austria Matthias Frick — Duke
  • Iceland Kristófer Garðarsson — Duke
  • Austria Max Moser — Duke
  • United States Brian White — Duke
  • United States Deshawon Nembhard — FIU
  • United States Bart Dziedzic — Fordham
  • United States Matthew Lewis — Fordham
  • United States Eric Ohlendorf — Fordham
  • Germany Jörgen Oland — Fordham
  • United States Jacob Montes — Georgetown
  • United States Jacob Graiber — Illinois-Chicago
  • United States Grant Lillard — Indiana
  • United States Francesco Moore — Indiana
  • United States Austin Panchot — Indiana
  • United States Cory Thomas — Indiana
  • United States Mason Toye — Indiana
  • United States Walker Andriot — Louisville
  • France Adrien Cabon — Louisville
  • Scotland Adam Wilson — Louisville
  • United States Hunter Barone — Michigan State
  • United States Jimmy Fiscus — Michigan State
  • United States DeJuan Jones — Michigan State
  • United States Michael Pimlott — Michigan State
  • United States Ryan Sierakowski — Michigan State
  • United States Jacob Gould — New Hampshire
  • Norway Kristian Piippo — New Hampshire
  • United States Mauricio Pineda — North Carolina
  • United States Jack Skahan — North Carolina
  • United States Brandon Perdue — Old Dominion
  • Germany Max Wilschrey — Old Dominion
  • Netherlands Bob Groenendijk — Pacific
  • United States Spencer Vue — Pacific
  • United States Habib Barry — Seattle
  • Mexico Sergio Rivas — Seattle
  • Brazil Gabriel Ruiz — Seattle
  • United States Christian Boorom — Southern Methodist
  • United States Jordan Cano — Southern Methodist
  • United States Garrett McLaughlin — Southern Methodist
  • United States Leo Folla — St. Francis Brooklyn
  • United States Nadim Saqui — St. Francis Brooklyn
  • United States Tanner Beason — Stanford
  • United States Foster Langsdorf — Stanford
  • Norway Ulrik Edvarsen — VCU
  • United States Luc Fatton — VCU
  • Costa Rica Marcelo Acuña — Virginia Tech
  • United States Collin Verfurth — Virginia Tech
  • United States Brandon Servania — Wake Forest
  • United States Kyle Coffee — Washington
  • United States Elijah Rice — Washington
  • Spain Pepe Martinez-Bertrand — Western Michigan
  • United States Kosti Moni — Western Michigan
  • United States Ben Thornton — Western Michigan
  • United States Ryder Bell — William & Mary
  • United States Mitch Guitar — Wisconsin
Own goals
  • United States Brendan McDonough — Georgetown (playing against Southern Methodist)

Record by conference

Conference Bids Record Pct. 1st R32 R16 QF SF F NC
Atlantic Coast Conference 9 9–7–2 .556 2 8 4 3 1 0
Big Ten Conference 5 7–3–2 .667 2 4 3 2 1 1
Atlantic 10 Conference 3 2–3–2 .429 2 2 1 1 0
Pac-12 Conference 3 4–2–1 .543 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
America East Conference 2 1–2–2 .400 2 2 1 0
Big East Conference 2 2–2 .500 1 2 1 0
Colonial Athletic Association 2 1–2 .333 2 1 0
Conference USA 2 2–2 .500 2 2 0
Ivy League 2 1–1–1 .500 1 2 0
Mid-American Conference 2 3–2–1 .583 0 2 2 1 1 0
West Coast Conference 2 2–1–1 .625 2 2 0
Western Athletic Conference 2 1–2 .333 2 1 0
American Athletic Conference 1 2–1 .667 1 1 1 0
Patriot League 1 2–1 .667 1 1 1 0
Sun Belt Conference 1 2–1 .667 1 1 1 0
9 other conferences 9 0–9 0,000 9 0
    • The 1st, R32, R16, QF, SF, F, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the first round, Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final, and National Champion, respectively.

    See also

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