2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Football tournament season
2017 NCAA men's soccer tournament College Cup Country United States Dates November 16 – December 10 Teams 48 Champions Stanford Runner-up Indiana Matches played 47 Goals scored 106 (2.26 per match) All statistics correct as of November 26, 2017.
The 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament (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 featured 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 were 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 did not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths were 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 named 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 played 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 the 2017 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
America 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
2017 Quarterfinal sites (blue) and College Cup (red)
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
Host Institution*
Regional 2
Host Institution*
Regional 3
Host Institution*
Regional 4
Host Institution*
2017 College Cup
Results
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
College Cup
Semifinals
National championship
Statistics
Goalscorers
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4 goals
3 goals
Sam Gainford — Akron
Brandon Guhl — Butler
2 goals
Stuart Holthusen — Akron
Martin Melchor — Coastal Carolina
Frantzdy Pierrot — Coastal Carolina
Paul Marie — FIU
Jannik Loebe — Fordham
Tate Schmitt — Louisville
Jack Hallahan — Michigan
Robin Schmidt — New Hampshire
Jelani Pieters — North Carolina
Sean Bowman — San Francisco
Bryce Kaminski — San Francisco
Julio Moncada — UNC Wilmington
Jon Bakero — Wake Forest
Tom Barlow — Wisconsin
1 goal
Marcel Zajac — Akron
Alex Lehtinen — Butler
Lewis Suddick — Butler
Bass Sarr — Cal State Fullerton
Aravind Sivakumar — California
Jason Wright — Clemson
Ryan Bellavance — Colgate
Karl Brown — Colgate
Uyi Omorogbe — Colgate
Aram Ouligian — Colgate
Jared Stroud — Colgate
Zach Morant — Columbia
Kynan Rocks — Columbia
Matthias Frick — Duke
Kristófer Garðarsson — Duke
Max Moser — Duke
Brian White — Duke
Deshawon Nembhard — FIU
Bart Dziedzic — Fordham
Matthew Lewis — Fordham
Eric Ohlendorf — Fordham
Jörgen Oland — Fordham
Jacob Montes — Georgetown
Jacob Graiber — Illinois-Chicago
Grant Lillard — Indiana
Francesco Moore — Indiana
Austin Panchot — Indiana
Cory Thomas — Indiana
Mason Toye — Indiana
Walker Andriot — Louisville
Adrien Cabon — Louisville
Adam Wilson — Louisville
Hunter Barone — Michigan State
Jimmy Fiscus — Michigan State
DeJuan Jones — Michigan State
Michael Pimlott — Michigan State
Ryan Sierakowski — Michigan State
Jacob Gould — New Hampshire
Kristian Piippo — New Hampshire
Mauricio Pineda — North Carolina
Jack Skahan — North Carolina
Brandon Perdue — Old Dominion
Max Wilschrey — Old Dominion
Bob Groenendijk — Pacific
Spencer Vue — Pacific
Habib Barry — Seattle
Sergio Rivas — Seattle
Gabriel Ruiz — Seattle
Christian Boorom — Southern Methodist
Jordan Cano — Southern Methodist
Garrett McLaughlin — Southern Methodist
Leo Folla — St. Francis Brooklyn
Nadim Saqui — St. Francis Brooklyn
Tanner Beason — Stanford
Foster Langsdorf — Stanford
Ulrik Edvardsen — VCU
Luc Fatton — VCU
Marcelo Acuña — Virginia Tech
Collin Verfurth — Virginia Tech
Brandon Servania — Wake Forest
Kyle Coffee — Washington
Elijah Rice — Washington
Pepe Martinez-Bertrand — Western Michigan
Kosti Moni — Western Michigan
Ben Thornton — Western Michigan
Ryder Bell — William & Mary
Mitch Guitar — Wisconsin
Own goals
Record by conference
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
References
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