NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship

Women's Division I Soccer Championship

Founded	1982
Number of teams	64
Current champions	Penn State (1)
Most successful club(s)	North Carolina (21 and 3-time runner-up) Notre Dame (3 and 5-times runner-up) Portland (2 and 1-time runner-up)
Television broadcasters	ESPNU
Website	NCAA.com
2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

The NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, sometimes known as the Women's College Cup, is an American college soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I women's national champion.

History

The NCAA began conducting a single division Women's Soccer Championship tournament in 1982 with a 12-team tournament. The tournament became the Division I Championship in 1986, when Division III was created for non-scholarship programs. Currently, the tournament field consists of 64 teams. The semifinals and final of the tournament, held at a single site every year, are collectively known as the Women's College Cup (analogous to the College Cup in men's soccer).

Historically, North Carolina has been the dominant school in Division I women's soccer. Known widely as one of the most successful collegiate programs in any NCAA sport, the Tar Heels have won 21 national championships of the 31 NCAA tournaments contested. Also, they have reached the College Cup 26 times. Head coach Anson Dorrance is considered one of the greatest women's soccer coaches in NCAA history, leading the Tar Heels since the inception of the program in 1979.

Only two other schools have multiple titles, Notre Dame (3 titles, 5-times runner-up and 12 College Cup appearances) and Portland (2 titles, 1-time runner-up and 8 College Cup appearances).

2014 Tournament

The 2014 Division I Women's Soccer Championship tournament began on November 14–16, 2014 with first round games. The four No. 1-seed teams are: Florida State, Stanford, Texas A&M and defending champions UCLA. The semifinals and College Cup were held on December 5 and 7, 2014 at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida,

Semifinals			College Cup


2	Virginia	3

1	Texas A&M	1
			2	Virginia	0

			1	Florida State	1
1	Florida State	2

1	Stanford	0

Champions

NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship
Year	Site (Host)	Stadium	Team Championship			Third Place Final / Semifinalists			Attendance
Year	Site (Host)	Stadium	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Attendance
1982 Details	Orlando, FL (Central Florida)	University of Central Florida	North Carolina	1–0	Central Florida	Connecticut	2–1	UMSL	1,000
1983 Details	Orlando, FL (Central Florida)	University of Central Florida	North Carolina (2)	4–0	George Mason	Massachusetts	1–0	Connecticut	700
1984 Details	Chapel Hill, NC (North Carolina)	Fetzer Field	North Carolina (3)	2–0	Connecticut	Massachusetts	4–1	California	3,500
1985 Details	Fairfax, VA (George Mason)	George Mason Stadium	George Mason	2–0	North Carolina	Colorado College, Massachusetts			4,500
1986 Details	Fairfax, VA (George Mason)	George Mason Stadium	North Carolina (4)	2–0	Colorado College	George Mason, Massachusetts			1,000
1987 Details	Amherst, MA (Massachusetts)	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium	North Carolina (5)	1–0	Massachusetts	California, Central Florida			3,651
1988 Details	Chapel Hill, NC (North Carolina)	Fetzer Field	North Carolina (6)	4–1	NC State	California, Wisconsin			3,500
1989 Details	Raleigh, NC (NC State)	Method Road Soccer Stadium	North Carolina (7)	2–0	Colorado College	NC State, Santa Clara			1,625
1990 Details	Chapel Hill, NC (North Carolina)	Fetzer Field	North Carolina (8)	6–0	Connecticut	Colorado College, Santa Clara			3,200
1991 Details			North Carolina (9)	3–1	Wisconsin	Colorado College, Virginia			3,800
1992 Details			North Carolina (10)	9–1	Duke	Hartford, Santa Clara			3,573
1993 Details			North Carolina (11)	6–0	George Mason	Massachusetts, Stanford			5,721
1994 Details	Portland, OR (Portland)	Merlo Field	North Carolina (12)	5–0	Notre Dame	Connecticut, Portland			5,000
1995 Details	Chapel Hill, NC (North Carolina)	Fetzer Field	Notre Dame	1–0 (3OT)	Portland	North Carolina, SMU			6,926
1996 Details	Santa Clara, CA (Santa Clara)	Buck Shaw Stadium	North Carolina (13)	1–0 (2OT)	Notre Dame	Portland, Santa Clara			8,800
1997 Details	Greensboro, NC (UNC Greensboro)	UNCG Soccer Stadium	North Carolina (14)	2–0	Connecticut	Notre Dame, Santa Clara			3,200
1998 Details	Greensboro, NC (UNC Greensboro)	UNCG Soccer Stadium	Florida	1–0	North Carolina	Portland, Santa Clara			10,583
1999 Details	San Jose, CA (San Jose State)	Spartan Stadium	North Carolina (15)	2–0	Notre Dame	Penn State, Santa Clara			14,410
2000 Details	San Jose, CA (San Jose State)	Spartan Stadium	North Carolina (16)	2–1	UCLA	Notre Dame, Portland			9,566
2001 Details	University Park, TX (SMU)	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	Santa Clara	1–0	North Carolina	Florida, Portland			7,090
2002 Details	Austin, TX (Texas)	Mike A. Myers Stadium	Portland	2–1 (OT)	Santa Clara	North Carolina, Penn State			10,027
2003 Details	Cary, NC	SAS Soccer Park	North Carolina (17)	6–0	Connecticut	Florida State, UCLA			10,042
2004 Details	Cary, NC	SAS Soccer Park	Notre Dame (2)	1–1 (4–3 pen)	UCLA	Princeton, Santa Clara			7,644
2005 Details	College Station, TX (Texas A&M)	Aggie Soccer Stadium	Portland (2)	4–0	UCLA	Florida State, Penn State			6,578
2006 Details	Cary, NC	SAS Soccer Park	North Carolina (18)	2–1	Notre Dame	Florida State, UCLA			8,349
2007 Details	College Station, TX (Texas A&M)	Aggie Soccer Stadium	USC	2–0	Florida State	Notre Dame, UCLA			8,255
2008 Details	Cary, NC	WakeMed Soccer Park	North Carolina (19)	2–1	Notre Dame	Stanford, UCLA			9,055
2009 Details	College Station, TX (Texas A&M)	Aggie Soccer Stadium	North Carolina (20)	1–0	Stanford	Notre Dame, UCLA			8,536
2010 Details	Cary, NC	WakeMed Soccer Park	Notre Dame (3)	1–0	Stanford	Boston College, Ohio State			7,833
2011 Details	Kennesaw, GA (Kennesaw State)	Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium	Stanford	1–0	Duke	Florida State, Wake Forest			9,241
2012 Details	San Diego, CA (San Diego)	Torero Stadium	North Carolina (21)	4–1	Penn State	Florida State, Stanford			7,289
2013 Details	Cary, NC	WakeMed Soccer Park	UCLA	1–0 (OT)	Florida State	Virginia, Virginia Tech			8,806*
2014 Details	Boca Raton, FL (Florida Atlantic)	FAU Stadium	Florida State	1–0	Virginia	Stanford, Texas A&M			4,137
2015 Details	Cary, NC	WakeMed Soccer Park	Penn State	1–0	Duke	Florida State, Rutgers			10,676
2016 Details	Orlando, FL	Orlando City Stadium
2017 Details	Orlando, FL	Orlando City Stadium

The reported attendance for 2013 is the number of tickets sold for the match. Actual game attendance was less than 3000, probably related to extremely unfavorable weather conditions.

College Cup Appearances

Through 2014
Years in bold = won national championship

No.	School	College Cup Years	NCAA Appearances	Championships
26	North Carolina	1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012	32	21
12	Notre Dame	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010	20	3
10	Santa Clara	1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004	22	1
9	Florida State	2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015	16	1
9	UCLA	2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013	17	1
8	Portland	1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005	19	2
7	Connecticut	1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2003	29	0
7	Stanford	1993, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014	23	1
6	Massachusetts	1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993	15	0
5	Colorado College	1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991	9	0
4	George Mason	1983, 1985, 1986, 1993	11	1
5*	Penn State	1999, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2015*	21*	1*
3	California	1984, 1987, 1988	20	0
3	Virginia	1991, 2013, 2014	25	0
2	Duke	1992, 2011	18	0
2	Florida	1998, 2001	16	1
2	NC State	1988, 1989	11	0
2	UCF	1982, 1987	17	0
2	Wisconsin	1988, 1991	17	0
1	Boston College	2010	15	0
1	Hartford	1992	13	0
1	Ohio State	2010	7	0
1	Princeton	2004	9	0
1	SMU	1995	12	0
1	Texas A&M	2014	20	0
1	UMSL	1982	2	0
1	USC	2007	13	1
1	Virginia Tech	2013	8	0
1	Wake Forest	2011	16	0

* 2015 result

Notes and references

External links

NCAA Division I women's soccer page

NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship

Tournaments	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

Venues	Venues

Records & statistics	Appearances Records

National Collegiate Athletic Association

NCAA	Awards Hall of Champions Conferences

Division I sports and championships	Institutions Athletic directors Baseball Championship CWS Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football FBS FCS Golf Men Women Ice hockey Men Women Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship CWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men's indoor and outdoor Women's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Men Women Wrestling Championship

Division II	Institutions Baseball Championship/CWS Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football Championship Golf Men Women Ice hockey Men Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship/WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men's indoor and outdoor Women's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Women Wrestling Championship

Division III	Institutions Baseball Championship/CWS Basketball Men Women Cross Country Men Women Field hockey Championship Football Championship Golf Men Women Ice hockey Men Women Lacrosse Men Women Rowing Women Soccer Men Women Softball Championship/WCWS Swimming & Diving Men Women Tennis Men Women Track and Field Men's indoor and outdoor Women's indoor and outdoor Volleyball Men Women Wrestling Championship

Single-division sports and championships	Beach volleyball Women, beginning in 2015–16 Bowling Women Boxing Championship Fencing Championships Gymnastics Men Women Men–DII Women–DII Rifle Championship Skiing Championships Trampoline Championship Water polo Men Women

Events listed in italics have been discontinued.

Major women's sport leagues in North America

Women's basketball	Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Women's American Basketball Association (WABA) Women's Blue Chip Basketball League (WBCBL) American Basketball League (defunct) National Women's Basketball League (defunct) Women's Professional Basketball League (defunct) NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III CIS

Women's ice hockey	Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) National Collegiate women's ice hockey championship NCAA Division III women's ice hockey (NCAA) Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey (CIS)

Women's soccer	National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) (defunct) Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) (defunct) Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (defunct) USL W-League (defunct) Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) Women's League Soccer (WLS) NCAA Women's Soccer Championship Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's soccer

Women's softball	National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) NCAA Division I Softball Championship Women's College World Series (WCWS)

Other sports	Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) National Ringette League (NRL)

National Collegiate Athletic Association	NCAA Bowling Championship NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division I Rowing Championship NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships NCAA Women's Tennis Championship NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship

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