The 2006 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from

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who played for the NCAA Championship in

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. The College Cup Final Four was held at

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. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 3, 2006.

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, and Wake Forest made the Final Four. UC Santa Barbara beat Wake Forest and UCLA defeated Virginia. In the final UC Santa Barbara won the title game overcoming UCLA, 2–1. The tournament started on November 10, 2006. The first round was played on November 10 and 11. The second round on the 15th, and the third round on the 18th and 19th. The Regional Finals were played on November 24–26.

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

College Cup –
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Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

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Sal Zizzo Salvatore "Sal" Zizzo Jr. (born April 3, 1987 in San Diego, CA) is an American former professional association football, soccer player who played as a winger (association football), winger or full-back (association football), full-back. Career ...

— UCLA ;4 goals * Gerardo Alvarez — Northwestern * David Estrada — UCLA ;3 goals * Andrew Daniels — Brown *

Eric Avila Eric Humberto Avila (born November 24, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who has played as a midfielder and defender. Early life and education Avila who is of Mexican descent, was born on November 24, 1987, in San Diego, Califor ...

— UC Santa Barbara * Nick Perera — UC Santa Barbara *

Tyler Rosenlund Tyler Robert Rosenlund (born September 13, 1986) is a Canadian soccer player currently playing for Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL. Early life and education Rosenlund played college soccer at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was a memb ...

— UC Santa Barbara *

Adam Cristman Adam Cristman (born January 8, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player. Career Youth and college Cristman graduated from Mills Godwin High School in Richmond, Virginia, where as a senior in 2003 he helped seal a perfect 22–0� ...

— Virginia * Yannick Reyering — Virginia * Zack Schilawski — Wake Forest *

Kevin Forrest Kevin Forrest (born November 3) is an American retired soccer player. Career Youth and College Forrest grew up in Edmonds, Washington, and began his career with various youth soccer teams in the Seattle area, including Emerald City FC, and the ...

— Washington ;2 goals * Javier Ayala-Hil — California *

Mike Grella Michele Grella (born January 23, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward and winger. He is currently a soccer analyst for CBS Sports Network and Paramount+. Club career Youth and amateur Grella was born in ...

— Duke *

Michael Videira Michael Videira (born 6 January 1986 in Milford, Massachusetts) is an American soccer player. Career Youth and College Videira attended Noble & Greenough School, where he was a Parade and McDonald's high school All-American and the Gatorade Ma ...

— Duke * Spencer Wadsworth — Duke * Michael Todd — Hofstra * Brad North — Northwestern *

Joseph Lapira Joseph Lapira (born August 13, 1986) is a retired footballer. Born in the United States, he played for Ireland in a single friendly match. Besides the United States, he has played in Norway and India. Early life Lapira graduated from St. Loui ...

— Notre Dame * Kurt Martin — Notre Dame * Jason Leopoldo — UCLA * Scott Jones — UNC Greensboro *

Steven Curfman Steven Curfman (born October 8, 1986, in Manassas, Virginia) is a former American soccer player who is currently a youth coach for North Carolina FC. Career College and amateur Curfman grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, attended Athens Drive ...

— Wake Forest *

Marcus Tracy Marcus Garin Tracy (born October 2, 1986, in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer player who plays as a striker. Career College and amateur Although born in Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Tracy grew up in Newtown, CT, pla ...

— Wake Forest ;1 goal * Rob Philippou — Adelphi * Barry Neville — Binghamton * Nick Elenz-Martin — Brown * Mark Schmiegel — Bucknell * Jeff Serafini — California * Jacob Wilson — California *

Frederico Moojen Frederico Augusto Pieruccini "Freddy" Moojen (born February 25, 1983) is a former soccer forward. Born in Brazil, he represented Canada at the international level in futsal. He shared the 2005 and 2006 Premier Development League goals lead. He ...

— Clemson * Bryson Moore — Clemson * Dane Richards — Clemson * Julius James — Connecticut * Chris Loftus — Duke * Jimmy Gaughan — Fairfield * Christian Uy — Fairfield * Richard Godfrey — Gardner-Webb * Chris Salvaggione — Gardner-Webb * Andre Akpan — Harvard * Mike Fucito — Harvard * Rory McCrea — Hofstra * Eric Cervantes — Illinois-Chicago * Pavle Dundjer — Illinois-Chicago * Cesar Zambrano — Illinois-Chicago * Brian Ackley — Indiana *

Adam Gazda Adam Gazda (born March 20, 1987 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania) is a former American soccer player. Career College and amateur Gazda attended Chartiers Valley High School and played four years of college soccer at Lehigh University. During his col ...

— Lehigh * Jeremy Hall — Maryland *

Graham Zusi Graham Jonathan Zusi (; born August 18, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player who most recently played as a midfielder or defender for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City. From 2012 to 2023, Zusi represented the Unit ...

— Maryland * Stephen Brown — New Mexico * Blake Danaher — New Mexico * Justin McGrane — Northern Illinois * David Roth — Northwestern * Brian Usinger — Northwestern * Trevor Banks — Old Dominion * Ross MacKenzie — Old Dominion * Jeffrey Gonsalves — Rhode Island *

Łukasz Tumicz Łukasz Tumicz (born 1 March 1985) is a Polish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), forward. Career Prior to becoming a professional, Tumicz played college soccer at the University ...

— Rhode Island *

Nick LaBrocca Nick LaBrocca (born December 4, 1984) is a former American soccer player. Career Youth and college LaBrocca played high school soccer at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, New Jersey before going on to having a three time All-Big East care ...

— Rutgers * Freddy McDonald — San Diego State * Peter Lowry — Santa Clara * Brian Martin — Santa Clara * Babajide Ogunbiyi — Santa Clara * Erik Ustruck — Santa Clara * Scott Corbin — SMU * Ryan Soroka — St. John's * Nino Mangione — Towson * Pat Healey — Towson * Kevin Ruck — Towson * Shane Elsner — UAB * Bryan Byrne — UC Santa Barbara * Andy Iro — UC Santa Barbara * David Walker — UC Santa Barbara *

Chance Myers Chance Russell Myers (born December 7, 1987, in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American former soccer player. Career College and amateur Myers attended Thousand Oaks High School, and played college soccer at UCLA from 2006 to 2007. Over two y ...

— UCLA * Kyle Nakazawa — UCLA * Michael Stephens — UCLA * Thomas Campbell — UNC Greensboro * Michael Fitzgerald — UNC Greensboro *

Randi Patterson Randi Luther Pereira-Patterson (born 16 April 1985), known as Randi Patterson, is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in the United States, he has been a member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team. College career Patterson spent fo ...

— UNC Greensboro *

Nico Colaluca Nicolas "Nico" Colaluca (born May 23, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Career Youth and college Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he attended La Salle Academy in Providence. Colaluca played colle ...

— Virginia * Ian Holder — Virginia * Jonathan Villanueva — Virginia *

Patrick Nyarko Patrick Nyarko (born January 15, 1986) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer. Career College After coming to the United States in 2005, Nyarko was a star forward and three-time All-ACC selection for the Virginia Tech Hokies soccer team ...

— Virginia Tech *

Sam Cronin Sam Cronin (born December 12, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Club career College and amateur Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Cronin attended Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina ...

— Wake Forest *

Michael Lahoud Michael Lahoud (born September 15, 1986) is a Sierra Leonean former footballer. He is a broadcaster for CBS Sports Golazo Network, and a former broadcaster for Austin FC. Club career College Born in Freetown, Lahoud moved from his country to A ...

— Wake Forest * Wells Thompson — Wake Forest * Matt Fischer — Washington * Steve Mohn — Washington * Chris Wittig — West Virginia

References

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