The 2007
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from
NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athlet ...
who played for the NCAA Championship in
soccer
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. The College Cup for the final four teams was held at
SAS Soccer Park in
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, Wake, Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham, and Durham County, North Carolina, Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh-Cary, NC M ...
. All other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 16, 2007.
In the final,
Wake Forest defeated
Ohio State
The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollme ...
, 2–1, with second-half goals scored by Marcus Tracy and Zach Schilawski. This was Wake Forest's first NCAA title in men's soccer and eighth overall.
The tournament began on November 23, 2007. The first round was played on November 23 and 24, and the second round on the November 28. The third round was played on December 1 and 2. The Regional Finals were played on December 7 and 8.
Regional 1
Regional 2
Regional 3
Regional 4
College Cup – SAS Soccer Park,
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, Wake, Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham, and Durham County, North Carolina, Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh-Cary, NC M ...
Results
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
College Cup
Semifinals
Championship
Statistics
Goalscorers
;4 goals
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O'Brian White
O'Brian White (born 14 December 1985) is a Jamaican former footballer who played as a forward. White played for Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and appeared internationally for the Jamaica national football team ...
— Connecticut
;3 goals
*
Yan Klukowski
Yan Klukowski (born 1 January 1987) is an English former professional association football, footballer. He is currently Head of Academy at Forest Green Rovers F.C., Forest Green Rovers.
Club career Youth and College
Born and raised in Chippenh ...
— Central Connecticut State
* Bryan Hogan — Massachusetts
* Andrew Magill — Ohio State
*
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
;2 goals
* Stephen Brust — Bradley
* Chris Cutshaw — Bradley
* Javier Ayala-Hil — California
* Conor Smith — Central Connecticut State
* Ian Sarachan — Illinois-Chicago
* Stuart Amick — Massachusetts
* Mike DeSantis — Massachusetts
*
Joseph Lapira — Notre Dame
* Xavier Balc — Ohio State
*
Eric Brunner — Ohio State
* Eric Edwards — Ohio State
* Ambane Emmanuel — Old Dominion
*
Yohance Marshall
Yohance Marshall (born January 22, 1986) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Youth and college
Born in Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago, Marshall attended high school at St. Anthony's College ...
— South Florida
*
Charlie Campbell — Virginia Tech
*
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
*
Cody Arnoux — Wake Forest
*
Zack Schilawski — Wake Forest
;1 goal
*
Alejandro Bedoya
Alejandro Bedoya (born April 29, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer, and serves as their captain.
Early life
Bedoya, of Colombian descent, was born in Ne ...
— Boston College
* Derek Puerta — Boston U
* Justin Bigelow — Bradley
* Drew DeGurian — Bradley
* Kevin Davies — Brown
*
Andrew Jacobson
Andrew Jacobson (born September 24, 1985) is a retired American professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.
Early life
Jacobson is Jewish and was born in Fort Myers, Florida. He attended Gunn High School, where he was named 2003 Ce ...
— California
*
Andrew Wiedeman — California
* Andrew Cooper — Central Connecticut State
* Johan Rundquist — Central Connecticut State
* Glenn Volk — Colgate
*
Dori Arad — Connecticut
*
Chukwudi Chijindu
Chukwudi Ibegbunaneke 'Chuck' Chijindu (born February 20, 1986) is an American professional soccer player.
Career
Youth
A native of Fontana, California, Chijindu attended Damien High School in La Verne, California, He was a 4-year Varsity lett ...
— Connecticut
*
Akeem Priestley
Akeem Sayeed Priestley (born 13 April 1985) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays for Canadian club Master's Futbol as a winger.
Club career
Priestley played his college career in the United States at Jacksonville University and al ...
— Connecticut
* Tim Bohnenkamp — Creighton
*
Andrei Gotsmanov — Creighton
* Mo Travis — Creighton
*
Dan Keat — Dartmouth
* Haris Cekic — Furman
* Chris Davis — Furman
*
Andre Akpan — Harvard
* John Stamatis — Harvard
* Mike Giffin — Illinois-Chicago
* Kevin Stoll — Illinois-Chicago
* John Mellencamp — Indiana
*
Frank Jonke — Louisville
* Phil Bannister — Loyola (Maryland)
* Eddie Dines — Loyola (Maryland)
*
Omar Gonzalez
Omar Alejandro Gonzalez (born October 11, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.
A college soccer player for the Maryland Terrapins, he joined the LA Galaxy in t ...
— Maryland
*
Rodney Wallace — Maryland
* Michael Jejna — Massachusetts
* Prince Ofosu — Massachusetts
*
Doug DeMartin — Michigan State
* Dave Donohue — Notre Dame
* Alex Yoshinaga — Notre Dame
* Piotr Nowak — Oakland
* Endre Osnes — Oakland
* Stefan St. Louis — Oakland
*
Roger Espinoza
Roger Aníbal Espinoza Ramírez (; born 25 October 1986) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or defender. Espinoza currently serves as a youth coach for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City. A form ...
— Ohio State
* Geoff Marsh — Ohio State
* A. J. Kulp — Old Dominion
* Braulio Constantino — Saint Peter's
* Matt Hatzke — Santa Clara
*
Stephen McCarthy — Santa Clara
*
Babajide Ogunbiyi — Santa Clara
*
Bruno Guarda — SMU
* Jason Devenish — South Florida
* Todd Goddard — Tulsa
* Ashley McInnes — Tulsa
*
Quincy Amarikwa
Quincy Obinna Amarikwa ( ; born October 29, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player.
Career
Early career
Amarikwa attended Liberty High School. He was a member of the Bakersfield Alliance club soccer team and played college soc ...
— UC Davis
* Jon Curry — UC Santa Barbara
*
Alfonso Motagalvan
Felix Alfonso Motagalvan (born February 11, 1987) is an American soccer player.
Playing career
Youth and college
Motagalvan was born in Santa Rosa, California, grew up in Gilroy, California, and attended Gilroy High School where he was a ...
— UC Santa Barbara
*
Nick Perera — UC Santa Barbara
*
Kyle Nakazawa — UCLA
*
Mike Zaher — UCLA
*
Connor Tobin
Connor Tobin (born February 11, 1987) is an American soccer player.
Career
College
Tobin was born in Fort Collins, Colorado. He attended the University of Vermont where he was a standout player for the Catamounts. He played in 77 games durin ...
— Vermont
*
Ross LaBauex
Ross LaBauex (born December 5, 1988) is an American soccer player.
Career
College and amateur
LaBauex attended Mark Sheridan Math and Science Academy, and then Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, and played college soccer at the University o ...
— Virginia
*
Dane Murphy — Virginia
*
Chris Tierney — Virginia
* Joe Nason — Virginia Tech
*
Austin da Luz
Austin da Luz (born October 9, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player.
Career
Youth and college
Da Luz attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School Soccer Academy in Austin, Texas, where he was exposed to high levels of intensive tr ...
— Wake Forest
*
Julian Valentin — Wake Forest
*
Ely Allen — Washington
*
Dan Stratford
Daniel James Stratford (born 29 May 1985) is an English former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder and current head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer team. He returned to his ''alma mater'' after three ...
— West Virginia
*
Andrew Wright — West Virginia
;Own goals
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Eric Brunner — Ohio State (playing against UC Santa Barbara)
References
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{{NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
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