2000 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

2000 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country  United States
Teams 32
Champions Connecticut (2nd title)
Runners-up Creighton (1st title game)
Matches played 31
Attendance 52,910 (1,707 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Mohamed Fahim, SMU (5)
Corey Woolfolk, Stanford (5)
Best player Darin Lewis, Connecticut (MOP offense)
Chris Gbandi, Connecticut (MOP defense)
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 41st organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Connecticut won their second national title by defeating the Creighton Blue Jays in the championship game, 2–0. The final match was played on December 10, 2000 in Charlotte, North Carolina at Ericsson Stadium for the second straight year. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.[1][2]

Seeded Teams

National Seeds
Seed School Record
#1 North Carolina 19–2
#2 Clemson 13–3–2
#3 Stanford 16–2–1
#4 San Diego 15–1–2
#5 Virginia 15–5–1
#6 SMU 17–4
#7 South Carolina 12–3–3
#8 San Jose State 20–0–1

Bracket

  First round Second round Third round Semifinals Championship
Ericsson Stadium
Charlotte, North Carolina
                                               
1  North Carolina (OT) 3  
   William & Mary 2  
  1  North Carolina 3  
       Rhode Island 1  
   Rhode Island 3
   Boston College 0  
  1  North Carolina 0  
     Indiana 1  
   'Washington (4OT) 1  
   UAB 0  
     Washington 1
       Indiana 2  
   Indiana 4
8  San Jose State 0  
     Indiana 1  
     Creighton (3OT) 2  
5  Virginia (2OT) 5  
   Lehigh 0  
  5  Virginia 2
       St. John's (NY) 1  
   James Madison 0
   St. John's (NY) 1  
  5  Virginia 0
     Creighton 3  
   Ohio State 0  
   Creighton 1  
     Creighton 3
    4  San Diego 0  
   UCLA 0
4  San Diego 1  
     Creighton 0
     Connecticut 2
3  Stanford 4  
   Cal State Fullerton 0  
  3  Stanford 6  
       UI Chicago 0  
   UI Chicago 1
   Bradley 0  
  3  Stanford 1  
  6  SMU 2  
   Saint Louis 0  
   Kentucky (pen.) 0  
     Kentucky 1
    6  SMU 3  
   IUPUI 0
6  SMU 2  
  6  SMU 0
     Connecticut 2  
7  South Carolina 0  
   Duke 1  
     Duke 0
       Brown 1  
   Brown 2
   Vermont 0  
     Brown 0
     Connecticut 1  
   Dartmouth 0  
   Connecticut 3  
     Connecticut (OT) 2
    2  Clemson 1  
   Furman 2
2  Clemson 3  

Final

December 10, 2000
Creighton 0–2 Connecticut
[3] Gbandi  16'
Lewis  85'

References

  1. ↑ "2000 Division I Men's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 40. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D1/champs.pdf
  3. ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2000/12/10/ncaa_final/
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