2006 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

Football tournament season

2006 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	UC Santa Barbara (1st title)
Runner-up	UCLA (8th title game)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	126 (2.68 per match)
Attendance	77,173 (1,642 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sal Zizzo, UCLA (5)
Best player	Nick Perera, UCSB (MOP offense) Andy Iro, UCSB (MOP defense)
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The 2006 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from NCAA Division I who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer. The College Cup Final Four was held at Hermann Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The final was held on December 3, 2006. UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, Virginia, 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

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

	Brown	4

	Adelphi	1
				Brown	0

			1	Duke	2



						1	Duke	3

						16	Lehigh	0



			16	Lehigh	1(5)

				Rhode Island	1(4)
	Rhode Island	1(4)

	Rutgers	1(2)
									1	Duke	2

									8	UCLA	3/OT
	UAB	1(1)

	Gardner-Webb	1(3)
				Gardner-Webb	1

			9	Clemson	3



						9	Clemson	0

						8	UCLA	3



			8	UCLA	3

				Harvard	0
	Binghamton	1

	Harvard	2

Regional 2

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

	Monmouth	0

	St. John's	1
				St. John's, NY	0

			5	Maryland	2



						5	Maryland	0

						12	Notre Dame	1/2OT



			12	Notre Dame	1

				Illinois-Chicago	0
	Illinois-Chicago	3

	Western Illinois	0
									12	Notre Dame	2

									4	Virginia	3
	New Mexico	1

	San Francisco	0
				New Mexico	1

			13	California	3



						13	California	1

						4	Virginia	2



			4	Virginia	4

				Bucknell	0
	Bucknell	1

	George Mason	0

Regional 3

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

	UC Santa Barbara	2

	San Diego State	1
				UC Santa Barbara	3

			3	Southern Methodist	1



							UC Santa Barbara	2

							Old Dominion	1



			14	North Carolina	0

				Old Dominion	1
	Winthrop	0(3)

	Old Dominion	0(4)
										UC Santa Barbara	3

										Northwestern	2
	Cincinnati	0

	Northwestern	3
				Northwestern	1

			11	Saint Louis	0



							Northwestern	2

							UNC-Greensboro	1



			6	West Virginia	1

				UNC-Greensboro	2/2OT
	Virginia Tech	1

	UNC-Greensboro	2

Regional 4

First round			Second round			Regional semifinals			Regional Finals

	Loyola (Illinois)	0

	Northern Illinois	1/OT
				Northern Illinois	0

			7	Indiana	1



						7	Indiana	0(4)

						10	Santa Clara	0(5)



			10	Santa Clara	3

				Washington	3/2OT
	Creighton	0

	Washington	3
									10	Santa Clara	1

									2	Wake Forest	3
	Fairfield	2

	Connecticut	1
				Fairfield	0

			15	Towson	2



						15	Towson	1

						2	Wake Forest	2



			2	Wake Forest	5

				Hofstra	1
	Providence	0

	Hofstra	2

College Cup – Hermann Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

National semifinals December 1 (moved to December 2 due to weather)			National Championship December 3

8	UCLA	4

4	Virginia	0
			8	UCLA	1

				UC Santa Barbara	2
	UC Santa Barbara	0(4)

2	Wake Forest	0(3)

Results

First round

Northwestern v Cincinnati

November 10, 2006	Northwestern	3–0	Cincinnati	Evanston, Illinois
2:00 EST	Alvarez 7', 83' (pen.) North 33'	Report		Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 242

St. John's v Monmouth

November 10, 2006	St. John's	1–0	Monmouth	Queens, New York
6:00 EST	Soroka 50'	Report		Stadium: Belson Stadium Attendance: 1,590 Referee: Jorge de la Bandera

Hofstra v Providence

November 10, 2006	Hofstra	2–0	Providence	Hempstead, New York
7:00 EST	Todd 59' McCrea 66'	Report		Stadium: Hofstra University Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,450

Washington v Creighton

November 10, 2006	Washington	3–0	Creighton	Seattle, Washington
10:00 EST	Forrest 32' (pen.), 33', 74'	Report		Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium Attendance: 835 Referee: Jeff Hosking

San Francisco v New Mexico

November 10, 2006	San Francisco	0–1	New Mexico	San Francisco, California
10:00 EST		Report	Brown 90'	Stadium: Negoesco Stadium Attendance: 1,115 Referee: Dinesh Singh

Brown v Adelphi

November 11, 2006	Brown	4–1	Adelphi	Providence, Rhode Island
1:00 EST	Daniels 12', 15', 61' Elenz-Martin 12'	Report	Philippou 69'	Stadium: Stevenson Field Attendance: 1,177

George Mason v Bucknell

November 11, 2006	George Mason	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Bucknell	Fairfax, Virginia
1:00 EST		Report	Schmiegel 96'	Stadium: George Mason Stadium Attendance: 1,103 Referee: Steve Taylor

Harvard v Binghamton

November 11, 2006	Harvard	2–1	Binghamton	Cambridge, Massachusetts
1:00 EST	Fucito 58' Akpan 79'	Report	Neville 20'	Stadium: Ohiri Field Attendance: 986 Referee: Bahij Salman

Old Dominion v Winthrop

November 11, 2006	Old Dominion	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Winthrop	Norfolk, Virginia
1:00 EST		Report		Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: 605 Referee: Andy Chapin
	Penalties
	Kulp Kent Kinney Banks MacKenzie Mottinger		Revivo Weron Kalungi Carton Mitrovich Kenga

UAB v Gardner-Webb

November 11, 2006	UAB	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Gardner-Webb	Birmingham, Alabama
1:00 EST	Elsner 40'	Report	Godfrey 3'	Stadium: West Campus Field Attendance: 1,327 Referee: Jeff Hink
	Penalties
	Radcliffe Klosterman Elsner Gumede		Miller Salvaggione Hughes Tasedan

Connecticut v Fairfield

November 11, 2006	Connecticut	1–2	Fairfield	Storrs, Connecticut
1:00 EST	James 54'	Report	Uy 17' Gaughan 83'	Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 1,657 Referee: Lou Labbadia

UNC Greensboro v Virginia Tech

November 11, 2006	UNC Greensboro	2–1	Virginia Tech	Greensboro, North Carolina
1:00 EST	Campbell 78' Jones 90'	Report	Nyarko 58'	Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Northern Illinois v Loyola (Chicago)

November 11, 2006	Northern Illinois	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Loyola (Chicago)	DeKalb, Illinois
2:00 EST	McGrane 98'	Report		Stadium: NIU Soccer and Track & Field Attendance: 500 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

UC Santa Barbara v San Diego State

November 11, 2006	UC Santa Barbara	2–1	San Diego State	Santa Barbara, California
4:00 EST	Byrne 66' Iro 68'	Report	McDonald 55'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 2,356 Referee: Ali Haycock

Rutgers v Rhode Island

November 11, 2006	Rutgers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Rhode Island	Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 EST	LaBrocca 38'	Report	Gonsalves 6'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,230 Referee: Gus St. Silva
	Penalties
	LaBrocca Crowley Moore Koffeman		Badecki Tumicz Cameron Bissett

Illinois-Chicago v Western Illinois

November 11, 2006	Illinois-Chicago	3–0	Western Illinois	Chicago, Illinois
8:00 EST	Zambrano 14' Cervantes 62' Dundjer 76'	Report		Stadium: Flames Field Attendance: 754 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Second round

#13 California v New Mexico

November 14, 2006	#13 California	3–1	New Mexico	Berkeley, California
4:30 EST	Wilson 2' Ayala-Hil 32', 63'	Report	Danaher 83'	Stadium: Edwards Stadium Attendance: 726 Referee: Said Ravanfar

#15 Towson v Fairfield

November 15, 2006	#15 Towson	2–0	Fairfield	Towson, Maryland
2:00 EST	Ruck 40' Mangione 56'	Report		Stadium: Towson Center Soccer Complex Attendance: 941 Referee: Nate Clement

#7 Indiana v Northern Illinois

November 15, 2006	#7 Indiana	1–0	Northern Illinois	Bloomington, Indiana
7:00 EST	Ackley 20'	Report		Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,048 Referee: Michael Kennedy

#5 Maryland v St. John's

November 15, 2006	#5 Maryland	2–0	St. John's	College Park, Maryland
7:00 EST	Hall 26' Zusi 57'	Report		Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 1,668 Referee: Andrew Chapin

#14 North Carolina v Old Dominion

November 15, 2006	#14 North Carolina	0–1	Old Dominion	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00 EST		Report	Banks 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 1,192 Referee: Steve Taylor

#2 Wake Forest v Hofstra

November 15, 2006	#2 Wake Forest	5–1	Hofstra	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 EST	Tracy 22', 73' Schilawski 40', 78' Cronin 69'	Report	Todd 80'	Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,664 Referee: Ronnie Canales

#6 West Virginia v UNC Greensboro

November 15, 2006	#6 West Virginia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	UNC Greensboro	Morgantown, West Virginia
7:00 EST	Wittig 70'	Report	Patterson 52' Jones 104'	Stadium: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Attendance: 821 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

#16 Lehigh v Rhode Island

November 15, 2006	#16 Lehigh	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Rhode Island	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
7:00 EST	Gazda 84'	Report	Tumicz 18'	Stadium: Ulrich Sports Complex Attendance: 1,271 Referee: Lee Suckle
	Penalties
	Evans Taranto Schram Gazda Franz O'Reilly		Badecki Tumicz Cameron Bissett Gonsalves Mellen

#4 Virginia v Bucknell

November 15, 2006	#4 Virginia	4–0	Bucknell	Charlottesville, Virginia
7:00 EST	Cristman 27' Colaluca 28' Holder 44' Villanueva 49'	Report		Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 2,083 Referee: Mario Scilipoti

#12 Notre Dame v Illinois-Chicago

November 15, 2006	#12 Notre Dame	1–0	Illinois-Chicago	Notre Dame, Indiana
7:00 EST	Lapira 44'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 463 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

#1 Duke v Brown

November 15, 2006	#1 Duke	2–0	Brown	Durham, North Carolina
7:00 EST	Videira 27' Grella 47'	Report		Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 2,337 Referee: Peter Dhima

#3 SMU v UC Santa Barbara

November 15, 2006	#3 SMU	1–3	UC Santa Barbara	University Park, Texas
8:00 EST	Corbin 41'	Report	Perera 32' Walker 43' Avila 76'	Stadium: Westcott Field Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Misail Tsapos

#8 UCLA v Harvard

November 15, 2006	#8 UCLA	3–0	Harvard	Los Angeles, California
10:00 EST	Zizzo 2', 40' Nakazawa 74'	Report		Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 769 Referee: Steve Elliott

#10 Santa Clara v Washington

November 15, 2006	#10 Santa Clara	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Washington	Santa Clara, California
10:00 EST	Ustruck 43' Martin 46' Ogunbiyi 95'	Report	Fischer 61' Mohn 81'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 944 Referee: Colin Arblaster

#11 Saint Louis v Northwestern

November 16, 2006	#11 Saint Louis	0–1	Northwestern	St. Louis, Missouri
5:00 EST		Report	Roth 20'	Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 1,079 Referee: Shane Butler

#9 Clemson v Gardner-Webb

November 16, 2006	#9 Clemson	3–1	Gardner-Webb	Clemson, South Carolina
6:00 EST	Richards 12' (pen.) Moore 77' Moojen 78' (pen.)	Report	Salvaggione 79'	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 920 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Third round

#5 Maryland v #12 Notre Dame

November 18, 2006	#5 Maryland	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#12 Notre Dame	College Park, Maryland
6:00 EST		Report	Lapira 107'	Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 2,769 Referee: Erich Simmons

Old Dominion v UC Santa Barbara

November 18, 2006	Old Dominion	1–2	UC Santa Barbara	Norfolk, Virginia
7:00 EST	MacKenzie 57' (pen.)	Report	Perera 7' Avila 61'	Stadium: Old Dominion Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,481 Referee: Peter Dhima

#7 Indiana v #10 Santa Clara

November 18, 2006	#7 Indiana	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#10 Santa Clara	Bloomington, Indiana
7:00 EST		Report		Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 2,138 Referee: Hilario Grajeda
	Penalties
	Alston Weaver Ring Jo. Tudela Ackley Mellencamp		Hatzke Lowry Ustruck Ogunbiyi Martin DeVey

#4 Virginia v #13 California

November 18, 2006	#4 Virginia	2–1	#13 California	Charlottesville, Virginia
7:00 EST	Reyering 65', 74'	Report	Serafini 30'	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 3,644 Referee: Bahij Salman

Northwestern v UNC Greensboro

November 19, 2006	Northwestern	2–1	UNC Greensboro	Evanston, Illinois
1:00 EST	Usinger 9' (pen.) Alvarez 23'	Report	Fitzgerald 9'	Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 623

#1 Duke v #16 Lehigh

November 19, 2006	#1 Duke	3–0	#16 Lehigh	Durham, North Carolina
1:00 EST	Videira 20' Wadsworth 27' Grella 71'	Report		Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 3,182 Referee: Steve Taylor

#2 Wake Forest v #15 Towson

November 19, 2006	#2 Wake Forest	2–1	#15 Towson	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2:00 EST	Curfman 65' Schilawski 77'	Report	Healey 90' (pen.)	Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,118 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

#8 UCLA v #9 Clemson

November 19, 2006	#8 UCLA	3–0	#9 Clemson	Los Angeles, California
8:00 EST	Estrada 11', 90' Zizzo 25'	Report		Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 815 Referee: Alex Gorin

Quarterfinals

#4 Virginia v #12 Notre Dame

November 24, 2006	#4 Virginia	3–2	#12 Notre Dame	Charlottesville, Virginia
6:00 EST	Cristman 25', 71' Reyering 35'	Report	Martin 71', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 5,850 Referee: Shane Butler

#2 Wake Forest v #10 Santa Clara

November 24, 2006	#2 Wake Forest	3–1	#10 Santa Clara	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 EST	Curfman 42' Lahoud 76' Thompson 84'	Report	Lowry 24' (pen.)	Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,520 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

UC Santa Barbara v Northwestern

November 25, 2006	UC Santa Barbara	3–2	Northwestern	Santa Barbara, California
10:00 EST	Rosenlund 10', 48', 63'	Report	North 13' Alvarez 38'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 8,784 Referee: Ed Shea

#1 Duke v #8 UCLA

November 26, 2006	#1 Duke	2–3 (a.e.t.)	#8 UCLA	Durham, North Carolina
1:00 EST	Wadsworth 1' Loftus 19'	Report	Leopoldo 41' Zizzo 78', 91'	Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 4,130 Referee: Misail Tsapos

College Cup

Semifinals

#4 Virginia v #8 UCLA

December 2, 2006	#4 Virginia	0–4	#8 UCLA	St. Louis, Missouri
12:00 EST		Report	Estrada 64', 66' Myers 84' Stephens 89'	Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 6,314 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

#2 Wake Forest v UC Santa Barbara

December 2, 2006	#2 Wake Forest	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	UC Santa Barbara	St. Louis, Missouri
2:30 EST		Report		Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 6,314 Referee: Michael Kennedy
	Penalties
	Curfman Clayton Solle Cronin Schilawski		Perera Frimpong Pontius Byrne Avila

Championship

#8 UCLA v UC Santa Barbara

December 3, 2006	#8 UCLA	1–2	UC Santa Barbara	St. Louis, Missouri
3:00 EST	Leopoldo 79'	Report	Perera 3' Avila 61'	Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 5,948 Referee: Erich Simmons

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

Sal Zizzo — UCLA

4 goals

Gerardo Alvarez — Northwestern
David Estrada — UCLA

3 goals

Andrew Daniels — Brown
Eric Avila — UC Santa Barbara
Nick Perera — UC Santa Barbara
Tyler Rosenlund — UC Santa Barbara
Adam Cristman — Virginia
Yannick Reyering — Virginia
Zack Schilawski — Wake Forest
Kevin Forrest — Washington

2 goals

Javier Ayala-Hil — California
Mike Grella — Duke
Michael Videira — Duke
Spencer Wadsworth — Duke
Michael Todd — Hofstra
Brad North — Northwestern
Joseph Lapira — Notre Dame
Kurt Martin — Notre Dame
Jason Leopoldo — UCLA
Scott Jones — UNC Greensboro
Steven Curfman — Wake Forest
Marcus Tracy — 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 — 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 — Lehigh
Jeremy Hall — Maryland
Graham Zusi — 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 — Rhode Island
Nick LaBrocca — 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 — UCLA
Kyle Nakazawa — UCLA
Michael Stephens — UCLA
Thomas Campbell — UNC Greensboro
Michael Fitzgerald — UNC Greensboro
Randi Patterson — UNC Greensboro
Nico Colaluca — Virginia
Ian Holder — Virginia
Jonathan Villanueva — Virginia
Patrick Nyarko — Virginia Tech
Sam Cronin — Wake Forest
Michael Lahoud — Wake Forest
Wells Thompson — Wake Forest
Matt Fischer — Washington
Steve Mohn — Washington
Chris Wittig — West Virginia

References

"2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). Men's Division I Championship Brackets. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 46. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2011.

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