2005 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2005 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
	Champions Portland at the White House
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 10 – December 4, 2005
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Portland Pilots; (2nd title, 8th College Cup)
Runner-up	UCLA Bruins ; (3rd title match, 4th College Cup)
Semifinalists	Florida State Seminoles; (2nd College Cup); Penn State Nittany Lions; (3rd College Cup);
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	207 (3.29 per match)
Attendance	62,569 (993 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Kara Lang, UCLA (8G, 1A)
Best player	Offensive–Christine Sinclair (Portland); Defensive–Cori Alexander (Portland)
	← 2004 2006 →; All statistics correct as of 7/11/2015.

The 2005 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2005 Women's College Cup) was the 24th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Aggie Soccer Complex in College Station, Texas from December 2–4, 2005 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 10–25.^[1]

Portland defeated UCLA in the final, 4–0, to win their second national title.^[2]

The most outstanding offensive player was Christine Sinclair from Portland, and the most outstanding defensive player was Cori Alexander, also from Portland. Sinclair was also named MOP Offensive after Portland's first title in 2002. Sinclair and Alexander, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 8 goals and 1 assist, was Kara Lang from UCLA.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.

Format

Just as before, the final two rounds, deemed the Women's College Cup, were played at a pre-determined neutral site. All other rounds were played on campus sites at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams hosted four team-regionals on their home fields during the tournament's first weekend. Rather than being seeded 1 to 16, teams were seeded to 1 to 4 and placed in one of four main brackets.^[3]

National seeds

#1 Seeds (Overall #1–#4)	#2 Seeds (Overall #5–#8)	#3 Seeds (Overall #9–#12)	#4 Seeds (Overall #13–#16)
North Carolina (20–0–1) Penn State (19–0–1) Portland (18–0–1) UCLA (17–1–2)	Florida State (17–3–0) Notre Dame (19–2–0) Santa Clara (14–4–2) Virginia (15–5–1)	California (14–3–2) Cal State Fullerton (17–3–0) Connecticut (15–4–2) Duke (13–5–1)	BYU (15–2–3) Marquette (17–3–1) Pepperdine (13–3–3) Texas A&M (16–3–2)

Records

Penn State Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Boston College	ACC	At-large	11–5–2
	Boston U.	America East	Automatic	13–4–4
	Bucknell	Patriot	Automatic	11–8–1
3	Connecticut	Big East	At-large	15–4–2
	Dartmouth	Ivy League	At-large	12–4–1
	Fresno State	WAC	Automatic	10–9–1
	Hofstra	CAA	Automatic	14–3–3
	North Texas	Sun Belt	Automatic	16–3–2
	Northwestern State	Southland	Automatic	12–5–1
1	Penn State	Big Ten	At-large	19–0–1
	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	Automatic	15–4
2	Santa Clara	West Coast	At-large	14–4–2
	SMU	Conference USA	At-large	14–4–2
	Stanford	Pac-10	At-large	10–6–3
4	Texas A&M	Big 12	Automatic	16–3–2
	West Virginia	Big East	At-large	11–5–3

Portland Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Arizona	Pac-10	At-large	09–7–3
	Bowling Green	MAC	Automatic	14–6–2
4	BYU	Mountain West	At-large	15–2–3
	Central Conn. State	Northeast	Automatic	17–3
	Creighton	Missouri Valley	Automatic	12–5–3
3	Duke	ACC	At-large	13–5–1
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	10–6–3
	Iowa State	Big 12	At-large	11–6–3
	Michigan State	Big Ten	At-large	11–5–5
	Nebraska	Big 12	At-large	13–7–1
2	Notre Dame	Big East	Automatic	19–2
1	Portland	West Coast	Automatic	18–0–1
	Utah	Mountain West	At-large	14–6–1
	Valparaiso	Mid-Continent	Automatic	12–7–1
	Weber State	Big Sky	Automatic	14–4–1
	Yale	Ivy League	Automatic	13–3–1

UCLA Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
3	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	Automatic	17–3
	Colorado	Big 12	At-large	12–7–3
	Gonzaga	West Coast	At-large	12–3–4
	Liberty	Big South	Automatic	12–6–2
4	Marquette	Big East	At-large	17–3–1
	Milwaukee	Horizon	Automatic	12–4–4
	MVSU	SWAC	Automatic	09–7–2
	Purdue	Big Ten	At-large	11–7–1
	Tennessee	SEC	Automatic	14–5–2
	UC Riverside	Big West	At-large	11–4–5
1	UCLA	Pac-10	Automatic	17–1–2
	UNLV	Mountain West	Automatic	13–6–3
	USC	Pac-10	At-large	12–5–2
2	Virginia	ACC	At-large	15–5–1
	Wake Forest	ACC	At-large	09–8–1
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	Automatic	13–8–2

North Carolina Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
3	California	Pac-10	At-large	14–3–2
	Clemson	ACC	At-large	09–8–2
	Florida	SEC	At-large	13–5–1
	Florida Atlantic	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	16–3–1
2	Florida State	ACC	At-large	17–3
	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	11–6–3
	Mississippi	SEC	At-large	14–4–2
1	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	20–1
4	Pepperdine	West Coast	At-large	13–3–3
	Rice	Conference USA	Automatic	13–6–1
	Samford	Ohio Valley	Automatic	15–3–3
	Texas	Big 12	At-large	11–8–1
	UTEP	Conference USA	At-large	18–3–1
	Vanderbilt	SEC	At-large	16–3–2
	VCU	CAA	At-large	12–4–5
	Western Carolina	Southern	Automatic	18–5

Bracket

Penn State Bracket

First round November 10–11 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 12–13 Regional Campus Sites			Third Round November 18–20 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 25 Campus Sites

1	Penn State	6

	Bucknell	0
			1	Penn State	5
Jeffrey Field • State College, PA
				West Virginia	2
	Hofstra	0

	West Virginia	3
						1	Penn State*	4

						4	Texas A&M	1
	SMU	3

	North Texas	0
				SMU	2
Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX
			4	Texas A&M	4
4	Texas A&M	7

	Northwestern State	0
									1	Penn State*	2

									2	Santa Clara	1
3	Connecticut	0

	Boston University	1
				Boston University	0
Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT
				Boston College	1
	Boston College	2

	Dartmouth	1
							Boston College	1

						2	Santa Clara*	2
	Saint Louis	2

	Stanford	0
				Saint Louis	0
Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA
			2	Santa Clara	4
2	Santa Clara	5

	Fresno State	0

Portland Bracket

First round November 10–11 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 12–13 Regional Campus Sites			Third Round November 18–20 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 25 Campus Sites

1	Portland	5

	Iowa State	0
			1	Portland	3
Nebraska Soccer Field • Lincoln, NE
				Nebraska	2
	Creighton	0

	Nebraska	1
						1	Portland*	4

							Arizona	0
	Utah	0

	Arizona	1
				Arizona	1
Ute Soccer Field • Salt Lake City, UT
				Weber State	0
4	BYU	1(3)

	Weber State (OT, PSO)	1(4)
									1	Portland*	3

									2	Notre Dame	1
3	Duke	4

	Fairfield	0
			3	Duke	0
Reese Stadium • New Haven, CT
				Yale	1
	Yale	3

	Central Connecticut	0
							Yale	2

						2	Notre Dame*	5
	Michigan State	4

	Bowling Green	0
				Michigan State	0
Alumni Field • South Bend, IN
			2	Notre Dame	3
2	Notre Dame	6

	Valparaiso	0

UCLA Bracket

First round November 10–11 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 12–13 Regional Campus Sites			Third Round November 18–20 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 25 Campus Sites

1	UCLA	9

	Mississippi Valley State	0
			1	UCLA	3
Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
				Colorado	0
	UC Riverside	0(3)

	Colorado (2OT, PSO)	0(4)
						1	UCLA*	4

						4	Marquette	0
	Purdue	0(5)

	Wisconsin–Milwaukee (2OT, PSO)	0(6)
				Wisconsin–Milwaukee	0
Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI
			4	Marquette	1
4	Marquette	1

	Wisconsin	0
									1	UCLA*	5

									2	Virginia	0
3	Cal State Fullerton (OT)	1

	UNLV	0
			3	Cal State Fullerton	3
Fullerton Stadium • Fullerton, CA
				USC	1
	USC	1

	Gonzaga	0
						3	Cal State Fullerton	1

						2	Virginia*	2
	Tennessee	5

	Wake Forest	2
				Tennessee	0
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
			2	Virginia	3
2	Virginia	4

	Liberty	0

North Carolina Bracket

First round November 10–11 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 12–13 Regional Campus Sites			Third Round November 18–20 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 25 Campus Sites

1	North Carolina	2

	Western Carolina	0
			1	North Carolina	6
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
				VCU	2
	VCU	3

	Clemson	1
						1	North Carolina*	6

						4	Pepperdine	0
	Samford (2OT, PSO)	1(5)

	Vanderbilt	1(4)
				Samford	1
VU Soccer Complex • Nashville, TN
			4	Pepperdine	2
4	Pepperdine	1

	Ole Miss	0
									1	North Carolina*	1(4)

									2	Florida State*	1(5)
3	California	2

	Rice	0
			3	California	2
Mike A. Myers Stadium • Austin, TX
				UTEP	1
	Texas	2

	UTEP	3
						3	California	1

						2	Florida State*	2
	Illinois	1

	Florida	0
				Illinois	1
James G. Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL
			2	Florida State	2
2	Florida State	3

	Florida Atlantic	0

College Cup

Semifinals December 2 Aggie Soccer Complex College Station, Texas			Championship December 4 Aggie Soccer Complex College Station, Texas

1	Penn State	0(3)

1	Portland	0(4)
			1	Portland	4

			1	UCLA	0
1	UCLA	4

2	Florida State	0

All-tournament team

Cori Alexander, Portland (most outstanding defensive player)
Danesha Adams, UCLA
Lindsey Huie, Portland
Stephanie Lopez, Portland
Erin McLeod, Penn State
Iris Mora, UCLA
Jill Oakes, UCLA
Megan Rapinoe, Portland
Christine Sinclair, Portland (most outstanding offensive player)
India Trotter, Florida State
Angie Woznuk, Portland

References

^ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
^ "2005 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
^ "2005 Division I Women's Championship Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved July 11, 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[2] "2005 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[3] "2005 Division I Women's Championship Bracket". NCAA. Retrieved July 11, 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

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