2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

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.

2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country	United States
Teams	48
Champions	UC Santa Barbara (1st title)
Runners-up	UCLA (8th title game)
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 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
		Alabama-Birmingham	1(1)
		Gardner-Webb	1(3)
							Gardner-Webb	4
						9	Clemson	3
											9	Gardner-Webb	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 6 April 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.