2005 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament explained

NCAA women's soccer tournament
Year:	2005
Other Titles:	Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country:	United States
Dates:	November 10 – December 4, 2005
Num Teams:	64
Champions:	Portland Pilots (2nd title, 8th College Cup)
Runner-Up:	UCLA Bruins (3rd title match, 4th College Cup)
Semi-Finalist1:	Florida State Seminoles (2nd College Cup)
Semi-Finalist2:	Penn State Nittany Lions (3rd College Cup)
Matches:	63
Goals:	207
Attendance:	62569
Top Goal Scorer:	Kara Lang, UCLA (8G, 1A)
Player:	Offensive–Christine Sinclair (Portland) Defensive–Cori Alexander (Portland)
Prevseason:	2004
Nextseason:	2006
Updated:	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

See main article: article.

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]

Records

valign=top	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	valign=top	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
valign=top	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	valign=top	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

College Cup

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

See also

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results . NCAA. NCAA.org. July 11, 2015.
2. Web site: 2005 Division I Tournament. Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. July 11, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103301/http://www.soccertimes.com/ncaa/2005/scores/womentourney.htm. September 24, 2015. dead.
3. Web site: 2005 Division I Women's Championship Bracket. NCAA. July 11, 2015.