2007 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

The 2007 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2007 Women's College Cup) was the 26th 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 7–9, 2007 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 15–30.

2007 NCAA women's soccer tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 15th–December 9th, 2007
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	USC Trojans (1st title, 1st College Cup)
Runner-up	Florida State Seminoles (1st title match, 4th College Cup)
Semifinalists	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9th College Cup) UCLA Bruins (5th College Cup)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	190 (3.02 per match)
Attendance	61,019 (969 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sanna Talonen, FSU (8G, 1A)
Best player	Offensive–Amy Rodriguez (USC) Defensive–Kristin Olsen (USC)
All statistics correct as of July 22, 2015.

USC defeated Florida State in the final, 2–0, to win their first national title. Both teams were making their first appearances in the tournament final while USC managed to become the first program since Florida in 1998 to win the College Cup in the first ever appearance. The Trojans (20–3–2) were coached by Ali Khosroshahin.

The most outstanding offensive player was Amy Rodriguez from USC, and the most outstanding defensive player was Kristin Olsen, also from USC. Rodriguez and Olsen, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 8 goals and 1 assist, was Sanna Talonen from Florida State.

Qualification

Main article: 2007 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

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 (with some exceptions, noted below) during the tournament's first weekend.

National seeds

#1 Seeds	#2 Seeds	#3 Seeds	#4 Seeds
North Carolina (17–3–1) Penn State (16–3–2) Stanford (14–2–4) UCLA (16–1–2)	Portland (15–3–0) Purdue (19–2–2) USC (14–3–2) Texas A&M (17–3–2)	Florida (16–4–2) Florida State (13–5–3) Georgia (17–3–2) Tennessee (13–4–2)	Notre Dame (15–4–2) Virginia (11–3–6) Wake Forest (12–6–3) West Virginia (15–4–2)

Records

North Carolina Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Alabama A&M SWAC Automatic 10-6-3 Duke ACC At-large 08-5-6 3 Georgia SEC At-large 17-3-2 High Point Big South Automatic 11-7-3 Illinois Big Ten At-large 11-6-2 Indiana Big Ten At-large 12-6-2 Louisville Big East At-large 13-5-2 Loyola (IL) Horizon Automatic 14-8-1 Memphis Conference USA Automatic 17-3-1 1 North Carolina ACC Automatic 17-3-1 4 Notre Dame Big East At-large 15-4-2 Oakland Summit Automatic 10-7-2 2 Purdue Big Ten Automatic 19-2-2 South Carolina SEC At-large 14-6-2 Toledo MAC Automatic 14-5-3 UNC-Greensboro Southern At-large 15-4-1

Stanford Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Boston College ACC At-large 11-5-3 Boston University America East Automatic 11-6-3 BYU Mountain West Automatic 17-3-2 California Pac-10 At-large 14-5 Connecticut Big East At-large 12-5-1 3 Florida State ACC At-large 13-5-3 Kennesaw State Atlantic Sun Automatic 17-3 LSU SEC At-large 11-4-7 Sacramento State Big Sky Automatic 11-3-5 Samford Ohio Valley At-large 15-4-1 Santa Clara West Coast At-large 12-5-3 1 Stanford Pac-10 At-large 14-2-4 Stephen F. Austin Southland Automatic 13-4-2 Texas Big 12 Automatic 14-3-5 2 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large 17-3-2 4 Wake Forest ACC At-large 12-6-3

Penn State Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Auburn SEC At-large 10-7-2 Creighton Missouri Valley Automatic 11-7-2 3 Florida SEC Automatic 16-4-2 Hofstra CAA Automatic 17-3 James Madison CAA At-large 16-4-1 Miami (FL) ACC At-large 09-6-5 Missouri Big 12 At-large 13-7 Monmouth Northeast Automatic 12-4-4 Navy Patriot Automatic 14-4-4 Ohio State Big Ten At-large 12-9-1 Penn Ivy League Automatic 13-3-1 1 Penn State Big Ten At-large 16-3-2 Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley Automatic 12-2-3 UCF Conference USA At-large 14-4-3 2 USC Pac-10 At-large 14-3-2 4 West Virginia Big East Automatic 15-4-2

UCLA Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic 12-7-2 Charlotte Atlantic 10 Automatic 16-4-1 Clemson ACC At-large 09-5-5 Colorado Big 12 At-large 09-7-4 Denver Sun Belt Automatic 13-4-4 Furman Southern Automatic 16-5-1 Georgetown Big East At-large 14-7 Hawaii WAC Automatic 15-4-2 Loyola (MD) MAAC Automatic 10-5-5 Oklahoma State Big 12 At-large 13-5-3 2 Portland West Coast Automatic 15-3 San Diego West Coast At-large 15-2-3 3 Tennessee SEC At-large 13-4-2 1 UCLA Pac-10 Automatic 16-1-2 4 Virginia ACC At-large 11-3-6 William & Mary CAA At-large 14-4-2

Bracket

North Carolina Bracket

	First round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 17–19 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30 Campus Sites
	1	North Carolina	6
		High Point	1
						1	North Carolina	3
	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
							UNC Greensboro	1
	Memphis		0
	UNC Greensboro		1
											1	North Carolina	2
											4	Notre Dame	3
	Louisville		0
	Illinois (OT)		1
							Illinois	0
	Alumni Field • Notre Dame, IN
						4	Notre Dame	2
		Loyola–Chicago	0
	4	Notre Dame	3
																4	Notre Dame	3
																	Duke	2
	3	Georgia	6
		Alabama A&M	1
						3	Georgia	0
	Turner Soccer Complex • Athens, GA
							Duke	1
	South Carolina		1(1)
	Duke (2OT, PSO)		1(4)
											Duke		2
											Indiana		0
	Indiana (2OT)		3
	Toledo		2
							Indiana	0(4)
	Varsity Soccer Complex • West Lafayette, IN
						2	Purdue	0(3)
	2	Purdue	4
		Oakland	0

Stanford Bracket

	First round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 17–19 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30 Campus Sites
	2	Texas A&M	4
		Stephen F. Austin	1
						2	Texas A&M	2
	Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX
							Texas	3
	BYU		0
	Texas		2
												Texas	0
											3	Florida State	4
	LSU (2OT)		2
	Samford		1
							LSU	0
	Seminole Soccer Complex • Tallahassee, FL
						3	Florida State	4
		Kennesaw State	0
	3	Florida State	3
																3	Florida State (2OT)	3
																	Connecticut	2
	4	Wake Forest	2
		Boston University	1
						4	Wake Forest	0
	Newton Soccer Complex • Newton, MA
							Connecticut	2
	Connecticut (2OT, PSO)		0(5)
	Boston College		0(4)
												Connecticut	2
											1	Stanford	0
	Santa Clara		0
	California		2
							California	1(7)
	Maloney Field • Stanford, CA
						1	Stanford (2OT, PSO)	1(8)
		Sacramento State	0
	1	Stanford	7

Penn State Bracket

	First round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 17–19 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30 Campus Sites
	1	Penn State	4
		Monmouth	0
						1	Penn State (2OT)	2
	Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA
							Hofstra	1
	Hofstra		1
	Ohio State		0
											1	Penn State	0
											4	West Virginia	1
	James Madison		2
	Penn		0
							James Madison	0
	Mountaineer Soccer Complex • Morgantown, WV
						4	West Virginia	2
		Navy	0
	4	West Virginia	4
																4	West Virginia	0
																2	USC	1
	3	Florida	3
		Miami (FL)	0
						3	Florida	0(4)
	Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL
							UCF	0(3)
	Auburn		1
	UCF		3
											3	Florida	0
											2	USC	1
	Missouri (2OT, PSO)		1(2)
	Southeast Missouri State		1(0)
							Missouri	1
	Walton Stadium • Columbia, MO
						2	USC (2OT)	2
	2	USC	3
		Creighton	0

UCLA Bracket

	First round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 17–19 Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30 Campus Sites
	2	Portland	5
		Denver	0
						2	Portland	1
	Merlo Field • Portland, OR
							Colorado	0
	Hawaiʻi		0
	Colorado		2
											2	Portland	3
											3	Tennessee	0
	Charlotte		2
	Clemson		4
							Clemson	0
	UT Soccer Complex • Knoxville, TN
						3	Tennessee (2OT)	1
		Furman	0
	3	Tennessee	2
																2	Portland	2
																1	UCLA (2OT)	3
	4	Virginia	4
		Loyola–Maryland	1
						4	Virginia	1
	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
							William & Mary	0
	Georgetown		1
	William & Mary		2
											4	Virginia	1
											1	UCLA (2OT)	2
	San Diego		1
	Oklahoma State		2
							Oklahoma State	0
	Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
						1	UCLA	4
	1	UCLA	3
		Cal State Fullerton	1

College Cup

	Semifinals December 7 Aggie Soccer Stadium College Station, Texas					Championship December 9 Aggie Soccer Stadium College Station, Texas
	4	Notre Dame	2
	3	Florida State	3
						3	Florida State	0
						2	USC	2
	2	USC	2
	1	UCLA	1

All-tournament team

• Amy Rodriguez, USC (most outstanding offensive player)
• Kristin Olsen, USC (most outstanding defensive player)
• Lauren Cheney, UCLA
• Janessa Currier, USC
• Amanda DaCosta, Florida State
• Christina DiMartino, UCLA
• Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame
• Kasey Johnson, USC
• Sanna Talonen, Florida State
• Marihelen Tomer, USC
• Mami Yamaguchi, Florida State

See also

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