NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship

The NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, sometimes known as the Women's College Cup, is an American college soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I women's national champion.

Women's Division I Soccer Championship

Founded	1982
Number of teams	64
Current champions	Stanford (3)
Most successful club(s)	North Carolina (21 and 4-time runner-up) Notre Dame (3 and 5-times runner-up) Stanford (3 and 2-time runner-up)
Television broadcasters	ESPNU
Website	NCAA.com
2020 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

History

The NCAA began conducting a single division Women's Soccer Championship tournament in 1982 with a 12-team tournament. The tournament became the Division I Championship in 1986, when Division III was created for non-scholarship programs. Currently, the tournament field consists of 64 teams. The semifinals and final of the tournament, held at a single site every year, are collectively known as the Women's College Cup (analogous to the College Cup in men's soccer).

Historically, North Carolina has been the dominant school in Division I women's soccer. Known widely as one of the most successful collegiate programs in any NCAA sport, the Tar Heels have won 21 national championships of the 31 NCAA tournaments contested. They also won the only AIAW national championship in soccer in 1981. The Tar Heels have reached the College Cup 26 times. Head coach Anson Dorrance is considered one of the greatest women's soccer coaches in NCAA history, leading the Tar Heels since the inception of the program in 1979.

Only five other schools have multiple titles, Notre Dame (3 titles, 5-times runner-up and 12 College Cup appearances), Stanford (3 titles, 2-times runner-up and 10 College Cup appearances), Florida State (2 titles, 2-time runner-up and 10 college cup appearances), Portland (2 titles, 1-time runner-up and 8 College Cup appearances), and USC (2 titles, 2 College Cup appearances).

Champions

NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship
Year	Site (Host)	Stadium		Team Championship				Third Place Final / Semifinalists				Attendance
				Champion	Score	Runner-up		Champion	Score	Runner-up
1982 Details	Orlando, Florida (Central Florida)	University of Central Florida		North Carolina	1–0	Central Florida		Connecticut	2–1	UMSL		1,000
1983 Details				North Carolina (2)	4–0	George Mason		Massachusetts	1–0	Connecticut		700
1984 Details	Chapel Hill, North Carolina (North Carolina)	Fetzer Field		North Carolina (3)	2–0	Connecticut		Massachusetts	4–1	California		3,500
1985 Details	Fairfax, Virginia (George Mason)	George Mason Stadium		George Mason	2–0	North Carolina		Colorado College, Massachusetts				4,500
1986 Details				North Carolina (4)	2–0	Colorado College		George Mason, Massachusetts				1,000
1987 Details	Amherst, Massachusetts (Massachusetts)	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium		North Carolina (5)	1–0	Massachusetts		California, Central Florida				3,651
1988 Details	Chapel Hill, North Carolina (North Carolina)	Fetzer Field		North Carolina (6)	4–1	NC State		California, Wisconsin				3,500
1989 Details	Raleigh, North Carolina (NC State)	Method Road Soccer Stadium		North Carolina (7)	2–0	Colorado College		NC State, Santa Clara				1,625
1990 Details	Chapel Hill, North Carolina (North Carolina)	Fetzer Field		North Carolina (8)	6–0	Connecticut		Colorado College, Santa Clara				3,200
1991 Details				North Carolina (9)	3–1	Wisconsin		Colorado College, Virginia				3,800
1992 Details				North Carolina (10)	9–1	Duke		Hartford, Santa Clara				3,573
1993 Details				North Carolina (11)	6–0	George Mason		Massachusetts, Stanford				5,721
1994 Details	Portland, Oregon (Portland)	Merlo Field		North Carolina (12)	5–0	Notre Dame		Connecticut, Portland				5,000
1995 Details	Chapel Hill, North Carolina (North Carolina)	Fetzer Field		Notre Dame	1–0 (3OT)	Portland		North Carolina, SMU				6,926
1996 Details	Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara)	Buck Shaw Stadium		North Carolina (13)	1–0 (2OT)	Notre Dame		Portland, Santa Clara				8,800
1997 Details	Greensboro, North Carolina (UNC Greensboro)	UNCG Soccer Stadium		North Carolina (14)	2–0	Connecticut		Notre Dame, Santa Clara				3,200
1998 Details				Florida	1–0	North Carolina		Portland, Santa Clara				10,583
1999 Details	San Jose, California (San Jose State)	Spartan Stadium		North Carolina (15)	2–0	Notre Dame		Penn State, Santa Clara				14,410
2000 Details				North Carolina (16)	2–1	UCLA		Notre Dame, Portland				9,566
2001 Details	University Park, Texas (SMU)	Gerald J. Ford Stadium		Santa Clara	1–0	North Carolina		Florida, Portland				7,090
2002 Details	Austin, Texas (Texas)	Mike A. Myers Stadium		Portland	2–1 (OT)	Santa Clara		North Carolina, Penn State				10,027
2003 Details	Cary, North Carolina	SAS Soccer Park		North Carolina (17)	6–0	Connecticut		Florida State, UCLA				10,042
2004 Details				Notre Dame (2)	1–1 (4–3 pen)	UCLA		Princeton, Santa Clara				7,644
2005 Details	College Station, Texas (Texas A&M)	Aggie Soccer Stadium		Portland (2)	4–0	UCLA		Florida State, Penn State				6,578
2006 Details	Cary, North Carolina	SAS Soccer Park		North Carolina (18)	2–1	Notre Dame		Florida State, UCLA				8,349
2007 Details	College Station, Texas (Texas A&M)	Aggie Soccer Stadium		USC	2–0	Florida State		Notre Dame, UCLA				8,255
2008 Details	Cary, North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park		North Carolina (19)	2–1	Notre Dame		Stanford, UCLA				9,055
2009 Details	College Station, Texas (Texas A&M)	Aggie Soccer Stadium		North Carolina (20)	1–0	Stanford		Notre Dame, UCLA				8,536
2010 Details	Cary, North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park		Notre Dame (3)	1–0	Stanford		Boston College, Ohio State				7,833
2011 Details	Kennesaw, Georgia (Kennesaw State)	Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium		Stanford	1–0	Duke		Florida State, Wake Forest				9,241
2012 Details	San Diego (San Diego)	Torero Stadium		North Carolina (21)	4–1	Penn State		Florida State, Stanford				7,289
2013 Details	Cary, North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park		UCLA	1–0 (OT)	Florida State		Virginia, Virginia Tech				8,806*
2014 Details	Boca Raton, Florida (Florida Atlantic)	FAU Stadium		Florida State	1–0	Virginia		Stanford, Texas A&M				4,137
2015 Details	Cary, North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park		Penn State	1–0	Duke		Florida State, Rutgers				10,676
2016 Details	San Jose, California	Avaya Stadium		USC (2)	3–1	West Virginia		Georgetown, North Carolina				6,612
2017 Details	Orlando, Florida	Orlando City Stadium		Stanford (2)	3-2	UCLA		South Carolina, Duke				1,938
2018 Details	Cary, North Carolina	WakeMed Soccer Park		Florida State (2)	1–0	North Carolina		Stanford, Georgetown				12,512
2019 Details	San Jose, CA	Avaya Stadium		Stanford (3)	0–0 (5-4 pen.)	North Carolina		UCLA, Washington State				9,591[1]

• The reported attendance for 2013 is the number of tickets sold for the match. Actual game attendance was less than 3000.

Team titles

Team	Number	Years won
North Carolina	21	1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
Stanford	3	2011, 2017, 2019
Notre Dame	3	1995, 2004, 2010
Florida State	2	2014, 2018
USC	2	2007, 2016
Portland	2	2002, 2005
Penn State	1	2015
UCLA	1	2013
Santa Clara	1	2001
Florida	1	1998
George Mason	1	1985

College Cup Appearances

• Through 2019
• Years in bold = won national championship

No.	School	College Cup Years	NCAA Appearances	Championships
29	North Carolina	1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019	33	21
12	Notre Dame	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010	20	3
11	UCLA	2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019	17	1
10	Stanford	1993, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019	25	3
10	Florida State	2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018	17	2
10	Santa Clara	1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004	22	1
8	Portland	1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005	19	2
7	UConn	1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2003	29	0
6	Massachusetts	1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993	15	0
5	Penn State	1999, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2015	25	1
5	Colorado College	1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991	9	0
4	Duke	1992, 2011, 2015, 2017	18	0
4	George Mason	1983, 1985, 1986, 1993	11	1
3	Virginia	1991, 2013, 2014	25	0
3	California	1984, 1987, 1988	20	0
2	Georgetown	2016, 2018	7	0
2	USC	2007, 2016	14	2
2	Florida	1998, 2001	16	1
2	Wisconsin	1988, 1991	17	0
2	NC State	1988, 1989	11	0
2	UCF	1982, 1987	17	0
1	Washington State	2019	13	0
1	South Carolina	2017	11	0
1	West Virginia	2016	17	0
1	Rutgers	2015	10	0
1	Texas A&M	2014	20	0
1	Virginia Tech	2013	8	0
1	Wake Forest	2011	16	0
1	Boston College	2010	15	0
1	Ohio State	2010	7	0
1	Princeton	2004	9	0
1	SMU	1995	12	0
1	Hartford	1992	13	0
1	UMSL	1982	2	0

See also

• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Soccer Champions
• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• NAIA national men's soccer championship
• Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association
• NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship bids by school

References

1. "College Cup: Stanford extended to a shootout before winning title". December 9, 2019.

External links

• NCAA Division I women's soccer page