2000 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

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2000 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Teams32
Champions Connecticut (2nd title)
Runners-up Creighton (1st title game)
Matches played31
Attendance52,910 (1,707 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Mohamed Fahim, SMU (5)
Corey Woolfolk, Stanford (5)
Best player Darin Lewis, Connecticut (MOP offense)
Chris Gbandi, Connecticut (MOP defense)
1999
2001

The 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 41st organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Connecticut won their second national title by defeating the Creighton Blue Jays in the championship game, 2–0. The final match was played on December 10, 2000 in Charlotte, North Carolina at Ericsson Stadium for the second straight year. All other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team. [1] [2]

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Seeded Teams

National Seeds
SeedSchoolRecord
#1 North Carolina 19–2
#2 Clemson 13–3–2
#3 Stanford 16–2–1
#4 San Diego 15–1–2
#5 Virginia 15–5–1
#6 SMU 17–4
#7 South Carolina 12–3–3
#8 San Jose State 20–0–1

Bracket

 First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsChampionship
Ericsson Stadium
Charlotte, North Carolina
                        
1 North Carolina (OT)3 
  William & Mary 2 
 1North Carolina3 
   Rhode Island1 
  Rhode Island 3
  Boston College 0 
 1North Carolina0 
  Indiana1 
 ' Washington (4OT)1 
  UAB 0 
  Washington1
   Indiana2 
  Indiana 4
8 San Jose State 0 
  Indiana1 
  Creighton (3OT)2 
5 Virginia (2OT)5 
  Lehigh 0 
 5Virginia2
   St. John's (NY)1 
  James Madison 0
  St. John's (NY) 1 
 5Virginia0
  Creighton3 
  Ohio State 0 
  Creighton 1 
  Creighton3
  4San Diego0 
  UCLA 0
4 San Diego 1 
  Creighton0
  Connecticut2
3 Stanford 4 
  Cal State Fullerton 0 
 3Stanford6 
   UI Chicago0 
  UI Chicago 1
  Bradley 0 
 3Stanford1 
 6SMU2 
  Saint Louis 0 
  Kentucky (pen.)0 
  Kentucky1
  6SMU3 
  IUPUI 0
6 SMU 2 
 6SMU0
  Connecticut2 
7 South Carolina 0 
  Duke 1 
  Duke0
   Brown1 
  Brown 2
  Vermont 0 
  Brown0
  Connecticut1 
  Dartmouth 0 
  Connecticut 3 
  Connecticut (OT)2
  2Clemson1 
  Furman 2
2 Clemson 3 

Final

Creighton 0–2 Connecticut
[3] Gbandi Soccerball shade.svg 16'
Lewis Soccerball shade.svg 85'

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