2003 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

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2003 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
CountryUSA
Teams48
Champions Indiana (6th title)
Runners-up St. John's (NY) (2nd title game)
Matches played47
Attendance61,310 (1,304 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Joseph Ngwenya, Coastal Carolina (5)
Best player Jacob Peterson, Indiana (MOP offense)
Jay Nolly, Indiana (MOP defense)
2002
2004

2003 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was a tournament of 48 teams from NCAA Division I across the nation who played for the NCAA Championship. This year's College Cup Final Four was held at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded. The final was held on December 14, 2003. St. John's, Maryland, Santa Clara, and Indiana qualified for the Final Four. St. John's defeated Maryland, and Indiana beat Santa Clara. In the final Indiana defeated St. John's, 2–1.

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The tournament started on November 21, 2003. The first round was played on November 21 and 22. The second round on the November 26, and the third round on the November 29-30. The Regional Finals were played on December 5-7.

Seeded Teams

2003 College Cup
SeedSchoolRecord
#1 UCLA 18–1–1
#2 Maryland 17–2–1
#3 Wake Forest 15–4–0
#4 North Carolina 12–3–4
#5 Notre Dame 15–3–3
#6 St. John's 14–5–2
#7 Saint Louis 13–3–3
#8 Indiana 12–3–5
#9 VCU 16–4–0
#10 Washington 12–4–2
#11 UC Santa Barbara 15–4–1
#12 Michigan 13–6–0
#13 Loyola Marymount 12–6–1
#14 San Diego 12-4-3
#15 Akron 14–4–2
#16 Cal St. Northridge 14–3–2

Regional 1

 First roundSecond roundRegional SemifinalsRegional Finals
                   
 Oakland2 
 Tulsa3 
  Tulsa2 
  1UCLA3 
   
    
 1UCLA2 
  Florida International0 
    
    
 16Cal St. Northridge1
   Florida International1/pk 
 UCF1
 Florida International3 
 1UCLA1
 8Indiana2
 Virginia Tech3/pk 
 Clemson3 
  Virginia Tech2
  9 VCU 5 
   
    
 9 VCU 0
 8Indiana5 
    
    
 8Indiana2/2ot
   Kentucky1 
 Cincinnati0
 Kentucky0/pk 

Regional 2

 First roundSecond roundRegional SemifinalsRegional Finals
                   
 Wisconsin-Milwaukee4 
 Western Michigan1 
  Wisconsin-Milwaukee1 
  5Notre Dame4 
   
    
 5Notre Dame1 
 12Michigan1/pk 
    
    
 12Michigan6
   St. Peter's2 
 St. Peter's2
 Brown0 
 12Michigan1
  Santa Clara3
 Santa Clara1/pk 
 SMU1 
  Santa Clara1/ot
  13Loyola Marymount0 
   
    
  Santa Clara3(ot)
  Coastal Carolina2 
    
    
 4North Carolina0
   Coastal Carolina3 
 Davidson0
 Coastal Carolina3 

Regional 3

 First roundSecond roundRegional SemifinalsRegional Finals
                   
 Virginia2 
 Seton Hall0 
  Virginia2 
  3Wake Forest0 
   
    
  Virginia1 
  Creighton3 
    
    
 14San Diego1
   Creighton1/pk 
 UMKC0
  Creighton 6 
  Creighton2
  St. John's3
 California2 
 San Jose State0 
  California0
  11UC Santa Barbara2 
   
    
 11UC Santa Barbara2
 6St. John's3/2ot 
    
    
 11 St. John's 0/pk
   Connecticut0 
 Rhode Island0
 Connecticut3 

Regional 4

 First roundSecond roundRegional SemifinalsRegional Finals
                   
 Farleigh Dickinson0 
 Binghamton1 
  Binghamton0 
  7Saint Louis1/ot 
   
    
 7Saint Louis3(ot) 
 10Washington2 
    
    
 10Washington1
   Portland0 
 Portland3
  Oregon State 2 
 7Saint Louis2
 2Maryland4
 Rutgers3 
 Lafayette1 
  Rutgers2
  15Akron3 
   
    
 15Akron0
 2Maryland1 
    
    
 2Maryland2
   Old Dominion1 
 North Carolina State3
 Old Dominion6 

Final Four – Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

National Semifinals
December 12
National Championship
December 14
      
8 Indiana1(2ot)
 Santa Clara 0
8 Indiana2
6 St. John's 1
6 St. John's1
2 Maryland 0

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