2006 NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament

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2006 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Teams32
Final positions
Champions Dowling
(1st title, 1st final)
Runner-up Fort Lewis
(3rd final)
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored103 (3.32 per match)
Best playerOffense:
Guy-Roland Kpene, Dowling
Defense:
Thomas Vaaland, Dowling
  2005
2007  

The 2006 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 35th annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. Thirty-two teams participated in the tournament.

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The Dowling Golden Lions defeated Fort Lewis, 1–0, at the DII Championship Festival, held in Pensacola, Florida. Morten Jensen scored the match's lone goal in the 38th minute to give the Golden Lions the school's first national title.

Dowling, who finished the season 22-0-2, were coached by John Dirico. [1]

Brackets

Pool 1

First round
*Campus sites
Second round
*Campus sites
Regional Finals
*Campus sites
Semifinals
November 16
Pensacola, Florida
            
2 Lenoir–Rhyne 3
Catawba 2
6 Lenoir-Rhyne 1(3)
Lincoln Memorial1(5)
Lincoln Memorial 1(OT)
9 Carson–Newman 0
10 Lincoln Memorial2
Northern Kentucky 1
15 SIU Edwardsville 6
12 Mercyhurst 1
15 SIU Edwardsville 2
14 Northern Kentucky3(OT)
Wisc. Parkside 0
14 Northern Kentucky 4
3 Fort Lewis4
10 Lincoln Memorial 2
CSU Dominguez Hills 1
Seattle 2(OT)
Seattle3(4)
CSU Los Angeles 3(3)
CSU Los Angeles 2
Seattle Pacific 1
3 Fort Lewis5
Seattle 2
3 Fort Lewis 3
Metropolitan State 1
3 Fort Lewis1(3)
6 Midwestern State 1(1)
17 Incarnate Word 0
6 Midwestern State 2

Pool 2

First round
*Campus sites
Second round
*Campus sites
Regional Finals
*Campus sites
Semifinals
November 16
Pensacola, Florida
            
10 Lander 0(1)
Queens (NC) 0(2)
Queens (N.C.)2
19 Limestone 1
19 Limestone 0(3)
USC Spartanburg 0(2)
Queens (N.C.) 0
3 West Florida2
3 West Florida 2(4)
20 Montevallo 2(1)
3 West Florida2
5 Lynn 1
Rollins 0
5 Lynn 3
3 West Florida 3(3)
1 Dowling3(5)
7 Franklin Pierce 1
Southern N.H. 0
7 Franklin Pierce 1
13 Southern Conn. St.2
Dominican (NY) 1
13 Southern Conn. St. 2
13 Southern Conn. St. 1
1 Dowling2(OT)
1 Dowling 3
C.W. Post 1
1 Dowling4
18 Lock Haven 0
18 Lock Haven 2(OT)
7 East Stroudsburg 1

Final

Dowling 1–0 Fort Lewis
Morten Jensen Soccerball shade.svg37:59' (Kpene, Grady)
Michael Bujan Yellow card.svg 38:26'
Robert Miller Yellow card.svg 46:30'
Thomas Vaaland Yellow card.svg 51:34'
Report 1
Report 2
Kieran Hall Yellow card.svg 38:18'
Ashton Brosnaham Stadium, Pensacola, Florida
Attendance: 550
Referee: Rich Huber

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References

  1. "Men's Division II Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA.