2022_NCAA_Division_I_women's_soccer_championship_game

2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game

2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game

Football match

The 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game (also known as the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's College Cup) was played on December 4, 2023, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, and determined the winner of the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, the national collegiate women's soccer championship in the United States. This was the 41st. edition of this tournament organised by the NCAA.[1]

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The match featured North Carolina (20–4–1),[2] which played its 27th. final, and UCLA, which made its 6th. appearance in the final. UCLA made a historic comeback[3] to defeat North Carolina 3–1 and win their second NCAA women's soccer title.[1][4]

UCLA forced the extra time scoring two goals with only 10 minutes remaining. The winning goal was scored by Graduate midfielder Maricarmen Reyes in the 107'.[5] UCLA (which had reached the final with a 22–2–1 record) also became the first women's soccer program in the NCAA history to win a national championship with a first-year head coach.[3][1] This championship became the 120th. title in UCLA athletics program history.[5][2]

North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance praised UCLA, and stated about the game: "This is one of the greatest finals I've personally ever been involved in" (...) up and back, lots of goals, overtime, the drama of sport — one team goes up, the other one claws their way back."[3]

Road to the final

Further information: 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

The NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I women's national champion. The tournament has been formally held since 1982, when it was an twelve-team tournament.

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Match details

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2022 College Cup Final
Attendance: 9,531
Referee: Samantha Martinez

College Cup MVP
Offensive:
Defensive:

Assistant referees:
Kate Wasiak (United States)
Tiffini Turpin (United States)
Fourth official:
Mark Kadlecik (United States)

Match rules:

  • 90 minutes.
  • 20 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Unlimited substitutes, may not return if subbed out in the first half; may return unlimited times in the second half.

Statistics

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References

  1. [1]
    UCLA wins the 2022 national championship in an all-time classic, 3–2 in 2OT on NCAA, 5 Dec 2022
  2. [2]
    UCLA Women's Soccer Beats UNC in College Cup Final, Wins NCAA Title by Sam Connon on Sports Illustrated, 5 Dec 2022
  3. [3]
    UCLA women’s soccer pulls off miracle comeback over North Carolina for NCAA title BY EM ADLER on Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec 2022
  4. [4]
    UCLA crowned NCAA National Champions to wrap 2022 Pac-12 Women’s Soccer season on Pac 12 Conference, 7 Dec 2023
  5. [5]
    UCLA storms back, wins second NCAA women’s soccer title UCLA Newsroom, 6 Dec 2022
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