The 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament (also known as the 2017 College Cup) was the 59th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's collegiate soccer. The first, second, third, and quarterfinal rounds were held at college campus sites across the United States during November and December 2017, with host sites determined by seeding and record. The four-team College Cup finals were played at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania on December 8 and 10.
The Stanford Cardinal defended their 2016 title by defeating Indiana in golden goal overtime, 1–0, to claim the 2017 championship.
Qualification
As in previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament featured 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 were allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which did not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths were determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.
The NCAA Selection Committee also named the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams played in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.
Of the 24 schools that had previously won the championship, 13 qualified for the 2017 tournament.
Qualified teams
Team Qualified as Qualified on Qualification typePrevious appearances in tournamentPrevious bestperformance Air Force No. 27 RPI At-large 11 (1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2012) Quarterfinals (1968, 1993) Albany America East champions Automatic 1 (2016) Round of 16 (2016) Akron MAC champions Automatic 27 (1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. 2015, 2016) Champions (2010) Butler No. 14 RPI At-large 7 (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2016) Round of 16 (1995, 1998) California No. 33 RPI At-large 18 (1960, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014) Quarterfinals (2005) Cal State Fullerton Big West champions Automatic 9 (1975, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2014, 2015) Semifinals (1993) Central Arkansas MVC champions Automatic None (debut) — Clemson No. 6 RPI At-large 30 (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (1984, 1987) Coastal Carolina Sun Belt champions Automatic 14 (1992, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Round of 16 (1992, 2003, 2012, 2013) Colgate Patriot League champions Automatic 6 (1959, 1966, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016) Round of 16 (1992, 2003, 2012, 2013) Columbia No. 29 RPI At-large 13 (1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993) Runners-Up (1983) Dartmouth Ivy League champions Automatic 17 (1964, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016) Quarterfinals (1990) Duke No. 3 RPI At-large 25 (1972, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Champions (1986) Fairfield MAAC champions Automatic 3 (2006, 2008, 2011) Second Round (2006) FIU No. 21 RPI At-large 9 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015) Runners-Up (1996) Fordham No. 26 RPI At-large 3 (1996, 2014, 2016) First Round (1996, 2014, 2016) Georgetown Big East champions Automatic 7 (1994, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Runners-up (2012) Indiana No. 4 RPI At-large 41 (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (1982, 1983, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2012) UIC Horizon League champions Automatic 6 (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016) Quarterfinals (2007) Lipscomb Atlantic Sun champions Automatic None (debut) — Louisville No. 5 RPI At-large 9 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) Runners-Up (2010) Maryland No. 25 RPI At-large 34 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (1968, 2005, 2008) UMass Atlantic 10 champions Automatic 3 (2001, 2007, 2008) Semifinals (2007) Mercer SoCon champions Automatic 2 (2001, 2016) First Round (2001, 2016) Michigan No. 15 RPI At-large 5 (2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012) Semifinals (2010) Michigan State No. 12 RPI At-large 18 (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) Champions (1967, 1968) New Hampshire No. 20 RPI At-large 1 (1994) First Round (1994) North Carolina No. 2 RPI At-large 24 (1968, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2105, 2016) Champions (2001, 2011) NC State No. 45 RPI At-large 13 (1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2009) Semifinals (1990) Notre Dame No. 10 RPI At-large 19 (1988, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2-12, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (2013) Old Dominion Conference USA champions Automatic 13 (1989, 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Round of 16 (2006, 2007) Omaha Summit League champions Automatic None (debut) — Pacific No. 35 RPI At-large 1 (2016) Second round (2016) Presbyterian Big South champions Automatic None (debut) — San Francisco WCC champions Automatic 30 (1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008) Champions (1966, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980) Seattle U WAC champions Automatic 2 (2013, 2015) Round of 16 (2015) SMU The American champions Automatic 30 (1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015) Semifinals (2000, 2005) St. Francis Brooklyn NEC champions Automatic 8 (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 2013, 2014, 2016) Quarterfinals (1978) Stanford Pac-12 champions Automatic 15 (1962, 1978, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (2015, 2016) UNCW No. 36 RPI At-large 2 (2009, 2014) Second Round (2009, 2014) Virginia No. 9 RPI At-large 38 (1969, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2014) VCU No. 13 RPI At-large 8 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013) Quarterfinals (2004) Virginia Tech No. 22 RPI At-large 5 (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016) Semifinals (2007) Wake Forest ACC champions Automatic 20 (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Champions (2007) Washington No. 37 RPI At-large 22 (1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) Quarterfinals (2013) Western Michigan No. 8 RPI At-large 1 (2003) First Round (2003) William & Mary CAA champions Automatic 15 (1980, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2013) Quarterfinals (1980, 1996) Wisconsin Big Ten champions Automatic 6 (1981, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2013) Champions (1995)
Seeding
Seeded teams Seed School Conference Record Berth type United Soccer Coaches ranking RPI ranking 1 Wake Forest ACC 17–1–2 Tournament champion 1 1 2 Indiana Big 10 15–0–5 At-large 2 4 3 North Carolina ACC 14–3–1 At-large 7 2 4 Louisville ACC 11–2–4 At-large 9 5 5 Akron Mid-American 16–3–1 Tournament champion 4 7 6 Duke ACC 12–4–2 At-large 14 3 7 Michigan State Big Ten 11–3–3 At-large 15 12 8 Clemson ACC 12–5–1 At-large 5 6 9 Stanford PAC 12 15–2–1 Conference champion 3 11 10 Western Michigan Mid-American 16–3–1 At-large 6 8 11 Virginia ACC 12–3–5 At-large 8 9 12 Notre Dame ACC 11–6–2 At-large 12 10 13 Michigan Big 10 12–5–2 At-large 16 15 14 Georgetown Big East 14–3–2 Tournament champion 11 19 15 Dartmouth Ivy League 12–3–1 Conference champion 17 16 16 VCU Atlantic 10 12–6–0 At-large 22 13
Schedule
RoundDateFirst roundNovember 16Second roundNovember 19Third roundNovember 25–26QuarterfinalsDecember 1−3College Cup SemifinalsDecember 8College Cup FinalDecember 10
Bracket
Regional 1
Host Institution*
Regional 2
Host Institution*
Regional 3
Host Institution*
Regional 4
Host Institution*
2017 College Cup
Results
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
College Cup
Semifinals
National championship
Statistics
Goalscorers
4 goals
Mike Catalano — Wisconsin
3 goals
Sam Gainford — Akron Brandon Guhl — Butler
2 goals
Stuart Holthusen — Akron Martin Melchor — Coastal Carolina Frantzdy Pierrot — Coastal Carolina Paul Marie — FIU Jannik Loebe — Fordham Tate Schmitt — Louisville Jack Hallahan — Michigan Robin Schmidt — New Hampshire Jelani Pieters — North Carolina Sean Bowman — San Francisco Bryce Kaminski — San Francisco Julio Moncada — UNC Wilmington Jon Bakero — Wake Forest Tom Barlow — Wisconsin
1 goal
Marcel Zajac — Akron Alex Lehtinen — Butler Lewis Suddick — Butler Bass Sarr — Cal State Fullerton Aravind Sivakumar — California Jason Wright — Clemson Ryan Bellavance — Colgate Karl Brown — Colgate Uyi Omorogbe — Colgate Aram Ouligian — Colgate Jared Stroud — Colgate Zach Morant — Columbia Kynan Rocks — Columbia Matthias Frick — Duke Kristófer Garðarsson — Duke Max Moser — Duke Brian White — Duke Deshawon Nembhard — FIU Bart Dziedzic — Fordham Matthew Lewis — Fordham Eric Ohlendorf — Fordham Jörgen Oland — Fordham Jacob Montes — Georgetown Jacob Graiber — Illinois-Chicago Grant Lillard — Indiana Francesco Moore — Indiana Austin Panchot — Indiana Cory Thomas — Indiana Mason Toye — Indiana Walker Andriot — Louisville Adrien Cabon — Louisville Adam Wilson — Louisville Hunter Barone — Michigan State Jimmy Fiscus — Michigan State DeJuan Jones — Michigan State Michael Pimlott — Michigan State Ryan Sierakowski — Michigan State Jacob Gould — New Hampshire Kristian Piippo — New Hampshire Mauricio Pineda — North Carolina Jack Skahan — North Carolina Brandon Perdue — Old Dominion Max Wilschrey — Old Dominion Bob Groenendijk — Pacific Spencer Vue — Pacific Habib Barry — Seattle Sergio Rivas — Seattle Gabriel Ruiz — Seattle Christian Boorom — Southern Methodist Jordan Cano — Southern Methodist Garrett McLaughlin — Southern Methodist Leo Folla — St. Francis Brooklyn Nadim Saqui — St. Francis Brooklyn Tanner Beason — Stanford Foster Langsdorf — Stanford Ulrik Edvardsen — VCU Luc Fatton — VCU Marcelo Acuña — Virginia Tech Collin Verfurth — Virginia Tech Brandon Servania — Wake Forest Kyle Coffee — Washington Elijah Rice — Washington Pepe Martinez-Bertrand — Western Michigan Kosti Moni — Western Michigan Ben Thornton — Western Michigan Ryder Bell — William & Mary Mitch Guitar — Wisconsin
Own goals
Brendan McDonough — Georgetown (playing against Southern Methodist)
Record by conference