The 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game (also known as the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's College Cup) was played on December 8, 2018, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, and determined the winner of the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, the national collegiate women's soccer championship in the United States. This was the 37th. edition of this tournament organised by the NCAA.Women's college soccer: Florida State beats North Carolina 1-0 for 2018 College Cup title by Shannon Scovel on NCAA.com, December 3, 2018
The match featured Florida State (20–4–3),Florida State soccer wins the National Championship by Akeem Joffer on Tomahawk Nation.com, December 2, 2018 which played its 4th. final, and University of North Carolina (21–4–2), which made its 25th. appearance in the final. Florida State defeated North Carolina 1–0 to win its second NCAA women's soccer title, with a goal scored by Dallas Dorosy in the 60th minute after an assistance by Deyna Castellanos.
Road to the final
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 a twelve-team tournament.
Florida State Round North Carolina OpponentResultNCAA TournamentOpponentResult Loyola 1–0 (H)First round Howard 4–0 (H) South Florida 3–1 (H)Second round Kansas 4–1 (H) USC 1–1 (H) Round of 16 Virginia Tech 3–0 (H) Penn State 1–0 (H) Quarterfinal UCLA 2–2 (A) Stanford 2–0 (N)Semifinal Georgetown 1–0 (N)
Match details
GK 0 Caroline Jeffers DF 16 Gabrielle Carle DF 17 Malia Berkely DF 14 Natalia Kuikka DF 9 Kirsten Pavlisko MF 33 Zhao Yujie MF 6 Jaelin Howell MF 10 Deyna Castellanos FW 12 Kaycie Tillman FW 20 Kristen McFarland FW 11 Gloriana Villalobos Substitutions: MF 7 Dallas Dorosy DF 5 Anna Patten MF 3 Megan Connolly DF 15 Olivia Bergau Manager: Mark Krikorian
GK 13 Samantha Leshnak DF 16 Julia Ashley DF 23 Lotte Wubben-Moy DF 30 Brooke Bingham DF 11 Emily Fox MF 8 Brianna Pinto MF 6 Taylor Otto MF 29 Dorian Bailey FW 4 Bridgette Andrzejewski FW 47 Alex Kimball FW 1 Madison Schultz Substitutions: FW 10 Rachel Jones FW 9 Rachael Dorwart FW 3 Ru Mucherera MF 7 Annie Kingman DF 14 Morgan Goff FW 2 Sydney Spruill Manager: Anson Dorrance
College Cup MVP Offensive: Defensive:
Assistant referees: Jude Carr (United States) Maggie Short (United States) Fourth official: Becky Pagan (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 +Overall FloridaState NorthCarolinaGoals scored 0 0Total shots 8 8 Offsides x x -->Saves 2 2Corner kicks 1 5Offsides 0 5Yellow cards 1 0Red cards 0 0
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