 WakeMed Soccer Park, venue | |||||||
| Event | 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament | ||||||
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| After extra time | |||||||
| Date | May 17, 2021 | ||||||
| Venue | WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
| College Cup MOP | Jamil Roberts (offensive) Roman Celentano (defensive) | ||||||
| Referee | Sorin Stoica | ||||||
| Attendance | 5,000 | ||||||
The 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game (also known as the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's College Cup) was played on May 17, 2021, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina and determined the winner of the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, the national collegiate soccer championship in the United States. This was the 62nd edition of the oldest active competition in United States college soccer.
The tournament final was original slated to be held on December 13, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the tournament was postponed to May 2021 by the NCAA, making it the first NCAA Soccer Championship Game to be played in the Spring time. Despite being played in 2021, the competition retained its 2020 branding.
The match featured Marshall University of Conference USA (C-USA) and Indiana University of the Big Ten Conference.
Marshall won the match on a golden goal in extra time becoming the first unseeded team to win the championship since UC Santa Barbara in 2006.[1] This was Marshall's first men's soccer title and was also the first national title in a team sport won by a C-USA member while affiliated with the league.[2] Marshall was also the first mid-major program to win the national championship since Akron did so in 2010.
- ^ "Unseeded Marshall tops IU for first soccer title". ESPN.com. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "National Champions! Marshall Beats Indiana 1-0 In OT For College Cup Title" (Press release). Conference USA. May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.