2025 NCAA Tournament

[MDZip]

Washington vs. NC State for the Championship. Two power conference schools.  Feel like the Zips would have matched up well with either. Darn it. To make myself feel better I went back and looked at the National Championship program, surprised to see that Akron had about 10000 more students than either Louisville or North Carolina back then. 

[Zip_ME87]

A bit old (before semifinals were played) but interesting read about potential future of Men’s Soccer / College Cup.  
 

https://www.sportico.com/leagues/soccer/2025/ncaa-college-cup-soccer-schedule-1234878902/

[ZippyRulz]

It's a balmy 34 °F in NC currently.

 

[MDZip]

6 hours ago, ZippyRulz said:

It's a balmy 34 °F in NC currently.

 

It was pretty damn cold when we were there in 2009 as well. 1-0 Washington just before the half. They just mentioned that NC State does not have a single come from behind victory this season. 

[Reslife4Life]

Lamest end to a national championship ever. UW wins in OT, a good minute after they start to celebrate the ref goes to VAR. UW hands the trophy BACK. He goes to check whether a player that didn’t touch the ball was offsides 4 passes before the final pass to goal. 2-3 minute review “call stands good goal” 

[fknbuflobo]

2 hours ago, Reslife4Life said:

Lamest end to a national championship ever. UW wins in OT, a good minute after they start to celebrate the ref goes to VAR. UW hands the trophy BACK. He goes to check whether a player that didn’t touch the ball was offsides 4 passes before the final pass to goal. 2-3 minute review “call stands good goal” 

Just imagine if he had disallowed the winning goal - after waiting that long.

Sheesh!  
He otherwise reffed a good game.

[TennZip]

Washington is a very deserving national Champion.  They are the best team that I have watched this year.

6 wins.......none of them at home

win at Oregon State in round of 64

win at #5 SMU

win at #12 Stanford

win at #4 Maryland

win over #16 Furman in college cup semis

win over #15 NC State in finals

 has any team defeated 5 seeds and won all of their matches on the road on the way to the title?

[72 Roo]

 Well stated TennZip. UW has traveled an impressive road to the championship. Still, they did not face us. I think we are that good and would have given them the best test of all.