College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by college

College

A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...

s and universities

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 as opposed to a professional league

Professional sports

Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...

 operated for exclusively financial purposes. College soccer is probably most widespread in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, but is also important in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

 and Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

.

In the United States, college soccer is featured in many collegiate athletic associations including NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

, NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

, the NCCAA and USCAA.

Many top American college soccer players play for separate teams in the Premier Development League (PDL) during the summer. One college club, the BYU Cougars men's team, have foregone playing in the NCAA or NAIA and instead play all of their games in the PDL.

In 2011, the official College Soccer Scoreboard will be powered by the NSCAA

NSCAA

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America is an organization of American soccer coaches founded in 1941. The NSCAA has grown from a handful of college soccer coaches to more than 22,000 members, making it the largest coaching organization in the world. Its members coach at all levels of...

 and TopDrawerSoccer.com, covering all Division I, II, III, NAIA, and NJCAA games.

Rules

While similar in general appearance, NCAA rules diverge significantly from FIFA Laws of the Game. If a player accumulates five yellow card

Yellow card

Yellow card may refer to:* A yellow penalty card shown in many sports after a rules infraction or, by analogy, a serious warning in other areas...

s over the period of one season, he or she is banned one game. A manager may make unlimited substitutions; however, a player cannot re-enter a game in the same half that he left in. All matches have an overtime

Overtime

Overtime is the amount of time someone works beyond normal working hours. Normal hours may be determined in several ways:*by custom ,*by practices of a given trade or profession,*by legislation,...

 period if the game remains tied after 90 minutes. As opposed to a classic two half overtime, a golden goal

Golden goal

The golden goal is a method used in association football, field hockey, ice hockey and korfball to decide the winner of games in elimination matches which end in a draw after the end of regulation time. It is a type of sudden death. Golden goal rules allow the team that scores the first goal during...

 rule is applied. If neither team scores in the two ten-minute halves, the match ends in a draw (unless it is a playoff match, then it would be penalty kicks). College soccer is played on a "running clock" that is constantly counting down unless the referee signals for the clock to be stopped by injuries, substitutions, and when he feels a team is wasting time. The clock is also stopped after goals until play is restarted. In most professional leagues, there is an up-counting clock with injury time.

NCAA Division I

There are 198 Division 1 Men's Soccer Programs.

• America East Conference
  America East Conference
  The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring...
  
  
• Atlantic Coast Conference
  Atlantic Coast Conference
  The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
  
  
• Atlantic Ten Conference
  Atlantic Ten Conference
  The Atlantic 10 Conference is a college athletic conference which operates mostly on the United States' eastern seaboard. It also has two member schools in Ohio: Dayton and Xavier, located in Dayton and Cincinnati, respectively. Another member, Saint Louis is located in St. Louis, Missouri...
  
  
• Atlantic Soccer Conference
  Atlantic Soccer Conference
  Atlantic Soccer Conference is a college athletic conference which only sponsors men's soccer. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I and its champion does not receive an automatic bid to the annual NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Tournament. It was founded in 2000 with nine colleges...
  
  
• Atlantic Sun Conference
  Atlantic Sun Conference
  The Atlantic Sun Conference is a college athletic conference operating in the Southeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I; it does not sponsor football. The conference was established in 1978 as the Trans America Athletic Conference...
  
  
• Big East Conference
  Big East Conference
  The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
  
  
• Big South Conference
  Big South Conference
  The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. The conference's football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision...
  
  
• Big Ten Conference
  Big Ten Conference
  The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
  
  
• Big West Conference
  Big West Conference
  The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...
  
  
• Colonial Athletic Association
  Colonial Athletic Association
  The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...
  
  
• Conference USA
  Conference USA
  Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
  
  
• Horizon League
  Horizon League
  The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States....
  
  
• Ivy League
  Ivy League
  The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
  
  
• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
  Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
  The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
  
  
• Mid-American Conference
  Mid-American Conference
  The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...
  
  
• Missouri Valley Conference
  Missouri Valley Conference
  The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...
  
  
• Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
  Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
  The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level.-History:...
  
  
• Northeast Conference
  Northeast Conference
  The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...
  
  
• Pacific-12 Conference
• Patriot League
  Patriot League
  The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...
  
  
• Southern Conference
  Southern Conference
  The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
  
  
• Southwestern Athletic Conference
  Southwestern Athletic Conference
  The Southwestern Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities in the Southern United States...
  
  
• The Summit League
• West Coast Conference
  West Coast Conference
  The West Coast Conference is an NCAA collegiate athletics conference consisting of nine member schools across the states of California, Oregon, Utah and Washington....
  
  
• NCAA Division I independent schools (soccer)
  NCAA Division I independent schools (soccer)
  NCAA independent schools are four-year institutions whose NCAA-affiliated soccer programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated athletic conference...
  
  

NCAA Division II

• California Collegiate Athletic Association
  California Collegiate Athletic Association
  The California Collegiate Athletic Association or CCAA is an intercollegiate athletic conference in the Division II of the NCAA. All of its current members are public universities, and all except for UC San Diego are members of the California State University system.It was founded in December 1938...
  
  
• Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference
• Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
  Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
  The Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.The conference was founded...
  
  
• Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a competitive intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division II. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Member institutions are located in the midwestern United States in the States of Michigan and Ohio, with affiliate...
  
  
• Great Lakes Valley Conference
  Great Lakes Valley Conference
  The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin....
  
  
• Great Northwest Athletic Conference
  Great Northwest Athletic Conference
  The Great Northwest Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which has historically operated in the Northwestern United States, but also currently includes four schools in areas not usually considered part of that region—two in Alaska , one in eastern Montana The Great Northwest...
  
  
• Gulf South Conference
  Gulf South Conference
  The Gulf South Conference is a College Athletic Conference which operates in the southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division II.-History:...
  
  
• Heartland Conference
  Heartland Conference
  The Heartland Conference is an NCAA Division II college athletic conference founded in 1999. The majority of members are in Texas, with additional members in Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.-Member schools:...
  
  
• Lone Star Conference
  Lone Star Conference
  The Lone Star Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. Member institutions are located in the southwestern United States, with schools in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico...
  
  
• New York Collegiate Athletic Conference
• Northeast Ten Conference
  Northeast Ten Conference
  The Northeast-10 Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont...
  
  
• Peach Belt Conference
  Peach Belt Conference
  The Peach Belt Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. The PBC was formed in 1990 with seven charter universities as the Peach Belt Athletic Conference, and took its current name in 2000.-Current members:The league currently has 13 full...
  
  
• Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
  Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
  The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II. The conference is composed of 16 full-time members within Pennsylvania and one associate member in New York...
  
  
• Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
  Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
  The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States, mostly in Colorado with some members in Nebraska and New Mexico...
  
  
• South Atlantic Conference
  South Atlantic Conference
  The South Atlantic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division II...
  
  
• Sunshine State Conference
  Sunshine State Conference
  The Sunshine State Conference was originally formed in 1975 as an NCAA Division II men's basketball conference. It has since expanded to sponsor championships in 14 sports, including men's and women's basketball, baseball, men's and women's golf, women's rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball,...
  
  
• West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which historically operated exclusively in the state of West Virginia, but has now expanded into Pennsylvania...
  
  
• NCAA Division II independent schools
  NCAA Division II independent schools
  NCAA Division II independent schools are four-year institutions that field intercollegiate teams in football and other sports, but which are not formally affiliated with any athletic conference.-Full Division II member:...
  
  

NCAA Division III

• Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
  Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
  The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Maryland, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.-Current members:The league currently has...
  
  
• American Southwest Conference
  American Southwest Conference
  The American Southwest Conference is a college athletic conference, founded in 1996, whose member schools compete in the NCAA's Division III. The schools are located in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi...
  
  
• Capital Athletic Conference
  Capital Athletic Conference
  The Capital Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware....
  
  
• Centennial Conference
  Centennial Conference
  The Centennial Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in Maryland and Pennsylvania....
  
  
• City University of New York Athletic Conference
  City University of New York Athletic Conference
  The City University of New York Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Its member institutions are all located in New York City and are campuses of the City University of New York...
  
  
• College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
  College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
  The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin is a college athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Its member teams are located in Illinois and Wisconsin. CCIW schools have won 35 Division III national championships since 1973. The conference was founded in 1946 as the...
  
  
• Colonial States Athletic Conference
  Colonial States Athletic Conference
  The Colonial States Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III collegiate athletic conference in the Mid-Atlantic United States. There are currently twelve full member institutions as of 2008. The conference's membership, as with most Middle Atlantic conferences, has been shaken up as a result...
  
  
• Commonwealth Coast Conference
  Commonwealth Coast Conference
  The Commonwealth Coast Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in New England in the States of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island....
  
  
• Empire Eight
• Great Northeast Athletic Conference
  Great Northeast Athletic Conference
  The Great Northeast Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.-Current...
  
  
• Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio...
  
  
• Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is an College Athletic Conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member teams are located in the state of Iowa.-History:...
  
  
• Landmark Conference
  Landmark Conference
  The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C....
  
  
• Liberty League
  Liberty League
  The Liberty League is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Originally founded in 1995 as the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association, was renamed during the summer of 2004 to the current name...
  
  
• Little East Conference
  Little East Conference
  The Little East Conference is an NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletic conference. The member institutions are located in the U.S...
  
  
• Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
  Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
  The Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III...
  
  
• Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association is an athletic conference that competes in the NCAA's Division III. The nine teams in the conference are all located in the states of Michigan and Indiana. The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association was established on March 24, 1888, making...
  
  
• Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation
• Midwest Conference
  Midwest Conference
  The Midwest Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the Midwestern United States in the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin...
  
  
• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member schools are located in the state of Minnesota...
  
  
• New England Small College Athletic Conference
  New England Small College Athletic Conference
  The New England Small College Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III athletic conference, consisting of eleven highly selective liberal arts colleges and universities located in New England and New York...
  
  
• New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
  New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
  The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III...
  
  
• New Jersey Athletic Conference
  New Jersey Athletic Conference
  The New Jersey Athletic Conference , formerly the New Jersey State Athletic Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Full members are located in New Jersey, track-only and football-only members are located in Connecticut and New York.-Member...
  
  
• North Atlantic Conference
  North Atlantic Conference
  The North Atlantic Conference is an athletic conference, affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III, consisting primarily of small liberal arts colleges throughout the New England states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont....
  
  
• North Coast Athletic Conference
  North Coast Athletic Conference
  The North Coast Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed of schools located in the Midwestern United States. When founded in 1984, the NCAC was a pioneer in gender equality, offering competition in a then-unprecedented ten women's sports...
  
  
• Northern Athletics Conference
  Northern Athletics Conference
  The Northern Athletics Conference is a college athletic conference. It participates in the NCAA's Division III and began its first season in the fall of 2006.-Member schools:-History:...
  
  
• Northwest Conference
  Northwest Conference
  The Northwest Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in the states of Oregon and Washington.-History:...
  
  
• Ohio Athletic Conference
  Ohio Athletic Conference
  The Ohio Athletic Conference was formed in 1902 and is the third oldest athletic conference in the United States. It competes in the NCAA's Division III. Through the years, 31 schools have been members of the OAC. The enrollments of the current ten member institutions range from 1,100 to 4,500...
  
  
• Old Dominion Athletic Conference
  Old Dominion Athletic Conference
  The Old Dominion Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III athletic conference. Its member schools are located primarily in Virginia, with other members in North Carolina and Washington, DC. Only the American Southwest Conference in Texas is larger in Division III. -History:The conference was...
  
  
• Presidents' Athletic Conference
  Presidents' Athletic Conference
  The Presidents' Athletic Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are private, liberal arts institutions of higher learning located in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky....
  
  
• Skyline Conference
  Skyline Conference
  The Mountain States Conference, also known as the Skyline Conference, was a college athletic conference based in the Western United States. The league was established in 1938 when the seven charter members pulled out of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.From 1938 to 1946, the conference was...
  
  
• St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that operates in the NCAA's Division III. The conference was founded in 1915 and it consists of twelve small private schools which are located in Southern California and organized into nine athletic programs...
  
  
• Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference , founded in 1962, is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas...
  
  
• State University of New York Athletic Conference
  State University of New York Athletic Conference
  The State University of New York Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III athletics conference consisting of schools in the State University of New York system...
  
  
• USA South Athletic Conference
  USA South Athletic Conference
  The USA South Athletic Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III...
  
  
• Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
  Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
  The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference is a college-level athletic conference. The UMAC is a member-conference of the NCAA Division III. The UMAC was formerly affiliated with the NAIA. Corey Borchardt is the current commissioner of the UMAC, and was appointed to the position in 2008...
  
  
• Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association
• University Athletic Association
  University Athletic Association
  The University Athletic Association is an American athletic conference that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. Member teams are located in Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, and New York...
  
  
• Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member teams are located in the state of Wisconsin, although there are three associate members from Minnesota and one from Michigan...
  
  
• NCAA Division III independent schools
• Great South Athletic Conference
  Great South Athletic Conference
  The Great South Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in the southeastern United States in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina.-Current members:The league currently has 9 full...
  
  

NAIA

• American Mideast Conference
  American Mideast Conference
  The American Mideast Conference is an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics that includes eight member institutions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts. Founded in 1949, it was known as the Mid-Ohio League, and named the Mid-Ohio Conference from 1962...
  
  
• American Midwest Conference
  American Midwest Conference
  The American Midwest Conference is a NAIA college athletic conference with nine member institutions located in Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri in the United States.-Members:Notes:...
  
  
• Appalachian Athletic Conference
  Appalachian Athletic Conference (NAIA)
  The Appalachian Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that competes in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II competition. Members of the conference are located in the Southeast United States in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia...
  
  
• California Pacific Conference
  California Pacific Conference
  The California Pacific Conference is a college athletics conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . The conference commissioner is Don Ott. Conference leadership is shared among the member institutions. The conference president is Themy Adachi of Mills College. The...
  
  
• Cascade Collegiate Conference
  Cascade Collegiate Conference
  The Cascade Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Member schools are located in the Northwestern United States. Its basketball teams compete in Division II, the lower of the two levels of NAIA basketball competition. ...
  
  
• Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Its 14 members are located in the Midwestern United States...
  
  
• Dakota Athletic Conference
  Dakota Athletic Conference
  The Dakota Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. As the name implies, member teams are located in the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.-History:...
  
  
• Frontier Conference
  Frontier Conference
  The Frontier Conference is a college athletic conference, founded in 1952 and affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in the northwestern United States, in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Utah....
  
  
• Golden State Athletic Conference
  Golden State Athletic Conference
  The Golden State Athletic Conference is a college athletics conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . The conference commissioner is Cliff Hamlow of Azusa Pacific University. Conference leadership is shared among the member institutions. The conference was formed in...
  
  
• Great Plains Athletic Conference
  Great Plains Athletic Conference
  The Great Plains Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota...
  
  
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
  Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
  The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA's Division I. Member institutions are located in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, USA....
  
  
• Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. It is commonly called "The Kansas Conference", and as the name implies, all members are located in Kansas...
  
  
• Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference with membership in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics...
  
  
• Heart of America Athletic Conference
  Heart of America Athletic Conference
  The Heart of America Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska in the United States....
  
  
• Mid-Central College Conference
  Mid-Central College Conference
  The Mid-Central College Conference is an athletic conference composed of NAIA private Christian colleges in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio . The current conference commissioner is J. D...
  
  
• Mid-South Conference
  Mid-South Conference
  The Mid-South Conference is an athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky....
  
  
• Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference is an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . Its nine member institutions are located in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.-Members:...
  
  
• Midwest Collegiate Conference
• Red River Athletic Conference
  Red River Athletic Conference
  The Red River Athletic Conference is an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . The conference's 14 member institutions are located in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Pending acceptance of their application to the conference, a 15th member, the University...
  
  
• Sooner Athletic Conference
  Sooner Athletic Conference
  The Sooner Athletic Conference is an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . Its 12 member institutions are located in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas....
  
  
• Southern States Athletic Conference
  Southern States Athletic Conference
  The Southern States Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. The 16 member universities compete in 13 sports in the NAIA. Basketball teams compete in Division I of the NAIA.-History:...
  
  
• Sunrise Athletic Conference
  Sunrise Athletic Conference
  The Sunrise Athletic Conference was a college athletic conference founded in 2002 and affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . Its member institutions were in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont.-History:...
  
  
• The Sun Conference
• TranSouth Athletic Conference
  TranSouth Athletic Conference
  The TranSouth Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference for smaller colleges and universities located in the Southern United States...
  
  
• Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
  Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
  The Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference of ten colleges and universities in the U.S. states of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. Founded in 1992, the conference was created as a successor group for the now-defunct NAIA District 23...
  
  
• NAIA independent schools
  NAIA independent schools
  NAIA independent schools are 4-year institutional members of the NAIA that play independent of any formal conference affiliation. Many NAIA independent schools are members of the Association of Independent Institutions , which allows members to have a formal route to NAIA tournaments.-See...
  
  

Canada

In Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, there are two organizations that regulate university and collegiate athletics.

Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS)

• Atlantic University Sport
  Atlantic University Sport
  Atlantic University Sport is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and...
  
   (AUS)
• Canada West Universities Athletic Association
  Canada West Universities Athletic Association
  The Canada West Universities Athletic Association is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and...
  
   (CWUAA)
• Ontario University Athletics
  Ontario University Athletics
  Ontario University Athletics is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public...
  
   (OUA)
• Quebec Student Sports Federation
  Quebec Student Sports Federation
  The Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec formerly known as the Quebec Student Sports Federation is the governing body of primary and secondary school, collegiate and university sport in Quebec...
  
   (QSSF)

Canadian Colleges Athletic Association

• Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association
  Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association
  The Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association is the governing body for collegiate sports in Atlantic Canada. Founded in 1967 as the Nova Scotia College Conference, the ACAA is represented by nine schools in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island competing in six sports.The ACAA is a...
  
   (ACAA)
• Quebec Student Sports Federation
  Quebec Student Sports Federation
  The Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec formerly known as the Quebec Student Sports Federation is the governing body of primary and secondary school, collegiate and university sport in Quebec...
  
   (QSSF)
• Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
  Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
  The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association is the governing body of all intercollegiate sports in the Canadian province of Ontario. The OCAA is a part of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
  
   (OCAA)
• Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC)
• British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association
  British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association
  The Pacific Western Athletic Association is a Canadian Athletics conference.-Members:* Camosun College* Capilano University* College of the Rockies* Columbia Bible College* Douglas College* Kwantlen University* Langara College* Quest University...
  
   (BCCAA)

South Korea

In South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

, Korea University

Korea University

Korea University is a prestigious nonsectarian, private research university located primarily in Seoul, South Korea, and one of the SKY universities, a historical acronym used in South Korea to refer to Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University. Founded by Lee Yong-ik in...

 and Yonsei University

Yonsei University

Yonsei University is a Christian private research university, located in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1885, it is one of the oldest universities in South Korea, the top private comprehensive universities in South Korea, and is widely regarded as one of the top three comprehensive...

 compete in soccer, baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

, and rugby

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, association football in colleges and universities is governed by the BUSA Football League

BUSA Football League

The BUSA Men's Football League system is a football league system set up for Universities and Colleges in the United Kingdom to compete on an amateur and professional level of higher education association football.-Competition format:...

.

National college soccer awards

See :Category:College soccer awards and trophies

• Hermann Trophy
  Hermann Trophy
  The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top male and female college soccer players.-History:...
  
  
• Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year
• NSCAA Player of the Year
  Hermann Trophy
  The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top male and female college soccer players.-History:...
  
  
• Soccer America Player of the Year
  Soccer America Player of the Year Award
  Beginning in 1984, Soccer America Magazine began naming a college player of the year. At the time Soccer America was the best source for U.S. soccer, especially collegiate soccer which was rarely covered by the national news services...
  
  
• ISAA Player of the Year
  ISAA Player of the Year
  The ISAA Player of the Year was an annual U.S. college soccer award presented by the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America between 1984 and 1995. In 1984, the ISAA began recognizing outstanding men's NCAA soccer players with an annual Player of the Year award. In 1985 the ISAA expanded...
  
  
• ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year
  ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year
  The ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year was an annual award created by the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America to recognize the best U.S. college soccer goalkeeper. The ISAA began naming an annual men's Goalkeeper of the Year in 1983...
  
  
• NSCAA Coach of the Year

Noted as players

• Jeff Agoos
  Jeff Agoos
  Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Agoos is a retired American soccer defender, and one of the all-time appearance leaders for the United States national team....
  
  , Virginia
  Virginia Cavaliers
  The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
  
  
• Carlos Bocanegra
  Carlos Bocanegra
  Carlos Manuel Bocanegra is an American soccer player who plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers and is the captain of the United States national team.-Chicago Fire:...
  
  , UCLA
  UCLA Bruins
  The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
  
  
• Conor Casey
  Conor Casey
  Conor Casey is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
  
  , Portland
  Portland Pilots (NCAA)
  The Portland Pilots is the nickname for athletics at the University of Portland. The Pilots compete in the West Coast Conference at the NCAA's Division I level.-History:...
  
  
• Brian Ching
  Brian Ching
  Brian Ching is an American professional soccer forward currently playing for the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
  
  , Gonzaga
  Gonzaga Bulldogs
  The Gonzaga Bulldogs are the athletic teams at Gonzaga University; the term applies to any of the school's varsity teams. Gonzaga University is a member of the West Coast Conference, which participates in the NCAA Division I...
  
  
• Steve Cherundolo
  Steve Cherundolo
  Steven Emil "Steve" Cherundolo is an American soccer defender who is the captain of Hannover 96 of the German Bundesliga, where he has spent his entire club career. He played for the United States men's national soccer team at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups.-Early life:Cherundolo grew up in...
  
  , Portland
  Portland Pilots (NCAA)
  The Portland Pilots is the nickname for athletics at the University of Portland. The Pilots compete in the West Coast Conference at the NCAA's Division I level.-History:...
  
  
• Charlie Davies
  Charlie Davies
  Charles Desmond "Charlie" Davies is an American soccer player who plays as a striker for French Ligue 1 side Sochaux....
  
  , Boston College
  Boston College Eagles
  The Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. They compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. The women's crew team competes in the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing...
  
  
• Jay DeMerit
  Jay DeMerit
  Jay Michael DeMerit is an American soccer player who plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer, and for the United States national team...
  
  , UIC
  UIC Flames
  The UIC Flames are the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Illinois at Chicago. They are called the Flames as a reference to the Great Chicago Fire, and their team colors are navy blue and fire engine red. Approximately 300 student athletes compete in 18 varsity sports...
  
  
• Clint Dempsey
  Clint Dempsey
  Clinton Drew "Clint" Dempsey is an American soccer player who plays for Fulham and the United States national team. Dempsey usually plays as either an attacking midfielder, or a striker....
  
  , Furman
• Maurice Edu
  Maurice Edu
  Maurice Edu is an American soccer player who plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League and the United States national team.- Early life :...
  
  , Maryland
  Maryland Terrapins
  The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 27 men's and women's athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition...
  
  
• Benny Feilhaber
  Benny Feilhaber
  Benny Feilhaber is Brazilian-born American soccer player currently playing for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.-Early life:...
  
  , UCLA
  UCLA Bruins
  The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
  
  
• Mike Fisher, Virginia
  Virginia Cavaliers
  The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
  
  
• Brad Friedel
  Brad Friedel
  Bradley Howard Friedel is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League....
  
  , UCLA
  UCLA Bruins
  The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
  
  
• Brad Guzan
  Brad Guzan
  Bradley Edwin "Brad" Guzan is an American soccer player who plays for Aston Villa of the Premier League.-Early Career:...
  
  , South Carolina
  South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer
  The South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in Conference USA. The team has been coached by Mark Berson since its inception in 1978 and has participated in 20 NCAA Tournaments, reaching the Quarterfinals on four occasions...
  
  
• John Harkes
  John Harkes
  John Harkes is an American former soccer player. Harkes was the first American ever to play in the English Premier League, and the second American to score at Wembley Stadium. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He appeared in two FIFA World Cup tournaments, and won two MLS Cup...
  
  , Virginia
  Virginia Cavaliers
  The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
  
  
• Frankie Hejduk
  Frankie Hejduk
  Frank Daniel "Frankie" Hejduk is an American soccer player who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. He formerly played as right back for Columbus Crew, where he was team captain, and the United States national team.-Youth and College:Hejduk attended San Dieguito High...
  
  , UCLA
  UCLA Bruins
  The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
  
  
• Stuart Holden
  Stuart Holden
  Stuart Alistair Holden is an American football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League....
  
  , Clemson
  Clemson Tigers
  The Clemson Tigers are any team that represents Clemson University as a member of the NCAA's Division I or in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
  
  
• Cobi Jones
  Cobi Jones
  Cobi N'Gai Jones is a retired American soccer player who formerly served as assistant coach with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer , with whom he had been involved as a player and coach since the team's inaugural season in 1996...
  
  , UCLA
  UCLA Bruins
  The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
  
  
• Kasey Keller
  Kasey Keller
  Kasey Keller is a retired American soccer player who last played for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer....
  
  , Portland
  Portland Pilots (NCAA)
  The Portland Pilots is the nickname for athletics at the University of Portland. The Pilots compete in the West Coast Conference at the NCAA's Division I level.-History:...
  
  
• Alexi Lalas
  Alexi Lalas
  Panayotis Alexander Lalas is a retired American soccer player who played mostly as a defender for the United States national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup...
  
  , Rutgers
  Rutgers Scarlet Knights
  The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are the athletic teams that represent Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey...
  
  
• Clint Mathis
  Clint Mathis
  Clint Mathis is a retired American soccer player.-Youth and college:Mathis played club soccer at a young age for Rockdale Youth Soccer Association, and then for AFC Lightning, a Georgia powerhouse producing players such as current U.S. international Ricardo Clark, in Fayetteville...
  
  , South Carolina
  South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer
  The South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in Conference USA. The team has been coached by Mark Berson since its inception in 1978 and has participated in 20 NCAA Tournaments, reaching the Quarterfinals on four occasions...
  
  
• Tony Meola
  Tony Meola
  Antonio Michael "Tony" Meola is an American former soccer goalkeeper who played for the United States national team at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, and from 1996 to 2006 played in Major League Soccer, the U.S. top soccer division, where he obtained multiple honors...
  
  , Virginia
  Virginia Cavaliers
  The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
  
  
• Brian McBride
  Brian McBride
  Brian Robert McBride is a retired American soccer player who finished his career for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer , but spent the majority of his time in MLS playing for the Columbus Crew. For much of his career he played in Europe, notably for Fulham in the English Premier League...
  
  , Saint Louis
  Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
  The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I...
  
  
• Ben Olsen
  Ben Olsen
  Benjamin Robert "Ben" Olsen is a former American professional soccer player and the current manager of D.C. United. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Olsen grew up playing for FC Delco, an elite club program near Philadelphia...
  
  , Virginia
  Virginia Cavaliers
  The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
  
  
• Oguchi Onyewu
  Oguchi Onyewu
  Oguchialu Chijoke Onyewu also known as "Oguchi" Onyewu is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Sporting Clube de Portugal, in Primeira Liga, and the United States national team. Onyewu also holds a Belgian passport....
  
  , Clemson
  Clemson Tigers
  The Clemson Tigers are any team that represents Clemson University as a member of the NCAA's Division I or in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
  
  
• Eddie Pope
  Eddie Pope
  George Edward Pope is a retired American soccer player who last played for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer and spent eleven years as a defender for the United States national team. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.-Youth:Born in Greensboro, he attended Southwest Guilford...
  
  , North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels
  The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
  
  
• Tab Ramos
  Tab Ramos
  Tabaré Ramos Ricciardi, known as Tab Ramos is a retired U.S. Olympic Team and National Team soccer midfielder. He played professionally for 13 seasons in Spain, Mexico and the United States. Ramos was the first player to sign with Major League Soccer, where he played seven years with the MetroStars...
  
  , North Carolina State
  NC State Wolfpack
  The athletic teams of the North Carolina State University, known as the Wolfpack, compete in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports. NC State is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and has won eight national championships: two NCAA championships, two AIAW championships, and four titles...
  
  
• Claudio Reyna
  Claudio Reyna
  Claudio Reyna is a retired American soccer player and the current USSF US Youth Soccer Technical Director. He was the captain of the United States national team before retiring from international football following the USA's exit from the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He is widely considered one of the...
  
  , Virginia
  Virginia Cavaliers
  The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
  
  
• Kyle Rote, Jr.
  Kyle Rote, Jr.
  Kyle Rote, Jr. is a retired American soccer forward who played seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and earned five caps with the United States men's national soccer team between 1973 and 1975. He led the NASL in scoring in 1973. He later coached the Memphis Americans of the Major...
  
  , Sewanee
• Eric Wynalda
  Eric Wynalda
  Eric Boswell Wynalda is a retired American soccer player, and former sports broadcaster. He was the co-host of Fox Football Fone-In on Fox Soccer Channel and is currently employeed as the president of international operations at Mexican third division club Murcielagos.Wynalda scored the first goal...
  
  , San Diego State

Noted in other fields

• Robert Gibbs
  Robert Gibbs
  Robert Lane Gibbs was the 28th White House Press Secretary. Gibbs was the communications director for then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama and Obama's 2008 presidential campaign...
  
   (White House Press Secretary
  White House Press Secretary
  The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the government administration....
  
   to President Barack Obama
  Barack Obama
  Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
  
  ), North Carolina State
• David Petraeus
  David Petraeus
  David Howell Petraeus is the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, sworn in on September 6, 2011. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus was a four-star general serving over 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander...
  
   (commander of United States Central Command
  United States Central Command
  The United States Central Command is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, established in 1983 under the operational control of the U.S. Secretary of Defense...
  
   and formerly Multinational Force Iraq), Army
  United States Military Academy
  The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
  
  
• Andrew Shue
  Andrew Shue
  Andrew Eppley Shue is an American actor, known for his role as Billy Campbell on the television series Melrose Place . He is currently on the Board of Directors for Do Something and is the co-founder of the social networking website CafeMom.-Early life:Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware...
  
   (actor), Dartmouth
• Jim Sonefeld
  Jim Sonefeld
  Jim "Soni" Sonefeld, full name James Sonefeld , is an American musician and one of the founding members of Hootie & the Blowfish. In September 2008 he went solo with his solo debut album Snowman Melting on Aquarian Nation Records / The Orchard record label...
  
   (drummer for Hootie & the Blowfish
  Hootie & the Blowfish
  Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that enjoyed popularity in the second half of the 1990s. They were originally formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan. The band has recorded five studio albums to date, and has...
  
  ), South Carolina
  South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer
  The South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in Conference USA. The team has been coached by Mark Berson since its inception in 1978 and has participated in 20 NCAA Tournaments, reaching the Quarterfinals on four occasions...
  
  
• Jon Stewart
  Jon Stewart
  Jon Stewart is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian...
  
   (comedian), William & Mary
  William & Mary Tribe
  The William & Mary Tribe are the athletic teams for the College of William & Mary. The name Tribe now refers to the unity and comradery that William & Mary student-athletes share when competing in the classroom and on the field. William & Mary has transitioned through several official nicknames...
  
  
• Ethan Zohn
  Ethan Zohn
  Ethan Zohn is an American reality television series contestant who won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Africa, the third season of the reality TV series Survivor. He also appeared on the All-Stars edition of the show. After winning Survivor he co-founded Grassroot Soccer, which uses soccer to raise money...
  
   (reality TV contestant and host), Vassar
  Vassar College
  Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
  
  

Noted as players

• Joe Addo
  Joe Addo
  Joseph Addo is a former Ghanaian football defender and one-time captain of the Ghana national team.- Career :Addo went to the United States to attend college and play soccer at George Mason University...
  
  , George Mason
  George Mason Patriots
  The George Mason Patriots are the athletic teams of George Mason University. The school's athletic program includes 22 NCAA Division I varsity sports, consisting of 11 men's and 11 women's teams...
  
   (Ghana
  Ghana national football team
  The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association...
  
  )
• Cha Du-Ri
  Cha Du-Ri
  Cha Du-Ri is a German-born South Korean professional footballer who currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Celtic. He can operate as a right back, right winger, or striker. Cha Du-Ri is also the first Korean player that was born outside of Korea to have played in a FIFA World Cup. Cha's...
  
  , Korea University
  Korea University
  Korea University is a prestigious nonsectarian, private research university located primarily in Seoul, South Korea, and one of the SKY universities, a historical acronym used in South Korea to refer to Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University. Founded by Lee Yong-ik in...
  
   (South Korea
  Korea Republic national football team
  The Korea Republic national football team represents Korea Republic in international football and is controlled by the Korea Football Association. Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in eight World Cup tournaments,...
  
  )
• Rob Friend
  Rob Friend
  Rob Friend is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2nd Bundesliga.-Early years:...
  
  , UC Santa Barbara (Canada
  Canada men's national soccer team
  The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...
  
  )
• Shaka Hislop
  Shaka Hislop
  Neil Shaka Hislop, CM is a former professional football goalkeeper. The majority of his career was spent in the top division in England where he was a part of the Newcastle United team which finished second in the Premier League for two successive seasons under Kevin Keegan's first tenure...
  
  , Howard
  Howard University
  Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
  
   (Trinidad and Tobago
  Trinidad and Tobago national football team
  The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is run by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals...
  
  )
• Vedad Ibišević
  Vedad Ibiševic
  Vedad Ibišević is a Bosnian footballer playing as striker for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga and the Bosnian national team. He has also played in Switzerland, the USA and France...
  
  , Saint Louis
  Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
  The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I...
  
   (Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
  The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team is the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
  )
• Stern John
  Stern John
  Stern John is a Trinidadian football player currently playing for North East Stars in Trinidad. He played for a number of high profile English football clubs that included Nottingham Forest, Birmingham City and Coventry City.-Early Career in US:John moved to the United States to attend Mercer...
  
  , Mercer Community College (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Shalrie Joseph
  Shalrie Joseph
  Shalrie Jamal Joseph is a Grenadian footballer who currently plays for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.-College:...
  
  , St. John's (NY)
  St. John's University (New York City)
  St. John's University is a private, Roman Catholic, coeducational university located in New York City, United States. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission in 1870, the school was originally located in the borough of Brooklyn in the neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant...
  
   (Grenada
  Grenada national football team
  The Grenada national football team is the national team of Grenada and is controlled by the Grenada Football Association. It is affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF. The team is nicknamed The Spice Boys, a reference to the export of nutmeg from the country...
  
  )
• Kevin McKenna
  Kevin McKenna
  Kevin James McKenna is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for 1. FC Köln in the German Bundesliga...
  
  , Calgary
  University of Calgary
  The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
  
   (Canada)
• Tony Lochhead
  Tony Lochhead
  Tony James Lochhead is a New Zealander football defender who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix of the A-League.-Club career:Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001...
  
  , UC Santa Barbara (New Zealand)
• Alejandro Moreno
  Alejandro Moreno
  Alejandro Moreno is a Venezuelan footballer. He played for the Dallas Texans Soccer Club before attending UNC Greensboro. He currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-College:...
  
  , UNC Greensboro
  University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  The University of North Carolina at Greensboro , also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 61 master's and 26...
  
   (Venezuela
  Venezuela national football team
  The Venezuela national football team is the national football team of Venezuela and is controlled by the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol. It is nicknamed La Vinotinto , because of the traditional burgundy color of their shirts....
  
  )
• Ryan Nelsen
  Ryan Nelsen
  Ryan William Nelsen, ONZM is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a defender, and is captain of Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Nelsen captains the New Zealand national team, the All Whites. He joined Blackburn back in 2005 on a free transfer from D.C. United...
  
  , Stanford
  Stanford Cardinal
  The Stanford Cardinal is the nickname of the athletic teams at Stanford University.-Nickname and mascot history:Following its win over Cal in the first-ever Big Game in 1892, the color cardinal was picked as the primary color of Stanford's athletic teams...
  
   (New Zealand)
• Joseph Ngwenya
  Joseph Ngwenya
  Joseph Ngwenya is a Zimbabwean footballer currently without a club.-College:Ngwenya attended the Mzilikazi High School in Bulawayo, leading them to the 1999 Zimbabwe National High School Championship, before coming to the United States in 2000 to attend and play college soccer at Coastal Carolina...
  
  , Coastal Carolina
  Coastal Carolina University
  Coastal Carolina University is an independent, state-supported, liberal arts university in Conway, South Carolina, USA, located eight miles west of Myrtle Beach. Founded in 1954, Coastal became an independent university in 1993. The University enrolls approximately 8,300 students on its campus...
  
   (Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe national football team
  The Zimbabwe national football team, nicknamed The Warriors, is the national team of Zimbabwe and is controlled by the Zimbabwe Football Association. They were known as the Southern Rhodesia national football team from 1939–1964, then the Rhodesia national football team until 1980, when Rhodesia...
  
  )
• Olivier Occean
  Olivier Occean
  Olivier Occean is a Canadian footballer player who currently plays for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-College soccer:...
  
  , Southern Connecticut State
  Southern Connecticut State University
  Southern Connecticut State University is one of four state universities in Connecticut, and is located in the West Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut...
  
   (Canada)
• Damani Ralph
  Damani Ralph
  Damani Ralph is a Jamaican football player, who last played for Russian team FC Rubin Kazan in Russia.- Amateur/College :...
  
  , UConn
  Connecticut Huskies
  The Connecticut Huskies, also known as the UConn Huskies, are the athletic teams of the University of Connecticut in the United States. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference for all sports except Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Ice...
  
   (Jamaica
  Jamaica national football team
  The Jamaica national football team is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. After decades in CONCACAF obscurity, they gained many fans throughout the world after they qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
  
  )
• Santiago Solari
  Santiago Solari
  Santiago Hernán Solari Poggio is a retired Argentine professional football player.-Career:El Indiecito. Solari played for Newell's Old Boys, local amateur Renato Cesarini and attended Richard Stockton College playing one season before moving to Buenos Aires' CA River Plate in 1996...
  
  , Richard Stockton (Argentina
  Argentina national football team
  The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...
  
  )
• Paul Stalteri
  Paul Stalteri
  Paul Stalteri is a Canadian association football player who has spent most of his professional career in Germany. He won the league and cup double with Werder Bremen in the 2003-04 season, and is currently a Free Agent...
  
  , Clemson
  Clemson Tigers
  The Clemson Tigers are any team that represents Clemson University as a member of the NCAA's Division I or in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
  
   (Canada)
• Neven Subotić
  Neven Subotic
  Neven Subotić is a Serbian football defender, who plays for Borussia Dortmund of the German Bundesliga. He made his first-team debut in the 2006–07 season for 1. FSV Mainz 05. In 2008, he signed with Dortmund...
  
  , South Florida
  South Florida Bulls
  The South Florida Bulls are the athletic teams for the University of South Florida. The university competes in NCAA Division I, USF is a member of the Big East Conference, and has been since 2005...
  
   (Serbia
  Serbia national football team
  The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...
  
  ) — also a naturalized US citizen who represented the country at U-17
  United States U-17 men's national soccer team
  The United States U-17 men's national soccer team is the national under-17 association football team of the United States and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation...
  
   and U-20
  United States U-20 men's national soccer team
  The United States U-20 men's national soccer team is the national under-20 soccer team of the United States of America and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The highest level of competition in which the team competes is the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years.The...
  
   levels
• Thompson Usiyan
  Thompson Usiyan
  Thompson Usiyan is a retired Nigerian football player. He holds the NCAA Division I career scoring record and played in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League and Continental Indoor Soccer League. He was a member of the Nigerian Olympic soccer which...
  
  , Appalachian State
  Appalachian State Mountaineers
  The Appalachian State Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, United States. The Mountaineers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and have been a member of the Southern Conference since 1972....
  
   (Nigeria
  Nigeria national football team
  The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed the Super Eagles or Green Eagles, is the national team of Nigeria and is controlled by the Nigeria Football Federation . The team has ranked as high as 5th in the FIFA World Rankings, in April 1994...
  
  )
• David Weir, Evansville
  University of Evansville
  The University of Evansville is a small, private university with approximately 3,050 students located in Evansville, Indiana. Founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College, it is located near the interchange of the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. Route 41. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church...
  
   (Scotland
  Scotland national football team
  The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
  
  )
• Andy Williams
  Andy Williams (soccer)
  Andrew "Andy" Williams is a Canadian-born Jamaican footballer who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.-College:...
  
  , Rhode Island
  University of Rhode Island
  The University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...
  
   (Jamaica)
• Max von Schlebrügge
  Max von Schlebrügge
  Max von Schlebrügge is a Swedish footballer. He plays centre back for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga.He was signed by Brøndby in January 2008 from Anderlecht from Belgium....
  
  , Florida Atlantic University
  Florida Atlantic Owls
  The Florida Atlantic Owls are the athletics teams of Florida Atlantic University. The Owls participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as members of the Sun Belt Conference....
  
   (Sweden)
• Tamir Linhart, George Mason University (Israel)

Noted in other fields

• Paul Diamond, Old Dominion
  Old Dominion University
  Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
  
   — professional wrestler, (born in what is now )
• Alejandro Toledo
  Alejandro Toledo
  Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique is a politician who was President of Peru from 2001 to 2006. He was elected in April 2001, defeating former President Alan García...
  
  , San Francisco
  San Francisco Dons
  The San Francisco Dons is the nickname of the athletic teams at the University of San Francisco .-History:Athletics at USF dates back to its founding in 1855, when founder Anthony Maraschi, S.J. organized ball games as recreation for the first students...
  
   — President of , 2001–2006

Notable men's college soccer coaches

• Al Albert
  Al Albert (soccer coach)
  Al Albert is an American college soccer coach. Albert is best known for his longstanding tenure as the head coach of The College of William and Mary men's soccer program in Williamsburg, Virginia.-Early life:...
  
  , William and Mary
• Bruce Arena
  Bruce Arena
  Bruce Arena is a former coach of the United States men's national soccer team as well as a former professional soccer and lacrosse player...
  
  , Virginia
  Virginia Cavaliers
  The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
  
  
• Bob Bradley
  Bob Bradley
  Robert "Bob" Bradley is an American soccer coach and the current manager of the Egypt national football team, taking over in September 2011. He previously managed the United States men's national soccer team...
  
  , Princeton
  Princeton University
  Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
  
  
• Clive Charles
  Clive Charles
  Clive Charles was a football player, coach and television announcer. Charles began his career with West Ham United and finished it in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He later coached at the high school, collegiate and international levels in the United States.-Player:Charles was born in London,...
  
  , Portland
  University of Portland
  The University of Portland is a private Roman Catholic university located in Portland, Oregon. It is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross and is the sister school of the University of Notre Dame. Founded in 1901, UP has a student body of about 3,600 students...
  
  
• Sasho Cirovski
  Sasho Cirovski
  Sasho Cirovski is a Yugoslavian-American soccer coach, raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, who led his University of Maryland team to the NCAA championship in 2005 and 2008.-Early life and career:...
  
  , Maryland
  Maryland Terrapins
  The Maryland Terrapins, commonly referred to as the Terps, consist of 27 men's and women's athletic teams that represent the University of Maryland, College Park in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition...
  
  
• George Gelnovatch
  George Gelnovatch
  George Gelnovatch is the head men's soccer coach at the University of Virginia. He has held that position since 1996, replacing Bruce Arena. He has posted a 214-79-25 record in 14 seasons with the Cavaliers. He is most notable for leading the Cavaliers to the 2009 NCAA Division 1 title, where his...
  
  , Virginia
  Virginia Cavaliers
  The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
  
  
• Barry Gorman
  Barry Gorman
  Barry Gorman is a collegiate soccer coach. He most recently served as the head men's soccer coach at Penn State University from 1987 to 2009, before being replaced by Bob Warming. He is Penn State's all time winningest soccer coach, compiling 254 victories in 22 seasons. He is a three time NSCAA...
  
  , Penn State
• Schellas Hyndman
  Schellas Hyndman
  Schellas Hyndman is an American former soccer player. He is currently the head coach of FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.Despite having a limited career as a professional athlete, Hyndman is one of the most successful college soccer coaches in American sports history, compiling a 466-122-49 record...
  
  , Southern Methodist
  Southern Methodist University
  Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
  
  
• Ibrahim M. Ibrahim
  Ibrahim M. Ibrahim
  Dr. I.M. Ibrahim, otherwise known as "Coach I," was the head coach of the Clemson University men's soccer team from 1967 to 1994 and was founder of the program. "The Father of Clemson Soccer" coached Clemson to two NCAA Division I National Championships in 1984 and 1987. His overall career record...
  
  , Clemson
  Clemson Tigers
  The Clemson Tigers are any team that represents Clemson University as a member of the NCAA's Division I or in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference....
  
  
• Lev Kirshner
  Lev Kirshner
  Lev Kirshner is the head coach for the men's soccer team San Diego State University.-High school and college:Kirshner attended Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California where he played soccer, badminton and ran cross country. He graduated in 1987 and was inducted into the school’s Hall...
  
  , San Diego State
  SDSU Aztecs
  The San Diego State Aztecs are the collegiate athletics and sports teams for San Diego State University .San Diego State has organized programs for baseball, basketball, football, soccer, golf, gymnastics, rowing , softball, tennis, track, swimming, diving, women's volleyball, and water polo.The...
  
  
• Stephen Negoesco
  Stephen Negoesco
  Stephen Negoesco or Stephen Negoescu is a Romanian-American former soccer player and coach.Born in New Jersey, Negoesco returned with his father to Romania after his mother's death. While living with relatives, he discovered and took up soccer...
  
  , San Francisco
  San Francisco Dons
  The San Francisco Dons is the nickname of the athletic teams at the University of San Francisco .-History:Athletics at USF dates back to its founding in 1855, when founder Anthony Maraschi, S.J. organized ball games as recreation for the first students...
  
  
• Mike Pantalione, Yavapai College
• Sigi Schmid
  Sigi Schmid
  Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid is a German-American soccer coach. Born in Tübingen, West Germany, he moved to the United States with his family when he was a child. He played college soccer from 1972 to 1975 at the University of California, Los Angeles , where he was a starting midfielder in each...
  
  , UCLA
  UCLA Bruins
  The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
  
  
• Tim Vom Steeg
  Tim Vom Steeg
  Timothy Harold "Tim" Vom Steeg is an American collegiate soccer head coach who is currently with the University of California, Santa Barbara men's soccer team. He has been with the Gauchos since 1999 and is the most successful coach in the history of UC Santa Barbara...
  
  , UC Santa Barbara
• Jerry Yeagley
  Jerry Yeagley
  Jerry Yeagley was the coach of the Indiana University men's soccer team from 1973 to 2003. His teams won six NCAA Championships and a Division I record 544 games...
  
  , Indiana
  Indiana Hoosiers
  The Indiana Hoosiers are the athletic teams for the Bloomington campus of Indiana University . Athletic teams sponsored by IU Bloomington include cross country, track, baseball, golf, tennis, rowing, volleyball, soccer, football and basketball...
  
  

Notable American women's college soccer graduates

• Michelle Akers
  Michelle Akers
  Michelle Akers is a former leading American association football player, who starred in the historic 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup victory by the U.S.. She won the Golden Boot as the top scorer in the 1991 tournament...
  
  , UCF
  University of Central Florida
  The University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States...
  
  
• Shannon Boxx
  Shannon Boxx
  Shannon Boxx is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team....
  
  , Notre Dame
  Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  Notre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade, , recollected among other places in the poetry of Joyce Kilmer who served with one of the Irish Brigade regiments during World War I...
  
  
• Brandi Chastain
  Brandi Chastain
  Brandi Denise Chastain is a professional American soccer defender and midfielder who plays for the team California Storm of Women's Premier Soccer League and is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team....
  
  , Cal
  California Golden Bears
  The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 29 varsity athletic programs and various club teams of the University of California, Berkeley...
  
   and Santa Clara
  Santa Clara University
  Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...
  
  
• Lorrie Fair
  Lorrie Fair
  Lorraine Ming "Lorrie" Fair was a member of the World Cup Champion United States national soccer team. Over the span of ten years, she was a part of one World Cup Team and three Olympic teams, and retired from international play in 2005.Her twin sister, Veronica Ching Fair, was also a member of...
  
  , North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels
  The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
  
  
• Joy Fawcett, Cal
  California Golden Bears
  The California Golden Bears is the nickname used for 29 varsity athletic programs and various club teams of the University of California, Berkeley...
  
  
• Julie Foudy, Stanford
  Stanford Cardinal
  The Stanford Cardinal is the nickname of the athletic teams at Stanford University.-Nickname and mascot history:Following its win over Cal in the first-ever Big Game in 1892, the color cardinal was picked as the primary color of Stanford's athletic teams...
  
  
• Mia Hamm
  Mia Hamm
  Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...
  
  , North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels
  The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
  
  
• April Heinrichs, North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels
  The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
  
  
• Angela Hucles
  Angela Hucles
  Angela Khalia Hucles is a former American soccer midfielder and member of the United States women's national soccer team.-Early life:...
  
  , Virginia
  Virginia Cavaliers
  The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
  
  
• Carin Jennings-Gabarra, UC Santa Barbara
• Kristine Lilly
  Kristine Lilly
  Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is a retired American soccer player who last played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team for 24 years...
  
  , North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels
  The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
  
  
• Shannon MacMillan
  Shannon MacMillan
  -References:...
  
  , Portland
  University of Portland
  The University of Portland is a private Roman Catholic university located in Portland, Oregon. It is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross and is the sister school of the University of Notre Dame. Founded in 1901, UP has a student body of about 3,600 students...
  
  
• Kate Markgraf
  Kate Markgraf
  Kate Markgraf , is an American soccer defender and was a member of the U.S. women's national team.-Early life:...
  
  , Notre Dame
  Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  Notre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade, , recollected among other places in the poetry of Joyce Kilmer who served with one of the Irish Brigade regiments during World War I...
  
  
• Tiffeny Milbrett, Portland
  University of Portland
  The University of Portland is a private Roman Catholic university located in Portland, Oregon. It is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross and is the sister school of the University of Notre Dame. Founded in 1901, UP has a student body of about 3,600 students...
  
  
• Heather Mitts
  Heather Mitts
  Heather Blaine Mitts Feeley is an American professional soccer player who is a defender in the Women's Professional Soccer league. Mitts played college soccer for the University of Florida, and thereafter, she has played professionally for the Philadelphia Charge, Boston Breakers, Philadelphia...
  
  , Florida
• Heather O'Reilly
  Heather O'Reilly
  Heather Ann O'Reilly , also known by her initials HAO, is a member of the United States women's national soccer team and a two-time Olympic Gold medalist...
  
  , North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels
  The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
  
  
• Carla Overbeck, North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels
  The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
  
  
• Cindy Parlow, North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels
  The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
  
  
• Christie Rampone
  Christie Rampone
  Christie Patricia Rampone is an American soccer defender currently playing for magicJack of Women's Professional Soccer. She is a member and current Captain of the United States women's national soccer team.-High school:...
  
  , Monmouth
  Monmouth University
  Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....
  
  
• Briana Scurry
  Briana Scurry
  Briana Colette Scurry is a retired American soccer goalkeeper. Scurry was the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team at the 1995 World Cup , 1996 Olympics , 1999 World Cup , 2003 World Cup , 2004 Olympics and 2007 World Cup...
  
  , UMass
  UMass Minutemen
  The UMass Minutemen are the athletic teams that represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst in NCAA Division I sports competition. The nickname is also applied to club teams that do not participate within the NCAA structure. Strictly speaking, the Minutemen nickname applies to men's teams and...
  
  
• Hope Solo
  Hope Solo
  Hope Amelia Solo is an American association football goalkeeper. She became a free agent after Women's Professional Soccer terminated the magicJack franchise for which she played in the 2011 season. Solo is the current starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer...
  
  , Washington
  Washington Huskies
  Washington Huskies is the nickname of the University of Washington's athletic teams. The school is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. The athletic program is made up of 9 men's sports and 10 women's sports Washington Huskies is the nickname of the University of Washington's athletic teams. The...
  
  
• Aly Wagner
  Aly Wagner
  Alyson Kay "Aly" Wagner is a former American soccer midfielder who last played for Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer. She was a member of the United States women's national soccer team...
  
  , Santa Clara
  Santa Clara University
  Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...
  
  
• Abby Wambach
  Abby Wambach
  Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach is an American professional soccer player, coach and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003...
  
  , Florida
• Cat Whitehill
  Cat Whitehill
  Cat Whitehill is an American soccer player. She plays as a defender for the Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer and the United States women's national soccer team, and formerly played on the Washington Freedom W-League team.She was born in Richmond, Virginia, but grew up in Birmingham,...
  
  , North Carolina
  North Carolina Tar Heels
  The North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
  
  
• Michelle Bougor Brannigan, Saint Michael's College
  Saint Michael's College
  Saint Michael's College is a private, residential liberal arts Catholic college. The campus is located in Colchester, Vermont. It was founded in 1904 by the Society of Saint Edmund, a French order of Catholic priests.-History:...
  
  

Notable non-American women's college soccer graduates

• Charmaine Hooper
  Charmaine Hooper
  Charmaine Hooper is a former striker for the Canadian women's national soccer team.-Career:A former star at North Carolina State University, she currently plays for the * of the Women's Premier Soccer League. In 2006 she played for the New Jersey Wildcats in the American W-League...
  
  , NC State
  NC State Wolfpack
  The athletic teams of the North Carolina State University, known as the Wolfpack, compete in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports. NC State is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and has won eight national championships: two NCAA championships, two AIAW championships, and four titles...
  
   (Canada
  Canada women's national soccer team
  The Canada women's national soccer team is overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association. The team reached its all-time high of 6th in the March 2011 rankings. The team reached international prominence finishing in 4th place at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003, losing to their archrival American team...
  
  )
• Kara Lang
  Kara Lang
  Kara Elise Lang is a retired Canadian soccer player, who represented her country in two FIFA World Cups and the Olympic Games, and played club soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps Women...
  
  , currently playing for UCLA
  UCLA Bruins
  The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...
  
   (Canada)
• Christine Sinclair
  Christine Sinclair
  Christine Margaret Sinclair is a Canadian soccer forward who plays professional soccer for the Western New York Flash and is the captain of the Canadian national team. Sinclair has spent ten years with the Canadian national team participating in two World Cups in 2007 and 2003 and the 2008 Summer...
  
  , Portland
  Portland Pilots (NCAA)
  The Portland Pilots is the nickname for athletics at the University of Portland. The Pilots compete in the West Coast Conference at the NCAA's Division I level.-History:...
  
   (Canada)
• Kelly Smith
  Kelly Smith
  Kelly Jayne Smith, MBE is an English football forward currently playing for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the England women's national football team.-Youth and university:...
  
  , Seton Hall
  Seton Hall University
  Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the...
  
   (England
  England women's national football team
  The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football. The side has been quite successful of late, qualifying for three World Cups, 1995, 2007 and 2011...
  
  )
• Melissa Tancredi
  Melissa Tancredi
  Melissa Tancredi is a Canadian soccer forward who currently plays for Piteå IF ladies team.-External links:* *...
  
  , Notre Dame
  Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  Notre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade, , recollected among other places in the poetry of Joyce Kilmer who served with one of the Irish Brigade regiments during World War I...
  
   (Canada)
• Brittany Timko
  Brittany Timko
  Brittany Timko is a Canadian female soccer player.- Career :She played for the Vancouver Whitecaps Women. She also played on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln soccer team from 2003 to 2007, and graduated in May 2007...
  
  , Nebraska
  Nebraska Cornhuskers
  The Nebraska Cornhuskers is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference...
  
   (Canada)

See also

• NCAA Men's Soccer Championship
  NCAA Men's Soccer Championship
  The NCAA began conducting a Men's Division I Soccer Championship tournament in 1959 with an eight-team tournament. Currently, the tournament field consists of 48 teams...
  
  
• NCAA Women's Soccer Championship
  NCAA Women's Soccer Championship
  NCAA Women's Soccer Championships are divided into three divisions. This article lists NCAA Women's soccer championships.-Division I:The NCAA began conducting a Women's Division I Soccer Championship tournament in 1982 with a 12-team tournament...
  
  
• NAIA national men's soccer championship
  NAIA national men's soccer championship
  -Previous winners:* - Co-Champions.+ - Davis & Elkins vacated second place due to an ineligible player^ - Park vacated second place due to an ineligible player1963 Title game canceled due to Snow-Players:...
  
  
• NAIA national women's soccer championship
  NAIA national women's soccer championship
  This is a list of NAIA women's soccer champions.-Winners of the NAIA national women's soccer championship:...
  
  
• Hermann Trophy
  Hermann Trophy
  The Hermann Trophy is awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the United States's top male and female college soccer players.-History:...
  
  
• Division I First-Team All-Americans
  Division I First-Team All-American (soccer)
  The Division I First-Team All-Americans are the best eleven U.S. college soccer players as selected by the NCAA.-1970–1983:From 1970 to 1983 the NCAA only named defenders and forwards in addition to one goalkeeper.-1983–present:...
  
  
• soccer in the United States
  Soccer in the United States
  Soccer, fully known as association football,See the articles Football and Names for association football#North America for more detailed explanations of the differing names for soccer. has long been a popular sport in the United States...
  
  
• College athletics
  College athletics
  College athletics refers primarily to sports and athletic competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education . In the United States, college athletics is a two-tiered system. The first tier includes the sports that are sanctioned by one of the collegiate sport governing bodies...
  
  
• College rivalries
• Canadian Interuniversity Sport
  Canadian Interuniversity Sport
  Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...
  
   (CIS)
• Canadian Colleges Athletic Association
  Canadian Colleges Athletic Association
  The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association is the national governing body for organized sports at colleges in Canada. It was formed in 1974. The CCAA hosts nine annual national championships. The CCAA's name in French is l'Association canadienne du sport collégial .Its equivalent body for...
  
   (CCAA)
• Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Soccer National Championships
  Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Soccer National Championships
  The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Soccer National Championships is the playoff tournament to determine the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association National champions in women's and men's soccer.-2007 Nationals:...
  
  

External links

• Soccer Rules of the Game (NCAA)
• Division III Soccer Information
• College Soccer News
• College Soccer Rankings
• College Soccer Standings