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{{Infobox football match
| title                   = 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game
| image                   = SASSoccerPark2.jpg
| caption                 = WakeMed Soccer Park hosted the match
| event                   = [[2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament]]
| team1                   = [[Florida State Seminoles women's soccer|Florida State]]
| team1association        = [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| team1score              = 1
| team2                   = [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|North Carolina]] 
| team2association        = [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| team2score              = 0
| details                 =  
| date                    = 2 December 2018
| stadium                 = [[WakeMed Soccer Park]]
| city                    = [[Cary, NC]]
| man_of_the_match1a      = 
| man_of_the_match1atitle = 
| man_of_the_match1b      = 
| man_of_the_match1btitle = 
| referee                 = Lance VanHaitsma
| attendance              = 12,512
| weather                 = <!-- tbd, {{convert|51|F|C}} -->
| previous                = 2017
| next                    = [[2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game|2019]]
}}
The '''2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game''' (also known as the '''2018 NCAA Division I Women's College Cup''') was played on December 8, 2018, at [[WakeMed Soccer Park]] in [[Cary, North Carolina]], and determined the winner of the [[2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament]], the national [[college soccer in the United States|collegiate women's soccer]] championship in the United States. This was the 37th. edition of this tournament organised by the [[NCAA]].<ref name=ncaa>[https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-women/article/2018-12-02/womens-college-soccer-florida-state-beats-north-carolina-1-0 Women's college soccer: Florida State beats North Carolina 1-0 for 2018 College Cup title] by Shannon Scovel on NCAA.com, 3 Dec 2018</ref>

The match featured [[Florida State Seminoles women's soccer|Florida State]] (20–4–3),<ref name=tomah>[https://www.tomahawknation.com/2018/12/2/18122608/fsu-soccer-tops-unc-wins-national-championship-florida-state-seminoles-college-cup Florida State soccer wins the National Championship] by Akeem Joffer on Tomahawk Nation.com, 2 Dec 2018</ref> which played its 4th. final, and [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|University of North Carolina]] (21–4–2),<ref name=tomah/> which made its 25th. appearance in the final. Florida State defeated North Carolina 1–0 to win its second NCAA women's soccer title, with a goal scored by Dallas Dorosy in the 60th minute after an assistance by [[Deyna Castellanos]].<ref name=ncaa/>

== Road to the final ==
{{further|2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament}}
The [[NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament]], sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate [[College soccer in the United States|soccer]] tournament conducted by the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA), and determines the [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] women's national champion. The tournament has been formally held since [[1982 NCAA women's soccer tournament|1982]], when it was a twelve-team tournament.

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|-
! colspan="2" | [[Florida State Seminoles women's soccer|Florida State]] {{small|([[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]])}}
!Round
! colspan="2" | [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|North Carolina]]  {{small|([[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]])}}
|- bgcolor="#c1e0ff"
|Opponent
|Result
|NCAA Tournament
|Opponent
|Result
|-
| align="left" | [[Loyola Ramblers|Loyola]] {{small|([[Atlantic 10 Conference|A10]])}}
| 1–0 (H)
| bgcolor="#c1e0ff" |First round
| align="left" | [[Howard Bison|Howard]] {{small|([[MEAC]])}}
| 4–0 (H)
|-
| align="left" | [[South Florida Bulls women's soccer|South Florida]] {{small|([[American Athletic Conference|AAC]])}}
| 3–1 (H)
| bgcolor="#c1e0ff" |Second round
| align="left" | [[Kansas Jayhawks|Kansas]] {{small|([[Big 12]])}}
| 4–1 (H)
|-
| align="left" | [[USC Trojans women's soccer|USC]] {{small|([[Pac-12]])}}
| 1–1 {{pso|5–4}} (H)
| bgcolor="#c1e0ff"| Round of 16
| align="left" | [[Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer|Virginia Tech]] {{small|([[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]])}}
| 3–0 (H)
|-
| align="left" | [[Penn State Nittany Lions women's soccer|Penn State]] {{small|([[Big Ten]])}}
| 1–0 (H)
| bgcolor="#c1e0ff"| Quarterfinal
| align="left" | [[UCLA Bruins women's soccer|UCLA]] {{small|([[Pac-12]])}}
| 2–2 {{pso|4–2}} (A)
|-
| align="left" | [[Stanford Cardinal women's soccer|Stanford]] {{small|([[Pac-12]])}}
| 2–0 (N)
| bgcolor="#c1e0ff"|Semifinal
| align="left" | [[Georgetown Hoyas|Georgetown]] {{small|([[Big East Conference|Big East]])}}
| 1–0 {{aet}} (N)
|}

== Match details ==
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|goals1       = Dorossy {{goal|60}}
|goals2       = 
|stadium      = [[WakeMed Soccer Park]]
|location     = [[Cary, NC]]
|attendance   = 12,512
|referee      =	Lance VanHaitsma
|penalties1   = 
|penaltyscore = 
|penalties2   = 
}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
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{| style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
| GK ||'''0'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Caroline Jeffers 
|-
| DF ||'''16'''|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gabrielle Carle]]
|-
| DF ||'''17'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Malia Berkely]]
|-
| DF ||'''14'''|| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Natalia Kuikka]]
|-
| DF ||'''9'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Kirsten Pavlisko 
|-
| MF ||'''33'''|| {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Zhao Yujie]]
|-
| MF ||'''6'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jaelin Howell]]|||| {{suboff|54}}
|-
| MF ||'''10'''|| {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Deyna Castellanos]] |||| {{suboff|31}}
|-
| FW ||'''12'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Kaycie Tillman |||| {{suboff|35}}
|-
| FW ||'''20'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Kristen McFarland |||| {{suboff|20}}
|-
| FW ||'''11'''|| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Gloriana Villalobos]] |||| {{suboff|35}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:''' 
|-
| MF || '''7'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Dallas Dorosy |||| {{subon|20}}
|-
| DF || '''5'''|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Anna Patten]] ||{{yel|84}}|| {{subon|31}} {{suboff|54}}
|-
| MF || '''3''' || {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Megan Connolly (footballer)|Megan Connolly]] |||| {{subon|35}}
|-
| DF || '''15'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Olivia Bergau |||| {{subon|35}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4|  {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Krikorian (soccer)|Mark Krikorian]]
|}
{{col-2}}
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
| GK ||'''13'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Samantha Leshnak]] 
|-
| DF ||'''16'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Julia Ashley]]
|-
| DF ||'''23'''|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lotte Wubben-Moy]]
|-
| DF ||'''30'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Brooke Bingham
|-
| DF ||'''11'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Emily Fox]] |||| {{suboff|35}} {{suboff|74}} {{subon|82}}
|-
| MF ||''' 8'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brianna Pinto]] ||||{{suboff|55}} {{subon|63}}
|-
| MF ||'''6'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Taylor Otto]] |||| {{suboff|63}} {{subon|74}}
|-
| MF ||'''29'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dorian Bailey]]|||| {{suboff|29}}
|-
| FW ||'''4'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bridgette Andrzejewski]] |||| {{suboff|24}} {{suboff|55}} {{subon|69}} {{suboff|82}}
|-
| FW ||'''47'''|| {{flagicon|PER}} [[Alex Kimball]] |||| {{suboff|23}} {{suboff|58}} {{subon|69}}
|-
| FW ||'''1'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Schultz |||| {{suboff|19}} {{suboff|58}} {{subon|69}} {{subon|82}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:''' 
|-
| FW || '''10'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Rachel Jones |||| {{subon|19}} {{suboff|41}} {{subon|55}} {{suboff|69}} {{subon|82}}
|-
| FW || '''9'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Rachael Dorwart |||| {{subon|23}} {{suboff|58}} {{subon|69}}
|-
| FW || '''3'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Ru Mucherera |||| {{subon|24}} {{subon|58}} {{suboff|69}} {{subon|82}}
|-
| MF || '''7'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Annie Kingman |||| {{subon|29}} {{subon|55}} {{suboff|74}}
|-
| DF || '''14'''|| {{flagicon|USA}} Morgan Goff |||| {{subon|35}} {{subon|74}} {{suboff|82}}
|-
| FW || '''2''' || {{flagicon|USA}} Sydney Spruill |||| {{subon|41}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:''' 
|-
|colspan=4| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Anson Dorrance]]
|}
{{col-end}}

{| width=100% style="font-size:90%"
|
'''College Cup MVP'''
<br />Offensive: 
<br />Defensive:

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br> Jude Carr ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]) 
<br> Maggie Short ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]) 
<br>'''[[Fourth official]]:'''
<br> Becky Pagan ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]) 
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules:'''
*90 minutes.
*20 minutes of [[extra time]] if necessary.
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level.
*Unlimited substitutes, may not return if subbed out in the first half; may return unlimited times in the second half. 
|}

=== Statistics ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"
|+Overall 
|-
! scope="col" style="width:100px"|
! scope="col" style="width:70px"| Florida<br>State
! scope="col" style="width:70px"| North<br>Carolina
|-
|scope=row|Goals scored
| 0
| 0
|-
|scope=row|Total shots
| 8
| 8
|- <!-- no data found
|scope=row| Offsides
| x
| x -->
|- 
|scope=row|Saves
| 2
| 2
|-
|scope=row|Corner kicks
| 1
| 5
|-
|scope=row|Offsides
| 0
| 5
|-
|scope=row|Yellow cards
| 1
| 0
|-
|scope=row|Red cards
| 0
| 0
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament}}
{{2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season}}
{{2018 in American soccer}}
{{Florida State Seminoles women's soccer navbox}}
{{North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer navbox}}

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