UCLA will face Notre Dame in the Women's College Cup Final Sunday at SAS Soccer Stadium in Cary NC. The game will be aired LIVE on ESPN2 at 1 PM EST 10 AM PST. UCLA def Princeton 2-0 in semifinal one. More info: http://uclabruins.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/120304aaa.html . Notre Dame def. Santa Clara 1-0 in semifinal 2. More info: http://und.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/recaps/120304aab.html Your thoughts and comments on the match up for the Division 1 women's soccer championship.
If you have any thoughts on the championship match and/or give play by play of the game in this thread, please feel free to post it here. I really don't want the thread to be blank.
I would like to see the Bruins wining their first championship this time. 2004 NCAA Women's College Cup showdown just minutes away. Go UCLA! Pre game articles... Irish cool before championship tilt By MARK BRADFORD - Tribune Staff Writer Stopping Canadian Thorlakson a key for UCLA in women's NCAA soccer final The Canadian Press Bruins happy to see Irish in title match By Keith Parsons - The Associated Press
The Fighting Irish is the 2004 NCAA National Champions! Notre Dame wins on PKs http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-womensfinal&prov=ap&type=lgns UCLA Falls Just Short of NCAA Title http://www.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/stories/120504aad.html
Notre Dame won the penalty kick shoot-out in the first extra round by a 4-3 score with Bohn saving a well-struck attempt to secure the championship.
This game would have to go down as one of the most memoribale in NCAA women's soccer history. Sound Bend Tribune article: http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2004/12/06/sports.20041206-sbt-MICH-C1-GOOOOAAAL.sto , LA Times: (Must be a member to view this link) http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-soccer6dec06,1,459874.story
More from South Bend.. Out of the ordinary From Durham Herald Sun Dramatic women's soccer history By BRYAN STRICKLAND : The Herald-Sun From NOTRE DAME website: National Champions Return Home To Cheering Crowd At Main Circle photo gallery From CBCSports: Canada's Thorlakson, Notre Dame win NCAA soccer title Traingle Area's News & Observer: Cary gets good reviews By RACHEL CARTER, Staff Writer
ND Welcomes the 2004 women's soccer national champions. The crowd clapped as the team, hopping in a circle and locked arm and arm, sang along to the Corrs' "Here Come the Irish." Cheers for champs! Irish return to celebration By MARK BRADFORD - Tribune Staff Writer Champions return to ND By Mary Kate Malone - The Observer Bohn elevates her game Irish goalkeeper makes game-winning save to preserve national title By Matt Mooney - The Observer
I'm very shocked that there isn't more replies to the WCC final in this thread. This was a good game. If you have any comments about the Women's College cup Final on Sunday, please post it in this thread. Thanks