2013 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
| Country | USA | ||
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| Teams | 48 | ||
| Champions | Notre Dame | ||
| Runners-up | Maryland | ||
| Semi-finalists | |||
| Matches played | 47 | ||
| Goals scored | 122 (2.6 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) | Patrick Hodan Patrick Mullins (5 goals) |
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| Best player |
Harrison Shipp Notre Dame (MOP off.) Zack Steffeni Maryland (MOP defense) |
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The 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was the 55th edition of the tournament. The four team College Cup finals tournament was held at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania on December 13 and 15, 2013. On December 15, Notre Dame defeated Maryland 2–1 to win its first national title.
A total of 48 teams qualified into the tournament proper, either automatically, or through an at-large bid that is determined by a selection committee. Each conference that field varsity soccer teams is awarded one automatic berth into the tournament. Depending on the conference, that automatic berth is either given the champions of the regular season, or the tournament that culminates the regular season. Twenty-two teams earn automatic bids into the tournament, while 26 enter through an at-large bid.
Like previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament featured 48 participants out of a possible field of 198 teams. Of the 48 berths, 23 were allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. The remaining 25 berths were supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon teams' Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) that did not win their conference tournament.
The NCAA Selection Committee also named the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams played in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.
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