The 2009 NCAA round-of-16 will include seven teams – UNC, UCLA, Portland, ND, FSU, UVa and Stanford – with senior classes that have advanced to the final-16 in each of the past four seasons. Several of those programs have longer NCAA round-of-16 streaks, led by UNC (28 straight round-of-16 appearances), UCLA (11) and Portland (10), plus Notre Dame (6), Florida State (5) and Virginia (5):
Active Streaks of Reaching the NCAA round-of-16
(updated as of 2009 NCAAs; research courtesy of CollegeSoccer360.com)
28 – North Carolina (1982-2009)
11 – UCLA (1999-2009)
10 – Portland (2000-09)
6 – Notre Dame (2004-09)
5 – Florida State (2005-09)
5 – Virginia (2005-09)
4 – Stanford (2006-09)
Notes: UCLA lost to BYU (0-2) in the 1998 second round (that was the third varsity season for the Bruins) ... Portland went 12-7-1 in 1999 and did not qualify for the '99 NCAAs (48-team field) ... Notre Dame lost to Michigan in the 2003 NCAA second round (0-1) ... Florida State was edged by Boston College in PKs during the 2004 NCAA first round (0-0/1-3 PKs) ... Virginia lost to Duke in the 2004 NCAA second round (0-3) ... Stanford lost to St. Louis in the 2005 NCAA first round (0-2).