UCLA and Stanford will meet for NCAA Division I men's title in Dallas Sunday (TV: ESPN2, live, 4:30 pm).
UCLA beat Maryland, 2-1, to advance to the final in Tom Fitzgerald's first year as Bruin coach.
Adolfo Gregorio's penalty kick with nine minutes left capped a wild finish. All three goals were scored in the space of seven minutes.
Matt Taylor had put UCLA ahead in the 74th minute. Maryland coach Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski was red carded for arguing that Taylor was offside.
Sumed Ibrahim tied the game up six minutes. Shortly after play resumed, UCLA's Cliff McKinley broke through the Terps' defense and was taken down in the box by keeper Noah Palmer.
U.S. U-17 national team defender Chad Marshall scored the winning goal with a header in overtime for the second straight game to lead Stanford past Creighton, 2-1 (TV: ESPN2, tape, Saturday Dec. 14, noon ET).
The Cardinal trailed at the half on Mike Tranchilla's penalty. It equalized on Roger Levesque's goal in the 50th minute.