EVANS, Ga. — The Canadian flag will flap in the breeze. The echoes of “O Canada” will waft through the stadium. Canada’s maple leaf emblem will garnish players’ jerseys, and their fans will futilely hunt for poutine — French fries covered in gravy and cheese, a favorite Canadian dish — at concession stands during the Division II men’s soccer Final Four.

This could all unfold Thursday. Simon Fraser (19-1-1), the only Canadian university that belongs to the N.C.A.A., will play Saginaw Valley (Mich.) State (17-2-4) in a national semifinal. It is seeking to become the first team from Canada to win one of the N.C.A.A.’s championships. Lynn (18-2-1) faces Mercyhurst (17-5-1) in the opening semifinal.

“The fact that we’re here is incredible,” said Milton Richards, the newly arrived athletic director at the university’s mountaintop campus in greater Vancouver, British Columbia.

The N.C.A.A., which for more than a century had restricted membership to institutions in the 50 states and United States territories, voted in 2008 to allow universities in Canada to join. Simon Fraser, named for an American explorer of Scottish ancestry, was the only one to do so, becoming a provisional member in 2010. The Clan, as the university’s teams are known, became a full member this season, and finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in Division II’s West regional (No. 2 in the national coaches’ poll).