2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final) | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | United States |
Teams | 48 |
Defending champions | Akron Zips |
Final positions | |
Champions | North Carolina |
Runner-up | Charlotte |
Semifinalists | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 47 |
Goals scored | 127 (2.7 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Casey Townsend (4) |
The 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 48 teams to determine the champion of the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The 53rd edition of the tournament began on November 17, 2011 and culminated with the North Carolina Tar Heels defeating the Charlotte 49ers, 1–0, in the final on December 13 at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama.[1]
While the tournament resulted in few upsets, most national soccer headlines were made behind Charlotte's run to the final. The 49ers entered the tournament through an at-large bid, and were not seeded. Despite that, they were able to defeat defending champions, the Akron Zips, 1–0, in the third round, and then the Connecticut Huskies, 4–2, in a penalty shootout to advance to the College Cup. Joining the Tar Heels and the 49ers in the College Cup were the UCLA Bruins and the Creighton Bluejays.[2]
With the victory in the national final, the Tar Heels won their second NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship in program history.[3]
Qualified Teams
[edit]A total of 48 teams will qualify 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 are admitted 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.
Format
[edit]Like previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament featured 64 participants out of a possible field of 198 teams. Of the 64 berths, 22 were allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. The remaining 42 berths were determined through an at-large process based upon teams' Ratings Percentage Index that did not win their conference tournament. The most at-large berths went to schools from the Big East and Atlantic Coast conferences, containing half of the tournament field's at-large berths (six and five berths, respectively). Of the remaining 11 berths, six were from the Colonial Athletic and Conference USA conferences, each earning three berths.
From there, the NCAA Selection Committee selected the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, that earned an automatic bye to the second round of the tournament. The remaining 48 teams played in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament, to play a seeded team in the second round.
Similar to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, each of the tournament rounds were single-elimination. However, matches tied at the end of regulation went to two 10-minute golden goal periods, followed by a penalty shoot-out, if necessary. All matches in the first, second and third rounds, as well as the quarterfinals, were hosted by the higher seed. The College Cup, also known as the semifinals and final for the tournament were held at a neutral venue, this time being at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama (south of Birmingham).
Seeded teams
[edit]Seeded teams | |||||
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Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | |
1 | North Carolina | ACC | 16–2–2 | Tournament winner | |
2 | Creighton | MVC | 17–2–0 | Tournament winner | |
3 | Connecticut | Big East | 14–2–2 | At-large | |
4 | Boston College | ACC | 14–5–0 | At-large | |
5 | Maryland | ACC | 12–3–3 | At-large | |
6 | SMU | C-USA | 13–5–1 | Tournament winner | |
7 | South Florida | Big East | 11–3–3 | At-large | |
8 | UC Irvine | Big West | 16–4–1 | At-large | |
9 | St. John's | Big East | 14–5–2 | Tournament winner | |
10 | New Mexico | MPSF | 16–0–3 | Tournament winner | |
11 | UAB | C-USA | 13–3–3 | At-large | |
12 | Louisville | Big East | 11–6–2 | At-large | |
13 | UCLA | Pac-12 | 14–4–1 | Tournament winner | |
14 | James Madison | CAA | 11–4–2 | At-large | |
15 | UC Santa Barbara | Big West | 13–6–1 | At-large | |
16 | Indiana | Big Ten | 11–3–5 | At-large |
Schedule
[edit]Round | Date |
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First round | November 17, 2011 |
Second round | November 20, 2011 |
Third round | November 27, 2011 |
Quarterfinals | December 3, 2011 |
College Cup: Semifinals | December 9, 2011 |
College Cup Final | December 11, 2011 |
Bracket
[edit]Regional 1
[edit]First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
Elon | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina* | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 1/OT | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Indiana | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
16 | Indiana | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion* | 0(5) | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brown* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | St. John's | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Brown | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 3/OT | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | UC Irvine | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 2/2OT | ||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
CSU Bakersfield* | 0 |
Regional 2
[edit]First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia* | 2/OT | ||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Maryland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Maryland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Louisville | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Louisville | 3/2OT | |||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Loyola-Chicago | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bradley* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Louisville | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | UCLA | 1/2OT | |||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 1/20T | ||||||||||||||||||
Virginia* | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | UCLA | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | UCLA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Boston College | 1(3) | |||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 1(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers* | 4 |
Regional 3
[edit]First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth* | 0(5) | ||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Connecticut | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | James Madison | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | James Madison | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 1(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina* | 1(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Connecticut | 1(2) | |||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 1(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | UAB | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Charlotte* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | SMU | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Akron | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Akron* | 3 |
Regional 4
[edit]First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
Florida Gulf Coast | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
UCF* | 1/2OT | ||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | South Florida | 2/OT | |||||||||||||||||
7 | South Florida | 0(6) | |||||||||||||||||
10 | New Mexico | 0(5) | |||||||||||||||||
10 | New Mexico | 2/OT | |||||||||||||||||
Duke | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Duke* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | South Florida | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 1/OT | |||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Providence* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | UC Santa Barbara | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | UC Santa Barbara | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois* | 3 |
College Cup – Regions Park, Hoover, Alabama
[edit]National Semifinals December 9 | National Championship December 11 | ||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 2(3) | |||||||
13 | UCLA | 2(1) | |||||||
1 | North Carolina | 1 | |||||||
Charlotte | 0 | ||||||||
Charlotte | 0(4) | ||||||||
2 | Creighton | 0(1) |
Schedule
[edit]Host team, or higher seed, is listed on the right. Away team or lower seed is listed on the left.
First round
[edit]Dartmouth | 0–1 | Providence |
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Report | Raley ![]() |
Western Illinois | 0–3 | Northern Illinois |
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Report | Totsch ![]() Kannah ![]() Mascitti ![]() |
Xavier | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | West Virginia |
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DePaol ![]() |
Report | Williams ![]() Schoenle ![]() |
Elon | 3–4 | Coastal Carolina |
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Thomas ![]() Carroll ![]() |
Report | Garbanzo ![]() East ![]() Hendrick ![]() Bennett ![]() |
Liberty | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Old Dominion |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Bentick ![]() Amoo ![]() Aseweh ![]() Breitmeyer ![]() Bullock ![]() |
4–5 | Francoz ![]() Harmon ![]() LeBlanc ![]() Hopkinson ![]() Smith ![]() |
Stony Brook | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Monmouth |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Schlesinger ![]() Gobeil ![]() Crespi ![]() Fernandes ![]() Belakehal ![]() |
4–5 | Allen ![]() Luke ![]() Schmid ![]() Puranen ![]() Vázquez ![]() |
Wake Forest | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | South Carolina |
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Tomaselli ![]() |
Report | Root ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Wenzel ![]() Gimenez ![]() Newnam ![]() Randolph ![]() Konowiecki ![]() Mullin ![]() |
4–3 | Martinez ![]() Baladez ![]() Morrissey ![]() Troyer ![]() Mangotic ![]() Rafferty ![]() |
Georgia State | 0–1 | Duke |
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Report | Tweed-Kent ![]() |
Loyola Chicago | 1–2 | Bradley |
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Raymonds ![]() |
Report | Graf ![]() Balle ![]() |
Saint Mary's | 1–0 | CSU Bakersfield |
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Mohoric ![]() |
Report |
Second round
[edit]Numbers represent the seed the team earned in the tournament.
Monmouth | 1–2 | #3 Connecticut |
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Jeffery ![]() |
Report | Diouf ![]() |
Rutgers | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | #4 Boston College |
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Kamara ![]() |
Report | Chin ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Kamara ![]() Bourdeau ![]() Brown ![]() Cuevas ![]() Setchell ![]() |
4–3 | Mejia ![]() Aburmad ![]() Fitzpatrick ![]() Murphy ![]() Rose ![]() |
Boston, Massachusetts
Old Dominion | 0–3 | #16 Indiana |
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Report | Kotlov ![]() Wylie ![]() |
Coastal Carolina | 2–3 | #1 North Carolina |
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Bennett ![]() East ![]() |
Report | Speas ![]() Urso ![]() Martínez ![]() |
West Virginia | 0–4 | #5 Maryland |
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Report | Townsend ![]() Cyrus ![]() |
Brown | 1–0 | #9 St. John's |
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Remick ![]() |
Report |
Wake Forest | 0–2 | #14 James Madison |
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Report | J. Simpson ![]() McLaughlin ![]() |
UCF | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | #7 South Florida |
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Hunt ![]() |
Report | ![]() Charpie ![]() |
Bradley | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | #12 Louisville |
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Davis ![]() Gaul ![]() |
Report | Rolfe ![]() Walker ![]() DeLeon ![]() |
Louisville, Kentucky
Providence | 2–3 | #15 UC Santa Barbara |
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Adler ![]() Baumann ![]() |
Report | Silva ![]() Madueno ![]() Sarle ![]() |
Saint Mary's | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | #8 UC Irvine |
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Hanley ![]() Howard ![]() |
Report | Ibarra ![]() |
Duke | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | #10 New Mexico |
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Palodichuk ![]() |
Report | Smith ![]() Baldinger ![]() |
Delaware | 0–1 | #13 UCLA |
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Report | Hoffman ![]() |
Los Angeles
Third round
[edit]#16 Indiana | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | #1 North Carolina |
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Report | Schuler ![]() |
#14 James Madison | 0–3 | #3 Connecticut |
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Report | Alvarez ![]() Diouf ![]() Cascio ![]() |
Saint Mary's | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Brown |
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Newquist ![]() ![]() Mohoric ![]() |
Report | Remick ![]() Rosa ![]() |
#10 New Mexico | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | #7 South Florida |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Rozeboom ![]() Green ![]() Smith ![]() Sandoval ![]() Venter ![]() Gibbons ![]() Baldinger ![]() |
5–6 | Baldin ![]() Perry ![]() Dwyer ![]() Fairclough ![]() Paul ![]() Olali ![]() Alexis ![]() |
Rutgers | 0–3 | #13 UCLA |
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Report | Hoffman ![]() Chavez ![]() |
Los Angeles
Quarterfinals
[edit]Saint Mary's | 0–2 | #1 North Carolina |
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Report | Hedges ![]() Speas ![]() |
#13 UCLA | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | #12 Louisville |
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Williams ![]() |
Report |
Charlotte | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | #3 Connecticut |
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Gentile ![]() |
Report | Cascio ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Gibson ![]() James ![]() Smith ![]() Cowles ![]() Rodriguez ![]() |
4–2 | Diouf ![]() Mercado ![]() Alvarez ![]() Bradley ![]() |
#7 South Florida | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | #2 Creighton |
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Report | Finlay ![]() |
College Cup: Semifinals
[edit]Charlotte | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | #2 Creighton |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Gibson ![]() Caughran ![]() Smith ![]() Cowles ![]() |
4–1 | Castro ![]() Clark ![]() Finlay ![]() |
#1 North Carolina | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | #13 UCLA |
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Lovejoy ![]() Schuler ![]() |
Report | Hollingshead ![]() K. Rowe ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Urso ![]() McKinney ![]() Schuler ![]() Speas ![]() |
3–1 | Rose ![]() K. Rowe ![]() Muñoz ![]() Monge ![]() |
College Cup: Final
[edit]Charlotte | 0–1 | #1 North Carolina |
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Report | Speas ![]() |
Statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]- 4 goals
Casey Townsend – Maryland
- 3 goals
Darren Mattocks – Akron
Giuseppe Gentile – Charlotte
Mamadou Diouf – Connecticut
Ethan Finlay – Creighton
Ben Speas – North Carolina
Chandler Hoffman – UCLA
- 2 goals
Dylan Remick – Brown
Sean Rosa – Brown
T. J. Beaulieu – Charlotte
Jennings Rex – Charlotte
Ashton Bennett – Coastal Carolina
Teejay East – Coastal Carolina
Tony Cascio – Connecticut
Chris Thomas – Elon
Nikita Kotlov – Indiana
Nick DeLeon – Louisville
Colin Rolfe – Louisville
Billy Schuler – North Carolina
Tom Mohoric – Saint Mary's
Trevor Newquist – Saint Mary's
- 1 goal
Scott Caldwell – Akron
Luke Holmes – Akron
Aodhan Quinn – Akron
Patrick Chin – Boston College
Keegan Balle – Bradley
Scott Davis – Bradley
Bryan Gaul – Bradley
Jochen Graf – Bradley
Aidan Leonard – Brown
T. J. Popolizio – Brown
Evan James – Charlotte
Ricky Garbanzo – Coastal Carolina
Cyprian Hedrick – Coastal Carolina
Steven Miller – Colgate
Matt Schuber – Colgate
Carlos Alvarez – Connecticut
Bruno Castro – Creighton
Jose Gomez – Creighton
Andrew Ribeiro – Creighton
John Dineen – Delaware
Nick Palodichuk – Duke
Chris Tweed-Kent – Duke
James Carroll – Elon
Daniel Shaw – Fairfield
Jake Zuniga – Fairfield
Martin Ontiveros – Furman
Tim Wylie – Indiana
Christian McLaughlin – James Madison
Jimmy Simpson – James Madison
Daniel Keller – Louisville
Michael Roman – Louisville
Kenney Walker – Louisville
Andrew Raymonds – Loyola-Chicago
Jordan Cyrus – Maryland
Matt Oduaran – Maryland
Matt Jeffery – Monmouth
Carson Baldinger – New Mexico
Blake Smith – New Mexico
Matt Hedges – North Carolina
Rob Lovejoy – North Carolina
Enzo Martínez – North Carolina
Kirk Urso – North Carolina
Isaac Kannah – Northern Illinois
Mike Mascitti – Northern Illinois
Sean Totsch – Northern Illinois
Peter O'Neill – Northwestern
Brandon Adler – Providence
Anthony Baumann – Providence
John Raley – Providence
Nate Bourdeau – Rutgers
Juan Pablo Correa – Rutgers
Ibrahim Kamara – Rutgers
Bryant Knibbs – Rutgers
Riley Hanley – Saint Mary's
Justin Howard – Saint Mary's
Tyler Engel – SMU
Arthur Ivo – SMU
Chipper Root – South Carolina
Wesley Charpie – South Florida
Chase Wickham – UAB
Miguel Ibarra – UC Irvine
Josue Madueno – UC Santa Barbara
David Opoku – UC Santa Barbara
Dom Sarle – UC Santa Barbara
Luis Silva – UC Santa Barbara
Kevan George – UCF
Ben Hunt – UCF
Víctor Chavez – UCLA
Ryan Hollingshead – UCLA
Kelyn Rowe – UCLA
Reed Williams – UCLA
Ross Tomaselli – Wake Forest
Eric Schoenle – West Virginia
Jay Williams – West Virginia
Gino Depaoli – Xavier
- Own goals
- Colgate (playing against Rutgers)
- UCF (playing against South Florida)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Campbell, Leah (December 11, 2011). "Top-seeded North Carolina wins second College Cup". The Daily Tar Heel. DailyTarHeel.com. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ Scott, David (December 11, 2011). "UNC wins NCAA soccer crown, defeating Charlotte 1–0". The News & Observer Publishing Company. NewsObserver.com. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ^ Aschoff, Edward (December 11, 2011). "Moment of magic wins it for UNC". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- "2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved November 14, 2011.