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VCU Rams

2001 season
Athletic Director	Norwood Teague
Head Coach	Tim O'Sullivan
CAA Regular Season	4th
CAA Tournament	Runners-up
NCAA Tournament	Did not qualify
Highest home attendance	960 vs. Virginia
Average home league attendance	112 vs. Bradley
Home colors Away colors

The 2001 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions, during the 2001 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the team's 24th season of fielding a varsity soccer team on the Division I level and altogether. It was also the Rams' seventh season in the Colonial Athletic Association.

Although the Rams had regular season struggles, the team managed to qualify for the 2001 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, reaching the championship match for the third time in five years. Despite reaching the final, VCU ultimately lost by a 1–0 scoreline to James Madison in the final. Despite reaching the CAA final, the team did not earn an at-large berth into the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Tournament for the second-consecutive year.

Review

The VCU Rams began the 2001 campaign with five matches at home, accumulating a winning record of 3–1–1. The first two matches resulted in a sizable victory and an extra time loss, respectively. The opening fixture, played on August 31, 2001, saw the Rams post a 3–0 victory over Adelphi in the two sides' first ever encounter in college soccer. The second match that weekend, resulted in an extra time 2–1 loss to Seton Hall.

On September 7, 2001, the Rams played Northern Kentucky for the third match of the season. The game, ended in a lopsided scoreline, with VCU outscoring Northern Kentucky by 10 goals, with the match ending 11–1, making it to date the largest victory and the most goals scored by the men's soccer team in program history. The following weekend, VCU tied Bradley 0–0, before going on a two match win streak against Coastal Carolina and cross-town rivals, Richmond.

After the two-match winning streak, the Rams went on to lose their next four fixtures, three against ACC opponents and one against long-time NCAA powerhouse in college soccer, Furman. During the four match skid, the Rams conceded seven goals and failed to score.

Competitions

Regular season

CAA standings

Team	Conference									Overall
	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts		Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Old Dominion	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	11		17	8	7	2	32	26	+6
James Madison	5	3	1	1	9	2	+7	10		19	12	6	1	35	18	+17
William & Mary	5	3	2	0	11	8	+3	9		21	11	9	1	51	31	+20
VCU	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	7		21	8	10	3	32	26	+6
George Mason	5	2	3	0	5	7	−2	6		18	8	9	1	22	27	−5
UNC Wilmington	5	0	5	0	2	16	−14	0		18	3	15	0	18	48	−30

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: December 6, 2011.
Source: Match reports

Match reports

Adelphi v VCU

August 31, 2001 1	Adelphi	0–3	VCU	Richmond, Virginia
		Report	Delicate Garay Pauls	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 382

Seton Hall v VCU

September 2, 2001 2	Seton Hall	2–1 (a.e.t.)	VCU	Richmond, Virginia
		Report	Gravely	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 212

Northern Kentucky v VCU

September 7, 2001 3	Northern Kentucky	1–11	VCU	Richmond, Virginia
		Report	Delicate Segares Gravely Premel TEAM Pauls Allen	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 112

Bradley v VCU

September 15, 2001 4	Bradley	0–0 (a.e.t.)	VCU	Richmond, Virginia
		Report		Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 132

Coastal Carolina v VCU

September 19, 2001 5	Coastal Carolina	0–2	VCU	Richmond, Virginia
		Report	Delicate Pauls	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 212

VCU v Richmond

September 22, 2001 6	VCU	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Richmond	Richmond, Virginia
	Ugarte 12' Gravely  70' 96'	Report	Corfield 70'	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 1,752 Referee: Lou Farina

Furman v VCU

September 28, 2001 7	Furman	3–0	VCU	Richmond, Virginia
	Odour  6' Raad 22', 50'  81' Handy  74' Chase 85'	Report	Grenier  18' Gravely  79' Otten  81'	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 638 Referee: J.P. Wynn

VCU v Clemson

September 28, 2001 8	VCU	0–2	Clemson	Clemson, South Carolina
	Djordjevic  16' Ugarte  33' Greiner  35'	Report	Bringsved  34' Lewis 45' Westfield 70'	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 960 Referee: Corey Rockwell

Virginia v VCU

October 6, 2001 9	Virginia	1–0	VCU	Richmond, Virginia
	Gibbs 43' Barnes  76' Gelnovatch  80'	Report	Djordjevic  56' Pauls  87' Garay  89'	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 960 Referee: Steve Taylor

James Madison v VCU

October 10, 2001 10	James Madison	0–1	VCU	Richmond, Virginia
		Report	Delicate	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 253

VCU v Maryland

October 11, 2001 11	VCU	0–1	Maryland	College Park, Maryland
		Report		Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 811

• October 17, 2001 at Coastal Carolina W 3-2 OT 6- 5- 1 1- 0- 0 185 Matthew Delicate (unassisted)

                                                                              Matthew Delicate (Roman Otten)
                                                                              Matthew Delicate (Cory Greiner)

• October 20, 2001 at Old Dominion 2-2 TO2 6- 5- 2 1- 0- 1 Gonzalo Segares (Roman Otten)

                                                                              Randy Ugarte (unassisted)

• October 24, 2001 at UNC Wilmington W 1-0 7- 5- 2 2- 0- 1 109 Randy Ugarte (Roman Otten)
• October 27, 2001 HOWARD 1-2 L 7- 6- 2 2- 0- 1 138 Matthew Delicate (Carlos Garay)
• October 31, 2001 AMERICAN 1-3 L 7- 7- 2 2- 0- 1 167 Gonzalo Segares (Gilberto Bejarano)
• November 3, 2001 WILLIAM & MARY 2-3 L OT 7- 8- 2 2- 1- 1 702 Matthew Delicate (Roman Otten)

                                                                              Gonzalo Segares (Gilberto Bejarano)

• November 7, 2001 GEORGE MASON 1-2 L 7- 9- 2 2- 2- 1 141 Matthew Delicate (Carlos Garay)

CAA Tournament

George Mason v VCU

November 15, 2001 Play-in round	George Mason	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p)	VCU	Virginia Beach, Virginia
		Report		Stadium: Virginia Beach Sportsplex Referee: Junior Johnson

VCU v Old Dominion

November 17, 2001 Semifinals	VCU	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Old Dominion	Virginia Beach, Virginia
	Ugarte  86' Daley  106' Gravely 142'	Report	Sniegoski  94' McEachron  127'	Stadium: Virginia Beach Sportsplex Referee: Steve Taylor

VCU v James Madison

November 18, 2001 Final	VCU	0 – 1	James Madison	Virginia Beach, Virginia
	Greiner  6' Otten  49'	Report	Munro  50' Rivers 63' McGettigan  73'	Stadium: Virginia Beach Sportsplex Referee: Bill Dittmar

See also

• VCU Rams men's soccer
• 2001 in American soccer