The 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament was the 25th edition of the tournament, which determined the men's college soccer champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 7, with N.C. State defeating Virginia Tech 1–0 in a play-in fixture.[1] The ACC Championship was played on November 13 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina with North Carolina defeating Boston College 3–1 in the final.[2]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Teams | 9 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | North Carolina |
| Runner-up | Boston College |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 23 (2.88 per match) |
As ACC Champions, North Carolina qualified for the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, and would eventually win the national championship,[3] making it the second time in the last two years an ACC school won the national tournament. Additionally five ACC schools qualified for the tournament through at-large bids, the most of any conference.
The defending champions, Maryland, were eliminated by Clemson in the quarterfinals of the tournament.[4]
Qualification edit
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 North Carolina † | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 21 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Maryland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 8 | – | ` | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Boston College | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2011 ACC Tournament winner As of December 13, 2011 Rankings from NSCAA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bracket edit
| Play-in Round | ||||
| 8 | N.C. State | 1 | ||
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 0 | ||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | N.C. State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Carolina (a.e.t.) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia (a.e.t.) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Wake Forest | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | North Carolina | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Boston College | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maryland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Boston College | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Boston College | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Duke | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Duke (a.e.t.) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Clemson | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule edit
The home team/higher seed is listed on the right.
Play-in round edit
| Virginia Tech | 0 – 1 | N.C. State |
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| Report | Albadawi  60' |
Quarterfinals edit
| N.C. State | 0 – 4 | North Carolina |
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| Report | Gafa 13' Hedges 33'Lopez 49'McCrary 50' |
| Boston College | 2 – 1 | Maryland |
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| Medina-Mendez 14' Rugg 18' |
Report | Townsend 47' |
| Clemson | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Duke |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Savage  Benediktsson Stockinger Priest Mizell  |
4 – 5 | Belshaw Morales Davis Eggleston Wenger |
| Wake Forest | 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) | Virginia |
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| Lubahn 3' Gimenez 79', 81' |
Report | Jumper 52' Ownby 71'Span 75'  110' |
Semifinals edit
| North Carolina | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Virginia |
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| Schuler 92' |
Report |
| Boston College | 2 – 1 | Duke |
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| Aburmad 25' Mendia Mendez 66' |
Report | Eggleston 15' |
ACC Championship edit
| Boston College | 1 – 3 | North Carolina |
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| Bekker 62' |
Report | McCrary 38' Speas 42', 65' |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "ACC Men's Soccer First Round ACCtion: November 7". TheACC.com. November 7, 2011. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ^ Daniels, Rob (November 13, 2011). "UNC Tops Boston College in ACC Men's Soccer Championship Final". Atlantic Coast Conference. TheACC.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Scott, David (December 11, 2011). "UNC wins NCAA soccer crown, defeating Charlotte 1-0". NewsObserver.com. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ "ACC Men's Soccer Quarterfinal ACCtion: Tuesday, Nov. 8". TheACC.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.