2011 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's soccer team

The 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 41st year of college soccer for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's soccer program. The Blue Hens competed in the Colonial Athletic Association.

Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
2011 season
Athletic DirectorUnited States Bernard Muir
Head coachUnited States Ian Hennessy
CAA Regular Season4th
CAA TournamentChampions
College CupSecond round
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2012 →

The 2011 season was one of the more successful season in the program's history, as the Blue Hens won their first CAA Tournament championship ever, and competed in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship for the first time since 1970. In the NCAA Tournament, the Blue Hens defeated the Virginia Cavaliers, 1–0, in extra time, to advance to the second round of the tournament. In the second round, the Blue Hens fell to the UCLA Bruins off an 84th-minute goal giving UCLA a 1–0 victory.

Background edit

During the 2010 season, the Blue Hens finished fifth in the CAA with a conference record of 5–4–2, and an overall record o

Review edit

Match results edit

Legend edit

Item Description
W Win
L Loss
T Tie
¤ Conference match
No. (##) Opponent's ranking

Regular season edit

Game Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Goalscorers Attendance Overall Conference Ref.
1 Aug 26, 2011 U-Mass H W 3–0 Unknown 300 1–0–0 0–0–0
2 Sep 01, 2011 Seton Hall A T 3–3 Unknown 1,218 1–0–1 0–0–0
3 Sep 10, 2011 Canisius A W 1–0 Unknown 538 2–0–1 0–0–0
4 Sep 14, 2011 Navy A W 5–3 Unknown 510 3–0–1 0–0–0
5 Sep 14, 2011 Columbia H W 1–0 Unknown 325 4–0–1 0–0–0
6 Sep 21, 2011 Saint Peter's A W 4–1 Unknown 178 5–0–1 0–0–0
7 Sep 24, 2011 Georgia State¤ H W 1–0 Unknown 500 6–0–1 1–0–0
8 Oct 01, 2011 #15 Old Dominion¤ A L 0–2 Unknown 223 6–1–1 1–1–0
9 Oct 05, 2011 Northeastern¤ H W 2–1 Unknown 250 7–1–1 2–1–0
10 Oct 09, 2011 James Madison¤ H L 2–3 Unknown 600 7–2–1 2–2–0
11 Oct 12, 2011 Drexel¤ A L 1–2 Unknown 103 7–3–1 2–3–0
12 Oct 16, 2011 Hofstra¤ H W 3–2 Unknown 320 8–3–1 3–3–0
13 Oct 19, 2011 George Mason¤ H W 2–1 Unknown 375 9–3–1 4–3–0
14 Oct 22, 2011 William & Mary¤ H W 2–0 Frimpong (2) 600 10–3–1 5–3–0
15 Oct 26, 2011 Towson¤ A T 2–2 Gimenez, Stone 148 10–3–2 5–3–1
16 Oct 29, 2011 UNC Wilmington¤ A W 2–1 Dineen, Mediate 326 11–3–2 6–3–1
17 Nov 1, 2011 Lafayette H L 0–3
18 Nov 5, 2011 VCU¤ A L 1–3 Mediate

CAA Tournament edit

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Goalscorers Attendance Overall Conference Ref.
QF Nov 10, 2011 Northeastern H T 0–0
(4–3 pen.)
375 11–5–3 6–4–2
SF Nov 11, 2011 #18 James Madison A T 2–2
(5–4 pen.)
Dineen, Frimpong 1,075 11–5–4 6–4–3
F Nov 13, 2011 #9 Old Dominion A W 2–1 Mediate, Oakes (o.g.) 279 12–5–4 7–4–3

NCAA Tournament edit

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score
F–A
Goalscorers Attendance Overall Conference Ref.
R1 Nov 17, 2011 #25 Virginia A W 1–0 Dineen 588 13–5–4 7–4–3
R2 Nov 20, 2011 #18 UCLA A L 0–1 381 13–6–4 7–4–3

Standings edit

Conference Overall
GP W L T GF GA GD PTS GP W L T GF GA GD
#12 James Madison 11 8 3 0 17 12 +5 24 17 12 4 1 27 20 +7
#18 Old Dominion 11 7 3 1 26 16 +10 22 16 11 4 1 42 22 +20
William & Mary 11 7 4 0 4 0 +4 21 18 10 8 0 4 8 –4
Delaware* 11 6 4 1 0 0 0 19 17 11 5 2 11 6 +5
Northeastern 11 6 4 1 0 0 0 19 18 10 6 2 7 4 +4
Georgia State 11 6 5 0 12 9 +3 18 Note 1 19 12 6 1 26 14 +12
VCU 11 6 5 0 15 14 +1 18 20 11 9 0 34 24 +10
Drexel 11 4 5 2 11 17 −6 14 18 5 10 3 14 24 −10
George Mason 11 4 6 1 17 14 +3 13 18 7 8 3 37 27 +10
Hofstra 11 4 7 0 18 23 −5 12 18 7 10 1 25 32 −7
UNC Wilmington 11 2 8 1 12 16 −4 7 18 4 12 2 20 29 −9
Towson 11 2 8 1 14 25 −11 7 17 3 11 2 20 41 –21
Championship:
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ Georgia State beat VCU in the first tiebreaker, which was head-to-head record.
Current rankings: CAASports.com


Team edit

Roster edit

As of October 31, 2011[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
00 GK   USA Brandon Paul
0 GK   USA Bill Boyer
1 GK   USA Kris Devaux
2 MF   USA Kyle Ellis
3 DF   GER Tobias Müller
4 DF   ESP Ignacio Martín
5 MF   IRL Darren O'Connor
6 DF   IRL John Dineen
7 MF   USA Drew Colletti
9 MF   USA Ben Raymond
10 MF   GHA Evans Frimpong
11 FW   ESP Roberto Gimenez
12 DF   USA Kyle Nuel
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF   ISR Eyal Gruber
15 DF   FRA Yoan Fontaine
17 DF   USA Mark Garrity
18 MF   USA Vincent Mediate
19 FW   USA Chas Wilson
21 DF   USA Mike Stone
22 DF   GHA Prince Nartey
23 DF   USA Evan Reed
24 DF   USA Jesse Lyons
26 MF   USA Luke Oostdyk
27 FW   USA Kyle Bruno
33 GK   USA Justin Orton
34 GK   USA Jay Lupas

Statistics edit

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 University of Delaware Men's Soccer Roster". University of Delaware Athletics. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2010.