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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]

2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams48
Defending championsAkron Zips
Final positions
ChampionsNorth Carolina
Runner-upCharlotte
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored127 (2.7 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Casey Townsend (4)
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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

Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

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
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
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 Baskersfield* 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

Dartmouth0–1Providence
Report Raley   10'
Attendance: 581
Referee: John Collins
Western Illinois0–3Northern Illinois
Report Totsch   20'
Kannah   43'
Mascitti   73'
Huskie Soccer Field
DeKalb, Illinois
Attendance: 528
Referee: Michael Kennedy
Xavier1–2 (a.e.t.)West Virginia
DePaol   85' Report Williams   39'
Schoenle   99'
Attendance: 253
Referee: Peter Dhima
Elon3–4Coastal Carolina
Thomas   48', 64'
Carroll   81'		 Report Garbanzo   35'
East   55'
Hendrick   72'
Bennett   83'
CCU Soccer Field
Conway, South Carolina
Attendance: 582
Referee: Rob Mann
Liberty0–0 (a.e.t.)Old Dominion
Report
Penalties
Bentick  
Amoo  
Aseweh  
Breitmeyer  
Bullock  		 4–5 Francoz  
Harmon  
LeBlanc  
Hopkinson  
Smith  
ODU Soccer Complex
Norfolk, Virginia
Attendance: 373
Referee: Bill Ditmar
Fairfield2–3Brown
Zuniga   32'
Shaw   40'		 Report Rosa   80'
Popolizio   81'
Leonard   86'
Attendance: 529
Referee: Sean Nally
Delaware1–0 (a.e.t.)Virginia
Dineen   106' Report
Attendance: 588
Referee: Andrew Chapin
Colgate2–4Rutgers
S. Miller   25'
Schuber   90'		 Report Knibbs   23'
Bourdeau   64'
Correa   82'
  85' (o.g.)
Attendance: 629
Referee: Noel Cotterell
Stony Brook0–0 (a.e.t.)Monmouth
Report
Penalties
Schlesinger  
Gobeil  
Crespi  
Fernandes  
Belakehal  		 4–5 Allen  
Luke  
Schmid  
Puranen  
Vázquez  
Attendance: 795
Referee: Alex Prus
Wake Forest1–1 (a.e.t.)South Carolina
Tomaselli   9' Report Root   50' (pen.)
Penalties
Wenzel  
Gimenez  
Newnam  
Randolph  
Konowiecki  
Mullin  		 4–3 Martinez  
Baladez  
Morrissey  
Troyer  
Mangotic  
Rafferty  
Attendance: 1,032
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning
Furman1–3Charlotte
Ontiveros   19' Report Gentile   29'
Beaulieu   68'
Rex   84'
Transamerica Field
Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 1,084
Referee: Serdar Ertep
Florida Gulf Coast0–1 (a.e.t.)UCF
Report George   107'
Attendance: 535
Referee: Ted Unkel
Georgia State0–1Duke
Report Tweed-Kent   53'
Attendance: 319
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
Northwestern1–3Akron
O'Neill   63' Report Caldwell   27'
Quinn   55'
Mattocks   77'
Attendance: 2,616
Referee: Ben Trevino
Loyola Chicago1–2Bradley
Raymonds   31' Report Graf   51'
Balle   86'
Attendance: 740
Referee: Abbey Okulaja
Saint Mary's1–0CSU Bakersfield
Mohoric   42' Report
CSUB Main Soccer Field
Bakersfield, California
Attendance: 2,207
Referee: Ian Anderson

Second round edit

Numbers represent the seed the team earned in the tournament.

Monmouth1–2#3 Connecticut
Jeffery   26' Report Diouf   39', 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,979
Referee: Bahij Salman
Rutgers1–1 (a.e.t.)#4 Boston College
Kamara   87' Report Chin   53'
Penalties
Kamara  
Bourdeau  
Brown  
Cuevas  
Setchell  		 4–3 Mejia  
Aburmad  
Fitzpatrick  
Murphy  
Rose  
Newton Soccer Complex
Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 886
Referee: Lou Labbadia
Northern Illinois0–3#2 Creighton
Report Gomez   21'
Finlay   43', 88'
Attendance: 2,034
Referee: Jeremy Schroeder
Old Dominion0–3#16 Indiana
Report Kotlov   17', 71'
Wylie   80'
Attendance: 701
Referee: Landis Wiley
Coastal Carolina2–3#1 North Carolina
Bennett   41'
East   52'		 Report Speas   50'
Urso   52'
Martínez   69'
Attendance: 1,054
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
West Virginia0–4#5 Maryland
Report Townsend   20', 60', 76'
Cyrus   61'
Attendance: 2,437
Referee: Mark Kadleck
Brown1–0#9 St. John's
Remick   48' Report
Attendance: 1,027
Referee: Kenneth Henriques
Wake Forest0–2#14 James Madison
Report J. Simpson   14'
McLaughlin   32'
Attendance: 776
Referee: Christopher Spivey
UCF1–2 (a.e.t.)#7 South Florida
Hunt   72' Report   70' (o.g.)
Charpie   96'
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 3,029
Referee: Andres Pferrerkorn
Bradley2–3 (a.e.t.)#12 Louisville
Davis   55'
Gaul   90'		 Report Rolfe   87'
Walker   87'
DeLeon   108'
Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium
Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 7,012
Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Akron3–2#6 SMU
Mattocks   22', 76'
Holmes   63'		 Report Engel   83'
Ivo   83' (pen.)
Attendance: 890
Referee: Misail Tsapos
Charlotte3–1#11 UAB
James   1'
Rex   47'
Beaulieu   50'		 Report Wickham   51'
Attendance: 2,214
Referee: Alex Prus
Providence2–3#15 UC Santa Barbara
Adler   68'
Baumann   83' (pen.)		 Report Silva   6'
Madueno   41'
Sarle   72'
Attendance: 1,311
Referee: Martik Mirikian
Saint Mary's2–1 (a.e.t.)#8 UC Irvine
Hanley   58'
Howard   103' 		Report Ibarra   84'
Attendance: 657
Referee: Frank Anderson
Duke1–2 (a.e.t.)#10 New Mexico
Palodichuk   52' Report Smith   82'
Baldinger   99'
Lobo Soccer/Track Complex
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Mohamed Ibrahim
Delaware0–1#13 UCLA
Report Hoffman   84'
Drake Stadium
Los Angeles
Attendance: 381
Referee: Mohamed Mahmoud

Third round edit

#16 Indiana0–1 (a.e.t.)#1 North Carolina
Report Schuler   97'
Attendance: 1,504
Referee: Bill Ditmer
#14 James Madison0–3#3 Connecticut
Report Alvarez   19'
Diouf   63'
Cascio   65'
Attendance: 4,983
Referee: Peter Dhima
#15 UC Santa Barbara1–2#2 Creighton
Opoku   79' Report Castro   8' (pen.)
Ribeiro   19'
Attendance: 2,436
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
#12 Louisville4–2#5 Maryland
DeLeon   19'
Rolfe   52'
Keller   79'
Roman   84'		 Report Townsend   34'
Oduaran   68'
Attendance: 2,660
Referee: Andrew Chapin
Saint Mary's3–2 (a.e.t.)Brown
Newquist   29'  98'
Mohoric   64'		 Report Remick   51'
Rosa   62'
Attendance: 1,330
Referee: Alex Prus
#10 New Mexico0–0 (a.e.t.)#7 South Florida
Report
Penalties
Rozeboom  
Green  
Smith  
Sandoval  
Venter  
Gibbons  
Baldinger  		 5–6 Baldin  
Perry  
Dwyer  
Fairclough  
Paul  
Olali  
Alexis  
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 3,592
Referee: Chris Penso
Akron0–1Charlotte
Report Gentile   25'
Transamerica Field
Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 2,182
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
Rutgers0–3#13 UCLA
Report Hoffman   1', 49'
Chavez   44'
Drake Stadium
Los Angeles
Attendance: 749
Referee: Alex Gorin

Quarterfinals edit

Saint Mary's0–2#1 North Carolina
Report Hedges   53'
Speas   65'
Attendance: 5,810
Referee: Chico Grajeda
#13 UCLA1–0 (a.e.t.)#12 Louisville
Williams   102' Report
Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium
Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 4,832
Referee: Lou Labbadia
Charlotte1–1 (a.e.t.)#3 Connecticut
Gentile   85' Report Cascio   82'
Penalties
Gibson  
James  
Smith  
Cowles  
Rodriguez  		 4–2 Diouf  
Mercado  
Alvarez  
Bradley  
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Misail Tsapos
#7 South Florida0–1 (a.e.t.)#2 Creighton
Report Finlay   97'
Attendance: 2,341
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

College Cup: Semifinals edit

Charlotte0–0 (a.e.t.)#2 Creighton
Report
Penalties
Gibson  
Caughran  
Smith  
Cowles  		 4–1 Castro  
Clark  
Finlay  
Attendance: 9,623
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
#1 North Carolina2–2 (a.e.t.)#13 UCLA
Lovejoy   56'
Schuler   85'		 Report Hollingshead   17'
K. Rowe   74'
Penalties
Urso  
McKinney  
Schuler  
Speas  		 3–1 Rose  
K. Rowe  
Muñoz  
Monge  
Attendance: 9,623
Referee: Alex Prus

College Cup: Final edit

Charlotte0–1#1 North Carolina
Report Speas   65'
Attendance: 8,777
Referee: Michael Kennedy

Statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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

  1. ^ Campbell, Leah (December 11, 2011). "Top-seeded North Carolina wins second College Cup". The Daily Tar Heel. DailyTarHeel.com. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Aschoff, Edward (December 11, 2011). "Moment of magic wins it for UNC". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  4. ^ "Men's Division I Championship Brackets" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
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