2011 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

The 2011 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.

Virginia Cavaliers
2011 season
Athletic DirectorNorwood Teague
Head coachGeorge Gelnovatch
ACC Regular Season3rd
ACC TournamentSemifinals
NCAA TournamentFirst Round
Hokie InvitationalCo-champions
Big East/ACC ChallengeWinners
Highest home attendance987 vs. W&M
Lowest home attendance907 vs. Wake Forest
Average home league attendance682
← 2010
2012 →

Ahead of the season, the team was trying to advance further into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, after being eliminated in the first round the previous year. Although the Cavaliers suffered some initial struggles early in the campaign, the team pulled together a chain of conference wins, and reached the semifinals of the 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, before falling to North Carolina in the semifinals. Still, the Cavaliers earned an at-large berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they hosted CAA Champions, Delaware. The Blue Hens defeated the Cavaliers, 1–0 in extra time, making it the first time since 1987 that the Cavaliers were consecutively eliminated in first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Background edit

The Cavaliers entered the 2010 season as the defending NCAA National Champions, winning their first national title since the Bruce Arena years of the early to mid-1990s. During the 2010 campaign, the Cavaliers earned an at-large berth into the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, where they were eliminated by in-state rival, Old Dominion, whom play in the Colonial Athletic Association. It was the first time since 1996 that the Cavaliers were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Competitions edit

Home team is listed on the right, and the away team is listed on the left.

Preseason edit

August 19, 2011 Preseason 1 George Mason 0–1 #22 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
17:00 EDT Report Dimas   29' Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 1,476
Referee: George Mollesa

Regular season edit

ACC Standings edit

Conf Overall
W L T Pts. W L T
North Carolina (RC) 5 1 2 17 14 2 2
Maryland 4 2 2 14 13 2 3
Virginia 4 3 1 13 11 6 1
Duke 4 3 1 13 10 6 2
Wake Forest 4 3 1 13 8 6 4
Boston College 4 4 0 12 12 5 0
Clemson 4 4 0 12 8 8 1
N.C. State 2 6 0 6 7 10 2
Virginia Tech 1 6 1 4 4 13 2

Source: ACC
(RC) = Regular season champion; (TC) = Tournament champion
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for conference tournament, but not to particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from conference tournament


Results summary edit

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: Game reports

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundNHNNAHHHHAHHAHAHHH
ResultLWWWWLLWLWWWLWTWLW
Updated to match(es) played on December 26, 2011. Source: Game reports
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Game reports edit

August 26, 2011 1 #17 West Virginia 1–0 #22 Virginia Germantown, Maryland
17:00 EDT Schoenle   45' Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Garrett Tucker
Note: 2011 ACC/Big East Challenge
August 29, 2011 2 Richmond 1–7 #22 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
19:00 EDT Albright   34'
Forsynth   82'
Hand   86'
Report Silverster   7'
Span   28'
Dimas   32'
Somerville   33'
Bates   36', 66'
McCord   75'
Libreros   78'
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 1,786
Referee: Mike Stutt
September 2, 2011 3 Cincinnati 0–1 Virginia Blacksburg, Virginia
17:00 EDT Stephens   82' Report Bates   60' Stadium: Thompson Field
Attendance: 239
Referee: Miguel Reyes
Note: Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational
September 4, 2011 4 Wisconsin 2–4 Virginia Blacksburg, Virginia
12:00 EDT Tennyson   43'
Thiermann   64'
Mani   65'
Report Bird   62'
Ownby   51'   63', 70'
Bates   88'
Stadium: Thompson Field
Attendance: 256
Referee: Bill Ditmar
Note: Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational
September 9, 2011 5 #24 Virginia 1–0 #21 Duke Durham, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Span   2'
Volk   35'
Dimas   38'
Bird   66'
Libreros   89'
Report Tweed-Kent   65'
Palodichuk   88'
Stadium: Koskinen Stadium
Attendance: 1,728
Referee: Michael Donovan
Note: ACC Conference match
September 12, 2011 6 Liberty 2–0 #12 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
19:00 EDT White   24'
Phillips   72'
Aseweh   75'
Report Jumper   36' Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 1,138
Referee: Michael Donovan
September 16, 2011 7 #19 Charlotte 2–1 (a.e.t.) #12 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
19:00 EDT Kirkbride   34'
Gibson   62'   90'
Cowles   71'
Smith   72'
Cowles   74'
Caughran   92'
Report Bird   39'
Bates   55'   71' (pen.)
Somerville   62'
Silverster   78'
Volk   81'
Jumper   87'   90'
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 2,135
Referee: Jeffrey Gontarek
September 20, 2011 8 Radford 3–4 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
19:00 EDT Awosika   39', 60'
Grande   62'
Report Bates   4', 6', 16', 20'
Span   61'
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 1,005
Referee: Kai Goodrich
September 23, 2011 9 North Carolina 3–0 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
19:00 EDT Urso   14'
Schuler   29'
Martinez   76'
McCrary   81'   88'
Report Rezende   31'
Ownby   77'
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Kai Goodrich

ACC Tournament edit

November 8, 2011 QF Wake Forest 3–4 (a.e.t.) #25 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
19:00 EDT Lubahn   3'
Gimenez   79', 81'
Report Jumper   52'
Ownby   71'
Span   75'   110'
Dimas   85'
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 907
Referee: Mohammad Samadpour
November 11, 2011 SF #25 Virginia 0–1 (a.e.t.) #4 North Carolina Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Span   30'
Ownby   69'
Report Gafa   40'
Schuler   92'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Referee: Tony Crush

NCAA Tournament edit

November 17, 2011 R1 #23 Delaware 1–0 (a.e.t.) #25 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
19:00 EDT Dineen   34'   106'
Nartley   40'
Report Monaco   58'
Dimas   72'
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 588
Referee: Tony Crush

References edit