2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

The 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament is a single-elimination tournament involving 48 teams to determine the champion of the 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 54th edition of the tournament. Indiana defeated Georgetown, 1–0, to win its 8th national title.

2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsIndiana
Runner-upGeorgetown
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored123 (2.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Nikita Kotlov (5)
Best playerSteve Neumann, Georgetown (Offensive)
Luis Soffner, Indiana (Defensive)
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2013 →

Qualified Teams edit

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 will feature 48 participants out of a possible field of 198 teams. Of the 48 berths, 22 are allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. The remaining 26 berths are determined through an at-large process based upon teams' Ratings Percentage Index that did not win their conference tournament.

From there, the NCAA Selection Committee selects the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, that earn an automatic bye to the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams play in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament, to play a seeded team in the second round.

Seeded teams edit

Seeded teams
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Notre Dame Big East 16–3–1 Automatic A
2 Maryland ACC 17–1–2 Automatic A
3 Georgetown Big East 17–3–1 At-large
4 Connecticut Big East 15–3–1 At-large
5 Akron MAC 17–1–2 Automatic A
6 UCLA Pac-12 13–2–3 Automatic B
7 Marquette Big East 16–3–1 At-large
8 Saint Louis A-10 16–4–0 Automatic A
9 North Carolina ACC 15–3–2 At-large
10 Louisville Big East 12–5–1 At-large
11 Tulsa C-USA 13–5–1 At-large
12 Creighton MVC 15–3–2 Automatic A
13 New Mexico MPSF 16–3–1 At-large
14 VCU A-10 12–3–5 At-large
15 Wake Forest ACC 11–3–5 At-large
16 Indiana Big Ten 11–5–3 At-large
  • Automatic A = Conference tournament winner.
  • Automatic B = Conference regular season champion, conference has no tournament.

Schedule edit

Round Date
First round November 15, 2012
Second round November 18, 2012
Third round November 25, 2012
Quarterfinals November 30-December 2, 2012
College Cup: Semifinals December 7, 2012
College Cup Final December 9, 2012

Bracket edit

Regional 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
            
Cleveland State 1
Michigan State 2
Michigan State 0
1 Notre Dame 3
1 Notre Dame 1
16 Indiana 2/2OT
16 Indiana 4
Xavier 1
Xavier 1
Kentucky 0
16 Indiana 1
9 North Carolina 0
Md.-Baltimore Co. 0(4)
Old Dominion 0(2)
Md.-Baltimore Co. 0(2)
9 North Carolina 0(4)
9 North Carolina 1
Fairleigh Dickinson 0/OT
8 Saint Louis 1
Fairleigh Dickinson 2/2OT
Fairleigh Dickinson 1
St. John's 0

Regional 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
            
Niagara 1
Michigan 3
Michigan 1
5 Akron 2
5 Akron 1(4)
12 Creighton 1(5)
12 Creighton 4
Washington 2
Air Force 0
Washington 1
12 Creighton 1
4 Connecticut 0
Lafayette 0
Virginia 1
Virginia 1
13 New Mexico 3
13 New Mexico 1
4 Connecticut 2/2OT
4 Connecticut 1
Northeastern 0
Boston College 0
Northeastern 1

Regional 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
            
UAB 2
Charlotte 3
Charlotte 0
3 Georgetown 1
3 Georgetown 1(4)
Syracuse 1(2)
14 VCU 2
Syracuse 3/2OT
Syracuse 1
Cornell 0
3 Georgetown 3
San Diego 1
Florida Gulf Coast 0(3)
South Florida 0(5)
South Florida 0
11 Tulsa 1/OT
11 Tulsa 1
San Diego 2
6 UCLA 2
San Diego 5
San Diego 2/2OT
Cal State Northridge 1

Regional 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
            
Western Illinois 0
Northwestern 1
Northwestern 1
7 Marquette 0
Northwestern 1
10 Louisville 2
10 Louisville 5
Winthrop 0
Winthrop 1(3)
Southern Methodist 1(1)
10 Louisville 1
2 Maryland 3
Elon 0
Coastal Carolina 3
Coastal Carolina 2/OT
15 Wake Forest 1
Coastal Carolina 1
2 Maryland 5
2 Maryland 2
Brown 1
Brown 2
Drexel 0

College Cup – Regions Park, Hoover, Alabama edit

National Semifinals
December 7
National Championship
December 9
      
16 Indiana 1
12 Creighton 0
16 Indiana 1
3 Georgetown 0
3 Georgetown 4(4)
2 Maryland 4(3)

Results edit

First round edit

November 15, 2012 Cleveland State 1–2 Michigan State East Lansing, MI
1:00 PM EST Arboleda   87' Report Montague   13'
Wilson   20'
Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex
Attendance: 957
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
November 15, 2012 Lafayette 0–1 Virginia Charlottesville, VA
1:30 PM EST Report Bates   88' Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 356
Referee: Mohammad Samadpour
November 15, 2012 Brown 2–0 Drexel Philadelphia, PA
4:00 PM EST McNamara   17'
Taylor   42'
Report Stadium: Vidas Athletic Complex
Attendance: 1,047
November 15, 2012 Boston College 0–1 Northeastern Brookline, MA
6:00 PM EST Report Marini   14' Stadium: Parsons Field
Attendance: 1,173
Referee: Lou Labbadia
November 15, 2012 Xavier 1–0 Kentucky Lexington, KY
7:00 PM EST Spencer   86' Report Stadium: UK Soccer Complex
Attendance: 980
Referee: Douglas Wolff
November 15, 2012 UMBC 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Old Dominion Norfolk, VA
7:00 PM EST Report Stadium: ODU Soccer Complex
Attendance: 558
Referee: Brandon Marion
Penalties
Kapor  
Kansaye  
Paddock  
Dacres  
Vaeth  
  Francoz
  Harmon
  LeBlanc
  Militar
November 15, 2012 Fairleigh Dickinson 1–0 St. John's Jamaica, NY
7:00 PM EST Moore   36' Report Stadium: Belson Stadium
Attendance: 703
Referee: Noel Cotterell
November 15, 2012 Niagara 1–3 Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
7:00 PM EST da Cruz   59' Report Pereira   66', 68', 73' Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 516
Referee: Shane Butler
November 15, 2012 UAB 2–3 Charlotte Charlotte, NC
7:00 PM EST Lemez   50'
Navarrete   85'
Report Rex   7', 29'
Gentile   52'
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 1,062
Referee: Jeffery Muschik
November 15, 2012 Syracuse 1–0 Cornell Ithaca, NY
7:00 PM EST Müller   10' Report Stadium: Berman Field
Attendance: 1,504
Referee: Shane Magaris
November 15, 2012 Florida Gulf Coast 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
South Florida Tampa, FL
7:00 PM EST Report Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,379
Referee: Jonathan Weiner
Penalties
Navas  
Guillen  
Silva  
Crespo  
Olali  
Baldin  
Hernandez  
Fairclough  
Paul  
November 15, 2012 Elon 0–3 Coastal Carolina Conway, SC
7:00 PM EST Report Ribeiro   42', 59'
Risher   70'
Stadium: CCU Soccer Field
Attendance: 334
Referee: Bill Dittmar
November 15, 2012 Western Illinois 0–1 Northwestern Evanston, IL
8:00 PM EST Report Gendron   63' Stadium: Lakeside Field
Attendance: 502
Referee: Jorge Cuate
November 15, 2012 Winthrop 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
SMU University Park, TX
8:00 PM EST Obougou   88' Report Puskarich   48' Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 456
Referee: Jorge Luna Hernandez
Penalties
Isern  
Obougou  
Lluch  
Mort  
  Lujano
  Puskarich
  Morales
  King
November 15, 2012 Air Force 0–1 Washington Seattle, WA
10:00 PM EST Report Harris   15' Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 792
Referee: Ali Hancock
November 15, 2012 San Diego 2–1 Cal State Northridge Northridge, CA
10:00 PM EST Delgado   89'
Brandt   104'
Report Lev-Ari   73' Stadium: Matador Soccer Field
Attendance: 635
Referee: Chris Penso

Second round edit

November 18, 2012 Xavier 1–4 #16 Indiana Bloomington, IN
1:00 PM EST M. Walker   33' Report Kotlov   18', 68', 83'
Hollinger-Janzen   80'
Stadium: Armstrong Stadium
Attendance: 1,161
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
November 18, 2012 Northeastern 0–1 #4 Connecticut Storrs, CT
1:00 PM EST Report Diouf   24' Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Attendance: 4,675
Referee: John McCloskey
November 18, 2012 Charlotte 0–1 #3 Georgetown Washington, DC
1:00 PM EST Report Allen   43' Stadium: North Kehoe Field
Attendance: 859
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
November 18, 2012 Michigan State 0–3 #1 Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
2:00 PM EST Report H. Shipp   33'
Finley   44'
Lachowecki   80'
Stadium: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 1,410
Referee: Landis Wiley
November 18, 2012 Fairleigh Dickinson 2–1 (a.e.t.) #8 Saint Louis St. Louis, MO
3:00 PM EST Aubert   56'
McVey   103'
Report Kristo   73' Stadium: Hermann Stadium
Attendance: 2,042
Referee: Abbey Okulaja
November 18, 2012 Michigan 1–2 #5 Akron Akron, OH
4:30 PM EST Murphy   62' Report Stevenson   43'
Schmitt   59'
Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
November 18, 2012 Coastal Carolina 2–1 (a.e.t.) #15 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC
5:00 PM EST Portillo   65'
Štourač   99'
Report Gamble   4' Stadium: Spry Stadium
Attendance: 746
Referee: Mark Gorak
November 18, 2012 UMBC 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
#9 North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
5:00 PM EST Report Stadium: Fetzer Field
Attendance: 707
Referee: Andrew Chapin
Penalties
Kapor  
Kansaye  
Paddock  
Dacres  
Vaeth  
  Brown
  Murphy
  Walters
  Walden
November 18, 2012 Brown 1–2 #2 Maryland College Park, MD
5:00 PM EST Belair   16' Report Mullins   44'
Metzger   90'
Stadium: Ludwig Field
Attendance: 1,663
Referee: Dan Fitzgerald
November 18, 2012 Northwestern 1–0 #7 Marquette Milwaukee, WI
5:00 PM EST Calistri   31' Report Stadium: Valley Fields
Attendance: 1,186
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
November 18, 2012 Washington 2–4 #12 Creighton Omaha, NE
6:00 PM EST Moberg   48'
Tucker-Gangnes   89'
Report Kallman   6'
Pitter   55'
Ribeiro   66'
Blandon   86'
Stadium: Morrison Stadium
Attendance: 1,681
Referee: Terry Vaughn
November 18, 2012 #11 Tulsa 1–0 (a.e.t.) South Florida Tampa, FL
6:00 PM EST O. Mata   99' Report Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,663
Referee: Lance VanHaitsma
November 18, 2012 Syracuse 3–2 (a.e.t.) #14 VCU Richmond, VA
7:00 PM EST Clark   21'   108'
Stamoulacatos   30'
Report Solano   9'
Castillo   14' (pen.)
Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 899
Referee: Peter Dhima
November 18, 2012 Winthrop 0–5 #10 Louisville Louisville, KY
7:00 PM EST Report Cochrane   1'
Mares   34', 49', 64'
Foxhoven   81'
Stadium: Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 1,456
Referee: Kevin Terry
November 18, 2012 San Diego 5–2 #6 UCLA Los Angeles, CA
8:00 PM EST Brandt   31'
Lopez   52'
Wallen   66', 67'
Cohn   78'
Report Hollingshead   10'
Raynr   54'
Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 682
Referee: Juan Guzman
November 18, 2012 Virginia 1–3 #13 New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
9:00 PM EST Brown   48' Report Venter   6'
Rogers   58'
Calderón   90'
Stadium: UNM Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,121
Referee: Alex Gorrin

Third round edit

November 25, 2012 #13 New Mexico 1–2 (a.e.t.) #4 Connecticut Storrs, CT
1:00 PM EST Sandoval   32' Report Diouf   76'
Zuniga   105'
Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Attendance: 4,315
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
November 25, 2012 Syracuse 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
#3 Georgetown Washington, DC
1:00 PM EST Vale   29' Report Allen   85' Stadium: North Kehoe Field
Attendance: 970
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
Penalties
Pasanen  
Perea  
Brode  
Murrell  
  Neumann
  Christianson
  Riemer
  Nealis
November 25, 2012 #16 Indiana 2–1 (a.e.t.) #1 Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
3:00 PM EST Kotlov   55'
Zavaleta   102'
Report Richard   54' Stadium: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 1,242
Referee: Brent Sorg
November 25, 2012 #12 Creighton 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
#5 Akron Akron, OH
4:30 PM EST Pitter   83' Report Brenes   12' Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium
Attendance: 2,778
Referee: Chris Penso
Penalties
Castro  
Ribeiro  
Makh  
Barnes  
Pitter  
  Caldwell
  Brenes
  Stevenson
  Trapp
  Quinn
November 25, 2012 Coastal Carolina 1–5 #2 Maryland College Park, MD
5:00 PM EST Bennett   21' Report Eticha   13'
Mullins   22'
Jane   60', 64'
Raley   86'
Stadium: Ludwig Field
Attendance: 1,847
November 25, 2012 Fairleigh Dickinson 0–1 (a.e.t.) #9 North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
5:00 PM EST Report Brown   92' Stadium: Fetzer Field
Attendance: 750
Referee: Peter Dhima
November 25, 2012 San Diego 2–1 #11 Tulsa Tulsa, OK
6:00 PM EST McFadden   63'
Brandt   68'
Report C. Mata   13' Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Misail Tsapos
November 25, 2012 Northwestern 1–2 #10 Louisville Louisville, KY
7:00 PM EST Baughman   5' Report Hairston   3'
Wilson   87' (o.g.)
Stadium: Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 1,739
Referee: Douglas Wolff

Quarterfinals edit

November 30, 2012 #16 Indiana 1–0 #9 North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
6:00 EST Zavaleta   60' Report Stadium: Fetzer Field
Attendance: 4,352
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
December 1, 2012 San Diego 1–3 #3 Georgetown Washington, DC
1:00 EST Ringhof   50' Report OG   51'
Snoh   73'
Riemer   88'
Stadium: North Kehoe Field
Attendance: 1,927
Referee: John McCloskey
December 1, 2012 #10 Louisville 1–3 #2 Maryland College Park, MD
5:00 EST Foxhoven   40' Report Woodberry   34'
Pace   45'
Mullins   68'
Stadium: Ludwig Field
Attendance: 3,556
Referee: Lou Labbadia
December 2, 2012 #12 Creighton 1–0 #4 Connecticut Storrs, CT
1:00 EST Blandon   89' Report Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Fotis Bazokis

College Cup edit

Semifinals edit

December 7, 2012 #3 Georgetown 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
#2 Maryland Hoover, AL
5:00 PM EST Neumann   33', 34', 61'
Allen   48'
Report Tshuma   22', 59'
Mullins   74'
François   76'
Stadium: Regions Park
Attendance: 11,074
Referee: Chris Penso
Penalties
Neumann  
Muller  
Christianson  
Riemer  
Nealis  
  Stertzer
  Woodberry
  Mullins
  Kemp
  Leikvang
December 7, 2012 #16 Indiana 1–0 #12 Creighton Hoover, AL
7:30 PM EST Hollinger-Janzen   27' Report Stadium: Regions Park
Attendance: 11,074
Referee: Edvin Juresvic

Championship edit

December 9, 2012 #16 Indiana 1–0 #3 Georgetown Hoover, AL
2:00 PM EST Kotlov   64' Report Stadium: Regions Park
Attendance: 9,242
Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

A total of 123 goals were scored over 47 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
  •   Grant Wilson – Northwestern (playing against Louisville)
  • San Diego (playing against Georgetown)

See also edit

Footnotes edit

References edit