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)

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]

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

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

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

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

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

Regional 1

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

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

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

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

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

Host team, or higher seed, is listed on the right. Away team or lower seed is listed on the left.

First round

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 gold-colored soccer ball 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 soccer ball with check mark
Amoo soccer ball with check mark
Aseweh soccer ball with check mark
Breitmeyer soccer ball with check mark
Bullock soccer ball with red X		 4–5 Francoz soccer ball with check mark
Harmon soccer ball with check mark
LeBlanc soccer ball with check mark
Hopkinson soccer ball with check mark
Smith soccer ball with check mark
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 gold-colored soccer ball 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 soccer ball with check mark
Gobeil soccer ball with check mark
Crespi soccer ball with red X
Fernandes soccer ball with check mark
Belakehal soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 Allen soccer ball with check mark
Luke soccer ball with check mark
Schmid soccer ball with check mark
Puranen soccer ball with check mark
Vázquez soccer ball with check mark
Attendance: 795
Referee: Alex Prus
Wake Forest1–1 (a.e.t.)South Carolina
Tomaselli 9' Report Root 50' (pen.)
Penalties
Wenzel soccer ball with check mark
Gimenez soccer ball with check mark
Newnam soccer ball with red X
Randolph soccer ball with check mark
Konowiecki soccer ball with red X
Mullin soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 Martinez soccer ball with check mark
Baladez soccer ball with check mark
Morrissey soccer ball with red X
Troyer soccer ball with check mark
Mangotic soccer ball with red X
Rafferty soccer ball with red X
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 gold-colored soccer ball 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

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 soccer ball with check mark
Bourdeau soccer ball with check mark
Brown soccer ball with check mark
Cuevas soccer ball with red X
Setchell soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 Mejia soccer ball with check mark
Aburmad soccer ball with red X
Fitzpatrick soccer ball with check mark
Murphy soccer ball with check mark
Rose soccer ball with red X
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 gold-colored soccer ball 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 gold-colored soccer ball 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 gold-colored soccer ball 103' 		Report Ibarra 84'
Attendance: 657
Referee: Frank Anderson
Duke1–2 (a.e.t.)#10 New Mexico
Palodichuk 52' Report Smith 82'
Baldinger gold-colored soccer ball 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

#16 Indiana0–1 (a.e.t.)#1 North Carolina
Report Schuler gold-colored soccer ball 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'gold-colored soccer ball 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 soccer ball with check mark
Green soccer ball with check mark
Smith soccer ball with red X
Sandoval soccer ball with check mark
Venter soccer ball with check mark
Gibbons soccer ball with check mark
Baldinger soccer ball with red X		 5–6 Baldin soccer ball with check mark
Perry soccer ball with check mark
Dwyer soccer ball with red X
Fairclough soccer ball with check mark
Paul soccer ball with check mark
Olali soccer ball with check mark
Alexis soccer ball with check mark
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

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 gold-colored soccer ball 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 soccer ball with check mark
James soccer ball with red X
Smith soccer ball with check mark
Cowles soccer ball with check mark
Rodriguez soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 Diouf soccer ball with red X
Mercado soccer ball with red X
Alvarez soccer ball with check mark
Bradley soccer ball with check mark
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Misail Tsapos
#7 South Florida0–1 (a.e.t.)#2 Creighton
Report Finlay gold-colored soccer ball 97'
Attendance: 2,341
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

College Cup: Semifinals

Charlotte0–0 (a.e.t.)#2 Creighton
Report
Penalties
Gibson soccer ball with check mark
Caughran soccer ball with check mark
Smith soccer ball with check mark
Cowles soccer ball with check mark		 4–1 Castro soccer ball with check mark
Clark soccer ball with red X
Finlay soccer ball with red X
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 soccer ball with check mark
McKinney soccer ball with check mark
Schuler soccer ball with red X
Speas soccer ball with check mark		 3–1 Rose soccer ball with red X
K. Rowe soccer ball with red X
Muñoz soccer ball with check mark
Monge soccer ball with red X
Attendance: 9,623
Referee: Alex Prus

College Cup: Final

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • United States Scott Caldwell – Akron
  • England Luke Holmes – Akron
  • United States Aodhan Quinn – Akron
  • United States Patrick Chin – Boston College
  • United States Keegan Balle – Bradley
  • United States Scott Davis – Bradley
  • United States Bryan Gaul – Bradley
  • United States Jochen Graf – Bradley
  • United States Aidan Leonard – Brown
  • United States T. J. Popolizio – Brown
  • Canada Evan James – Charlotte
  • Costa Rica Ricky Garbanzo – Coastal Carolina
  • Cameroon Cyprian Hedrick – Coastal Carolina
  • United States Steven Miller – Colgate
  • United States Matt Schuber – Colgate
  • United States Carlos Alvarez – Connecticut
  • Costa Rica Bruno Castro – Creighton
  • United States Jose Gomez – Creighton
  • United States Andrew Ribeiro – Creighton
  • Republic of Ireland John Dineen – Delaware
  • United States Nick Palodichuk – Duke
  • United States Chris Tweed-Kent – Duke
  • United States James Carroll – Elon
  • England Daniel Shaw – Fairfield
  • United States Jake Zuniga – Fairfield
  • United States Martin Ontiveros – Furman
  • United States Tim Wylie – Indiana
  • United States Christian McLaughlin – James Madison
  • United States Jimmy Simpson – James Madison
  • United States Daniel Keller – Louisville
  • United States Michael Roman – Louisville
  • United States Kenney Walker – Louisville
  • United States Andrew Raymonds – Loyola-Chicago
  • United States Jordan Cyrus – Maryland
  • United States Matt Oduaran – Maryland
  • United States Matt Jeffery – Monmouth
  • United States Carson Baldinger – New Mexico
  • United States Blake Smith – New Mexico
  • United States Matt Hedges – North Carolina
  • United States Rob Lovejoy – North Carolina
  • Uruguay Enzo Martínez – North Carolina
  • United States Kirk Urso – North Carolina
  • United States Isaac Kannah – Northern Illinois
  • United States Mike Mascitti – Northern Illinois
  • United States Sean Totsch – Northern Illinois
  • United States Peter O'Neill – Northwestern
  • United States Brandon Adler – Providence
  • United States Anthony Baumann – Providence
  • United States John Raley – Providence
  • United States Nate Bourdeau – Rutgers
  • United States Juan Pablo Correa – Rutgers
  • United States Ibrahim Kamara – Rutgers
  • United States Bryant Knibbs – Rutgers
  • United States Riley Hanley – Saint Mary's
  • United States Justin Howard – Saint Mary's
  • United States Tyler Engel – SMU
  • Brazil Arthur Ivo – SMU
  • United States Chipper Root – South Carolina
  • United States Wesley Charpie – South Florida
  • Canada Chase Wickham – UAB
  • United States Miguel Ibarra – UC Irvine
  • United States Josue Madueno – UC Santa Barbara
  • Ghana David Opoku – UC Santa Barbara
  • United States Dom Sarle – UC Santa Barbara
  • United States Luis Silva – UC Santa Barbara
  • Trinidad and Tobago Kevan George – UCF
  • New Zealand Ben Hunt – UCF
  • United States Víctor Chavez – UCLA
  • United States Ryan Hollingshead – UCLA
  • United States Kelyn Rowe – UCLA
  • United States Reed Williams – UCLA
  • United States Ross Tomaselli – Wake Forest
  • United States Eric Schoenle – West Virginia
  • United States Jay Williams – West Virginia
  • United States Gino Depaoli – Xavier
Own goals
  • Colgate (playing against Rutgers)
  • UCF (playing against South Florida)

See also

References

  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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