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2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | NCAA Division I |
| season | 2011 |
| winners | North Carolina |
| league topscorer | Ashton Bennett (23) |
| highest attendance | 13,772 |
| SDSU v. UCSB | |
| (September 23, 2011) | |
| prevseason | 2010 |
| nextseason | 2012 |
SDSU v. UCSB (September 23, 2011) The 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 53rd year of organized men's college soccer in the United States.
The season was divided into three parts; the regular season, which started with early season tournaments against intraconference opponents, before the second half of the regular season that featured interconference matches. The regular season was held from late August to early November 2011. In mid-November, the conference tournaments were held, and from mid-November to mid-December, the NCAA Tournament was held.
The national champion was the North Carolina Tar Heels whom won the title against the Charlotte 49ers. It was North Carolina's third national championship, and Charlotte's first ever appearance in an NCAA final of any sport.
Season headlines
Throughout the course of the regular season, six different men's college soccer programs topped the rankings. The Connecticut Huskies were ranked first for four consecutive weeks, being the longest streak to do so in the season. At the end of the regular season, the New Mexico Lobos were the only college team in the nation to remain undefeated, winning 16 matches and only drawing twice.
Changes from 2010
Coaching changes
The following is a list of head coaching changes prior to the start of Division I men's soccer season.
| College | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Incoming coach | Former position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | Johan Aarnio | Fired | Trevor Gorman | Wright State assistant coach |
| Butler | Kelly Findley | Hired as N.C. State head coach | Paul Snape | Michigan associate coach |
| Canisius | Jim Hesch | Fired | Dermont McGrane | Niagara head coach |
| Creighton | Jamie Clark | Hired as Washington head coach | Elmar Bolowich | North Carolina head coach |
| Hartford | Dan Gaspar | Fired | TBA | |
| NC State | George Tarantini | Fired | Kelly Findley | Butler head coach |
| Niagara | Dermot McGrane | Hired as Canisius head coach | Chase Brooks | Dayton assistant coach |
| NJIT | Pedro Lopes | Fired | Cesar Markovic | Stony Brook head coach |
| North Carolina | Elmar Bolowich | Hired as Creighton head coach | Carlos Somoano | Interim coach |
| North Florida | Ray Bunch | Fired | Derek Marinatos | Furman associate coach |
| Rider | Russ Fager | Fired | Charlie Inverso | Rutgers assistant coach |
| St. Peter's | Guy Abrahamson | Fired | Julian Richens | Rider assistant coach |
| Stony Brook | Cesar Markovic | Hired has NJIT head coach | Ryan Anatol | South Florida assistant coach |
| Washington | Dean Wurzberger | Fired | Jamie Clark | Creighton head coach |
Rule changes
Season overview
Pre-season polls
Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Several American soccer outlets posted their own preseason top 25 rankings of what were believed to be the strongest men's collegiate soccer teams entering 2011.
| NSCAA | Ranking | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisville | |
| 2 | Akron | |
| 3 | North Carolina | |
| 4 | Maryland | |
| 5 | SMU | |
| 6 | UCLA | |
| 7 | California | |
| 8 | Connecticut | |
| 9 | Michigan | |
| 10 | Creighton | |
| 11 | Brown | |
| 12 | Notre Dame | |
| 13 | William & Mary | |
| 14 | UC Santa Barbara | |
| 15 | Ohio State | |
| 16 | South Carolina | |
| 17 | Indiana | |
| 18 | Penn State | |
| 19 | Michigan State | |
| 20 | Dartmouth | |
| 21 | Butler | |
| 22 | Virginia | |
| 23 | Duke | |
| 24 | UC Irvine | |
| 25 | Boston College |
|
| Soccer America | Ranking | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisville | |
| 2 | UCLA | |
| 3 | North Carolina | |
| 4 | Akron | |
| 5 | Connecticut | |
| 6 | Creighton | |
| 7 | SMU | |
| 8 | Maryland | |
| 9 | Notre Dame | |
| 10 | UC Santa Barbara | |
| 11 | Virginia | |
| 12 | Duke | |
| 13 | Wake Forest | |
| 14 | Brown | |
| 15 | Ohio State | |
| 16 | South Florida | |
| 17 | West Virginia | |
| 18 | Indiana | |
| 19 | UCF | |
| 20 | California | |
| 21 | Monmouth | |
| 22 | FGCU | |
| 23 | Boston College | |
| 24 | Loyola Marymount | |
| 25 | Old Dominion |
|
| Fox Soccer/SBI | Ranking | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisville | |
| 2 | UCLA | |
| 3 | Akron | |
| 4 | North Carolina | |
| 5 | Maryland | |
| 6 | SMU | |
| 7 | Creighton | |
| 8 | Connecticut | |
| 9 | Duke | |
| 10 | UC Santa Barbara | |
| 11 | Virginia | |
| 12 | Notre Dame | |
| 13 | Ohio State | |
| 14 | Wake Forest | |
| 15 | West Virginia | |
| 16 | Indiana | |
| 17 | South Florida | |
| 18 | Penn State | |
| 19 | Boston College | |
| 20 | Furman | |
| 21 | California | |
| 22 | Monmouth | |
| 23 | William & Mary | |
| 24 | Michigan | |
| 25 | FGCU |
|}
Regular season
Early season tournaments
| Name | Dates | Num. teams | Champions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShinDigz Soccer Festival | ||||||
| Cal State Northridge Labor Day Classic | ||||||
| Hokie Invitational | ||||||
| Ocean State Classic | ||||||
| VCU Invitational | ||||||
| Brown Soccer Classic | ||||||
| Hurricane Classic | ||||||
| Stihl Soccer Classic | ||||||
| Akron Soccer Tournament |
Conference standings
;Key
Conference regular season and tournament winners
Thirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion.
| Conference | Regular | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Winner | Conference | |||
| Tournament | Tournament | |||
| Venue (City) | Tournament | |||
| Winner | ||||
| America East | Boston University | 2011 America East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Nickerson Field | |
| (Boston, Massachusetts) | Stony Brook | |||
| Atlantic Coast | North Carolina | 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament | WakeMed Soccer Park | |
| (Cary, North Carolina) | North Carolina | |||
| Atlantic Ten | Charlotte | 2011 Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Hermann Stadium | |
| (St. Louis, Missouri) | Xavier | |||
| Atlantic Soccer | Florida Atlantic | No tournament | ||
| Atlantic Sun | FGCU | 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Summers-Taylor Stadium | |
| (Johnson City, Tennessee) | FGCU | |||
| Big East | Blue: Marquette | |||
| Red: USF | 2011 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament | Red Bull Arena | ||
| (Harrison, New Jersey) | St. John's | |||
| Big South | Coastal Carolina | 2011 Big South Men's Soccer Tournament | Greene-Harbison Field | |
| (Boiling Springs, North Carolina) | Liberty | |||
| Big Ten | Northwestern | 2011 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | U-M Soccer Stadium | |
| (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | Northwestern | |||
| Big West | UC Irvine | 2011 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Anteater Stadium | |
| (Irvine, California) | UC Irvine | |||
| Colonial | James Madison | 2011 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament | JMU Lacrosse/Soccer Complex | |
| (Harrisonburg, Virginia) | Delaware | |||
| Conference USA | UAB | 2011 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament | Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium | |
| (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | SMU | |||
| Horizon | Valparaiso | 2011 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament | Eastgate Field | |
| (Valparaiso, Indiana) | Loyola | |||
| Ivy | Brown | No tournament | ||
| Metro Atlantic | Fairfield | 2011 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament | Hess Field | |
| (Lake Buena Vista, Florida) | Fairfield Stags men's soccer | |||
| Mid-American | Akron | 2011 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament | FirstEnergy Stadium | |
| (Akron, Ohio) | Northern Illinois | |||
| Missouri Valley | Missouri State | 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Morrison Stadium | |
| (Omaha, Nebraska) | Creighton | |||
| Mountain Pacific | New Mexico | 2011 MPSF Men's Soccer Tournament | CIBER Field | |
| (Denver, Colorado) | New Mexico | |||
| Northeast | Central Connecticut State | 2011 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | The Great Lawn | |
| (West Long Branch, New Jersey) | Monmouth | |||
| Pac-12 | UCLA | 2011 Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Maloney Field | |
| (Stanford, California) | UCLA | |||
| Patriot | American | 2011 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue | |
| (Tournament City, State) | Colgate | |||
| Southern | UNC Greensboro | 2011 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue | |
| (Tournament City, State) | Elon | |||
| Summit | Western Illinois | 2011 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue | |
| (Tournament City, State) | Western Illinois | |||
| West Coast | Saint Mary's | 2011 West Coast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue | |
| (Tournament City, State) | Saint Mary's |
Major upsets
In this list, a "major upset" is defined by a team that's ranked 10 or more spots lower, or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | September 2 | September 4 | September 11 | September 11 | September 24 | October 5 | October 7 | October 12 | October 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 1–0 | #11 Brown | ||||||||||
| UC Davis | 2–1 | #6 UCLA | ||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 1–0 | #1 North Carolina | ||||||||||
| ESTU | 2–0 | #14 William & Mary | ||||||||||
| George Mason | 1–0 | #15 Old Dominion | ||||||||||
| #20 San Diego State | 3–2 | #3 Akron | ||||||||||
| #23 Virginia | 2–1 | #2 Maryland | ||||||||||
| Missouri State | 1–0 | #4 Creighton | ||||||||||
| Davidson | 1–0 | #2 North Carolina |
Key matches
Statistical leaders
Overall
;Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | College | title=Total Goals | url=https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/573 | work=National Collegiate Athletic Association | publisher=NCAA.com | access-date=December 23, 2011}} | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAM Ashton Bennett | Coastal Carolina | 23 | |||||||||||
| JAM Darren Mattocks | Akron | 21 | |||||||||||
| USA Mark Sherrod | Memphis | 19 | |||||||||||
| USA Chandler Hoffman | UCLA | 18 | |||||||||||
| USA Gyasi Zardes | CSU Bakersfield | 18 | |||||||||||
| USA Luis Silva | UC Santa Barbara | 17 | |||||||||||
| USA Casey Townsend | Maryland | 17 | |||||||||||
| USA Andrew Wenger | Duke | 17 | |||||||||||
| ENG Dom Dwyer | South Florida | 16 | |||||||||||
| USA Billy Schuler | North Carolina | 16 | |||||||||||
| USA Yannick Smith | Old Dominion | 16 |
Last updated on December 23, 2011. Source: NCAA.com - Total Goals
;Most assists
| Rank | Scorer | College | title=Total Assists | url=https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/568 | work=National Collegiate Athletic Association | publisher=NCAA.com | access-date=December 23, 2011}} | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Franklin Castellanos | Iona | 14 | |||||||||
| USA Jesus Sanchez | CSU Bakersfield | 13 | |||||||||
| USA Christopher Tweed-Kent | Duke | 12 | |||||||||
| USA Scott Caldwell | Akron Zips | 11 | |||||||||
| Ireland Liam Collins | Memphis | 11 | |||||||||
| URU Enzo Martinez | North Carolina | 11 | |||||||||
| USA Juan Peralta | Vermont | 11 |
Last updated on December 23, 2011. Source: NCAA.com - Total Assists
Per match
| Player | School | PPG | Player | School | GPG | Player | School | APG | Player | School | SVPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAM Ashton Bennett | Coastal Carolina | 2.41 | USA Mark Sherrod | Memphis | 1.06 | USA Franklin Castellanos | Iona | 0.74 | |||
| USA Mark Sherrod | Memphis | 2.33 | JAM Ashton Bennett | Coastal Carolina | 1.05 | USA Juan Peralta | Vermont | 0.65 | |||
| HAI Max Touloute | IPFW | 2.19 | JAM Darren Mattocks | Akron | 0.95 | USA Jesus Sanchez | CSU Bakersfield | 0.62 | |||
| JAM Darren Mattocks | Akron | 2.09 | USA Gyasi Zardes | CSU Bakersfield | 0.90 | Ireland Liam Collins | Memphis | 0.61 | |||
| USA Luis Silva | UC Santa Barbara | 2.00 | USA Yannick Smith | Old Dominion | 0.84 | USA Matt Lodge | Kentucky | 0.59 |
| Player | School | SV% | Player | School | GAA | Player | School | MP | Player | School | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Brian Holt | Creighton | .923 | USA Brian Holt | Creighton | .207 | ||||||
| USA Graham Heydt | Lafayette | .908 | JAM Andre Blake | Connecticut | .385 | ||||||
| USA Ciaran Nugent | Lehigh | .896 | USA Ciaran Nugent | Lehigh | .412 | ||||||
| JAM Andre Blake | Connecticut | .888 | USA Victor Rodriguez | New Mexico | .493 | ||||||
| CAN Darius Motazed | Saint Francis (Pa.) | .882 | USA Graham Heydt | Lafayette | .504 |
NCAA tournament
Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
College Cup – Hoover, Alabama
December 11 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=North Carolina | RD1-score1=2(3) | RD1-seed2=13 | RD1-team2=UCLA | RD1-score2=2(1) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=Charlotte | RD1-score3=0(4) | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Creighton | RD1-score4=0(1) | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=North Carolina | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=Charlotte | RD2-score2=0
Award winners
NSCAA/Continental Tire Men's NCAA Division I All-America Team
On December 9, 2011, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America released their All-American teams for the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The list included a first, second and third team.
;First team
;Second team
;Third team
References
References
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- (April 11, 2011). "Men's Division I college coaching changes". SoccerAmerica.com.
- (August 9, 2011). "NCAA Division I Men's Soccer: 2011 Preseason Rankings". National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- (August 22, 2011). "Soccer America Men's Preseason Top 25". SoccerAmerica.com.
- Garlarcep, Ives. (August 26, 2011). "Soccer America Men's Preseason Top 25". FoxSoccer.com.
- "Total Goals". NCAA.com.
- "Total Assists". NCAA.com.
- "Points per game". NCAA.com.
- "Goals per game". NCAA.com.
- "Assists per game". NCAA.com.
- "Saves per game". NCAA.com.
- "Saves Pct.". NCAA.com.
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- (December 9, 2011). "2011 NSCAA/Continental Tire Men's NCAA Division I All-America Team". SoccerAmerica.com.
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