2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

Qualified Teams

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.

Automatic bids

At-Large Bids

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

Schedule

Bracket

Regional 1

| RD1-team01=Elon | RD1-score01=3 | RD1-team02=Coastal Carolina* | RD1-score02=4 | RD1-team07=Liberty | RD1-score07=0(4) | RD1-team08=Old Dominion* | RD1-score08=0(5) | RD1-team09=Fairfield | RD1-score09=2 | RD1-team10=Brown* | RD1-score10=3 | RD1-team15=Saint Mary's | RD1-score15=1 | RD1-team16=CSU Bakersfield* | RD1-score16=0 | RD2-team01=Coastal Carolina | RD2-score01=2 | RD2-seed02=1 | RD2-team02=North Carolina | RD2-score02=3 | RD2-seed03=16 | RD2-team03=Indiana | RD2-score03=3 | RD2-team04=Old Dominion | RD2-score04=0 | RD2-team05=Brown | RD2-score05=1 | RD2-seed06=9 | RD2-team06=St. John's | RD2-score06=0 | RD2-seed07=8 | RD2-team07=UC Irvine | RD2-score07=1 | RD2-team08=Saint Mary's | RD2-score08=2/2OT | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=North Carolina | RD3-score01=1/OT | RD3-seed02=16 | RD3-team02=Indiana | RD3-score02=0 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=Brown | RD3-score03=2 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=Saint Mary's | RD3-score04=3/OT | RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=North Carolina | RD4-score01=2 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=Saint Mary's | RD4-score02=0

Regional 2

| RD1-team01=Xavier | RD1-score01=1 | RD1-team02=West Virginia* | RD1-score02=2/OT | RD1-team07=Loyola-Chicago | RD1-score07=1 | RD1-team08=Bradley* | RD1-score08=2 | RD1-team09=Delaware | RD1-score09=1/20T | RD1-team10=Virginia* | RD1-score10=0 | RD1-team15=Colgate | RD1-score15=2 | RD1-team16=Rutgers* | RD1-score16=4 | RD2-team01=West Virginia | RD2-score01=0 | RD2-seed02=5 | RD2-team02=Maryland | RD2-score02=4 | RD2-seed03=12 | RD2-team03=Louisville | RD2-score03=3/2OT | RD2-team04=Bradley | RD2-score04=2 | RD2-team05=Delaware | RD2-score05=0 | RD2-seed06=13 | RD2-team06=UCLA | RD2-score06=1 | RD2-seed07=4 | RD2-team07=Boston College | RD2-score07=1(3) | RD2-team08=Rutgers | RD2-score08=1(4) | RD3-seed01=5 | RD3-team01=Maryland | RD3-score01=2 | RD3-seed02=12 | RD3-team02=Louisville | RD3-score02=4 | RD3-seed03=13 | RD3-team03=UCLA | RD3-score03=3 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=Rutgers | RD3-score04=0 | RD4-seed01=12 | RD4-team01=Louisville | RD4-score01=0 | RD4-seed02=13 | RD4-team02=UCLA | RD4-score02=1/2OT

Regional 3

| RD1-team01=Stony Brook | RD1-score01=0(4) | RD1-team02=Monmouth* | RD1-score02=0(5) | RD1-team07=Wake Forest | RD1-score07=1(4) | RD1-team08=South Carolina* | RD1-score08=1(3) | RD1-team09=Furman | RD1-score09=1 | RD1-team10=Charlotte* | RD1-score10=3 | RD1-team15=Northwestern | RD1-score15=1 | RD1-team16=Akron* | RD1-score16=3 | RD2-team01=Monmouth | RD2-score01=1 | RD2-seed02=3 | RD2-team02=Connecticut | RD2-score02=2 | RD2-seed03=14 | RD2-team03=James Madison | RD2-score03=2 | RD2-team04=Wake Forest | RD2-score04=0 | RD2-team05=Charlotte | RD2-score05=3 | RD2-seed06=11 | RD2-team06=UAB | RD2-score06=1 | RD2-seed07=6 | RD2-team07=SMU | RD2-score07=2 | RD2-team08=Akron | RD2-score08=3 | RD3-seed01=3 | RD3-team01=Connecticut | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02=14 | RD3-team02=James Madison | RD3-score02=0 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=Charlotte* | RD3-score03=1 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=Akron | RD3-score04=0 | RD4-seed01=3 | RD4-team01=Connecticut | RD4-score01=1(2) | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=Charlotte | RD4-score02=1(4)

Regional 4

| RD1-team01=Florida Gulf Coast | RD1-score01=0 | RD1-team02=UCF* | RD1-score02=1/2OT | RD1-team07=Georgia State | RD1-score07=0 | RD1-team08=Duke* | RD1-score08=1 | RD1-team09=Dartmouth | RD1-score09=0 | RD1-team10=Providence* | RD1-score10=1 | RD1-team15=Western Illinois | RD1-score15=0 | RD1-team16=Northern Illinois* | RD1-score16=3 | RD2-team01=UCF | RD2-score01=1 | RD2-seed02=7 | RD2-team02=South Florida | RD2-score02=2/OT | RD2-seed03=10 | RD2-team03=New Mexico | RD2-score03=2/OT | RD2-team04=Duke | RD2-score04=1 | RD2-team05=Providence | RD2-score05=2 | RD2-seed06=15 | RD2-team06=UC Santa Barbara | RD2-score06=3 | RD2-seed07=2 | RD2-team07=Creighton | RD2-score07=3 | RD2-team08=Northern Illinois | RD2-score08=0 | RD3-seed01=7 | RD3-team01=South Florida | RD3-score01=0(6) | RD3-seed02=10 | RD3-team02=New Mexico | RD3-score02=0(5) | RD3-seed03=15 | RD3-team03=UC Santa Barbara | RD3-score03=1 | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-team04=Creighton | RD3-score04=2 | RD4-seed01=7 | RD4-team01=South Florida | RD4-score01=0 | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=Creighton | RD4-score02=1/OT

College Cup – [[Regions Park]], [[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

Schedule

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

First round

Providence, Rhode Island

Kannah Mascitti DeKalb, Illinois

Schoenle Morgantown, West Virginia

Carroll East Hendrick Bennett Conway, South Carolina

Amoo Aseweh Breitmeyer Bullock Harmon LeBlanc Hopkinson Smith Norfolk, Virginia

Shaw Popolizio Leonard Providence, Rhode Island

Charlottesville, Virginia

Schuber Bourdeau Correa

Piscataway, New Jersey

Gobeil Crespi Fernandes Belakehal Luke Schmid Puranen Vázquez West Long Branch, New Jersey

Gimenez Newnam Randolph Konowiecki Mullin Baladez Morrissey Troyer Mangotic Rafferty Columbia, South Carolina

Beaulieu Rex Charlotte, North Carolina

Orlando, Florida

Durham, North Carolina

Quinn Mattocks Akron, Ohio

Balle Peoria, Illinois

Bakersfield, California

Second round

Numbers represent the seed the team earned in the tournament.

Storrs, Connecticut

Bourdeau Brown Cuevas Setchell Aburmad Fitzpatrick Murphy Rose Boston, Massachusetts

Finlay Omaha, Nebraska

Wylie Bloomington, Indiana

East Urso Martínez Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Cyrus College Park, Maryland

Queens, New York

McLaughlin Harrisonburg, Virginia

Charpie Tampa, Florida

Gaul Walker DeLeon Louisville, Kentucky

Holmes Ivo University Park, Texas

Rex Beaulieu Birmingham, Alabama

Baumann Madueno Sarle Santa Barbara, California

Howard Irvine, California

Baldinger Albuquerque, New Mexico

Los Angeles

Third round

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Diouf Cascio Storrs, Connecticut

Ribeiro Omaha, Nebraska

Rolfe Keller Roman Oduaran College Park, Maryland

Mohoric Rosa Providence, Rhode Island

Green Smith Sandoval Venter Gibbons Baldinger Perry Dwyer Fairclough Paul Olali Alexis Tampa, Florida

Charlotte, North Carolina

Chavez Los Angeles

Quarterfinals

Speas Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Louisville, Kentucky

James Smith Cowles Rodriguez Mercado Alvarez Bradley Storrs, Connecticut

||date = December 4, 2011 Omaha, Nebraska

College Cup: Semifinals

Hoover, Alabama Caughran Smith Cowles Clark Finlay

Schuler K. Rowe McKinney Schuler Speas K. Rowe Muñoz Monge Hoover, Alabama

College Cup: Final

Hoover, Alabama

Statistics

Top goalscorers

;4 goals

• USA Casey Townsend – Maryland

;3 goals

• JAM Darren Mattocks – Akron
• USA Giuseppe Gentile – Charlotte
• SEN Mamadou Diouf – Connecticut
• USA Ethan Finlay – Creighton
• USA Ben Speas – North Carolina
• USA Chandler Hoffman – UCLA ;2 goals
• USA Dylan Remick – Brown
• CAN Sean Rosa – Brown
• USA T. J. Beaulieu – Charlotte
• USA Jennings Rex – Charlotte
• JAM Ashton Bennett – Coastal Carolina
• USA Teejay East – Coastal Carolina
• USA Tony Cascio – Connecticut
• USA Chris Thomas – Elon
• USA Nikita Kotlov – Indiana
• USA Nick DeLeon – Louisville
• USA Colin Rolfe – Louisville
• USA Billy Schuler – North Carolina
• USA Tom Mohoric – Saint Mary's
• USA Trevor Newquist – Saint Mary's ;1 goal
• USA Scott Caldwell – Akron
• ENG Luke Holmes – Akron
• USA Aodhan Quinn – Akron
• USA Patrick Chin – Boston College
• USA Keegan Balle – Bradley
• USA Scott Davis – Bradley
• USA Bryan Gaul – Bradley
• USA Jochen Graf – Bradley
• USA Aidan Leonard – Brown
• USA T. J. Popolizio – Brown
• CAN Evan James – Charlotte
• CRC Ricky Garbanzo – Coastal Carolina
• CMR Cyprian Hedrick – Coastal Carolina
• USA Steven Miller – Colgate
• USA Matt Schuber – Colgate
• USA Carlos Alvarez – Connecticut
• CRC Bruno Castro – Creighton
• USA Jose Gomez – Creighton
• USA Andrew Ribeiro – Creighton
• IRE John Dineen – Delaware
• USA Nick Palodichuk – Duke
• USA Chris Tweed-Kent – Duke
• USA James Carroll – Elon
• ENG Daniel Shaw – Fairfield
• USA Jake Zuniga – Fairfield
• USA Martin Ontiveros – Furman
• USA Tim Wylie – Indiana
• USA Christian McLaughlin – James Madison
• USA Jimmy Simpson – James Madison
• USA Daniel Keller – Louisville
• USA Michael Roman – Louisville
• USA Kenney Walker – Louisville
• USA Andrew Raymonds – Loyola-Chicago
• USA Jordan Cyrus – Maryland
• USA Matt Oduaran – Maryland
• USA Matt Jeffery – Monmouth
• USA Carson Baldinger – New Mexico
• USA Blake Smith – New Mexico
• USA Matt Hedges – North Carolina
• USA Rob Lovejoy – North Carolina
• URU Enzo Martínez – North Carolina
• USA Kirk Urso – North Carolina
• USA Isaac Kannah – Northern Illinois
• USA Mike Mascitti – Northern Illinois
• USA Sean Totsch – Northern Illinois
• USA Peter O'Neill – Northwestern
• USA Brandon Adler – Providence
• USA Anthony Baumann – Providence
• USA John Raley – Providence
• USA Nate Bourdeau – Rutgers
• USA Juan Pablo Correa – Rutgers
• USA Ibrahim Kamara – Rutgers
• USA Bryant Knibbs – Rutgers
• USA Riley Hanley – Saint Mary's
• USA Justin Howard – Saint Mary's
• USA Tyler Engel – SMU
• BRA Arthur Ivo – SMU
• USA Chipper Root – South Carolina
• USA Wesley Charpie – South Florida
• CAN Chase Wickham – UAB
• USA Miguel Ibarra – UC Irvine
• USA Josue Madueno – UC Santa Barbara
• GHA David Opoku – UC Santa Barbara
• USA Dom Sarle – UC Santa Barbara
• USA Luis Silva – UC Santa Barbara
• TRI Kevan George – UCF
• NZL Ben Hunt – UCF
• USA Víctor Chavez – UCLA
• USA Ryan Hollingshead – UCLA
• USA Kelyn Rowe – UCLA
• USA Reed Williams – UCLA
• USA Ross Tomaselli – Wake Forest
• USA Eric Schoenle – West Virginia
• USA Jay Williams – West Virginia
• USA Gino Depaoli – Xavier ;Own goals
• Colgate (playing against Rutgers)
• UCF (playing against South Florida)

References

References

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2. Scott, David. (December 11, 2011). "UNC wins NCAA soccer crown, defeating Charlotte 1–0". NewsObserver.com.
3. Aschoff, Edward. (December 11, 2011). "Moment of magic wins it for UNC". ESPN.
4. "Men's Division I Championship Brackets". NCAA.