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2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season


FieldValue
competitionNCAA Division I
season2012
winnersIndiana
highest scoring12: Tulsa 7–5 Oakland
Sept. 16, 2012
prevseason2011
nextseason2013

Sept. 16, 2012 The 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 54th season of NCAA men's college soccer in the United States. The defending champions were the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels, who defeated sister school, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 49ers in the previous College Cup championship.

Indiana defeated Georgetown, 1–0, in championship to win the title.

Changes from 2011

Coaching changes

CollegeOutgoing coachManner of departureIncoming coachFormer positionRef.
MichiganUSA Steve BurnsResignedCAN Chaka DaleyProvidence head coachtitle=Daley Tabbed to Lead Wolverine Men's Soccer Programurl=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/122311aaa.htmlwork=University of Michigan Athleticspublisher=MGoBlue.comaccess-date=February 27, 2012date=December 23, 2011}}
ProvidenceCAN Chaka DaleyTook Michigan jobENG Craig StewartFranklin Pierce head coach
StanfordUSA Bret SimonResignedENG Jeremy GunnCharlotte head coachtitle=Meet Jeremy Gunnurl=http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/012012aac.htmlwork=Stanford Athleticspublisher=GoStanford.comaccess-date=February 27, 2012date=January 19, 2012archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820010754/http://www.gostanford.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/012012aac.htmlarchive-date=August 20, 2012url-status=dead}}

Rule changes

Season overview

Pre-season polls

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Conference standings

Conference regular season and tournament winners

Major upsets

NCAA tournament

College Cup

Statistical leaders

Award winners

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Season overview

Pre-season polls

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 2012.

NSCAARankingTeam
1North Carolina
2UCLA
3Creighton
4Connecticut
5South Florida
6New Mexico
7Louisville
8Charlotte
9Maryland
10Akron
11UC Santa Barbara
12Indiana
13UC Irvine
14Boston College
15St. John's
16SMU
17Coastal Carolina
18Saint Mary's
19James Madison
20Northwestern
21UAB
22Brown
23Old Dominion
24Furman
25Bradley

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Soccer America{{cite webtitle=Soccer America Men's Preseason Top 25RankingTeam
work=Soccer Americapublisher=SoccerAmerica.comaccess-date=December 4, 2012}}
1Connecticut
2Akron
3Maryland
4UC Santa Barbara
5Charlotte
6North Carolina
7New Mexico
8UCLA
9Indiana
10South Florida
11Boston College
12Old Dominion
13St. John's
14Coastal Carolina
15Creighton
16Louisville
17Northwestern
18Notre Dame
19Wake Forest
20Furman
21Duke
22Xavier
23West Virginia
24SMU
25UC Irvine

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Fox Soccer/SBI{{cite webtitle=2012 SBI COLLEGE SOCCER SEASON PREVIEWRankingTeam
work=SoccerByIvespublisher=SoccerByIves.netaccess-date=December 4, 2012}}
1Akron
2Connecticut
3North Carolina
4Maryland
5UC Santa Barbara
6Indiana
7UCLA
8Duke
9West Virginia
10Boston College
11South Florida
12St. John's
13Louisville
14Virginia
15Xavier
16New Mexico
17Coastal Carolina
18Creighton
19SMU
20Charlotte
21CSU Bakersfield
22Wake Forest
23UC Irvine
24Notre Dame
25Georgetown

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College Soccer NewsRankingTeam
1North Carolina
2New Mexico
3Charlotte
4Connecticut
5Maryland
6Akron
7UCLA
8South Florida
9UC Santa Barbara
10Coastal Carolina
11Indiana
12Boston College
13Old Dominion
14Creighton
15UC Irvine
16Northwestern
17St. John's
18Louisville
19Wake Forest
20UAB
21SMU
22Brown
23Furman
24Saint Mary's
25Xavier

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Regular season

Standings

Conference regular season and tournament winners

ConferenceRegular
Season WinnerConference
TournamentTournament
Venue (City)Tournament
Winner
America EastVermont2012 America East Men's Soccer TournamentNickerson Field
(Boston, Massachusetts)UMBC
Atlantic CoastMaryland2012 ACC Men's Soccer TournamentMaryland SoccerPlex
(Boyds, MD)Maryland
Atlantic 10Charlotte2012 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer TournamentTransamerica Field
(Charlotte, NC)Saint Louis
Atlantic SunFGCU2012 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer TournamentSummers-Taylor Stadium
(Johnson City, Tennessee)FGCU
Big EastRed: Louisville
Blue: Connecticut2012 Big East Men's Soccer TournamentRed Bull Arena
(Harrison, NJ)Notre Dame
Big SouthCoastal Carolina2012 Big South Conference Men's Soccer TournamentBryan Park
(Greensboro, NC)Winthrop
Big TenPenn State2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer TournamentLakeside Field
(Evanston, IL)Michigan State
Big WestNorth: UC Davis
South: Cal State Northridge2012 Big West Conference Men's Soccer TournamentAggies Soccer Field
Davis, CACal State Northridge
ColonialDrexel2012 CAA Men's Soccer TournamentVidas Athletic Center
(Philadelphia, PA)Northeastern
Conference USASMU2012 Conference USA Men's Soccer TournamentWest Campus Field
(Birmingham, AL)Tulsa
HorizonDetroit2012 Horizon League Men's Soccer TournamentTitan Field
(Detroit, MICleveland State
IvyCornellNo tournament
Metro AtlanticLoyola Maryland2012 MAAC Men's Soccer TournamentTenney Stadium
(Poughkeepsie, NY)Niagara
Mid-AmericanAkron2012 MAC Men's Soccer TournamentFirstEnergy Stadium
(Akron, Ohio)Akron
Missouri ValleyCreightonMissouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournamentShea Stadium
(Peoria, Illinois)Creighton
Mountain PacificNew Mexico2012 MPSF Men's Soccer TournamentCIBER Field
(Denver, Colorado)Air Force
NortheastQuinnipiac2012 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer TournamentThe Great Lawn
(West Long Branch, New Jersey)Fairleigh Dickinson
Pac-12UCLANo tournament
PatriotAmerican2012 Patriot League Men's Soccer TournamentRiggs Field
(Washington, D.C.)Lafayette
SouthernElon2012 Southern Conference Men's Soccer TournamentWakeMed Soccer Park
(Cary, NC)Elon
SummitOakland2012 The Summit League Men's Soccer TournamentJohn MacKenzie Alumni Field
(Macomb, IL)Western Illinois
West CoastSan DiegoNo tournament

Statistics

:Regular season statistics only. See 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship#Statistical leaders for the tournament statistics.

Overall

;Top scorers

RankScorerCollegetitle=Total Goalsurl=https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/573work=National Collegiate Athletic Associationpublisher=NCAA.comaccess-date=November 13, 2011}}123458
USA Chris ThomasElon23
USA Ryan FinleyNotre Dame20
CAN Daniel HaberCornell18
USA Eriq ZavaletaIndiana16
JAM Ashton BennettCoastal Carolina15
USA Erik HurtadoUC Santa Barbara15
USA Gyasi ZardesCSU Bakersfield15
USA Don AndingNortheastern14
USA Pete CaringiUMBC14
USA Billy SchulerNorth Carolina14
USA Steven EvansPortland14
ISR Sagi Lev-AriCSU Northridge14
USA Devon SandovalNew Mexico14

Last updated on November 13, 2012. Source: NCAA.com – Total Goals

;Most assists

RankScorerCollegetitle=Total Assistsurl=https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/568work=National Collegiate Athletic Associationpublisher=NCAA.comaccess-date=November 13, 2012}}1257
USA Mitchell CardenasCampbell14
USA Kyle BethelOakland13
CAN Milo KaporUMBC13
USA Blake SmithNew Mexico13
USA Chris GriebschHofstra11
USA Steve NeumannGeorgetown11
MEX Carlos BenavidesCSU Northridge10
USA Zach BoldenDenver10
USA Scott CaldwellAkron10
USA Jared MartinelliTemple10
USA Alex MartinezN.C. State10
BRA Pedro RibeiroCoastal Carolina10
BRA Shawn SloanHigh Point10
USA Vaughn SpurrierTemple10

Last updated on November 13, 2012. Source: NCAA.com – Total Assists

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

College Cup – [[Regions Park]], [[Hoover, Alabama]]

December 9 | RD1-seed1=16 | RD1-team1=Indiana | RD1-score1=1 | RD1-seed2=12 | RD1-team2= Creighton | RD1-score2=0 | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=Georgetown | RD1-score3=4(4) | RD1-seed4=2 | RD1-team4=Maryland | RD1-score4=4(3) | RD2-seed1=16 | RD2-team1=Indiana | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=Georgetown | RD2-score2=0

References

References

  1. "Second Half Outburst Leads No. 23 Tulsa Past Oakland, 7-5".
  2. (December 23, 2011). "Daley Tabbed to Lead Wolverine Men's Soccer Program". MGoBlue.com.
  3. "Player Bio: Craig Stewart - Providence College Official Athletics Site".
  4. (January 19, 2012). "Meet Jeremy Gunn". GoStanford.com.
  5. "NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's – National – Preseason Ranking". NSCAA.
  6. "2012 Pre-Season Top 30 Poll". CollegeSoccerNews.com.
  7. "Total Goals". NCAA.com.
  8. "Total Assists". NCAA.com.
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