2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

Qualified Teams

Main article: 2012 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.

Format

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

• Automatic A = Conference tournament winner.
• Automatic B = Conference regular season champion, conference has no tournament.

Schedule

Bracket

Regional 1

| RD1-team01=Cleveland State | RD1-score01=1 | RD1-team02=Michigan State | RD1-score02=2 | RD1-team07=Xavier | RD1-score07=1 | RD1-team08=Kentucky | RD1-score08=0 | RD1-team09=Md.-Baltimore Co. | RD1-score09=0(4) | RD1-team10=Old Dominion | RD1-score10=0(2) | RD1-team15=Fairleigh Dickinson | RD1-score15=1 | RD1-team16=St. John's | RD1-score16=0 | RD2-team01= Michigan State | RD2-score01=0 | RD2-seed02=1 | RD2-team02=Notre Dame | RD2-score02=3 | RD2-seed03=16 | RD2-team03=Indiana | RD2-score03=4 | RD2-team04= Xavier | RD2-score04=1 | RD2-team05= Md.-Baltimore Co. | RD2-score05=0(2) | RD2-seed06=9 | RD2-team06=North Carolina | RD2-score06=0(4) | RD2-seed07=8 | RD2-team07=Saint Louis | RD2-score07=1 | RD2-team08=Fairleigh Dickinson | RD2-score08=2/2OT | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=Notre Dame | RD3-score01=1 | RD3-seed02=16 | RD3-team02=Indiana | RD3-score02=2/2OT | RD3-seed03= 9 | RD3-team03= North Carolina | RD3-score03=1 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04= Fairleigh Dickinson | RD3-score04=0/OT | RD4-seed01=16 | RD4-team01=Indiana | RD4-score01=1 | RD4-seed02=9 | RD4-team02=North Carolina | RD4-score02=0

Regional 2

| RD1-team01=Niagara | RD1-score01=1 | RD1-team02=Michigan | RD1-score02=3 | RD1-team07=Air Force | RD1-score07=0 | RD1-team08=Washington | RD1-score08=1 | RD1-team09=Lafayette | RD1-score09=0 | RD1-team10=Virginia | RD1-score10=1 | RD1-team15=Boston College | RD1-score15=0 | RD1-team16=Northeastern | RD1-score16=1 | RD2-team01=Michigan | RD2-score01=1 | RD2-seed02=5 | RD2-team02=Akron | RD2-score02=2 | RD2-seed03=12 | RD2-team03=Creighton | RD2-score03=4 | RD2-team04=Washington | RD2-score04=2 | RD2-team05= Virginia | RD2-score05=1 | RD2-seed06=13 | RD2-team06=New Mexico | RD2-score06=3 | RD2-seed07=4 | RD2-team07=Connecticut | RD2-score07=1 | RD2-team08=Northeastern | RD2-score08=0 | RD3-seed01=5 | RD3-team01=Akron | RD3-score01=1(4) | RD3-seed02=12 | RD3-team02=Creighton | RD3-score02=1(5) | RD3-seed03=13 | RD3-team03=New Mexico | RD3-score03=1 | RD3-seed04=4 | RD3-team04=Connecticut | RD3-score04=2/2OT | RD4-seed01=12 | RD4-team01=Creighton | RD4-score01=1 | RD4-seed02=4 | RD4-team02=Connecticut | RD4-score02=0

Regional 3

| RD1-team01=UAB | RD1-score01= 2 | RD1-team02=Charlotte | RD1-score02= 3 | RD1-team07=Syracuse | RD1-score07=1 | RD1-team08=Cornell | RD1-score08= 0 | RD1-team09=Florida Gulf Coast | RD1-score09= 0(3) | RD1-team10=South Florida | RD1-score10= 0(5) | RD1-team15=San Diego | RD1-score15=2/2OT | RD1-team16=Cal State Northridge | RD1-score16= 1 | RD2-team01= Charlotte | RD2-score01=0 | RD2-seed02=3 | RD2-team02=Georgetown | RD2-score02=1 | RD2-seed03=14 | RD2-team03=VCU | RD2-score03= 2 | RD2-team04= Syracuse | RD2-score04= 3/2OT | RD2-team05= South Florida | RD2-score05=0 | RD2-seed06=11 | RD2-team06=Tulsa | RD2-score06=1/OT | RD2-seed07=6 | RD2-team07=UCLA | RD2-score07=2 | RD2-team08=San Diego | RD2-score08=5 | RD3-seed01=3 | RD3-team01=Georgetown | RD3-score01=1(4) | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02= Syracuse | RD3-score02=1(2) | RD3-seed03= 11 | RD3-team03= Tulsa | RD3-score03=1 | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04= San Diego | RD3-score04=2 | RD4-seed01= 3 | RD4-team01= Georgetown | RD4-score01=3 | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=San Diego | RD4-score02=1

Regional 4

| RD1-team01=Western Illinois | RD1-score01=0 | RD1-team02=Northwestern | RD1-score02= 1 | RD1-team07=Winthrop | RD1-score07=1(3) | RD1-team08=Southern Methodist | RD1-score08=1(1) | RD1-team09=Elon | RD1-score09=0 | RD1-team10=Coastal Carolina | RD1-score10=3 | RD1-team15=Brown | RD1-score15=2 | RD1-team16=Drexel | RD1-score16=0 | RD2-team01=Northwestern | RD2-score01=1 | RD2-seed02=7 | RD2-team02=Marquette | RD2-score02=0 | RD2-seed03=10 | RD2-team03=Louisville | RD2-score03=5 | RD2-team04=Winthrop | RD2-score04=0 | RD2-team05= Coastal Carolina | RD2-score05= 2/OT | RD2-seed06=15 | RD2-team06=Wake Forest | RD2-score06= 1 | RD2-seed07=2 | RD2-team07=Maryland | RD2-score07=2 | RD2-team08= Brown | RD2-score08=1 | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=Northwestern | RD3-score01=1 | RD3-seed02=10 | RD3-team02=Louisville | RD3-score02=2 | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=Coastal Carolina | RD3-score03=1 | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-team04=Maryland | RD3-score04=5 | RD4-seed01=10 | RD4-team01=Louisville | RD4-score01=1 | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=Maryland | RD4-score02=3

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

Results

First round

Wilson Taylor Kansaye Paddock Dacres Vaeth Harmon LeBlanc Militar Navarrete Gentile Guillen Silva Crespo Baldin Hernandez Fairclough Paul Risher Obougou Lluch Mort Puskarich Morales King Brandt

Second round

Hollinger-Janzen Finley Lachowecki McVey Schmitt Štourač Kansaye Paddock Dacres Vaeth Murphy Walters Walden Metzger Tucker-Gangnes Pitter Ribeiro Blandon Stamoulacatos Castillo Mares Foxhoven Lopez Wallen Cohn Raynr Rogers Calderón

Third round

Zuniga Perea Brode Murrell Christianson Riemer Nealis Zavaleta Ribeiro Makh Barnes Pitter Brenes Stevenson Trapp Quinn Mullins Jane Raley Brandt Wilson

Quarterfinals

Snoh
Riemer Pace
Mullins

College Cup

Semifinals

Allen Mullins François Muller Christianson Riemer Nealis Woodberry Mullins Kemp Leikvang

Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

;5 goals

• USA Nikita Kotlov – Indiana ;4 goals
• USA Patrick Mullins – Maryland ;3 goals
• USA Brandon Allen – Georgetown
• USA Steve Neumann – Georgetown
• USA Dylan Mares – Louisville
• BRA Fabio Pereira – Michigan
• USA Connor Brandt – San Diego ;2 goals
• USA Jennings Rex – Charlotte
• BRA Pedro Ribeiro – Coastal Carolina
• SEN Mamadou Diouf – Connecticut
• COL Christian Blandon – Creighton
• GER Timo Pitter – Creighton
• BEN Femi Hollinger-Janzen – Indiana
• USA Eriq Zavaleta – Indiana
• USA Zach Foxhoven – Louisville
• LES Sunny Jane – Maryland
• ZIM Schillo Tshuma - Maryland
• SWE Patrick Wallen – San Diego
• ENG Louis Clark – Syracuse ;1 goal
• CRC Reinaldo Brenes – Akron
• USA Thomas Schmitt – Akron
• USA Eric Stevenson – Akron
• USA Bobby Belair – Brown
• USA Thomas McNamara – Brown
• USA Daniel Taylor – Brown
• ISR Sagi Lev-Ari – Cal State Northridge
• USA Giuseppe Gentile – Charlotte
• COL Cristian Arboleda – Cleveland State
• JAM Ashton Bennett – Coastal Carolina
• USA Justin Portillo – Coastal Carolina
• USA Matt Risher – Coastal Carolina
• CZE Jakub Štourač – Coastal Carolina
• USA Nicholas Zuniga – Connecticut
• USA Brent Kallman – Creighton
• USA Andrew Ribeiro – Creighton
• NOR Jan Aubert – Fairleigh Dickinson
• USA Jack McVey – Fairleigh Dickinson
• ENG Anthony Moore – Fairleigh Dickinson
• USA Andy Reimer – Georgetown
• USA Melvin Snoh – Georgetown
• USA Greg Cochrane – Louisville
• USA Marlon Hairston – Louisville
• ETH Mikias Eticha – Maryland
• HAI Christiano François – Maryland
• USA Dan Metzger – Maryland
• USA Jake Pace – Maryland
• USA Jereme Raley – Maryland
• USA London Woodberry – Maryland
• IRL James Murphy – Michigan
• USA Adam Montague – Michigan State
• USA Nick Wilson – Michigan State
• CRC Michael Calderón – New Mexico
• USA James Rogers – New Mexico
• USA Devon Sandoval – New Mexico
• USA Kyle Venter – New Mexico
• CAN Bryan da Cruz – Niagara
• USA Cameron Brown – North Carolina
• USA Dante Marini – Northeastern
• USA Jarrett Baughman – Northwestern
• USA Joey Calistri – Northwestern
• USA Nick Gendron – Northwestern
• USA Ryan Finley – Notre Dame
• USA Max Lachowecki – Notre Dame
• USA Kyle Richard – Notre Dame
• USA Harry Shipp – Notre Dame
• USA James Cohn – San Diego
• USA Dan Delgado – San Diego
• USA Sergio Lopez – San Diego
• USA Conor McFadden – San Diego
• GER Julian Ringhof – San Diego
• USA Robbie Kristo – Saint Louis
• USA Eddie Puskarich – Southern Methodist
• GER Lars Müller – Syracuse
• USA Stefanos Stamoulacatos – Syracuse
• NZL Jordan Vale – Syracuse
• USA Cristian Mata – Tulsa
• USA Omar Mata – Tulsa
• SER Mladen Lemez – UAB
• CHI Diego Navarrete – UAB
• USA Ryan Hollingshead – UCLA
• USA Evan Raynr – UCLA
• USA Will Bates – Virginia
• USA Matt Brown – Virginia
• CRC Dennis Castillo – VCU
• CRC Juan Monge Solano – VCU
• USA Michael Gamble – Wake Forest
• USA Michael Harris – Washington
• USA James Moberg – Washington
• USA Dylan Tucker-Gangnes – Washington
• ESP Achille Obougou – Winthrop
• USA Luke Spencer – Xavier
• USA Matt Walker – Xavier ;Own goals
• USA Grant Wilson – Northwestern (playing against Louisville)
• San Diego (playing against Georgetown)

Footnotes

References