2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	North Carolina
Runners-up	Charlotte
Semifinalists	Creighton; UCLA;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	127 (2.7 per match)
Top goal scorer	Casey Townsend (4)
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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]

CountryUnited States

Teams48

ChampionsNorth Carolina

Runners-upCharlotte

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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]

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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

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

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 Bakersfield*	0

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

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

2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

Qualified Teams

Automatic bids

At-Large Bids

Format

Seeded teams

Schedule

Bracket

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

College Cup – Regions Park, Hoover, Alabama

Schedule

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup: Semifinals

College Cup: Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

See also

References

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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)

Liberty	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Old Dominion
	Report
Penalties
Bentick Amoo Aseweh Breitmeyer Bullock	4–5	Francoz Harmon LeBlanc Hopkinson Smith

Stony Brook	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Monmouth
	Report
Penalties
Schlesinger Gobeil Crespi Fernandes Belakehal	4–5	Allen Luke Schmid Puranen Vázquez

Wake Forest	1–1 (a.e.t.)	South Carolina
Tomaselli 9'	Report	Root 50' (pen.)
Penalties
Wenzel Gimenez Newnam Randolph Konowiecki Mullin	4–3	Martinez Baladez Morrissey Troyer Mangotic Rafferty

Rutgers	1–1 (a.e.t.)	#4 Boston College
Kamara 87'	Report	Chin 53'
Penalties
Kamara Bourdeau Brown Cuevas Setchell	4–3	Mejia Aburmad Fitzpatrick Murphy Rose

#10 New Mexico	0–0 (a.e.t.)	#7 South Florida
	Report
Penalties
Rozeboom Green Smith Sandoval Venter Gibbons Baldinger	5–6	Baldin Perry Dwyer Fairclough Paul Olali Alexis

Charlotte	1–1 (a.e.t.)	#3 Connecticut
Gentile 85'	Report	Cascio 82'
Penalties
Gibson James Smith Cowles Rodriguez	4–2	Diouf Mercado Alvarez Bradley

Charlotte	0–0 (a.e.t.)	#2 Creighton
	Report
Penalties
Gibson Caughran Smith Cowles	4–1	Castro Clark Finlay

#1 North Carolina	2–2 (a.e.t.)	#13 UCLA
Lovejoy 56' Schuler 85'	Report	Hollingshead 17' K. Rowe 74'
Penalties
Urso McKinney Schuler Speas	3–1	Rose K. Rowe Muñoz Monge

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