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2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

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 ParkinHoover, Alabama.^[1]

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]

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.

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 ParkinHoover, Alabama (south of Birmingham).

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

Dartmouth	0–1	Providence
	Report	Raley 10'

Attendance: 581

Referee: John Collins

Western Illinois	0–3	Northern Illinois
	Report	Totsch 20' Kannah 43' Mascitti 73'

Attendance: 528

Referee: Michael Kennedy

Xavier	1–2 (a.e.t.)	West Virginia
DePaol 85'	Report	Williams 39' Schoenle 99'

Attendance: 253

Referee: Peter Dhima

Elon	3–4	Coastal Carolina
Thomas 48', 64' Carroll 81'	Report	Garbanzo 35' East 55' Hendrick 72' Bennett 83'

Attendance: 582

Referee: Rob Mann

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

Attendance: 373

Referee: Bill Ditmar

Fairfield	2–3	Brown
Zuniga 32' Shaw 40'	Report	Rosa 80' Popolizio 81' Leonard 86'

Attendance: 529

Referee: Sean Nally

Delaware	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Virginia
Dineen 106'	Report

Attendance: 588

Referee: Andrew Chapin

Colgate	2–4	Rutgers
S. Miller 25' Schuber 90'	Report	Knibbs 23' Bourdeau 64' Correa 82' 85' (o.g.)

Attendance: 629

Referee: Noel Cotterell

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

Attendance: 795

Referee: Alex Prus

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

Attendance: 1,032

Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning

Furman	1–3	Charlotte
Ontiveros 19'	Report	Gentile 29' Beaulieu 68' Rex 84'

Attendance: 1,084

Referee: Serdar Ertep

Florida Gulf Coast	0–1 (a.e.t.)	UCF
	Report	George 107'

Attendance: 535

Referee: Ted Unkel

Georgia State	0–1	Duke
	Report	Tweed-Kent 53'

Attendance: 319

Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Northwestern	1–3	Akron
O'Neill 63'	Report	Caldwell 27' Quinn 55' Mattocks 77'

Attendance: 2,616

Referee: Ben Trevino

Loyola Chicago	1–2	Bradley
Raymonds 31'	Report	Graf 51' Balle 86'

Attendance: 740

Referee: Abbey Okulaja

Saint Mary's	1–0	CSU Bakersfield
Mohoric 42'	Report

Attendance: 2,207

Referee: Ian Anderson

Numbers represent the seed the team earned in the tournament.

Monmouth	1–2	#3 Connecticut
Jeffery 26'	Report	Diouf 39', 50' (pen.)

Attendance: 3,979

Referee: Bahij Salman

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

Attendance: 886

Referee: Lou Labbadia

Northern Illinois	0–3	#2 Creighton
	Report	Gomez 21' Finlay 43', 88'

Attendance: 2,034

Referee: Jeremy Schroeder

Old Dominion	0–3	#16 Indiana
	Report	Kotlov 17', 71' Wylie 80'

Attendance: 701

Referee: Landis Wiley

Coastal Carolina	2–3	#1 North Carolina
Bennett 41' East 52'	Report	Speas 50' Urso 52' Martínez 69'

Attendance: 1,054

Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

West Virginia	0–4	#5 Maryland
	Report	Townsend 20', 60', 76' Cyrus 61'

Attendance: 2,437

Referee: Mark Kadleck

Brown	1–0	#9 St. John's
Remick 48'	Report

Attendance: 1,027

Referee: Kenneth Henriques

Wake Forest	0–2	#14 James Madison
	Report	J. Simpson 14' McLaughlin 32'

Attendance: 776

Referee: Christopher Spivey

UCF	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#7 South Florida
Hunt 72'	Report	70' (o.g.) Charpie 96'

Attendance: 3,029

Referee: Andres Pferrerkorn

Bradley	2–3 (a.e.t.)	#12 Louisville
Davis 55' Gaul 90'	Report	Rolfe 87' Walker 87' DeLeon 108'

Attendance: 7,012

Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh

Akron	3–2	#6 SMU
Mattocks 22', 76' Holmes 63'	Report	Engel 83' Ivo 83' (pen.)

Attendance: 890

Referee: Misail Tsapos

Charlotte	3–1	#11 UAB
James 1' Rex 47' Beaulieu 50'	Report	Wickham 51'

Attendance: 2,214

Referee: Alex Prus

Providence	2–3	#15 UC Santa Barbara
Adler 68' Baumann 83' (pen.)	Report	Silva 6' Madueno 41' Sarle 72'

Attendance: 1,311

Referee: Martik Mirikian

Saint Mary's	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#8 UC Irvine
Hanley 58' Howard 103'	Report	Ibarra 84'

Attendance: 657

Referee: Frank Anderson

Duke	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#10 New Mexico
Palodichuk 52'	Report	Smith 82' Baldinger 99'

Attendance: 6,200

Referee: Mohamed Ibrahim

Delaware	0–1	#13 UCLA
	Report	Hoffman 84'

Attendance: 381

Referee: Mohamed Mahmoud

#16 Indiana	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#1 North Carolina
	Report	Schuler 97'

Attendance: 1,504

Referee: Bill Ditmer

#14 James Madison	0–3	#3 Connecticut
	Report	Alvarez 19' Diouf 63' Cascio 65'

Attendance: 4,983

Referee: Peter Dhima

#15 UC Santa Barbara	1–2	#2 Creighton
Opoku 79'	Report	Castro 8' (pen.) Ribeiro 19'

Attendance: 2,436

Referee: Hilario Grajeda

#12 Louisville	4–2	#5 Maryland
DeLeon 19' Rolfe 52' Keller 79' Roman 84'	Report	Townsend 34' Oduaran 68'

Attendance: 2,660

Referee: Andrew Chapin

Saint Mary's	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Brown
Newquist 29' 98' Mohoric 64'	Report	Remick 51' Rosa 62'

Attendance: 1,330

Referee: Alex Prus

#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

Attendance: 3,592

Referee: Chris Penso

Akron	0–1	Charlotte
	Report	Gentile 25'

Attendance: 2,182

Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Rutgers	0–3	#13 UCLA
	Report	Hoffman 1', 49' Chavez 44'

Attendance: 749

Referee: Alex Gorin

Saint Mary's	0–2	#1 North Carolina
	Report	Hedges 53' Speas 65'

Attendance: 5,810

Referee: Chico Grajeda

#13 UCLA	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#12 Louisville
Williams 102'	Report

Attendance: 4,832

Referee: Lou Labbadia

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

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Misail Tsapos

#7 South Florida	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#2 Creighton
	Report	Finlay 97'

Attendance: 2,341

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

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

Attendance: 9,623

Referee: Hilario Grajeda

#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

Attendance: 9,623

Referee: Alex Prus

Charlotte	0–1	#1 North Carolina
	Report	Speas 65'

Attendance: 8,777

Referee: Michael Kennedy

4 goals

3 goals

Giuseppe Gentile – Charlotte

Mamadou Diouf – Connecticut

Ethan Finlay – Creighton

Ben Speas – North Carolina

Chandler Hoffman – UCLA

2 goals

Sean Rosa – Brown

T. J. Beaulieu – Charlotte

Jennings Rex – Charlotte

Ashton Bennett – Coastal Carolina

Teejay East – Coastal Carolina

Tony Cascio – Connecticut

Chris Thomas – Elon

Nikita Kotlov – Indiana

Nick DeLeon – Louisville

Colin Rolfe – Louisville

Billy Schuler – North Carolina

Tom Mohoric – Saint Mary's

Trevor Newquist – Saint Mary's

1 goal

Luke Holmes – Akron

Aodhan Quinn – Akron

Patrick Chin – Boston College

Keegan Balle – Bradley

Scott Davis – Bradley

Bryan Gaul – Bradley

Jochen Graf – Bradley

Aidan Leonard – Brown

T. J. Popolizio – Brown

Evan James – Charlotte

Ricky Garbanzo – Coastal Carolina

Cyprian Hedrick – Coastal Carolina

Steven Miller – Colgate

Matt Schuber – Colgate

Carlos Alvarez – Connecticut

Bruno Castro – Creighton

Jose Gomez – Creighton

Andrew Ribeiro – Creighton

John Dineen – Delaware

Nick Palodichuk – Duke

Chris Tweed-Kent – Duke

James Carroll – Elon

Daniel Shaw – Fairfield

Jake Zuniga – Fairfield

Martin Ontiveros – Furman

Tim Wylie – Indiana

Christian McLaughlin – James Madison

Jimmy Simpson – James Madison

Daniel Keller – Louisville

Michael Roman – Louisville

Kenney Walker – Louisville

Andrew Raymonds – Loyola-Chicago

Jordan Cyrus – Maryland

Matt Oduaran – Maryland

Matt Jeffery – Monmouth

Carson Baldinger – New Mexico

Blake Smith – New Mexico

Matt Hedges – North Carolina

Rob Lovejoy – North Carolina

Enzo Martínez – North Carolina

Kirk Urso – North Carolina

Isaac Kannah – Northern Illinois

Mike Mascitti – Northern Illinois

Sean Totsch – Northern Illinois

Peter O'Neill – Northwestern

Brandon Adler – Providence

Anthony Baumann – Providence

John Raley – Providence

Nate Bourdeau – Rutgers

Juan Pablo Correa – Rutgers

Ibrahim Kamara – Rutgers

Bryant Knibbs – Rutgers

Riley Hanley – Saint Mary's

Justin Howard – Saint Mary's

Tyler Engel – SMU

Arthur Ivo – SMU

Chipper Root – South Carolina

Wesley Charpie – South Florida

Chase Wickham – UAB

Miguel Ibarra – UC Irvine

Josue Madueno – UC Santa Barbara

David Opoku – UC Santa Barbara

Dom Sarle – UC Santa Barbara

Luis Silva – UC Santa Barbara

Kevan George – UCF

Ben Hunt – UCF

Víctor Chavez – UCLA

Ryan Hollingshead – UCLA

Kelyn Rowe – UCLA

Reed Williams – UCLA

Ross Tomaselli – Wake Forest

Eric Schoenle – West Virginia

Jay Williams – West Virginia

Gino Depaoli – Xavier

Own goals

• NCAA Men's Soccer Championship
• 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season