The 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament is the 56th annual edition of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship tournament. The brackets for the tournament were announced on November 17, 2014, with each of the 48 participating teams gaining an invitation through either an automatic or at-large bid determined by the NCAA. The First, Second, Third, and Quarterfinal Rounds were held at college campus sites across the United States determined by seeding and record. The four team College Cup finals tournament were held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina on December 12 and 14, 2014. The

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won their seventh NCAA Championship title, defeating UCLA and avenging their loss to the Bruins in the championship game of the 1997 College Cup.

Qualified Teams

A total of 48 teams qualified 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 is awarded one automatic berth into the tournament. Depending on the conference, that automatic berth was either given the champions of the regular season, or the tournament that culminates the regular season. Twenty-four teams earned automatic bids into the tournament, while 24 entered through an at-large bid. Of the 23 schools that had previously won the championship, 13 qualified for the 2014 tournament.

Format

Like previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament featured 48 participants out of a possible field of 200 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 were allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. The remaining 24 berths were supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the

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(RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify. The NCAA Selection Committee also named the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams played in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right 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

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

* Coastal Carolina at Clemson was rescheduled for Monday the 24th due to inclement weather and unplayable field conditions,

College Cup – WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals *

Andy Craven Andrew Murray Craven (born January 21, 1992) is an American soccer player. Career College and amateur Craven began his college career at the College of Charleston. During his freshman year he lived in the McAlister dorm. In his first season wit ...

— North Carolina ;3 goals *

Rob Lovejoy Robert Lionell Lovejoy III (born October 23, 1991) is a retired American soccer player. Career Highschool Lovejoy went to Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina where he played varsity for 4 years, winning 1 state champion ...

— North Carolina *

Tyler Engel Tyler Engel (born February 21, 1992) is an American soccer player who last played for Rowdies 2 in the National Premier Soccer League. Career Youth, college and amateur Engel spent his youth career with the Chicago Magic Academy and the Chicag ...

— North Carolina *

Mac Steeves Mac Steeves (born July 31, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward. Career Youth and college Steeves played for the Needham High School soccer team for four years and served as the captain for his final two years. ...

— Providence ;2 goals *

Sidney Rivera Sidney Adam Rivera (born November 15, 1993) is a professional soccer player who plays for United Premier Soccer League side New York Braveheart SC. Born in the United States, he represents Puerto Rico internationally. Born and raised in Staten ...

— Old Dominion * Dominik Machado — Providence *

Cameron Iwasa Cameron Toshiro Iwasa (born July 7, 1993) is an American former professional soccer player. Career College and amateur Iwasa spent his entire college career at UC Irvine. He made a total of 85 appearances for the anteaters and tallied 22 goal ...

— UC Irvine * Chase Gaspar — UCLA * Brian Iloski — UCLA * Larry Ndjock — UCLA * Leo Stolz — UCLA * Will Walker — Xavier ;1 goal *

Adam Najem Adam Ahmad Najem (Persian: آدام نجم; born January 19, 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bhayangkara and the Afghanistan national team. Career Youth and college Raised in Clifton, New Jersey, Najem pl ...

— Akron * Ian Ramos — Cal State Fullerton *

Stefano Bonomo Stefano Paolo Bonomo (born January 25, 1993) is an American retired soccer player who played as a forward. Career Youth and college Born in Hillsborough, California Bonomo began his career in the youth ranks of the Burlingame Juventus club, ...

— California *

Connor Hallisey Connor Hallisey (born February 9, 1993) is an American former soccer player who last played for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer. Career College and amateur Hallisey spent all four years of his college career at the University of Ca ...

— California * Bobby Sekine — California * Diego Campos — Clemson *

Paul Clowes Paul Clowes (born 27 December 1993) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Youth and college Born in Cheshire, Paul Clowes joined the Manchester City F.C. Reserves and Academy as a child, joining the academy at t ...

— Clemson * Kyle Fisher — Clemson * Tommy Gudmundsson — Coastal Carolina * Martin Melchor — Coastal Carolina * Fernando Castellanos — Creighton *

Fabian Herbers Fabian Herbers (born 17 August 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire. Club career Early career Prior to playing in the United States, Herbers competed for both FC Twente, SC ...

— Creighton * Lucas Stauffer — Creighton * Alex Adelabu — Dartmouth * Robin Alnas — Dartmouth * Christopher Bazzini — Fordham * Lewis Hawke — Furman * Brandon Allen — Georgetown *

Arun Basuljevic Arun Basuljevic (born December 17, 1995) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays for USL Championship club El Paso Locomotive FC, El Paso Locomotive. Career College & Youth Basuljevic played three years of Colle ...

— Georgetown *

Austin Martz Austin Martz (born May 31, 1992) is a former American soccer player. College career Martz spent his entire college career at Georgetown University. He made a total of 74 appearances for the Hoyas. He appeared for Premier Development League ...

— Georgetown * Jared Rist — Georgetown *

Keegan Rosenberry Keegan Rosenberry (born December 11, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. Early carrer He played at Penn Fusion soccer club. Rosenberry played his four years o ...

— Georgetown * Jhevaughn Beckford — Hartwick *

Grant Lillard Grant Lillard (born December 5, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender. Early life Youth Lillard moved to Hinsdale, Illinois and enrolled at Hinsdale Central, playing soccer for the Chicago Fire Academy (U16 ...

— Indiana * Andrew Brody — Louisville *

Tim Kübel Tim Kübel (born 12 July 1993) is a former German professional footballer who played as a right-back. Early life He first began playing with his hometown teams SV Pfrondorf and VfL Nagold. In 2008, he moved to the TuS Ergenzingen youth team, ...

— Louisville *

Zach Carroll Zach Carroll (born March 16, 1994) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Las Vegas Lights in the USL Championship. Career Early career Carroll attended Grand Blanc High School where he was a member of the varsity soccer te ...

— Michigan State * Jay Chapman — Michigan State * Tim Kreutz — Michigan State * Adam Montague — Michigan State * Emmanuel Agyemang — Monmouth * Omar Holness — North Carolina * Glen Long — North Carolina *

Alan Winn Alan Winn (born February 18, 1996) is an American soccer player who currently plays for United Premier Soccer League side Beaman United FC. Career College and amateur Winn was born in Dallas, Texas and grew up in nearby Garland, Texas. He playe ...

— North Carolina *

Brandon Aubrey Brandon Aubrey (born March 14, 1995) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender. He currently plays American football as a placekicker for the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League (USFL). Career College Aubrey pla ...

— Notre Dame * Jon Gallagher — Notre Dame * Cody Archibald — Oakland * Gavin Hoy — Oakland *

Kyle Culbertson Kyle Culbertson (born November 3, 1992) is an American soccer player who last played as a defender for USL Championship club Birmingham Legion. Career Culbertson played college soccer at Akron University, Columbia University and Ohio State Univ ...

— Ohio State * Danny Jensen — Ohio State * Ryan Condotta — Old Dominion * Jordan Jones — Oregon State * Brett Gravatt — Penn State * Connor Maloney — Penn State * Mikey Minutillo — Penn State * Fabio Machado — Providence *

Markus Naglestad Markus Naglestad (born 26 April 1991) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Chattanooga FC in the National Independent Soccer Association. Career Naglestad started his career as a youth at Våg. He had a short spell with IK Start i ...

— Providence * Daniel Neustädter — Providence * Kingsley Bryce — Saint Louis *

Robert Kristo Robert Kristo (born 14 May 1993) is a Croatian American footballer who plays as a forward for the St. Louis Ambush of the Major Arena Soccer League. Early life Kristo was born to Bosnian Croat parents in Bosnia and Herzegovina. His family mo ...

— Saint Louis * Francisco Vizcaino — Saint Louis * Dave Musambi — San Diego * Parker Price — San Diego * Keegan Smith — San Diego * Paul Scheipeter — SIU Edwardsville *

Øyvind Alseth Øyvind Alseth (born 13 August 1994) is a Norwegian association football, footballer who currently plays as a Defender (association football), defender or midfielder. Career College Alseth played four years of College soccer in the United States ...

— Syracuse * Emil Ekblom — Syracuse * Alex Halis — Syracuse * Ian Svantesson — UAB * Dennis Martinez — UC Irvine * Michael Sperber — UC Irvine * Christian Chavez — UCLA * Abu Danladi — UCLA * Jordan Vale — UCLA * Malcolm Harris — UMBC *

Mamadou Kansaye Mamadou Kansaye (born October 13, 1992) is a Malian footballer who plays for Christos FC in the United States Adult Soccer Association. Career College and amateur Kansaye began his career at North Carolina State University where he played for one ...

— UMBC * Daniel Escobar — UNC Wilmington * Kalvin Kromer — UNC Wilmington * David Sizemore — UNC Wilmington * Nicko Corriveau — Virginia * Sam Heyward — Virginia *

Darius Madison Darius Madison (born May 31, 1994) is an American professional soccer player. Career Madison played fours years of college soccer, including three years at the University of Virginia and a single year at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Cou ...

— Virginia *

Kyle McCord Kyle McCord may refer to: *Kyle McCord (soccer) (born 1992), American soccer player *Kyle McCord (American football) (born 2002), American football player {{hndis, McCord, Kyle ...

— Virginia * Jake Rozhansky — Virginia *

Todd Wharton Todd Wharton (born February 8, 1994) is an American former soccer player. Career Youth and College Wharton played four years of college soccer at the University of Virginia between 2012 and 2015. During his stay at Virginia, Wharton was part of ...

— Virginia *

James Moberg James Moberg (born April 16, 1994) is an American former association football, soccer player who previously played for Real Monarchs in the USL Championship. Career College Moberg spent his entire college career at the University of Washington ...

— Washington * Steven Wright — Washington * Cory Brown — Xavier * Alex Ridsdale — Xavier * Matt Vasquenza — Xavier ;Own goals * Raby George — North Carolina (playing against Charlotte) * Garrett Jackson — Washington (playing against Michigan State) *Georgetown (playing against Old Dominion)

References

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