The 2010

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was a tournament of 48 collegiate soccer teams who played for the NCAA Championship in

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. The semifinals and final were held at

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. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team (indicated by * for non-seeded teams). The final was held on December 12, 2010.

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defeated

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

, 1–0, for the title. The bracket was announced November 15, 2010. The tournament started on November 18. The second round was played on November 21. The third round was played on November 28. The Regional Finals were played December 3 and 4.

Qualified teams

Automatic bids

All automatic bids are granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the

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, and

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, each given to the regular season champion. There were 22 automatic bids to the NCAA tournament.

At-large bids

26 teams received at-large bids to the tournament. * ACC -

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

(10-4-5) * ACC -

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(9-5-4) * ACC -

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

(16-3-1) * ACC -

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

(11-5-3) * Big East -

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

(12-2-5) * Big East - Georgetown (11-6-1) * Big East - Notre Dame (10-5-4) * Big East -

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(12-5-3) * Big East -

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(9-5-4) * Big East -

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(10-7-2) * Big Ten -

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

(9-7-2) * Big Ten -

Michigan State Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...

(11-7-1) * Big Ten -

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(13-7-1) * Big Ten -

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(10-5-3) * CAA -

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(9-6-2) * Conference USA -

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(11-4-3) * Conference USA - SMU (15-2-0) * Conference USA -

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(11-6-2) * Ivy League -

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(11-3-3) * Ivy League - Dartmouth (10-6-1) * Ivy League - Penn (12-5-0) * Missouri Valley - Creighton (12-5-1) * Mountain Pacific -

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(9-6-4) * Mountain Pacific -

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(9-5-5) * Pacific-10 -

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(14-4-1) * Southern -

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(10-4-3)

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

College Cup

Goal scorers

;5 goals *

Justin Meram Justin Meram ( ar, جستن حكمت عزيز ميرام; born December 4, 1988) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Born in the United States, he ...

- Michigan ;3 goals *

Scott Caldwell Scott Caldwell (born March 15, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer. Career Youth, college and amateur Caldwell spent a year with the New England Revolution academy, making six app ...

- Akron *

Darren Mattocks Darren Dimitri Mattocks (born 2 September 1990) is a Jamaican professional footballer who last played as a forward for Phoenix Rising FC and the Jamaica national football team. College career Mattocks played for the University of Akron where ...

- Akron *

Ethan Finlay Ethan Christopher Finlay (born August 6, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Austin FC. Career College and amateur Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Finlay's family moved across the U.S. ...

- Creighton * Colby Meyer - Notre Dame * Andrew Olsen - Dartmouth *

Charlie Campbell Charlie Campbell (born January 5, 1988, in Mundelein, Illinois) is an American soccer player. Career College and amateur Campbell attended Mundelein High School and played club soccer for the Chicago Sockers, before going on to play college s ...

- Louisville * Colin Rolfe - Louisville *

Corey Hertzog Corey Hertzog (born August 1, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Union Omaha in USL League One. Career College and amateur Hertzog attended Antietam Middle Senior H.S. scoring 107 career goals before enr ...

- Penn St. * Eder Arreola - UCLA *

Chandler Hoffman Jon Chandler Hoffman (born August 17, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a forward for Los Angeles Force in the National Independent Soccer Association. Career College and amateur After leading Oak Mountain ...

- UCLA * Franck Tayou - West Virginia ;2 goals *

Perry Kitchen Perry Allen Kitchen (born February 29, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. He was part of the Akron Zips side that won the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, and was a firs ...

- Akron *

Michael Nanchoff Michael Nanchoff (born September 23, 1988) is an American retired soccer player who is currently an assistant coach for the Akron Zips men's soccer team. Career College and Amateur Before college, Nanchoff played for Walsh Jesuit High School i ...

- Akron * John Fitzpatrick - California * Nik Robson - Central Florida *

Cole Grossman Nicholas Holland "Cole" Grossman (born April 10, 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former American soccer player who most recently played for Stabæk in the Norwegian Eliteserien. Career College and amateur Grossman is a product of Duke Uni ...

- Duke * Andy Adlard - Indiana *

Will Bruin William Christopher Bruin (born October 24, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC. Prior to joining Seattle, he spent 6 seasons playing for the Houston Dynamo. H ...

- Indiana *

Nick DeLeon Nicholas Lee DeLeon (born July 17, 1990) is an American soccer player. Although he is capable of playing as a full-back, he typically plays as a wide midfielder, working towards the center. He is highly regarded for his work rate and 1-on-1 ski ...

- Louisville * Austin Berry - Louisville *

Aaron Horton Aaron Horton (born May 19, 1992, in Lewis Center, Ohio) is a former American association football, soccer player. Amateur career Youth Horton trained by playing against his little brother in their backyard. He stomped him repeatedly into the g ...

- Louisville * Domenic Barone - Michigan St. * Wilder Arboleda - Providence * Matt Marcin - Providence * Ernesto Carranza - Sacramento St. * Arthur Ivo - SMU * Ashley McInnes - Tulsa * Victor Chavez - UCLA ;1 goal *

Kofi Sarkodie Kofi Kwarteng Frempong Sarkodie (born March 22, 1991) is an American soccer player. Career Youth, College and Amateur After graduating from the IMG Soccer Academy in 2008, Sarkodie attended the University of Akron. Sarkodie started in all ...

- Akron *

Kyle Bekker Kyle Edward Bekker (born September 2, 1990) is a Canadian professional soccer midfielder, and team captain, for Forge FC. Club career Youth Bekker was born in Oakville, Ontario and began his youth soccer career with the Oakville Blue Stars, ...

- Boston College * Taylor Gorman - Brown * Austin Mandel - Brown *

Jon Okafor Jon Okafor (born August 25, 1989) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder. Career College and amateur Okafor played four years of college soccer at Brown University between 2007 and 2010. Brown soccer team won the Ivy League C ...

- Brown * Anthony Avalos - California *

Servando Carrasco Servando Carrasco (born August 13, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder. Career Carrasco spent his childhood living in Tijuana, Mexico, and attended St. Augustine High School in San Diego, Californ ...

- California *

Davis Paul Davis Paul (born October 12, 1988 in San Diego, California) is an American professional soccer player who last played for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer. Career College and amateur Paul attended Damien High School. Paul played col ...

- California * Tony Salciccia - California * Yaron Bacher - Central Florida * Ben Hunt - Central Florida * Ross Kelly - Coastal Carolina *

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 ...

- College of Charleston *

Shawn Ferguson Shawn Ferguson (born January 21, 1991, in Rock Hill, South Carolina) is a retired American soccer player who formerly played for Charleston Battery in the United Soccer League. Career Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Ferguson started his caree ...

- College of Charleston * Sean Flatley - College of Charleston * Francis Twohig - College of Charleston * Mamadou Diouf - Connecticut * Sergio Castillo - Creighton * Jose Gomez - Creighton *

Tyler Polak Tyler John Polak (born May 13, 1992 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Greenville Triumph in USL League One. Career Club Polak was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and attended Creighton University for three se ...

- Creighton * Aaron Gaide - Dartmouth * Bryan Giudicelli - Dartmouth *

Lucky Mkosana Luckymore "Lucky" Mkosana (born 30 September 1987) is a Zimbabwean footballer who currently plays for Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL Championship. Playing career College and Amateur Mkosana played college soccer at Dartmouth College between 2008 a ...

- Dartmouth * Nick Pappas - Dartmouth *

Aaron Schoenfeld Aaron Maxwell Schoenfeld ( he, אהרון מקסוול שוינפלד, born April 17, 1990) is an Israeli-American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Early life Schoenfeld is Jewish, and was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, ...

- ETSU * Jaron Westbrook - ETSU *

Ian Christianson Ian Christianson (born March 6, 1991) is an American professional soccer player. Career Early career Christianson played four years of college soccer at Georgetown University between 2009 and 2012. With Georgetown he made 78 appearances in whic ...

- Georgetown * Chandler Diggs - Georgetown * Andy Riemer - Georgetown * Nikita Kotlov - Indiana * Harrison Petts - Indiana *

Jason Herrick Jason Herrick (born October 5, 1987 in Elmhurst, Illinois) is a retired Americans, American association football, soccer player. Career College and amateur Herrick played College soccer in the United States, college soccer at the University of ...

- Maryland *

Matt Kassel Matthew Timothy Kassel (born October 30, 1989) is a retired American soccer player and current color commentator for Bethlehem Steel FC in the USL. Career College and amateur Kassel attended Bridgewater-Raritan High School. He began his caree ...

- Maryland *

Taylor Kemp Taylor Eric Kemp (born July 23, 1990) is a former American soccer player. Career College and Amateur Kemp played college soccer at the University of Maryland between 2009 and 2012. Professional Kemp was drafted 17th overall by D.C. United in t ...

- Maryland *

Patrick Mullins Patrick Michael Mullins (born February 5, 1992) is an American retired soccer player. A left-footed forward, he was a two-time winner of the Hermann Trophy as the top men's college soccer player and was the leading scorer in NCAA Division I s ...

- Maryland * John Stertzer - Maryland *

Casey Townsend Casey James Townsend (born July 7, 1989) is an American former professional soccer player. Career Prep career Townsend played for Traverse City West High School in Michigan from 2004 to 2007. During his time there he was named the state's Pla ...

- Maryland * Greg Young - Maryland * Latif Alashe - Michigan * Fabio Pereira - Michigan * Jeff Quijano - Michigan *

Soony Saad Hassan Ali "Soony" Saad ( ; ar, حسن علي "سوني" سعد, ; born August 17, 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malaysian club Penang and the Lebanon national team. Saad began his senior career with Major ...

- Michigan * Jeff Ricondo - Michigan St. * Cyrus Saydee - Michigan St. *

Devon Sandoval Devon Sandoval (born June 16, 1991) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Early career The son of Diana and Greg Sandoval and native of Albuquerque, Sandoval attended Eldorado High School in New Mexico, wher ...

- New Mexico * Enzo Martínez - North Carolina * Stephen McCarthy - North Carolina *

Kirk Urso Kirk Jon Urso (March 6, 1990 – August 5, 2012) was an American professional Association football, soccer player who played as a midfielder. A product of Glenbard East High School and the IMG Soccer Academy, Urso played four years of college s ...

- North Carolina * Dillon Powers - Notre Dame * Austin McAnena - Ohio State * Omar Vallejo - Ohio State *

Konrad Warzycha Konrad Warzycha (; born February 14, 1989) is a Polish footballer who is currently without a club. Career College and amateur Warzycha was born in Poland, and later lived in England and Hungary, before moving with his family to the United State ...

- Ohio State * Chris Harman - Old Dominion * Alex Vaughan - Old Dominion * Christian Barreiro - Penn * Jordan Tyler - Penn State *

Antoine Hoppenot Antoine Laurent Hoppenot (born 23 November 1990) is a French footballer who currently plays for Hartford Athletic in the USL Championship. Career College and amateur Hoppenot played college soccer at Princeton University between 2008 and 2011 ...

- Princeton * Greg Davis - Providence * Brian Grisell - Providence * Toussaint McClure - Providence * Chris Bettencourt - Sacramento St. * Eric Masch - Santa Clara * Juan Castillo - SMU *

Josue Soto Josue Soto (born January 3, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL League One club Tormenta FC. Career Academy Soto trained with the Houston Dynamo first team in the summers of 2008 and 2010, but h ...

- SMU * Sam Arthur - South Carolina *

Bradlee Baladez Bradlee Baladez (born August 8, 1991) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League. Career Early career Born in Mesquite, Texas, Baladez is an alumnus of both Mesqui ...

- South Carolina * Kevin Olson - St. Peter's * Lebongang Pila - St. Peter's * Kyle Cumings - Tulsa * Kelyn Rowe - UCLA * Reed Williams - UCLA * Waid Ibrahim - UC Santa Barbara * Michael Tetteh - UC Santa Barbara * Andrew Bulls - UMBC *

Levi Houapeu Aquilas Levi Houapeu (born June 22, 1989 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire) is an Ivorian association football, footballer who currently plays for Maryland Bobcats FC in the National Independent Soccer Association. College and amateur soccer Houapeu att ...

- UMBC * Uwen Etuk - West Virginia * Abel Sebele - West Virginia * Uzi Tayou - West Virginia * James Queree - Xavier ;Own goals * Eric Robertson - Brown (playing against California) *

Ray Gaddis Raymon "Ray" Gaddis (born January 13, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. College career Gaddis grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, attended North Central High Schoo ...

- West Virginia (playing against Xavier)

References

* {{2010–11 NCAA Division I championships navbox 2010 in American soccer NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament seasons 2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

Qualified teams

Automatic bids

At-large bids

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

College Cup

Goal scorers

See also

References