The 2012

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is a

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involving 48 teams to determine the champion of the 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 54th edition of the tournament.

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defeated Georgetown, 1–0, to win its 8th national title.

Qualified Teams

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'

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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

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

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Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

A total of 123 goals were scored over 47 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match. ;5 goals * Nikita Kotlov – Indiana ;4 goals *

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– Maryland ;3 goals * Brandon Allen – Georgetown *

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– Georgetown *

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– Louisville * Fabio Pereira – Michigan * Connor Brandt – San Diego ;2 goals * Jennings Rex – Charlotte * Pedro Ribeiro – Coastal Carolina * Mamadou Diouf – Connecticut * Christian Blandon – Creighton * Timo Pitter – Creighton *

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– Indiana *

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– Indiana * Zach Foxhoven – Louisville * Sunny Jane – Maryland *

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- Maryland * Patrick Wallen – San Diego * Louis Clark – Syracuse ;1 goal * Reinaldo Brenes – Akron * Thomas Schmitt – Akron * Eric Stevenson – Akron * Bobby Belair – Brown * Thomas McNamara – Brown * Daniel Taylor – Brown * Sagi Lev-Ari – Cal State Northridge *

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– Charlotte * Cristian Arboleda – Cleveland State * Ashton Bennett – Coastal Carolina *

Justin Portillo Justin Jose Portillo (born September 9, 1992) is an American association football, soccer player who currently plays for FC Tulsa. Career Portillo was raised in New Orleans and played at Coastal Carolina University, becoming the school's all-time ...

– Coastal Carolina * Matt Risher – Coastal Carolina * Jakub Štourač – Coastal Carolina * Nicholas Zuniga – Connecticut *

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– Creighton * Andrew Ribeiro – Creighton * Jan Aubert – Fairleigh Dickinson * Jack McVey – Fairleigh Dickinson * Anthony Moore – Fairleigh Dickinson * Andy Reimer – Georgetown * Melvin Snoh – Georgetown *

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– Louisville *

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– Louisville * Mikias Eticha – Maryland * Christiano François – Maryland *

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– Maryland * Jake Pace – Maryland * Jereme Raley – Maryland *

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– Maryland * James Murphy – Michigan * Adam Montague – Michigan State * Nick Wilson – Michigan State * Michael Calderón – New Mexico * James Rogers – New Mexico *

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– New Mexico *

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– New Mexico * Bryan da Cruz – Niagara * Cameron Brown – North Carolina *

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– Northeastern * Jarrett Baughman – Northwestern * Joey Calistri – Northwestern * Nick Gendron – Northwestern * Ryan Finley – Notre Dame * Max Lachowecki – Notre Dame * Kyle Richard – Notre Dame *

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– Notre Dame * James Cohn – San Diego * Dan Delgado – San Diego * Sergio Lopez – San Diego * Conor McFadden – San Diego * Julian Ringhof – San Diego * Robbie Kristo – Saint Louis * Eddie Puskarich – Southern Methodist * Lars Müller – Syracuse * Stefanos Stamoulacatos – Syracuse * Jordan Vale – Syracuse * Cristian Mata – Tulsa * Omar Mata – Tulsa * Mladen Lemez – UAB * Diego Navarrete – UAB *

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– UCLA * Evan Raynr – UCLA *

Will Bates William R. Bates (born April 1, 1991) is an American soccer player who plays for the Richmond Strikers of the National Premier Soccer League. Career High school Bates attended and played soccer at Thomas Dale High School under head coach Mark F ...

– Virginia * Matt Brown – Virginia * Dennis Castillo – VCU * Juan Monge Solano – VCU * Michael Gamble – Wake Forest * Michael Harris – Washington * James Moberg – Washington * Dylan Tucker-Gangnes – Washington * Achille Obougou – Winthrop *

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– Xavier * Matt Walker – Xavier ;Own goals * Grant Wilson – Northwestern (playing against Louisville) *San Diego (playing against Georgetown)

Footnotes

References

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