The 2009 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from

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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 13, 2009 with

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defeating

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, 3–2 in a

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, following a goalless regulation and two overtimes. The bracket was announced November 16, 2009. The tournament started on November 19. The second round was played on November 22. The third round was played on November 29. The Regional Finals were played on December 4 and 5.

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

College Cup

All matches held in

, Cary, NC

Schedule

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

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Goal scorers

;4 goals * Will Bates – Virginia ;3 goals * Anthony Ampaipitakwong – Akron * Luke Gorczyca – Drake * Alex Dixon – North Carolina * David Walker – UC Santa Barbara * Zack Schilawski – Wake Forest ;2 goals * Kyle Bekker – Boston College * Karl Reddick – Boston College * Kevin Shrout – Drake * Garrett Webb – Drake * Ryan Finley – Duke * Darren Yeagle – Indiana * Billy Cortes – Maryland * Casey Townsend – Maryland * Jack Hillgard – Northwestern * Collen Warner – Portland * James Dice – Saint Louis * Alex Sweetin -Saint Louis * Austin Neil – Tulsa *

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– Virginia * Austin da Luz – Wake Forest ;1 goal * Teal Bunbury – Akron * Kofi Sarkodie – Akron * Mori Avi Hana – Boston College * Colin Murphy – Boston College *

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– Boston College * Sean Rosa – Brown * Brendan Burgforf – Bucknell * Adam Gross – Charlotte * Dan Keat – Dartmouth * Matt Kuhn – Drake * Kenan Malicevic – Drake * Michael Noonan – Drake * Cole Grossman – Duke * Trae Harrison – Duke * Christian Ibeagha – Duke * Ryan McDaniel – Duke * Andrew Wenger – Duke * Tony Walls – Green Bay * Andre Akpan – Harvard * Adam Rousmaniere – Harvard * Richard Smith – Harvard * Will Bruin – Indiana * Phil Bannister – Loyola Maryland * Vincent Ocampo – Loyola Marymount * Jason Herrick – Maryland * Drew Yates – Maryland * Rubin Bega – Michigan State * Heath Melugin – Missouri State * Lance Rozeboom – New Mexico * Billy Schuler – North Carolina * Kirk Urso – North Carolina * Akil DeFreitas – North Carolina State * Piero Bellizzi – Northwestern * Jeb Brovsky – Notre Dame * Bright Dike – Notre Dame * John Schaefer – Notre Dame * Brian Forgue – Penn State * Drew Chrostek – Portland * Ryan Luke – Portland * Max Alvarez – Sacramento State * Bryan Baker – Sacramento State * Scott Crandall – Sacramento State * Michael Roach – Saint Louis * Adam Jahn – Stanford * Daniel Leon – Stanford * Adoni Levine – Stanford * Dominique Yahyavi – Stanford * Fredrik Brustad – Stetson * Bernardo Añor – South Florida * Sébastien Thurière – South Florida * Blaine Gonsalves – Tulsa * Ashley McInnes – Tulsa * Jose Parada – Tulsa * Chandler Hoffman – UCLA * Ryan Hollingshead – UCLA * Fernando Monge – UCLA * Kyle Nakazawa – UCLA * Shawn Guderian – UNC Wilmington * Daniel Roberts – UNC Wilmington * Neil Barlow – Virginia * Ari Dimas – Virginia * Jordan Evans – Virginia * Hunter Jumper – Virginia * Brian Ownby – Virginia * Anthony Arena – Wake Forest * Corben Bone – Wake Forest * Andy Lubahn – Wake Forest * Sam Redmond – Wake Forest * Husref Jopic – Western Illinois * Said Abdi – Winthrop * Cameron Alksnis – Winthrop

References

* {{2009 in American soccer NCAA Division I Mens Soccer NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament seasons NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament Soccer competitions in North Carolina Sports competitions in Cary, North Carolina