The 2009
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from
NCAA Division I
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who played for the NCAA Championship in
soccer
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. The semifinals and final were held at
WakeMed Soccer Park
WakeMed Soccer Park is a Association football, soccer complex in Cary, North Carolina, United States. It consists of a purpose-built, Soccer-specific stadium, soccer-specific main stadium named "First Horizon Stadium", two lighted practice footba ...
in
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, Wake, Chatham County, North Carolina, Chatham, and Durham County, North Carolina, Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh-Cary, NC M ...
. 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
Virginia
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defeating
Akron
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, 3–2 in a
penalty shoot-out
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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
WakeMed Soccer Park
WakeMed Soccer Park is a Association football, soccer complex in Cary, North Carolina, United States. It consists of a purpose-built, Soccer-specific stadium, soccer-specific main stadium named "First Horizon Stadium", two lighted practice footba ...
,
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
*
Tony Tchani
Tony Ghislain Tchani (; born 13 April 1989) is a Cameroonian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Youth and college soccer
Tchani moved to the United States from his native Cameroon in 2004, settling in Norfolk, Virginia. He atten ...
– Virginia
*
Austin da Luz – Wake Forest
;1 goal
*
Teal Bunbury – Akron
*
Kofi Sarkodie – Akron
* Mori Avi Hana – Boston College
*
Colin Murphy – Boston College
*
Charlie Rugg
Charles Nosike Rugg (born October 2, 1990) is an American soccer player.
Career
Professional
Los Angeles Galaxy selected Rugg in the first round (No. 19 overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. Rugg made his debut for Galaxy on April 27, 2013, ...
– 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
See also
*
NCAA men's soccer tournament (disambiguation)
References
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Soccer competitions in North Carolina
Sports competitions in Cary, North Carolina