The 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a

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involving 48 teams to determine the champion of the

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. The 53rd edition of the tournament began on November 17, 2011 and culminated with the

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defeating the

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, 1–0, in the final on December 13 at

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. While the tournament resulted in few upsets, most national soccer headlines were made behind Charlotte's run to the final. The 49ers entered the tournament through an at-large bid, and were not seeded. Despite that, they were able to defeat defending champions, the

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, 1–0, in the third round, and then the

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, 4–2, in a

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to advance to the College Cup. Joining the Tar Heels and the 49ers in the College Cup were the

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and the

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. With the victory in the national final, the Tar Heels won their second NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship in program history.

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.

Automatic bids

At-Large Bids

Format

Like previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament featured 64 participants out of a possible field of 198 teams. Of the 64 berths, 22 were allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. The remaining 42 berths were determined through an at-large process based upon teams'

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that did not win their conference tournament. The most at-large berths went to schools from the

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and Atlantic Coast conferences, containing half of the tournament field's at-large berths (six and five berths, respectively). Of the remaining 11 berths, six were from the Colonial Athletic and

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conferences, each earning three berths. From there, the NCAA Selection Committee selected the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, that earned an automatic bye to the second round of the tournament. The remaining 48 teams played in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament, to play a seeded team in the second round. Similar to the

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, each of the tournament rounds were single-elimination. However, matches tied at the end of regulation went to two 10-minute

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periods, followed by a

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, if necessary. All matches in the first, second and third rounds, as well as the quarterfinals, were hosted by the higher seed. The College Cup, also known as the semifinals and final for the tournament were held at a neutral venue, this time being at

(south of

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Seeded teams

Schedule

Bracket

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

College Cup –
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Schedule

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

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Quarterfinals

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College Cup: Semifinals

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College Cup: Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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– Maryland ;3 goals * Darren Mattocks – Akron *

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– Charlotte * Mamadou Diouf – Connecticut * Ethan Finlay – Creighton * Ben Speas – North Carolina *

Chandler Hoffman Jon Chandler Hoffman (born August 17, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward. Career College and amateur After leading Oak Mountain High School to two state championships (2007, 2008), Hoffman played college soc ...

– UCLA ;2 goals *

Dylan Remick Dylan Remick (born May 19, 1991) is a retired American soccer player who played for Seattle Sounders FC and the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer. He graduated from Brown University in 2012 and was selected the following year by Seattle in t ...

– Brown * Sean Rosa – Brown * T. J. Beaulieu – Charlotte * Jennings Rex – Charlotte * Ashton Bennett – Coastal Carolina * Teejay East – Coastal Carolina *

Tony Cascio Tony Cascio (born March 28, 1990) is an American soccer player. Career College and amateur Tony begin his soccer career playing for Hamilton High School in his home town of Chandler, Arizona. Cascio played college soccer at the University of ...

– Connecticut * Chris Thomas – Elon * Nikita Kotlov – Indiana * Nick DeLeon – Louisville * Colin Rolfe – Louisville *

Billy Schuler William Jason Schuler (born April 27, 1990) is an American former professional soccer player. Career Youth and college A resident of Allentown, New Jersey, Schuler attended Peddie School. Schuler played three seasons over four years (redshirt ...

– North Carolina * Tom Mohoric – Saint Mary's * Trevor Newquist – Saint Mary's ;1 goal * Scott Caldwell – Akron * Luke Holmes – Akron * Aodhan Quinn – Akron * Patrick Chin – Boston College * Keegan Balle – Bradley * Scott Davis – Bradley *

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– Bradley * Jochen Graf – Bradley * Aidan Leonard – Brown * T. J. Popolizio – Brown * Evan James – Charlotte * Ricky Garbanzo – Coastal Carolina * Cyprian Hedrick – Coastal Carolina * Steven Miller – Colgate * Matt Schuber – Colgate * Carlos Alvarez – Connecticut * Bruno Castro – Creighton * Jose Gomez – Creighton * Andrew Ribeiro – Creighton * John Dineen – Delaware * Nick Palodichuk – Duke * Chris Tweed-Kent – Duke * James Carroll – Elon * Daniel Shaw – Fairfield * Jake Zuniga – Fairfield * Martin Ontiveros – Furman * Tim Wylie – Indiana * Christian McLaughlin – James Madison * Jimmy Simpson – James Madison * Daniel Keller – Louisville * Michael Roman – Louisville * Kenney Walker – Louisville * Andrew Raymonds – Loyola-Chicago * Jordan Cyrus – Maryland * Matt Oduaran – Maryland * Matt Jeffery – Monmouth * Carson Baldinger – New Mexico * Blake Smith – New Mexico *

Matt Hedges Matthew James Hedges (born April 1, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back. Hedges has been considered one of the better defenders in MLS since 2014, landing on the MLS Best XI in 2015 and 2016, and winnin ...

– North Carolina * Rob Lovejoy – North Carolina * Enzo Martínez – North Carolina * Kirk Urso – North Carolina * Isaac Kannah – Northern Illinois * Mike Mascitti – Northern Illinois * Sean Totsch – Northern Illinois * Peter O'Neill – Northwestern * Brandon Adler – Providence * Anthony Baumann – Providence * John Raley – Providence * Nate Bourdeau – Rutgers * Juan Pablo Correa – Rutgers * Ibrahim Kamara – Rutgers * Bryant Knibbs – Rutgers * Riley Hanley – Saint Mary's * Justin Howard – Saint Mary's * Tyler Engel – SMU * Arthur Ivo – SMU * Chipper Root – South Carolina * Wesley Charpie – South Florida * Chase Wickham – UAB *

Miguel Ibarra Miguel Ángel Ibarra Andrade (born March 15, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays for AV Alta FC in USL League One. College and amateur Ibarra played college soccer at Taft College from 2008 to 2009, and then at UC Irvin ...

– UC Irvine * Josue Madueno – UC Santa Barbara * David Opoku – UC Santa Barbara * Dom Sarle – UC Santa Barbara * Luis Silva – UC Santa Barbara * Kevan George – UCF * Ben Hunt – UCF * Víctor Chavez – UCLA * Ryan Hollingshead – UCLA *

Kelyn Rowe Kelyn Jaynes Rowe (born December 2, 1991) is an American former professional and current semi-professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. Early life Rowe grew up in Federal Way, Washington. He attended Federal Way High School, becomi ...

– UCLA * Reed Williams – UCLA *

Ross Tomaselli Ross Tomaselli (born January 9, 1992, in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a former American soccer player. Career College and amateur Tomaselli played four years of college soccer at Wake Forest University between 2010 and 2013. Professional Tom ...

– Wake Forest * Eric Schoenle – West Virginia * Jay Williams – West Virginia * Gino Depaoli – Xavier ;Own goals * Colgate (playing against Rutgers) * UCF (playing against South Florida)

References

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Qualified Teams

Automatic bids

At-Large Bids

Format

Seeded teams

Schedule

Bracket

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

Schedule

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup: Semifinals

College Cup: Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

See also

References