The 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 60th edition of the
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of
NCAA Division I
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men's
college soccer
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. The first four rounds of the competition were held at the home ground of the higher seed, while the College Cup (semifinals and
final
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) were held at
Harder Stadium
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on the campus of
University of California, Santa Barbara
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. The championship match was held on December 10, 2018 with the Maryland Terrapins defeating the Akron Zips 1–0 to claim their fourth title in program history.
Maryland did not yield any goals in this year's College Cup, maintaining a clean-sheet and out-scoring opponents, 6–0. This was Sasho Cirovski's third title as the Maryland coach. The
Stanford Cardinal
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came into this tournament as the three-time defending NCAA champions. In
last year's final, Stanford defeated
Indiana
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in extra time, 1–0. This year, however, Stanford was defeated by eventual runner-up, Akron, 3–2, in the quarterfinal.
Qualification
As in previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament features 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 are allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths are supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the
Ratings Percentage Index
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(RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.
The NCAA Selection Committee also names the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams play in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.
Qualified teams
Seeding
Schedule
Bracket
Regional 1
Host Institution*
Regional 2
Host Institution*
Regional 3
Host Institution*
Regional 4
Host Institution*
2018 College Cup
Results
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Quarterfinals
College Cup
Semifinals
Championship
Statistics
Goalscorers
;7 Goals
*
Marcel Zajac — Akron
*
;4 Goals
*
Amar Sejdič — Maryland
*
;3 Goals
*
Ibrahima Diop — Connecticut
*
David Egbo — Akron
*
Manuel Ferriol — James Madison
*
;2 Goals
* Klint Parker — Air Force
*
Timmy Mehl — Indiana
* Aaron Ward-Baptiste — James Madison
*
Kalil El-Medkhar — Kentucky
*
J. J. Williams — Kentucky
* Rasmus Hansen — LIU Brooklyn
*
Sebastian Elney — Maryland
*
Gabriel Machado — NC State
* Tyler Dickson — Rhode Island
* Nathaniel Crofts — Virginia
*
;1 Goal
*
Tucker Bone — Air Force
*
Austin Dewing — Air Force
* Danny Han — Air Force
* James Sims — Air Force
*
Morgan Hackworth — Akron
*
Abdi Mohamed — Akron
* Braden Petno — Akron
*
Carlo Ritaccio — Akron
* Alemu Mercer-Miko — Campbell
*
Daniel Bruce — Charlotte
* Dean Rutherford — Charlotte
* Steven DeLeo — Colgate
*
Abdou Mbacke Thiam — Connecticut
* Moshe Perez — Denver
*
Issa Rayyan — Duke
*
Dylan Nealis — Georgetown
*
Aris Briggs — Georgia State
* Alex Summerfield — Georgia State
* Jackson Jellah — Grand Canyon
*
Griffin Dorsey
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Career Youth, college and amateur
Dorsey played three years with U.S. Socce ...
— Indiana
* Spencer Glass — Indiana
*
Andrew Gutman
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Career Youth and ...
— Indiana
*
Austin Panchot — Indiana
* Yannick Franz — James Madison
* Carson Jeffris — James Madison
* Bailey Rouse — Kentucky
* Jason Reyes — Kentucky
* Logan Paynter — Lipscomb
* Louis Robinson — Lipscomb
*
Matt Di Rosa — Maryland
* William James Herve — Maryland
*
Donovan Pines
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Club career
Pines played soccer for River Hill High School before attending University of Maryland College ...
— Maryland
* Noah Kleedtke — Michigan
* Hunter Barone — Michigan State
* Michael Miller — Michigan State
*
Ryan Sierakowski — Michigan State
* David Norris — NC State
* Brad Sweeney — NC State
*
Giovanni Montesdeoca — North Carolina
*
Jack Lynn — Notre Dame
*
Sofiane Djeffal — Oregon State
* Eric Diaz — Oregon State
* Anthony Orendain — Pacific
*
Benji Michel — Portland
*
Henry Martin — Princeton
* Chae Brangman — Rhode Island
* Pablo DeCastro — Rider
*
Nicky Hernandez — SMU
* Anders Engebretsen — St. Mary's
*
Tanner Beason — Stanford
*
Zach Ryan — Stanford
*
Massimo Ferrin
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Early life
Ferrin was b ...
— Syracuse
*
Kristo Strickler — Virginia Tech
*
Omir Fernandez — Wake Forest
*
Justin McMaster — Wake Forest
* Logan Lucas — West Virginia
* Joey Piatczyc — West Virginia
* Jorge Quintanilla — West Virginia
* Tsubasa Takada — West Virginia
*
Own goals
;1 Own Goal
* Nikal Clarke-Smith — Virginia Tech (playing against James Madison)
*
Esai Easley — Grand Canyon (playing against UC Irvine)
Record by conference
*''Bold indicates still active in the competition''
*The 1st, R32, R16, QF, SF, F, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the first round, second round, third round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final, and the National Champion, respectively.
See also
*
2018 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
*
2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
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References
External links
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