2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Country  United States
Teams 48
Champions Akron Zips
Runner-up Louisville Cardinals
Matches played 47
Goals scored 150 (3.19 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Justin Meram (5)

The 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was a tournament of 48 collegiate soccer teams who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer. The semifinals and final were held at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. 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 12, 2010.

The bracket was announced November 15th, 2010. The tournament started on November 18th. The second round was played on November 21st. The third round was played on November 28th The Regional Finals were played December 3rd and 4th.

Contents

Qualified Teams

Automatic Bids

All automatic bids are granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League, Pacific-10 Conference, and West Coast Conference, each given to the regular season champion. There were 22 automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament.

Team Conference Record
UMBC America East Conference (11-4-3)
Maryland Atlantic Coast Conference (17-2-1)
East Tennessee State Atlantic Sun Conference (15-5-0)
Xavier Atlantic 10 Conference (10-6-4)
Louisville Big East Conference (16-0-3)
Coastal Carolina Big South Conference (12-7-2)
Michigan Big Ten Conference (14-4-3)
UC Santa Barbara Big West Conference (13-4-3)
William & Mary Colonial Athletic Association (15-3-2)
South Carolina Conference USA (12-6-2)
Butler Horizon League (16-0-3)
Princeton Ivy League (13-3-1)
St. Peter's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (13-5-1)
Akron Mid-American Conference (18-1-1)
Bradley Missouri Valley Conference (11-8-3)
Sacramento State Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (10-4-7)
Monmouth Northeast Conference (14-1-4)
California Pacific-10 Conference (12-2-3)
Bucknell Patriot League (10-8-2)
UNC Greensboro Southern Conference (12-5-4)
Oakland The Summit League (7-10-3)
Santa Clara West Coast Conference (10-5-5)

At-Large Bids

26 teams received at-large bids to the tournament.

Regional 1

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
   ETSU 2  
   College of Charleston* 3  
     College of Charleston 1  
    1  Louisville 3  
      
        
  1  Louisville 2  
  16  Ohio St. 1  
        
        
  16  Ohio St. 2
       Providence 1  
   St. Peter's 2
   Providence* 6  
  1  Louisville 5
  8  UCLA 4
   Dartmouth 4  
   Monmouth* 0  
     Dartmouth 2/OT
    9  Notre Dame 1  
      
        
   Dartmouth 1
  8  UCLA 2/2OT  
        
        
  8  UCLA 4
       Sacramento St. 1  
   Santa Clara 1
   Sacramento St.* 2  

Regional 2

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
   New Mexico 1  
   Creighton* 4  
     Creighton 2(3)  
    5  SMU 2(5)  
      
        
  5  SMU 1  
  12  William & Mary 0  
        
        
  12  William & Mary 0(4)
       UMBC 0(3)  
   UMBC 2
   Princeton* 1  
  5  SMU 1(2)
  4  North Carolina 1(4)
   Oakland 0  
   Michigan St.* 2  
     Michigan St. 1
    13  Butler 0  
      
        
   Michigan St. 1(4)
  4  North Carolina 1(5)  
        
        
  4  North Carolina 0(5)
       Georgetown 0(4)  
   UNC Greensboro 0
   Georgetown* 3  

Regional 3

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
   Xavier 2  
   West Virginia* 4  
     West Virginia 2  
    3  Akron 3  
      
        
  3  Akron 2  
  14  Indiana 1  
        
        
  14  Indiana 5
       Tulsa 1  
   Bradley 0
   Tulsa* 2  
  3  Akron 3(3)
  6  California 3(2)
   Boston College 1  
   Brown* 2  
     Brown 1(7)
    11  Connecticut 1(6)  
      
        
   Brown 0
  6  California 2  
        
        
  6  California 2/OT
       UC Santa Barbara 1  
   Denver 0
   UC Santa Barbara* 1/2OT  

Regional 4

  First round Second round Regional Semifinals Regional Finals
                                     
   Coastal Carolina 1  
   Duke* 2  
     Duke 0  
    7  South Carolina 1/OT  
      
        
  7  South Carolina 1  
  10  Michigan 3  
        
        
  10  Michigan 2/OT
       Central Florida 1  
   South Florida 0
   Central Florida* 3  
  10  Michigan 3/2OT
  2  Maryland 2
   Old Dominion 1  
   Virginia* 0  
     Old Dominion 1
    15  Penn St. 4  
      
        
  15  Penn St. 0
  2  Maryland 1  
        
        
  2  Maryland 4
       Penn 0  
   Bucknell 0
   Penn* 1/OT  

College Cup – Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara, California

  National Semifinals
December 10
National Championship
December 12
                 
1  Louisville 2  
4  North Carolina 1  
    1  Louisville 0
  3  Akron 1
3  Akron 2
10  Michigan 1  

Goal scorers

5 goals
3 goals
  • Scott Caldwell - Akron
  • Darren Mattocks - Akron
  • Ethan Finley - Creighton
  • Colby Meyer - Notre Dame
  • Mitch Meyer - Notre Dame
  • Eder Arreola - UCLA
  • Chandler Hoffman - UCLA
  • Franck Tayou - West Virginia
2 goals
  • Will Bruin - Indiana
  • Nick DeLeon - Louisville
  • Austin Berry - Louisville
  • Aaron Horton - Louisville
  • Domenic Barone - Michigan St.
  • Wilder Arboleda - Providence
  • Matt Marcin - Providence
  • Ernesto Carranza - Sacramento St.
  • Arthur Ivo - SMU
  • Ashley McInnes - Tulsa
  • Victor Chavez - UCLA
1 goal
  • Kofi Sarkodie - Akron
  • Kyle Bekker - Boston College
  • Taylor Gorman - Brown
  • Austin Mandel - Brown
  • Jon Okafor - Brown
  • Anthony Avalos - California
  • Servando Carrasco - California
  • Davis Paul - California
  • Tony Salciccia - California
  • Yaron Bacher - Central Florida
  • Ben Hunt - Central Florida
  • Ross Kelly - Coastal Carolina
  • Andy Craven - College of Charleston
  • Shawn Ferguson - College of Charleston
  • Sean Flatley - College of Charleston
  • Francis Twohig - College of Charleston
  • Mamadou Diouf - Connecticut
  • Sergio Castillo - Creighton
  • Jose Gomez - Creighton
  • Tyler Polak - Creighton
  • Aaron Gaide - Dartmouth
  • Bryan Giudicelli - Dartmouth
  • Lucky Mkosana - Dartmouth
  • Nick Pappas - Dartmouth
  • Aaron Schoenfeld - ETSU
  • Jaron Westbrook - ETSU
  • Ian Christianson - Georgetown
  • Chandler Diggs - Georgetown
  • Andy Riemer - Georgetown
  • Nikita Kotlov - Indiana
  • Harrison Petts - Indiana
  • Jason Herrick - Maryland
  • Matt Kassel - Maryland
  • Taylor Kemp - Maryland
  • Patrick Mullins - Maryland
  • John Stertzer - Maryland
  • Casey Townsend - Maryland
  • Greg Young - Maryland
  • Latif Alashe - Michigan
  • Fabio Pereira - Michigan
  • Jeff Quijano - Michigan
  • Soony Saad - Michigan
  • Jeff Ricondo - Michigan St.
  • Cyrus Saydee - Michigan St.
  • Devon Sandoval - New Mexico
  • Enzo Martinez - North Carolina
  • Stephen McCarthy - North Carolina
  • Kirk Urso - North Carolina
  • Dillon Powers - Notre Dame
  • Austin McAnena - Ohio State
  • Omar Vallejo - Ohio State
  • Konrad Warzycha - Ohio State
  • Chris Harman - Old Dominion
  • Alex Vaughan - Old Dominion
  • Christian Barreiro - Penn
  • Jordan Tyler - Penn State
  • Antoine Hoppenot - Princeton
  • Greg Davis - Providence
  • Brian Grisell - Providence
  • Toussaint McClure - Providence
  • Chris Bettencourt - Sacramento St.
  • Eric Masch - Santa Clara
  • Juan Castillo - SMU
  • Josue Soto - SMU
  • Sam Arthur - South Carolina
  • Bradlee Baladez - South Carolina
  • Kevin Olson - St. Peter's
  • Lebongang Pila - St. Peter's
  • Kyle Cumings - Tulsa
  • Kelyn Rowe - UCLA
  • Reed Williams - UCLA
  • Waid Ibrahim - UC Santa Barbara
  • Michael Tetteh - UC Santa Barbara
  • Andrew Bulls - UMBC
  • Levi Houapeu - UMBC
  • Uwen Etuk - West Virginia
  • Abel Sebele - West Virginia
  • Uzi Tayou - West Virginia
  • James Queree - Xavier
Own goals
  • Eric Robertson - Brown (playing against California)
  • Raymon Gaddis - West Virginia (playing against Xavier)

See also

References