2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	48
Defending champions	Virginia Cavaliers
Final positions
Champions	Akron Zips
Runners-up	Louisville Cardinals
Semifinalists	Michigan Wolverines; North Carolina Tar Heels;
Tournament statistics
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 tournament 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. Akron defeated Louisville, 1–0, for the title.

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

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	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.

ACC - Boston College (10-4-5)
ACC - Duke (9-5-4)
ACC - North Carolina (16-3-1)
ACC - Virginia (11-5-3)
Big East - Connecticut (12-2-5)
Big East - Georgetown (11-6-1)
Big East - Notre Dame (10-5-4)
Big East - Providence (12-5-3)
Big East - South Florida (9-5-4)
Big East - West Virginia (10-7-2)
Big Ten - Indiana (9-7-2)
Big Ten - Michigan State (11-7-1)
Big Ten - Penn State (13-7-1)
Big Ten - Ohio State (10-5-3)
CAA - Old Dominion (9-6-2)
Conference USA - Central Florida (11-4-3)
Conference USA - SMU (15-2-0)
Conference USA - Tulsa (11-6-2)
Ivy League - Brown (11-3-3)
Ivy League - Dartmouth (10-6-1)
Ivy League - Penn (12-5-0)
Missouri Valley - Creighton (12-5-1)
Mountain Pacific - Denver (9-6-4)
Mountain Pacific - New Mexico (9-5-5)
Pacific-10 - UCLA (14-4-1)
Southern - College of Charleston (10-4-3)

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

Schedule

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

First Round

November 18, 2010	Georgetown	3–0	UNC Greensboro	Washington D.C.
	Christianson 9' Riemer 21' Diggs 83'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 385 Referee: Bill Dittmar

November 18, 2010	Monmouth	0–4	Dartmouth	West Long Branch, New Jersey
		Report	Olson 9' Pappas 53' Mkosana 66' Gaide 80'	Stadium: Hesse Field Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Gus St. Silva

November 18, 2010	Providence	6–2	St. Peter's	Providence, Rhode Island
	Marcin 19', 73' Arboleda 26', 54' McClure 37' Grisell 75'	Report	Pila 62' Olson 80'	Stadium: Glay Field Attendance: 1,208 Referee: Sean Nally

November 18, 2010	UCF	3–0	USF	Orlando, Florida
	Hunt 35' Keown-Robson 45' Bacher 65'	Report		Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 529 Referee: Shane Moody

November 18, 2010	Brown	2–1	Boston College	Providence, Rhode Island
	Okafor 11' Mandel 43'	Report	Bekker 41' 87' 90'	Stadium: Stevenson Field Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Erich Simmons

November 18, 2010	Duke	2–1	Coastal Carolina	Durham, North Carolina
	Grossman 77', 83'	Report	Kelly 23'	Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 1,006 Referee: Alex Prus

November 18, 2010	Virginia	0–1	Old Dominion	Charlottesville, Virginia
		Report	Vaughan 63'	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 923 Referee: Christopher Spivey

November 18, 2010	College of Charleston	3–2	East Tennessee State	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
	Ferguson 24' Craven 29' Twohig 39'	Report	Shoenfeld 57' Westbrook 71'	Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Attendance: 2,024 Referee: Danny Provenzano

November 18, 2010	Creighton	4–1	New Mexico	Omaha, Nebraska
	Gomez 4' Finlay 31', 90' Polak 37'	Report	Sandoval 71'	Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 1,074 Referee: Troy Cohrs

November 18, 2010	UC Santa Barbara	1–0 2OT	Denver	Santa Barbara, California
	Ibrahim 105'	Report		Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 3,717 Referee: Mohammed Ibrahim

November 18, 2010	Tulsa	2–0	Bradley	Tulsa, Oklahoma
	Cumings 17' McInnes 78'	Report		Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium Attendance: 297 Referee: Tim Debysingh

November 18, 2010	Princeton	1–2	UMBC	Princeton, New Jersey
	Hoppenot 32'	Report	Houapeu 42' Bulls 79'	Stadium: Roberts Stadium Attendance: 959 Referee: Ed Shea

November 18, 2010	Sacramento State	2–1	Santa Clara	Sacramento, California
		Report		Stadium: Hornet Field Attendance: 788

November 18, 2010	Oakland	0–2	Michigan State	Rochester, Michigan
		Report	Barone 49', 63'	Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field Attendance: 552 Referee: Ben Trevino

November 18, 2010	Penn	1–0 OT	Bucknell	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	Barreiro 92'	Report		Stadium: Rhodes Field

November 18, 2010	West Virginia	4–2	Xavier	Morgantown, West Virginia
	Tayou 23', 33', 50' Etuk 82'	Report	Queree 4' own goal' (5)	Stadium: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Attendance: 513 Referee: Andrew Chapin

Second Round

November 21, 2010	#13 Butler	0–1	Michigan State	Indianapolis, Indiana
		Report	Ricondo 85'	Stadium: Sellick Bowl Attendance: 1,381

November 21, 2010	#15 Penn State	4–1	Old Dominion	University Park, Pennsylvania
	Hertzog 27', 73', 82' Tyler 78'	Report	Harmon 14'	Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 519 Referee: Mark Gorak

November 21, 2010	#4 North Carolina	0–0 (5–4 p)	Georgetown	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
		Report		Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 651 Referee: Peter Dhima
	Penalties
	Urso McKinney Anibaba Martinez Walters		Christianson Verdi C'deBaca Nealis Diggs

November 21, 2010	#14 Indiana	5–1	Tulsa	Bloomington, Indiana
	Adlard 41' Kotlov 45' Petts 52' Bruin 73', 79'	Report	McInnes 53'	Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,057 Referee: Landis Wiley

November 21, 2010	#1 Louisville	3–1	College of Charleston	Louisville, Kentucky
	Deleon 20' Rolfe 84' Campbell 89'	Report	Flatley 25'	Stadium: Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 5,197 Referee: Shane Butler

November 21, 2010	#8 UCLA	4–1	Sacramento State	Los Angeles, California
	Hoffman 55', 73' Williams 58' Chavez 85'	Report	Carranza 87'	Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 835 Referee: Alex Gorin

November 21, 2010	#6 California	2–1 OT	UC Santa Barbara	Berkeley, California
	Carrasco 89' Paul 100'	Report	Tetteh 82'	Stadium: Edwards Stadium Attendance: 1,620 Referee: Mike Kampmeinert

November 21, 2010	#7 South Carolina	1–0 OT	Duke	Columbia, South Carolina
	Baladez 100'	Report		Stadium: Eugene E. Stone III Stadium Attendance: 1,872 Referee: Bill Dittmar

November 21, 2010	#11 UConn	1–1 (6–7 p)	Brown	Storrs, Connecticut
	Diouf 87'	Report	Gorman 8'	Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 2,719 Referee: Lou Labbadia
	Penalties
	Alvarez Cascio Diop Diouf Ponce Wharf Karppinen Wasserman		McNamara Gorman Mandel Remick Smith Grandstrand Walls Hayward

November 21, 2010	#16 Ohio State	2–1	Providence	Columbus, Ohio
	Warzycha 58' Vallejo 72'	Report	Davis 85'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 477 Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh

November 21, 2010	#9 Notre Dame	1–2 OT	Dartmouth	South Bend, Indiana
	Perry 74'	Report	Olsen 65', 100'	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 665 Referee: Rich Grady

November 21, 2010	#10 Michigan	2–1 OT	UCF	Ann Arbor, Michigan
	Meram 50' Alashe 95'	Report	Keown-Robson 9'	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

November 21, 2010	#2 Maryland	4–0	Penn	College Park, Maryland
	Stertzer 9' Kassel 26' Young 44' Mullins 88'	Report		Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 2,401 Referee: Benjamin Jones

November 21, 2010	#5 SMU	2–2 (5–3 p)	Creighton	University Park, Texas
	Castillo 79' Ivo 90'	Report	Finlay 25' Castillo 81'	Stadium: Westcott Field Attendance: 524 Referee: Misail Tsapos
	Penalties
	Soto Hickey Cruz Nelson Ivo		Castillo Gomez Moran Clark

November 21, 2010	#3 Akron	3–2	West Virginia	Akron, Ohio
		Report		Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 2,825

November 21, 2010	#9 William & Mary	0–0 (4–3 p)	UMBC	Williamsburg, Virginia
		Report		Stadium: Albert–Daly Field Attendance: 1,206 Referee: Mark Kadlecik
	Penalties
	Abrigo Anderson Patel DiNuzzo		Bulls Houapeu Williams Welsh Waraksa

Third Round

November 28, 2010	#6 California	2–0	Brown	Berkeley, California
	Fitzpatrick 30' own goal' (53)	Report		Stadium: Edwards Stadium Attendance: 2,370 Referee: Alex Gorin

November 28, 2010	#3 Akron	2–1	#14 Indiana	Akron, Ohio
	Nanchoff 53' Mattocks 55'	Report	Adlard 82'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 3,225 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

November 28, 2010	#8 UCLA	2–1 2OT	Dartmouth	Los Angeles, California
	Arreola 26', 110'	Report	Giudicelli 60'	Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 902 Referee: Mohamed Mahmoud

November 28, 2010	#2 Maryland	1–0	#15 Penn State	College Park, Maryland
	Kemp 88'	Report		Stadium: Ludwig Field Referee: Mark Kadlecik

November 28, 2010	#4 North Carolina	1–1 (5–4 p)	Michigan State	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
	Martinez 90'	Report	Saydee 65'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 776 Referee: Alex Prus
	Penalties
	Farfan Urso McKinney Anibaba Martinez		Barone Saydee Bega Rosendall Thompson

November 28, 2010	#7 South Carolina	1–3	#10 Michigan	Columbia, South Carolina
	Traynor 65' Arthur 84'	Report	Meram 64', 81' Saad 71'	Stadium: Eugene E. Stone III Stadium Attendance: 2,256

November 28, 2010	#1 Louisville	2–1	#16 Ohio State	Louisville, Kentucky
	Campbell 24' Berry 63'	Report	McAnena 52'	Stadium: Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 4,251

November 28, 2010	#5 SMU	1–0	#9 William & Mary	University Park, Texas
	Soto 11'	Report		Stadium: Westcott Field Attendance: 677 Referee: Timothy Debysingh

Quarterfinals

December 3, 2010	#4 North Carolina	1–1 (4–2 p)	#5 SMU	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
5:30pm EST	Urso 10'	Report	Ivo 5'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 1,763 Referee: Chris Penso
	Penalties
	Farfan Urso McKinney Anibaba		Soto Hickey Cruz Kalis

December 4, 2010	#3 Akron	3–3	#6 California	Akron, Ohio
8:30pm EST	Nanchoff 41' Caldwell 42' Kitchen 76'	Report	Avalos 31' Salciccia 57' Fitzpatrick 89'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 3,442 Referee: Peter Dhima
	Penalties
	Nanchoff Kitchen Valentin Caldwell Sarkodie		Jimenez Soares Carrasco Paul Avalos

December 4, 2010	#1 Louisville	5–4	#8 UCLA	Louisville, Kentucky
5:30pm EST	Rolfe 29', 48' Campbell 40' Deleon 56' Horton 90'	Report	Arreola 8' Rowe 18' Hoffman 33' Chavez 81'	Stadium: Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 5,467 Referee: Abby Okulaga

December 4, 2010	#2 Maryland	2–3 2OT	#10 Michigan	College Park, Maryland
8:30pm EST	Townsend 17' Herrick 79'	Report	Quijano 50' Meram 60' Pereira 104'	Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 3,536 Referee: Chico Grajeda

Semifinals

December 10, 2010	#1 Louisville	2–1	#4 North Carolina	Santa Barbara, California
5:30pm EST	Berry 59' Horton 90'	Report	McCarthy 62'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Referee: Michael Kennedy

December 10, 2010	#3 Akron	2–1	#10 Michigan	Santa Barbara, California
8:30pm EST	Kitchen 33' Sarkodie 74'	Report	Meram 2'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 7,560 Referee: Alex Gorin

Championship

December 12, 2010	#1 Louisville	0–1	#3 Akron	Santa Barbara, California
4:00pm EST		Report	Caldwell 79'	Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 9,672 Referee: Chico Grajeda

Goal scorers

5 goals

Justin Meram - Michigan

3 goals

Scott Caldwell - Akron
Darren Mattocks - Akron
Ethan Finlay - Creighton
Colby Meyer - Notre Dame
Andrew Olsen - Dartmouth
Charlie Campbell - Louisville
Colin Rolfe - Louisville
Corey Hertzog - Penn St.
Eder Arreola - UCLA
Chandler Hoffman - UCLA
Franck Tayou - West Virginia

2 goals

Perry Kitchen - Akron
Michael Nanchoff - Akron
John Fitzpatrick - California
Nik Robson - Central Florida
Cole Grossman - Duke
Andy Adlard - Indiana
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 Martínez - 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)
Ray Gaddis - West Virginia (playing against Xavier)

References

"2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). Men’s Division I Championship Brackets. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2011.