Season | 2011 |
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Champions | North Carolina |
Top goalscorer | Ashton Bennett (23) |
Highest attendance | 13,772 SDSU v. UCSB (September 23, 2011) [1] |
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The 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 53rd year of organized men's college soccer in the United States.
The season was divided into three parts; the regular season, which started with early season tournaments against intraconference opponents, before the second half of the regular season that featured interconference matches. The regular season was held from late August to early November 2011. In mid-November, the conference tournaments were held, and from mid-November to mid-December, the NCAA Tournament was held.
The national champion was the North Carolina Tar Heels whom won the title against the Charlotte 49ers. It was North Carolina's third national championship, and Charlotte's first ever appearance in an NCAA final of any sport.
Throughout the course of the regular season, six different men's college soccer programs topped the rankings. The Connecticut Huskies were ranked first for four consecutive weeks, being the longest streak to do so in the season. At the end of the regular season, the New Mexico Lobos were the only college team in the nation to remain undefeated, winning 16 matches and only drawing twice.
The following is a list of head coaching changes prior to the start of Division I men's soccer season. [2]
College | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Incoming coach | Former position |
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Albany | Johan Aarnio | Fired | Trevor Gorman | Wright State assistant coach |
Butler | Kelly Findley | Hired as N.C. State head coach | Paul Snape | Michigan associate coach |
Canisius | Jim Hesch | Fired | Dermont McGrane | Niagara head coach |
Creighton | Jamie Clark | Hired as Washington head coach | Elmar Bolowich | North Carolina head coach |
Hartford | Dan Gaspar | Fired | TBA | |
NC State | George Tarantini | Fired | Kelly Findley | Butler head coach |
Niagara | Dermot McGrane | Hired as Canisius head coach | Chase Brooks | Dayton assistant coach |
NJIT | Pedro Lopes | Fired | Cesar Markovic | Stony Brook head coach |
North Carolina | Elmar Bolowich | Hired as Creighton head coach | Carlos Somoano | Interim coach |
North Florida | Ray Bunch | Fired | Derek Marinatos | Furman associate coach |
Rider | Russ Fager | Fired | Charlie Inverso | Rutgers assistant coach |
St. Peter's | Guy Abrahamson | Fired | Julian Richens | Rider assistant coach |
Stony Brook | Cesar Markovic | Hired has NJIT head coach | Ryan Anatol | South Florida assistant coach |
Washington | Dean Wurzberger | Fired | Jamie Clark | Creighton head coach |
Several American soccer outlets posted their own preseason top 25 rankings of what were believed to be the strongest men's collegiate soccer teams entering 2011.
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Name | Dates | Num. teams | Champions |
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ShinDigz Soccer Festival | Aug. 18–20 | 2 | |
Cal State Northridge Labor Day Classic | Sept. 1–3 | 4 | Akron |
Hokie Invitational | Sept. 2–4 | 4 | |
Ocean State Classic | Sept. 2–4 | 4 | |
VCU Invitational | Sept. 2–4 | 4 | |
Brown Soccer Classic | Sept. 8–12 | 4 | Brown |
Hurricane Classic | Sept. 8–12 | 4 | |
Stihl Soccer Classic | Sept. 8–12 | 4 | |
Akron Soccer Tournament | Sept. 16–18 | 4 | Akron |
Team won conference tournament and automatic bid in the NCAA tournament.
Team earned a berth in NCAA tournament through an at-large bid
Qualified conference tournament, but did not qualify for the NCAA tournament.
Thirty athletic conferences each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The Ivy League does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion.
Conference | Regular Season Winner | Conference Tournament | Tournament Venue (City) | Tournament Winner |
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America East | Boston University | 2011 America East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Nickerson Field (Boston, Massachusetts) | Stony Brook |
Atlantic Coast | North Carolina | 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament | WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary, North Carolina) | North Carolina |
Atlantic Ten | Charlotte | 2011 Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Hermann Stadium (St. Louis, Missouri) | Xavier |
Atlantic Soccer | Florida Atlantic | No tournament | ||
Atlantic Sun | FGCU | 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Summers-Taylor Stadium (Johnson City, Tennessee) | FGCU |
Big East | Blue: Marquette Red: USF | 2011 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament | Red Bull Arena (Harrison, New Jersey) | St. John's |
Big South | Coastal Carolina | 2011 Big South Men's Soccer Tournament | Greene-Harbison Field (Boiling Springs, North Carolina) | Liberty |
Big Ten | Northwestern | 2011 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | U-M Soccer Stadium (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | Northwestern |
Big West | UC Irvine | 2011 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Anteater Stadium (Irvine, California) | UC Irvine |
Colonial | James Madison | 2011 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament | JMU Lacrosse/Soccer Complex (Harrisonburg, Virginia) | Delaware |
Conference USA | UAB | 2011 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament | Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | SMU |
Horizon | Valparaiso | 2011 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament | Eastgate Field (Valparaiso, Indiana) | Loyola |
Ivy | Brown | No tournament | ||
Metro Atlantic | Fairfield | 2011 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament | Hess Field (Lake Buena Vista, Florida) | Fairfield Stags men's soccer |
Mid-American | Akron | 2011 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament | FirstEnergy Stadium (Akron, Ohio) | Northern Illinois |
Missouri Valley | Missouri State | 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Morrison Stadium (Omaha, Nebraska) | Creighton |
Mountain Pacific | New Mexico | 2011 MPSF Men's Soccer Tournament | CIBER Field (Denver, Colorado) | New Mexico |
Northeast | Central Connecticut State | 2011 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | The Great Lawn (West Long Branch, New Jersey) | Monmouth |
Pac-12 | UCLA | 2011 Pac-12 Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Maloney Field (Stanford, California) | UCLA |
Patriot | American | 2011 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) | Colgate |
Southern | UNC Greensboro | 2011 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) | Elon |
Summit | Western Illinois | 2011 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) | Western Illinois |
West Coast | Saint Mary's | 2011 West Coast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) | Saint Mary's |
In this list, a "major upset" is defined by a team that's ranked 10 or more spots lower, or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.
Date | Winner | Score | Loser |
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September 2 | Providence | 1–0 | #11 Brown |
September 4 | UC Davis | 2–1 | #6 UCLA |
September 11 | Virginia Tech | 1–0 | #1 North Carolina |
September 11 | ESTU | 2–0 | #14 William & Mary |
September 24 | George Mason | 1–0 | #15 Old Dominion |
October 5 | #20 San Diego State | 3–2 | #3 Akron |
October 7 | #23 Virginia | 2–1 | #2 Maryland |
October 12 | Missouri State | 1–0 | #4 Creighton |
October 17 | Davidson | 1–0 | #2 North Carolina |
Rank | Scorer | College | Goals [6] |
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1 | ![]() | Coastal Carolina | 23 |
2 | ![]() | Akron | 21 |
3 | ![]() | Memphis | 19 |
4 | ![]() | UCLA | 18 |
![]() | CSU Bakersfield | 18 | |
6 | ![]() | UC Santa Barbara | 17 |
![]() | Maryland | 17 | |
![]() | Duke | 17 | |
9 | ![]() | South Florida | 16 |
![]() | North Carolina | 16 | |
![]() | Old Dominion | 16 |
Last updated on December 23, 2011. Source: NCAA.com - Total Goals
Rank | Scorer | College | Goals [7] |
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1 | ![]() | Iona | 14 |
2 | ![]() | CSU Bakersfield | 13 |
3 | ![]() | Duke | 12 |
4 | ![]() | Akron Zips | 11 |
![]() | Memphis | 11 | |
![]() | North Carolina | 11 | |
![]() | Vermont | 11 |
Last updated on December 23, 2011. Source: NCAA.com - Total Assists
Points per game [8] | Goals per game [9] | Assists per game [10] | Saves per game [11] | |||||||||||
Player | School | PPG | Player | School | GPG | Player | School | APG | Player | School | SVPG | |||
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![]() | Coastal Carolina | 2.41 | ![]() | Memphis | 1.06 | ![]() | Iona | 0.74 | ![]() | La Salle | 7.94 | |||
![]() | Memphis | 2.33 | ![]() | Coastal Carolina | 1.05 | ![]() | Vermont | 0.65 | ![]() | UNC Asheville | 6.68 | |||
![]() | IPFW | 2.19 | ![]() | Akron | 0.95 | ![]() | CSU Bakersfield | 0.62 | ![]() | Richmond | 6.64 | |||
![]() | Akron | 2.09 | ![]() | CSU Bakersfield | 0.90 | ![]() | Memphis | 0.61 | ![]() | VMI | 6.50 | |||
![]() | UC Santa Barbara | 2.00 | ![]() | Old Dominion | 0.84 | ![]() | Kentucky | 0.59 | ![]() | Saint Joseph's | 6.33 |
Save Percentage [12] | Goals Against Average [13] | Goalkeeper Min. Played | Saves [14] | |||||||||||
Player | School | SV% | Player | School | GAA | Player | School | MP | Player | School | SV% | |||
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![]() | Creighton | .923 | ![]() | Creighton | .207 | ![]() | La Salle | 143 | ||||||
![]() | Lafayette | .908 | ![]() | Connecticut | .385 | ![]() | UNC Asheville | 127 | ||||||
![]() | Lehigh | .896 | ![]() | Lehigh | .412 | ![]() | Manhattan | 110 | ||||||
![]() | Connecticut | .888 | ![]() | New Mexico | .493 | ![]() | San Jose State | 105 | ||||||
![]() | Saint Francis (Pa.) | .882 | ![]() | Lafayette | .504 | ![]() | San Francisco | 101 |
National semifinals December 9 | National championship December 11 | ||||||||
1 | North Carolina | 2(3) | |||||||
13 | UCLA | 2(1) | |||||||
1 | North Carolina | 1 | |||||||
Charlotte | 0 | ||||||||
Charlotte | 0(4) | ||||||||
2 | Creighton | 0(1) |
On December 9, 2011, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America released their All-American teams for the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The list included a first, second and third team. [15]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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