2011 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

2011 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
2011 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
National Champions
ACC Regular Season Champions; ACC Men's Soccer Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup vs. Charlotte, W 1–0
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
Record	21–2–3 (5–1–2 ACC)
Head coach	Carlos Somoano (1st season);
Assistant coach	Grant Porter (1st season)
Home stadium	Fetzer Field
	Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

Last updated November 03, 2024

2011 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 North Carolina †	5	–	1	–	2	21	–	2	–	3
No. 9 Maryland	4	–	2	–	2	14	–	4	–	3
Virginia	4	–	3	–	1	12	–	8	–	`
Duke	4	–	3	–	1	11	–	8	–	3
Wake Forest	4	–	3	–	1	8	–	8	–	5
No. 15 Boston College	4	–	4	–	0	14	–	6	–	1
Clemson	4	–	4	–	0	8	–	8	–	2
NC State	2	–	6	–	0	7	–	11	–	2
Virginia Tech	1	–	6	–	1	4	–	13	–	2


† 2011 ACC Tournament winner As of December 13, 2011 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2011 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Tar Heels were coached by Carlos Somoano. It was Somoano's first season in charge of the Tar Heels following Elmar Bolowich's departure to coach the Creighton Bluejays men's soccer program.

Background

Review

Team

Roster

The following players were on the roster during the 2011 season.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Scott Goodwin
2	DF	BAH	Anton Sealey
3	DF	USA	Kirk Urso
4	DF	USA	Boyd Okwuonu
5	MF	USA	Mikey Lopez
6	DF	USA	Matt Hedges
7	FW	USA	Josh Rice
8	MF	USA	Martin Murphy
9	DF	USA	Jordan McCrary
10	MF	USA	Billy Schuler
11	MF	USA	David Walden
12	GK	USA	Sam Euler
13	DF	USA	Ryan Dodson
14	MF	USA	Jordan Gafa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	USA	Cameron Brown
16	MF	URU	Enzo Martínez
17	FW	USA	Ben Speas
18	FW	USA	Carlos McCrary
19	DF	JAM	Darvin Ebanks
20	DF	USA	Nathan Diehl
26	FW	NED	Cooper Vandermaas-Peeler
22	DF	NGA	C.J. Odenigwe
23	DF	NIR	Drew McKinney
24	GK	USA	Brendan Moore
25	FW	USA	Rob Lovejoy
26	MF	USA	Glen Long
28	MF	USA	Alex Walters
29	DF	CAN	Daniel Tannous

Staff

Match results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
Regular Season
08-27-2011* 7:00 pm	No. 3	UNC Wilmington	W 3–1	1–0–0	Fetzer Field (2,565) Chapel Hill, NC
09-02-2011* 7:00 pm	No. 2	Oregon State	W 5–1	2–0–0	Fetzer Field (2,410) Chapel Hill, NC
09-04-2011* 7:00 pm, FSC	No. 2	No. 1 Louisville	W 2–1	3–0–0	Fetzer Field (3,425) Chapel Hill, NC
09-10-2011 7:00 pm, ACCN	No. 1	at Virginia Tech	L 0–1 ^2OT	3–1–0 (0–1–0)	Thompson Field (2,052) Blacksburg, VA
09-13-2011* 7:00 pm	No. 4	James Madison	W 4–1	4–1–0	Fetzer Field (416) Chapel Hill, NC
09-16-2011 7:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 8	at Wake Forest Tobacco Road	W 1–0	5–1–0 (1–1–0)	Spry Stadium (4,062) Winston-Salem, NC
09-20-2011* 7:00 pm	No. 4	at Wofford	W 1–0	6–1–0	Snyder Field (632) Spartanburg, SC
09-23-2011 7:00 pm, ACCN	No. 4	at Virginia South's Oldest Rivalry	W 3–0	7–1–0 (2–1–0)	Klöckner Stadium (2,539) Charlottesville, VA
09-27-2011* 7:00 pm	No. 4	No. 15 Old Dominion	W 3–0	8–1–0	Fetzer Field (203) Chapel Hill, NC
09-30-2011 7:00 pm	No. 3	Duke Rivalry	T 2–2 ^2OT	8–1–1 (3–1–1)	Fetzer Field (4,825) Chapel Hill, NC
10-04-2011* 7:00 pm	No. 3	UNC Asheville	W 2–1	9–1–1	Fetzer Field (325) Chapel Hill, NC
10-07-2011 7:30 pm	No. 3	Clemson	W 2–0	10–1–1 (3–1–1)	Fetzer Field (1,917) Chapel Hill, NC
10-14-2011* 7:00 pm	No. 2	Charleston	W 4–2	11–1–1	Fetzer Field (516) Chapel Hill, NC
10-17-2011* 7:00 pm	No. 2	at Davidson	L 0–1	11–2–1	Alumni Soccer Stadium (1,941) Davidson, NC
10-21-2011 5:30 pm, FSC	No. 2	No. 3 Maryland	T 2–2 ^2OT	11–2–2 (3–1–2)	Fetzer Field (1,175) Chapel Hill, NC
10-25-2011* 7:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 3	at No. 25 South Carolina Battle of the Carolinas	W 4–0	12–2–2	Stone Stadium (1,710) Columbia, SC
10-28-2011 7:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 3	NC State Rivalry	W 2–1 ^OT	13–2–2 (4–1–2)	Fetzer Field (710) Chapel Hill, NC
11-02-2011 7:00 pm	No. 3	at No. 10 Boston College	W 2–0	14–2–2 (5–1–2)	Newton Soccer Complex (782) Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
11-08-2011 7:00 pm, ACCN+	(1) No. 3	(8) NC State Quarterfinals	W 4–0	15–2–2	Fetzer Field (562) Chapel Hill, NC
11-11-2011 5:30 pm, ACCN	(1) No. 3	vs. (4) No. 25 Virginia Semifinals	W 1–0 ^OT	16–2–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,054) Cary, NC
11-13-2011 12:00 pm, ESPN3	(1) No. 3	vs. (7) No. 13 Boston College ACC Championship	W 3–1	17–2–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,392) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
11-20-2011* 5:00 pm, ACCN	(1) No. 1	No. 20 Coastal Carolina Second Round	W 3–2	18–2–2	Fetzer Field (1,054) Chapel Hill, NC
11-27-2011* 1:00 pm, ESPNU	(1) No. 1	(16) No. 16 Indiana Round of 16	W 1–0 ^OT	19–2–2	Fetzer Field (1,504) Chapel Hill, NC
12-03-2011* 5:00 pm, ESPNU	(1) No. 1	Saint Mary's Quarterfinals	W 2–0	20–2–2	Fetzer Field (5,810) Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA College Cup
12-09-2011* 8:30 pm, ESPNU	(1) No. 1	vs. (13) No. 8 UCLA Semifinals	T 2–2 W 3–1 PK ^2OT	20–2–3	Regions Park (9,623) Hoover, AL
12-11-2011* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	(1) No. 1	vs. No. 14 Charlotte National Championship	W 1–0	21–2–3	Regions Park (8,777) Hoover, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Statistics

Transfers and recruits

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References

↑ "Men's Soccer Roster - 2011". North Carolina Tar Heels . GoHeels.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.

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v t e North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
Venues	Fetzer Field WakeMed Soccer Park Dorrance Field
Rivalries	Duke NC State Virginia Tobacco Road
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels
People	Elmar Bolowich Carlos Somoano
Seasons	1987 2001 2008 2009 2010 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023
NCAA/ISFA/NSCAA national championships in bold; NCAA College Cup appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship College Cup teams (2010–2019)
2010	Akron Louisville Michigan North Carolina
2011	Charlotte Creighton North Carolina UCLA
2012	Creighton Georgetown Indiana Maryland
2013	Maryland New Mexico Notre Dame Virginia
2014	Providence UCLA Virginia UMBC
2015	Akron Clemson Stanford Syracuse
2016	Denver North Carolina Stanford Wake Forest
2017	Akron Indiana North Carolina Stanford
2018	Akron Maryland Michigan State Indiana
2019	Georgetown Stanford Virginia Wake Forest
Italic denotes national championship (*) denotes results which were vacated

2011 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer

National Champions
ACC Regular Season Champions ACC Men's Soccer Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup vs. Charlotte, W 1–0
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
Record	21–2–3 (5–1–2 ACC)
Head coach	Carlos Somoano (1st season)
Assistant coach	Grant Porter (1st season)
Home stadium	Fetzer Field
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →