2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

Last updated

NCAA Division I
Season2012
Champions Indiana
Highest scoring12: Tulsa 7–5 Oakland
Sept. 16, 2012 [1]
2011
2013

The 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 54th season of NCAA men's college soccer in the United States. The defending champions were the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels, who defeated sister school, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 49ers in the previous College Cup championship.

Contents

Indiana defeated Georgetown, 1–0, in championship to win the title.

Changes from 2011

Coaching changes

CollegeOutgoing coachManner of departureIncoming coachFormer positionRef.
Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Steve BurnsResigned Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chaka Daley Providence head coach [2]
Providence Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chaka Daley Took Michigan job Flag of England.svg Craig Stewart Franklin Pierce head coach [3]
Stanford Flag of the United States.svg Bret Simon Resigned Flag of England.svg Jeremy Gunn Charlotte head coach [4]

Season overview

Pre-season polls

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 2012.

NSCAA [5]
RankingTeam
1 North Carolina
2 UCLA
3 Creighton
4 Connecticut
5 South Florida
6 New Mexico
7 Louisville
8 Charlotte
9 Maryland
10 Akron
11 UC Santa Barbara
12 Indiana
13 UC Irvine
14 Boston College
15 St. John's
16 SMU
17 Coastal Carolina
18 Saint Mary's
19 James Madison
20 Northwestern
21 UAB
22 Brown
23 Old Dominion
24 Furman
25 Bradley
Soccer America [6]
RankingTeam
1 Connecticut
2 Akron
3 Maryland
4 UC Santa Barbara
5 Charlotte
6 North Carolina
7 New Mexico
8 UCLA
9 Indiana
10 South Florida
11 Boston College
12 Old Dominion
13 St. John's
14 Coastal Carolina
15 Creighton
16 Louisville
17 Northwestern
18 Notre Dame
19 Wake Forest
20 Furman
21 Duke
22 Xavier
23 West Virginia
24 SMU
25 UC Irvine
Fox Soccer/SBI [7]
RankingTeam
1 Akron
2 Connecticut
3 North Carolina
4 Maryland
5 UC Santa Barbara
6 Indiana
7 UCLA
8 Duke
9 West Virginia
10 Boston College
11 South Florida
12 St. John's
13 Louisville
14 Virginia
15 Xavier
16 New Mexico
17 Coastal Carolina
18 Creighton
19 SMU
20 Charlotte
21 CSU Bakersfield
22 Wake Forest
23 UC Irvine
24 Notre Dame
25 Georgetown
College Soccer News [8]
RankingTeam
1 North Carolina
2 New Mexico
3 Charlotte
4 Connecticut
5 Maryland
6 Akron
7 UCLA
8 South Florida
9 UC Santa Barbara
10 Coastal Carolina
11 Indiana
12 Boston College
13 Old Dominion
14 Creighton
15 UC Irvine
16 Northwestern
17 St. John's
18 Louisville
19 Wake Forest
20 UAB
21 SMU
22 Brown
23 Furman
24 Saint Mary's
25 Xavier

Regular season

Standings

2012 America East men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Vermont 5 0 28 5 5
UMBC4 2 111 4 7
Stony Brook 4 3 011 6 1
Boston University 3 2 26 8 4
Albany 3 4 06 11 1
New Hampshire 2 3 27 7 6
Binghamton 2 5 06 11 1
Hartford 1 5 17 9 1
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NCSAA
2012 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Maryland6 1 120 1 3
No. 5 North Carolina 6 1 116 4 3
No. 22 Wake Forest 4 1 311 4 5
Clemson 3 2 36 9 5
Boston College 3 2 37 6 5
Virginia 3 4 110 7 4
Duke 3 4 18 8 2
N.C. State 1 7 010 10 0
Virginia Tech 0 7 17 10 3
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 23 Charlotte 7 1 115 4 3
No. 19 Saint Louis7 2 016 5 0
Xavier 6 1 214 3 5
No. 25 VCU 6 1 212 4 5
Temple 6 1 210 6 3
Dayton 5 3 111 5 2
La Salle 4 4 110 7 3
Duquesne 4 4 17 12 1
Butler 3 5 15 8 5
Rhode Island 3 5 14 11 3
St. Bonaventure 3 6 05 14 0
Fordham 2 4 36 7 4
Richmond 2 6 16 11 1
Massachusetts 2 7 05 11 2
George Washington 2 7 05 13 0
Saint Joseph's 1 6 25 11 2
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
FGCU6 1 111 5 3
Mercer 6 2 011 7 2
East Tennessee State 5 2 110 6 4
Northern Kentucky 4 3 17 10 1
USC Upstate 3 4 15 10 2
Lipscomb 3 4 17 10 1
Jacksonville 3 5 04 13 1
Stetson 2 5 13 10 2
North Florida 1 7 04 13 0
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Big East men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Blue
No. 2 Georgetown 6 2 019 4 3
No. 6 Connecticut 6 2 017 4 1
No. 15 Marquette 5 2 116 4 1
No. 8 Notre Dame5 2 117 4 1
Seton Hall 2 6 06 12 0
Providence 2 6 04 10 2
Pittsburgh 0 8 06 9 2
Red
No. 9 Louisville 7 1 014 6 1
No. 17 Syracuse 5 3 014 6 1
St. John's 4 3 110 5 4
Villanova 3 3 212 6 2
Cincinnati 3 3 26 9 4
Rutgers 3 4 17 7 1
South Florida 2 3 38 5 4
DePaul 1 6 14 10 3
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Big South men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Coastal Carolina 10 0 020 3 2
Radford 7 2 110 6 4
Liberty 6 1 38 7 3
Campbell 7 3 012 5 2
High Point 5 3 212 5 3
Winthrop5 4 112 9 1
Gardner–Webb 3 5 24 14 2
Presbyterian 3 7 04 16 0
Longwood 2 7 13 12 3
VMI 1 8 12 14 1
UNC Asheville 0 9 11 15 1
As of November 9, 2012
Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn State 3 1 29 5 3
No. 18 Northwestern 3 1 213 6 4
Michigan 3 2 111 10 1
No. 1 Indiana 3 2 116 5 3
Michigan State3 3 011 10 1
Wisconsin 1 3 26 8 5
Ohio State 0 4 26 10 3
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Big West Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
North
UC Davis 7 3 010 7 4
Cal Poly 6 3 111 7 1
Sacramento State 5 4 18 8 2
UC Santa Barbara 4 5 110 6 3
South
CSU Northridge7 3 015 7 0
CSU Fullerton 4 5 18 12 1
UC Riverside 3 7 010 8 0
UC Irvine 2 8 05 14 1
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 CAA men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Drexel 8 1 112 4 3
Northeastern6 1 314 3 4
James Madison 6 2 29 7 3
Old Dominion 5 3 211 3 4
Hofstra 5 4 111 6 4
George Mason 4 5 111 6 2
UNC Wilmington 4 6 07 11 1
William & Mary 2 5 34 10 4
Delaware 2 5 34 11 4
Towson 2 6 24 10 2
Georgia State 2 8 06 12 0
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Conference USA men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
SMU 6 2 010 5 5
No. 14 Tulsa5 2 114 6 1
UCF 5 3 08 7 3
Memphis 4 2 28 7 3
Kentucky 4 3 110 9 2
UAB 4 4 010 8 2
Marshall 3 5 011 5 1
South Carolina 2 5 15 11 2
FIU 0 7 18 8 2
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Detroit 6 1 010 9 0
Cleveland State4 1 211 6 3
UIC 3 3 17 8 2
Valparaiso 2 2 36 9 5
Milwaukee 2 3 28 8 2
Loyola Chicago 2 3 25 11 2
Wright State 2 4 14 13 1
Green Bay 0 4 32 10 4
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Ivy League men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 20 Cornell6 1 015 2 0
Dartmouth 5 2 09 7 0
No. 16 Brown 4 1 213 3 3
Princeton 4 1 28 6 2
Columbia 2 3 24 8 4
Yale 1 3 34 8 5
Penn 1 6 03 13 0
Harvard 0 6 13 11 3
  • $ Conference champion
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 MAAC men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Loyola (Md.) 7 1 013 6 1
Siena 6 1 010 7 0
Niagara5 1 113 2 4
Iona 5 2 07 11 0
Fairfield 3 4 07 8 1
Saint Peter's 3 4 05 11 0
Rider 2 5 13 13 1
Manhattan 2 5 03 12 1
Canisius 1 6 08 7 2
Marist 1 6 05 10 1
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Akron7 0 018 1 3
Northern Illinois 4 2 17 10 3
West Virginia 4 2 19 6 2
Bowling Green 3 3 18 9 3
Western Michigan 3 3 111 6 2
Buffalo 3 4 05 11 1
Hartwick 2 5 05 10 2
Florida Atlantic 0 7 02 13 1
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Creighton5 0 116 4 2
SIU Edwardsville 4 2 013 7 0
Bradley 3 2 110 6 4
Evansville 3 2 19 8 1
Drake 2 2 26 11 4
Central Arkansas 1 4 18 9 1
Missouri State 0 6 05 8 4
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 MPSF men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Mountain
No. 10 New Mexico 8 2 017 4 1
Air Force5 3 210 9 4
Denver 5 4 111 6 3
Houston Baptist 2 6 24 10 2
Pacific
CSU Bakersfield 6 3 19 5 5
San Jose State 5 4 18 9 1
UNLV 4 6 06 14 1
Seattle 1 8 13 13 1
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Quinnipiac 8 1 110 4 3
No. 20 Fairleigh Dickinson6 1 311 6 6
Monmouth 6 2 211 4 4
Central Connecticut 6 3 18 8 2
Sacred Heart 5 5 09 8 0
Saint Francis (PA) 4 3 36 7 7
Bryant 4 5 16 8 2
St. Francis Brooklyn 4 6 07 10 1
Robert Morris 2 7 15 12 2
Mount St. Mary's 2 7 14 12 1
LIU Brooklyn 1 8 12 14 2
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Pac-12 men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 UCLA8 1 113 3 3
No. 24 Washington 7 1 213 5 3
Stanford 5 4 19 8 1
California 3 5 28 7 3
San Diego State 1 7 27 9 3
Oregon State 1 7 26 9 3
  • $ Conference champion
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Patriot League men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
American 5 0 211 6 2
Lafayette3 1 39 8 4
Colgate 3 1 35 8 6
Bucknell 2 3 27 8 5
Holy Cross 2 3 25 10 2
Lehigh 2 4 14 12 1
Army 1 3 34 10 3
Navy 1 4 27 7 3
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Elon  y520 .7141552 .727
Furman  421 .6431243 .711
College of Charleston  421 .6438101 .447
Georgia Southern  331 .5006121 .342
UNC Greensboro  340 .4295102 .353
Appalachian State  232 .429874 .526
Wofford  241 .3571092 .524
Davidson  250 .2866111 .361
2012 SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 The Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Oakland 5 1 111 7 1
UMKC 5 2 07 10 2
Western Illinois3 2 27 9 5
IPFW 3 3 14 15 1
Nebraska–Omaha 3 3 15 10 1
IUPUI 3 4 06 10 2
Oral Roberts 2 5 04 13 0
Eastern Illinois 1 5 13 13 1
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 San Diego9 3 014 9 0
Santa Clara 8 2 211 6 2
Saint Mary's 5 4 39 5 5
Portland 5 5 27 9 3
San Francisco 4 5 36 7 5
Loyola Marymount 4 5 36 10 3
Gonzaga 0 11 14 14 1
  • $ Conference champion
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Division I men's soccer independents soccer records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Adelphi 1 1 03 13 0
Belmont 0 0 06 8 3
Howard 1 0 03 15 1
NJIT 0 1 010 9 0
† No winner
As of December 11, 2012
Rankings from NSCAA

Conference regular season and tournament winners

ConferenceRegular
Season Winner
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
America East Vermont 2012 America East Men's Soccer Tournament Nickerson Field
(Boston, Massachusetts)
UMBC
Atlantic Coast Maryland 2012 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament Maryland SoccerPlex
(Boyds, MD)
Maryland
Atlantic 10 Charlotte 2012 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament Transamerica Field
(Charlotte, NC)
Saint Louis
Atlantic Sun FGCU 2012 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament Summers-Taylor Stadium
(Johnson City, Tennessee)
FGCU
Big East Red: Louisville
Blue: Connecticut
2012 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament Red Bull Arena
(Harrison, NJ)
Notre Dame
Big South Coastal Carolina 2012 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Bryan Park
(Greensboro, NC)
Winthrop
Big Ten Penn State 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Lakeside Field
(Evanston, IL)
Michigan State
Big West North: UC Davis
South: Cal State Northridge
2012 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Aggies Soccer Field
Davis, CA
Cal State Northridge
Colonial Drexel 2012 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament Vidas Athletic Center
(Philadelphia, PA)
Northeastern
Conference USA SMU 2012 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament West Campus Field
(Birmingham, AL)
Tulsa
Horizon Detroit 2012 Horizon League Men's Soccer TournamentTitan Field
(Detroit, MI
Cleveland State
Ivy Cornell No tournament
Metro Atlantic Loyola Maryland 2012 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament Tenney Stadium
(Poughkeepsie, NY)
Niagara
Mid-American Akron 2012 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament FirstEnergy Stadium
(Akron, Ohio)
Akron
Missouri Valley Creighton Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament Shea Stadium
(Peoria, Illinois)
Creighton
Mountain Pacific New Mexico 2012 MPSF Men's Soccer Tournament CIBER Field
(Denver, Colorado)
Air Force
Northeast Quinnipiac 2012 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament The Great Lawn
(West Long Branch, New Jersey)
Fairleigh Dickinson
Pac-12 UCLA No tournament
Patriot American 2012 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament Riggs Field
(Washington, D.C.)
Lafayette
Southern Elon 2012 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament WakeMed Soccer Park
(Cary, NC)
Elon
Summit Oakland 2012 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament John MacKenzie Alumni Field
(Macomb, IL)
Western Illinois
West Coast San Diego No tournament

Statistics

Regular season statistics only. See 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship#Statistical leaders for the tournament statistics.

Overall

Most assists
RankScorerCollegeAssists [10]
1 Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell Cardenas Campbell 14
2 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Bethel Oakland 13
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Milo Kapor UMBC 13
Flag of the United States.svg Blake Smith New Mexico 13
5 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Griebsch Hofstra 11
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Neumann Georgetown 11
7 Flag of Mexico.svg Carlos Benavides CSU Northridge 10
Flag of the United States.svg Zach Bolden Denver 10
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Caldwell Akron 10
Flag of the United States.svg Jared Martinelli Temple 10
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Martinez N.C. State 10
Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Ribeiro Coastal Carolina 10
Flag of Brazil.svg Shawn Sloan High Point 10
Flag of the United States.svg Vaughn Spurrier Temple 10

Last updated on November 13, 2012. Source: NCAA.com – Total Assists

NCAA tournament

College Cup – Regions Park, Hoover, Alabama

National Semifinals
December 7
National Championship
December 9
      
16 Indiana 1
12 Creighton 0
16 Indiana 1
3 Georgetown 0
3 Georgetown 4(4)
2 Maryland 4(3)

See also

References

  1. "Second Half Outburst Leads No. 23 Tulsa Past Oakland, 7-5". Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  2. "Daley Tabbed to Lead Wolverine Men's Soccer Program". University of Michigan Athletics. MGoBlue.com. December 23, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  3. "Player Bio: Craig Stewart - Providence College Official Athletics Site". www.friars.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012.
  4. "Meet Jeremy Gunn". Stanford Athletics. GoStanford.com. January 19, 2012. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  5. "NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's – National – Preseason Ranking". NSCAA. NSCAA. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  6. "Soccer America Men's Preseason Top 25". Soccer America. SoccerAmerica.com. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  7. "2012 SBI COLLEGE SOCCER SEASON PREVIEW". SoccerByIves. SoccerByIves.net. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  8. "2012 Pre-Season Top 30 Poll". College Soccer News. CollegeSoccerNews.com. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  9. "Total Goals". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  10. "Total Assists". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. Retrieved November 13, 2012.