2012 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

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Virginia Cavaliers
2012 season
Head Coach George Gelnovatch
ACC 6th
ACC Tournament Semifinals
NCAA Tournament Second round
UVA Tournament2–0–0
Big East/ACC ChallengeRunners-up
  2011
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The 2012 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 72nd season of existence, their 72nd in NCAA Division I, and their 59th season of playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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Background

The Cavaliers entered the 2012 season after a first round exit from the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship for a second straight year, as well as a defeat in the semifinals of the 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. It was the second straight season of failing to win any conference or NCAA soccer tournament since their triumph in 2009.

Competitions

Preseason

August 14, 2012 #15 St. John's 0–1 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
7:00 pm EDT Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
August 18, 2012 Liberty 0–3 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
7:00 pm EDT Report Carroll Soccerball shade.svg10'
James Soccerball shade.svg48' (pen.)
Madison Soccerball shade.svg57'
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium

Regular season

ACC Standings

2012 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
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

Match results

September 2, 20123 #11 UCLA 1–0 (a.e.t.) Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
4:00 PM PDT Sofia Yellow card.svg 31'Soccerball shade gold.svg 100'
Wiet Yellow card.svg 73'
Report Somerville Yellow card.svg 41'
Madison Yellow card.svg 74'
Salandy-Defour Yellow card.svg 82'
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 2,015
Referee: Mohammad Samadpour
September 7, 20124 Duke 0–1 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
pm ET Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
September 14, 20126 #19 Xavier 1–1 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
pm ET Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
September 18, 20127 Drexel 0–2 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
pm ET Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
September 21, 20128 #24 Virginia 0–1 #8 North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina
pm ET Stadium: Fetzer Field
September 25, 20129 #24 Virginia 1–0 (a.e.t.) #25 VCU Richmond, Virginia
pm ET Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 2,247
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ACC Tournament

November 6, 2012Quarterfinals (#6) Virginia 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
#16 (#3) Wake Forest Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 pm ET Carroll Soccerball shade.svg33'
Bird Soccerball shade.svg56'
Poarch Yellow card.svg 80'
Report Gamble Soccerball shade.svg22'
Okoli Soccerball shade.svg51'
Stadium: Spry Stadium
Attendance: 362
Referee: Mohammad Samadpour
Penalties
Bates Soccerball shad check.svg
Silvester Soccerball shad check.svg
Wharton Soccerball shad check.svg
Carroll Soccerball shad check.svg
Cooke Soccerball shad check.svg
Soccerball shad check.svg Wenzel
Soccerball shad check.svg Gamble
Soccerball shad check.svg Gimenez
Soccerball shade cross.svg Mullin
November 9, 2012Semifinals (#6) Virginia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
#4 (#2) North Carolina Boyds, Maryland
5:30 pm ET Wharton Yellow card.svg 87' Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 5,981
Referee: Brent Sorg
Penalties
Bates Soccerball shad check.svg
Silvester Soccerball shade cross.svg
Wharton Soccerball shad check.svg
Carroll Soccerball shad check.svg
Cooke Soccerball shade cross.svg
Soccerball shade cross.svg Lovejoy
Soccerball shad check.svg Murphy
Soccerball shad check.svg George
Soccerball shad check.svg Walters
Soccerball shad check.svg Gafa

NCAA Tournament

November 15, 2012First round Lafayette 0–1 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
1:30 pm EST Report Bates Soccerball shade.svg88'Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 356
Referee: Mohammad Samadpour
November 18, 2012Second round Virginia 1–3 #10 (#13) New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico
9:00 pm EST Brown Soccerball shade.svg48' Report Venter Soccerball shade.svg6'
Rogers Soccerball shade.svg58'
Calderon Soccerball shade.svg90'
Stadium: UNM Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,121
Referee: Alex Gorrin

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