2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

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2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
CountryUSA
Teams48
Champions Virginia
Runners-up UCLA
Semi-finalists
Matches played47
Goals scored113 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Andy Craven
North Carolina
(4 goals)
Best playerMac Steeves
Providence (Off. MOP)
Calle Brown
Virginia (Defense MOP)
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The 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship is the 56th annual edition of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship tournament. The brackets for the tournament were announced on November 17, 2014, with each of the 48 participating teams gaining an invitation through either an automatic or at-large bid determined by the NCAA. The First, Second, Third, and Quarterfinal Rounds were held at college campus sites across the United States determined by seeding and record. The four team College Cup finals tournament were held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina on December 12 and 14, 2014. [1]

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WakeMed Soccer Park soccer stadium in Cary, North Carolina

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Qualified Teams

A total of 48 teams qualified into the tournament proper, either automatically, or through an at-large bid that is determined by a selection committee. Each conference that field varsity soccer teams is awarded one automatic berth into the tournament. Depending on the conference, that automatic berth was either given the champions of the regular season, or the tournament that culminates the regular season. Twenty-four teams earned automatic bids into the tournament, while 24 entered through an at-large bid.

Of the 23 schools that had previously won the championship, 13 qualified for the 2014 tournament.

Format

Like previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament featured 48 participants out of a possible field of 200 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 were allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. The remaining 24 berths were supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.

The NCAA Selection Committee also named the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams played in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.

Seeded teams

Seeded teams
SeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth typeNSCAA Ranking [2] RPI Ranking [3]
1 Notre Dame ACC 11–5–3At-large23
2 UCLA Pac-12 10–4–4At-large61
3 Michigan State Big Ten 11–4–5At-large125
4 Maryland Big Ten13–5–3Automatic A1314
5 Indiana Big Ten12–4–5At-large78
6 Stanford Pac-1212–2–3Automatic B32
7 Clemson ACC12–6–2Automatic A1411
8 Georgetown Big East 12–4–4At-large87
9 Syracuse ACC15–3–1At-large112
10 Charlotte C-USA 14–3–1At-large46
11 Providence Big East13–4–2Automatic A234
12 Creighton Big East14–3–2At-large59
13 Louisville ACC10–7–3At-large1915
14 Washington Pac-1212–4–1At-large910
15 California Pac-1210–5–1At-large1517
16 Virginia ACC11–5–2At-large2013

Schedule

RoundDate
First roundNovember 20, 2014
Second roundNovember 23, 2014
Third roundNovember 30, 2014
QuarterfinalsDecember 5 − 6, 2014
College Cup: SemifinalsDecember 12, 2014
College Cup FinalDecember 14, 2014

Bracket

Regional 1

 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
                   
  Ohio State 1(13) 
  Akron 2OT/PK1(12) 
  Ohio State1 
  1 Notre Dame 2 
   
    
 1Notre Dame0 
 16Virginia1 
    
    
 16 Virginia 3
   UNC Wilmington1 
  UNC Wilmington 2
  Bucknell 0 
 16Virginia 2OT/PK1(5)
 8Georgetown1(4)
  Penn State 2 
  Hartwick 1 
  Penn State1
  9 Syracuse 2 
   
    
 9Syracuse1
 8Georgetown OT2 
    
    
 8 Georgetown 2OT2
   Old Dominion1 
  Old Dominion 3
  St. Francis Brooklyn 0 

Regional 2

 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
                   
  Xavier 2OT2 
  Monmouth 1 
  Xavier2 
  5 Indiana 1 
   
    
 Xavier1 
 12Creighton2 
    
    
 12 Creighton 1
   Oregon State0 
  Oregon State 1
  Denver 0 
 12Creighton0(3)
 UMBC 2OT/PK0(4)
  Saint Louis 2 
  Tulsa 0 
  Saint Louis1
  13 Louisville 2 
   
    
 13Louisville0
 UMBC1 
    
    
 4 Maryland 0
   UMBC1 
  Wake Forest 0(2)
  UMBC 2OT/PK0(3) 

Regional 3

 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
                   
  Kentucky 0 
  Oakland 2 
  Oakland0 
  3 Michigan State 1 
   
    
 3Michigan State 2OT/PK2(4) 
 14Washington2(3) 
    
    
 14 Washington 0(6)
   Furman 2OT/PK0(5) 
  UAB 2OT/PK1(3)
  Furman 1(4) 
 3Michigan State2
 11Providence3
  Dartmouth 2 
  Fordham 1 
  Dartmouth0
  11 Providence 3 
   
    
 11Providence1
 UC Irvine0 
    
    
 6 Stanford 0
   UC Irvine OT1 
  UC Irvine 3
  UNLV 0 

Regional 4

 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
                   
  Coastal Carolina 1 
  Florida Gulf Coast 0 
  Coastal Carolina1 
  7 Clemson 2 
   
    
 7Clemson1 
  North Carolina2 
    
    
 10 Charlotte 1
   North Carolina2 
  North Carolina 6
  James Madison 0 
  North Carolina3(6)
 2UCLA 2OT/PK3(7)
  Northwestern 0 
  SIU Edwardsville 1 
  SIU Edwardsville0
  15 California 1 
   
    
 15California2
 2UCLA3 
    
    
 2 UCLA OT2
   San Diego1 
  San Diego 2OT2
  Cal State Fullerton 1 

College Cup – WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina

National Semifinals
December 12 		National Championship
December 14
      
16 Virginia1
UMBC 0
16 Virginia 2OT/PK 0(4)
2 UCLA 0(2)
11 Providence 2
2 UCLA 2OT 3

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals

Robert Lionell Lovejoy III is a retired American soccer player.

Tyler Engel is an American soccer player who last played for Rowdies 2 in the National Premier Soccer League.

2 goals

Sidney Rivera is an American professional soccer player.

Cameron Toshiro Iwasa is an American soccer player who currently plays for Sacramento Republic FC in the United Soccer League.

Brian Iloski is a Macedonian-American professional soccer player who plays as a Midfielder for Polish club Legia Warsaw.

1 goal
Adam Najem US association football player

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Stefano Bonomo American association football player

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Own goals
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Raby George — North Carolina (playing against Charlotte)
  • Flag of the United States.svg Garrett Jackson — Washington (playing against Michigan State)
  • Georgetown (playing against Old Dominion)

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.ncaa.com/championships/soccer-men/d1
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
  3. ↑ https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1
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