2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

The 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament is a single-elimination tournament involving 48 teams to determine the champion of the 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 54th edition of the tournament. Indiana defeated Georgetown, 1–0, to win its 8th national title.

Qualified Teams

A total of 48 teams will qualify 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 are admitted one automatic berth into the tournament. Depending on the conference, that automatic berth is either given the champions of the regular season, or the tournament that culminates the regular season. Twenty-two teams earn automatic bids into the tournament, while 26 enter through an at-large bid.

Format

Like previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament will feature 48 participants out of a possible field of 198 teams. Of the 48 berths, 22 are allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. The remaining 26 berths are determined through an at-large process based upon teams' Ratings Percentage Index that did not win their conference tournament.

From there, the NCAA Selection Committee selects the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, that earn an automatic bye to the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams play in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament, to play a seeded team in the second round.

Seeded teams

Seeded teams Seed School Conference Record Berth type1Notre DameBig East16–3–1Automatic A2MarylandACC17–1–2Automatic A3GeorgetownBig East17–3–1At-large4ConnecticutBig East15–3–1At-large5AkronMAC17–1–2Automatic A6UCLAPac-1213–2–3Automatic B7MarquetteBig East16–3–1At-large8Saint LouisA-1016–4–0Automatic A9North CarolinaACC15–3–2At-large10LouisvilleBig East12–5–1At-large11TulsaC-USA13–5–1At-large12CreightonMVC15–3–2Automatic A13New MexicoMPSF16–3–1At-large14VCUA-1012–3–5At-large15Wake ForestACC11–3–5At-large16IndianaBig Ten11–5–3At-large Automatic A = Conference tournament winner. Automatic B = Conference regular season champion, conference has no tournament.

Schedule RoundDateFirst roundNovember 15, 2012Second roundNovember 18, 2012Third roundNovember 25, 2012QuarterfinalsNovember 30-December 2, 2012College Cup: SemifinalsDecember 7, 2012College Cup FinalDecember 9, 2012

Bracket

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

College Cup – Regions Park, Hoover, Alabama

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers A total of 123 goals were scored over 47 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match.

5 goals Nikita Kotlov – Indiana 4 goals Patrick Mullins – Maryland 3 goals

Brandon Allen – Georgetown Steve Neumann – Georgetown Dylan Mares – Louisville Fabio Pereira – Michigan Connor Brandt – San Diego

2 goals

Jennings Rex – Charlotte Pedro Ribeiro – Coastal Carolina Mamadou Diouf – Connecticut Christian Blandon – Creighton Timo Pitter – Creighton Femi Hollinger-Janzen – Indiana Eriq Zavaleta – Indiana Zach Foxhoven – Louisville Sunny Jane – Maryland Schillo Tshuma - Maryland Patrick Wallen – San Diego Louis Clark – Syracuse

1 goal

Reinaldo Brenes – Akron Thomas Schmitt – Akron Eric Stevenson – Akron Bobby Belair – Brown Thomas McNamara – Brown Daniel Taylor – Brown Sagi Lev-Ari – Cal State Northridge Giuseppe Gentile – Charlotte Cristian Arboleda – Cleveland State Ashton Bennett – Coastal Carolina Justin Portillo – Coastal Carolina Matt Risher – Coastal Carolina Jakub Štourač – Coastal Carolina Nicholas Zuniga – Connecticut Brent Kallman – Creighton Andrew Ribeiro – Creighton Jan Aubert – Fairleigh Dickinson Jack McVey – Fairleigh Dickinson Anthony Moore – Fairleigh Dickinson Andy Reimer – Georgetown Melvin Snoh – Georgetown Greg Cochrane – Louisville Marlon Hairston – Louisville Mikias Eticha – Maryland Christiano François – Maryland Dan Metzger – Maryland Jake Pace – Maryland Jereme Raley – Maryland London Woodberry – Maryland James Murphy – Michigan Adam Montague – Michigan State Nick Wilson – Michigan State Michael Calderón – New Mexico James Rogers – New Mexico Devon Sandoval – New Mexico Kyle Venter – New Mexico Bryan da Cruz – Niagara Cameron Brown – North Carolina Dante Marini – Northeastern Jarrett Baughman – Northwestern Joey Calistri – Northwestern Nick Gendron – Northwestern Ryan Finley – Notre Dame Max Lachowecki – Notre Dame Kyle Richard – Notre Dame Harry Shipp – Notre Dame James Cohn – San Diego Dan Delgado – San Diego Sergio Lopez – San Diego Conor McFadden – San Diego Julian Ringhof – San Diego Robbie Kristo – Saint Louis Eddie Puskarich – Southern Methodist Lars Müller – Syracuse Stefanos Stamoulacatos – Syracuse Jordan Vale – Syracuse Cristian Mata – Tulsa Omar Mata – Tulsa Mladen Lemez – UAB Diego Navarrete – UAB Ryan Hollingshead – UCLA Evan Raynr – UCLA Will Bates – Virginia Matt Brown – Virginia Dennis Castillo – VCU Juan Monge Solano – VCU Michael Gamble – Wake Forest Michael Harris – Washington James Moberg – Washington Dylan Tucker-Gangnes – Washington Achille Obougou – Winthrop Luke Spencer – Xavier Matt Walker – Xavier

Own goals Grant Wilson – Northwestern (playing against Louisville) San Diego (playing against Georgetown)

See also NCAA Men's Soccer Championship 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

Footnotes

References