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.

2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country	USA
Teams	48
Champions	Indiana
Runners-up	Georgetown
Semi-finalists	Creighton Maryland
Matches played	47
Goals scored	123 (2.62 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Nikita Kotlov (5)
Best player	Steve Neumann, Georgetown (Offensive) Luis Soffner, Indiana (Defensive)
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Qualified Teams

Main article: 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

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 type
1	Notre Dame	Big East	16–3–1	Automatic ^A
2	Maryland	ACC	17–1–2	Automatic ^A
3	Georgetown	Big East	17–3–1	At-large
4	Connecticut	Big East	15–3–1	At-large
5	Akron	MAC	17–1–2	Automatic ^A
6	UCLA	Pac-12	13–2–3	Automatic ^B
7	Marquette	Big East	16–3–1	At-large
8	Saint Louis	A-10	16–4–0	Automatic ^A
9	North Carolina	ACC	15–3–2	At-large
10	Louisville	Big East	12–5–1	At-large
11	Tulsa	C-USA	13–5–1	At-large
12	Creighton	MVC	15–3–2	Automatic ^A
13	New Mexico	MPSF	16–3–1	At-large
14	VCU	A-10	12–3–5	At-large
15	Wake Forest	ACC	11–3–5	At-large
16	Indiana	Big Ten	11–5–3	At-large

• Automatic ^A = Conference tournament winner.
• Automatic ^B = Conference regular season champion, conference has no tournament.

Schedule

Round	Date
First round	November 15, 2012
Second round	November 18, 2012
Third round	November 25, 2012
Quarterfinals	November 30-December 2, 2012
College Cup: Semifinals	December 7, 2012
College Cup Final	December 9, 2012

Bracket

Regional 1

	First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals
		Cleveland State	1
		Michigan State	2
							Michigan State	0
						1	Notre Dame	3
											1	Notre Dame	1
											16	Indiana	2/2OT
						16	Indiana	4
							Xavier	1
		Xavier	1
		Kentucky	0
																16	Indiana	1
																9	North Carolina	0
		Md.-Baltimore Co.	0(4)
		Old Dominion	0(2)
							Md.-Baltimore Co.	0(2)
						9	North Carolina	0(4)
											9	North Carolina	1
												Fairleigh Dickinson	0/OT
						8	Saint Louis	1
							Fairleigh Dickinson	2/2OT
		Fairleigh Dickinson	1
		St. John's	0

Regional 2

	First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals
		Niagara	1
		Michigan	3
							Michigan	1
						5	Akron	2
											5	Akron	1(4)
											12	Creighton	1(5)
						12	Creighton	4
							Washington	2
		Air Force	0
		Washington	1
																12	Creighton	1
																4	Connecticut	0
		Lafayette	0
		Virginia	1
							Virginia	1
						13	New Mexico	3
											13	New Mexico	1
											4	Connecticut	2/2OT
						4	Connecticut	1
							Northeastern	0
		Boston College	0
		Northeastern	1

Regional 3

	First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals
		UAB	2
		Charlotte	3
							Charlotte	0
						3	Georgetown	1
											3	Georgetown	1(4)
												Syracuse	1(2)
						14	VCU	2
							Syracuse	3/2OT
		Syracuse	1
		Cornell	0
																3	Georgetown	3
																	San Diego	1
		Florida Gulf Coast	0(3)
		South Florida	0(5)
							South Florida	0
						11	Tulsa	1/OT
											11	Tulsa	1
												San Diego	2
						6	UCLA	2
							San Diego	5
		San Diego	2/2OT
		Cal State Northridge	1

Regional 4

	First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals
		Western Illinois	0
		Northwestern	1
							Northwestern	1
						7	Marquette	0
												Northwestern	1
											10	Louisville	2
						10	Louisville	5
							Winthrop	0
		Winthrop	1(3)
		Southern Methodist	1(1)
																10	Louisville	1
																2	Maryland	3
		Elon	0
		Coastal Carolina	3
							Coastal Carolina	2/OT
						15	Wake Forest	1
												Coastal Carolina	1
											2	Maryland	5
						2	Maryland	2
							Brown	1
		Brown	2
		Drexel	0

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)

Results

First round

Cleveland State v Michigan State

November 15, 2012	Cleveland State	1–2	Michigan State	East Lansing, MI
1:00 PM EST	Arboleda   87'	Report	Montague   13' Wilson   20'	Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex Attendance: 957 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Lafayette v Virginia

November 15, 2012	Lafayette	0–1	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA
1:30 PM EST		Report	Bates   88'	Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 356 Referee: Mohammad Samadpour

Brown v Drexel

November 15, 2012	Brown	2–0	Drexel	Philadelphia, PA
4:00 PM EST	McNamara   17' Taylor   42'	Report		Stadium: Vidas Athletic Complex Attendance: 1,047

Boston College v Northeastern

November 15, 2012	Boston College	0–1	Northeastern	Brookline, MA
6:00 PM EST		Report	Marini   14'	Stadium: Parsons Field Attendance: 1,173 Referee: Lou Labbadia

Xavier v Kentucky

November 15, 2012	Xavier	1–0	Kentucky	Lexington, KY
7:00 PM EST	Spencer   86'	Report		Stadium: UK Soccer Complex Attendance: 980 Referee: Douglas Wolff

UMBC v Old Dominion

November 15, 2012	UMBC	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Old Dominion	Norfolk, VA
7:00 PM EST		Report		Stadium: ODU Soccer Complex Attendance: 558 Referee: Brandon Marion
	Penalties
	Kapor   Kansaye   Paddock   Dacres   Vaeth		Francoz   Harmon   LeBlanc   Militar

Fairleigh Dickinson v St. John's

November 15, 2012	Fairleigh Dickinson	1–0	St. John's	Jamaica, NY
7:00 PM EST	Moore   36'	Report		Stadium: Belson Stadium Attendance: 703 Referee: Noel Cotterell

Niagara v Michigan

November 15, 2012	Niagara	1–3	Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI
7:00 PM EST	da Cruz   59'	Report	Pereira   66', 68', 73'	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 516 Referee: Shane Butler

UAB v Charlotte

November 15, 2012	UAB	2–3	Charlotte	Charlotte, NC
7:00 PM EST	Lemez   50' Navarrete   85'	Report	Rex   7', 29' Gentile   52'	Stadium: Transamerica Field Attendance: 1,062 Referee: Jeffery Muschik

Syracuse v Cornell

November 15, 2012	Syracuse	1–0	Cornell	Ithaca, NY
7:00 PM EST	Müller   10'	Report		Stadium: Berman Field Attendance: 1,504 Referee: Shane Magaris

Florida Gulf Coast v South Florida

November 15, 2012	Florida Gulf Coast	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	South Florida	Tampa, FL
7:00 PM EST		Report		Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,379 Referee: Jonathan Weiner
	Penalties
	Navas   Guillen   Silva   Crespo		Olali   Baldin   Hernandez   Fairclough   Paul

Elon v Coastal Carolina

November 15, 2012	Elon	0–3	Coastal Carolina	Conway, SC
7:00 PM EST		Report	Ribeiro   42', 59' Risher   70'	Stadium: CCU Soccer Field Attendance: 334 Referee: Bill Dittmar

Western Illinois v Northwestern

November 15, 2012	Western Illinois	0–1	Northwestern	Evanston, IL
8:00 PM EST		Report	Gendron   63'	Stadium: Lakeside Field Attendance: 502 Referee: Jorge Cuate

Winthrop v SMU

November 15, 2012	Winthrop	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	SMU	University Park, TX
8:00 PM EST	Obougou   88'	Report	Puskarich   48'	Stadium: Westcott Field Attendance: 456 Referee: Jorge Luna Hernandez
	Penalties
	Isern   Obougou   Lluch   Mort		Lujano   Puskarich   Morales   King

Air Force v Washington

November 15, 2012	Air Force	0–1	Washington	Seattle, WA
10:00 PM EST		Report	Harris   15'	Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium Attendance: 792 Referee: Ali Hancock

San Diego v Cal State Northridge

November 15, 2012	San Diego	2–1	Cal State Northridge	Northridge, CA
10:00 PM EST	Delgado   89' Brandt   104'	Report	Lev-Ari   73'	Stadium: Matador Soccer Field Attendance: 635 Referee: Chris Penso

Second round

Xavier v #16 Indiana

November 18, 2012	Xavier	1–4	#16 Indiana	Bloomington, IN
1:00 PM EST	M. Walker   33'	Report	Kotlov   18', 68', 83' Hollinger-Janzen   80'	Stadium: Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,161 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Northeastern v #4 Connecticut

November 18, 2012	Northeastern	0–1	#4 Connecticut	Storrs, CT
1:00 PM EST		Report	Diouf   24'	Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 4,675 Referee: John McCloskey

Charlotte v #3 Georgetown

November 18, 2012	Charlotte	0–1	#3 Georgetown	Washington, DC
1:00 PM EST		Report	Allen   43'	Stadium: North Kehoe Field Attendance: 859 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Michigan State v #1 Notre Dame

November 18, 2012	Michigan State	0–3	#1 Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN
2:00 PM EST		Report	H. Shipp   33' Finley   44' Lachowecki   80'	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 1,410 Referee: Landis Wiley

Fairleigh Dickinson v #8 Saint Louis

November 18, 2012	Fairleigh Dickinson	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#8 Saint Louis	St. Louis, MO
3:00 PM EST	Aubert   56' McVey   103'	Report	Kristo   73'	Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 2,042 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

Michigan v #5 Akron

November 18, 2012	Michigan	1–2	#5 Akron	Akron, OH
4:30 PM EST	Murphy   62'	Report	Stevenson   43' Schmitt   59'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 3,264 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Coastal Carolina v #15 Wake Forest

November 18, 2012	Coastal Carolina	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#15 Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, NC
5:00 PM EST	Portillo   65' Štourač   99'	Report	Gamble   4'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 746 Referee: Mark Gorak

UMBC v #9 North Carolina

November 18, 2012	UMBC	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	#9 North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC
5:00 PM EST		Report		Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 707 Referee: Andrew Chapin
	Penalties
	Kapor   Kansaye   Paddock   Dacres   Vaeth		Brown   Murphy   Walters   Walden

Brown v #2 Maryland

November 18, 2012	Brown	1–2	#2 Maryland	College Park, MD
5:00 PM EST	Belair   16'	Report	Mullins   44' Metzger   90'	Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 1,663 Referee: Dan Fitzgerald

Northwestern v #7 Marquette

November 18, 2012	Northwestern	1–0	#7 Marquette	Milwaukee, WI
5:00 PM EST	Calistri   31'	Report		Stadium: Valley Fields Attendance: 1,186 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Washington v #12 Creighton

November 18, 2012	Washington	2–4	#12 Creighton	Omaha, NE
6:00 PM EST	Moberg   48' Tucker-Gangnes   89'	Report	Kallman   6' Pitter   55' Ribeiro   66' Blandon   86'	Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 1,681 Referee: Terry Vaughn

#11 Tulsa v South Florida

November 18, 2012	#11 Tulsa	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Florida	Tampa, FL
6:00 PM EST	O. Mata   99'	Report		Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,663 Referee: Lance VanHaitsma

Syracuse v #14 VCU

November 18, 2012	Syracuse	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#14 VCU	Richmond, VA
7:00 PM EST	Clark   21'   108' Stamoulacatos   30'	Report	Solano   9' Castillo   14' (pen.)	Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium Attendance: 899 Referee: Peter Dhima

Winthrop v #10 Louisville

November 18, 2012	Winthrop	0–5	#10 Louisville	Louisville, KY
7:00 PM EST		Report	Cochrane   1' Mares   34', 49', 64' Foxhoven   81'	Stadium: Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 1,456 Referee: Kevin Terry

San Diego v #6 UCLA

November 18, 2012	San Diego	5–2	#6 UCLA	Los Angeles, CA
8:00 PM EST	Brandt   31' Lopez   52' Wallen   66', 67' Cohn   78'	Report	Hollingshead   10' Raynr   54'	Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 682 Referee: Juan Guzman

Virginia v #13 New Mexico

November 18, 2012	Virginia	1–3	#13 New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM
9:00 PM EST	Brown   48'	Report	Venter   6' Rogers   58' Calderón   90'	Stadium: UNM Soccer Complex Attendance: 3,121 Referee: Alex Gorrin

Third round

#13 New Mexico v #4 Connecticut

November 25, 2012	#13 New Mexico	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#4 Connecticut	Storrs, CT
1:00 PM EST	Sandoval   32'	Report	Diouf   76' Zuniga   105'	Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Syracuse v #3 Georgetown

November 25, 2012	Syracuse	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	#3 Georgetown	Washington, DC
1:00 PM EST	Vale   29'	Report	Allen   85'	Stadium: North Kehoe Field Attendance: 970 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
	Penalties
	Pasanen   Perea   Brode   Murrell		Neumann   Christianson   Riemer   Nealis

#16 Indiana v #1 Notre Dame

November 25, 2012	#16 Indiana	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#1 Notre Dame	Notre Dame, IN
3:00 PM EST	Kotlov   55' Zavaleta   102'	Report	Richard   54'	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 1,242 Referee: Brent Sorg

#12 Creighton v #5 Akron

November 25, 2012	#12 Creighton	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	#5 Akron	Akron, OH
4:30 PM EST	Pitter   83'	Report	Brenes   12'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 2,778 Referee: Chris Penso
	Penalties
	Castro   Ribeiro   Makh   Barnes   Pitter		Caldwell   Brenes   Stevenson   Trapp   Quinn

Coastal Carolina v #2 Maryland

November 25, 2012	Coastal Carolina	1–5	#2 Maryland	College Park, MD
5:00 PM EST	Bennett   21'	Report	Eticha   13' Mullins   22' Jane   60', 64' Raley   86'	Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 1,847

Fairleigh Dickinson v #9 North Carolina

November 25, 2012	Fairleigh Dickinson	0–1 (a.e.t.)	#9 North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC
5:00 PM EST		Report	Brown   92'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 750 Referee: Peter Dhima

San Diego v #11 Tulsa

November 25, 2012	San Diego	2–1	#11 Tulsa	Tulsa, OK
6:00 PM EST	McFadden   63' Brandt   68'	Report	C. Mata   13'	Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Misail Tsapos

Northwestern v #10 Louisville

November 25, 2012	Northwestern	1–2	#10 Louisville	Louisville, KY
7:00 PM EST	Baughman   5'	Report	Hairston   3' Wilson   87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 1,739 Referee: Douglas Wolff

Quarterfinals

#16 Indiana v #9 North Carolina

November 30, 2012	#16 Indiana	1–0	#9 North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC
6:00 EST	Zavaleta   60'	Report		Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 4,352 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

San Diego v #3 Georgetown

December 1, 2012	San Diego	1–3	#3 Georgetown	Washington, DC
1:00 EST	Ringhof   50'	Report	OG   51' Snoh   73' Riemer   88'	Stadium: North Kehoe Field Attendance: 1,927 Referee: John McCloskey

#10 Louisville v #2 Maryland

December 1, 2012	#10 Louisville	1–3	#2 Maryland	College Park, MD
5:00 EST	Foxhoven   40'	Report	Woodberry   34' Pace   45' Mullins   68'	Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 3,556 Referee: Lou Labbadia

#12 Creighton v #4 Connecticut

December 2, 2012	#12 Creighton	1–0	#4 Connecticut	Storrs, CT
1:00 EST	Blandon   89'	Report		Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Fotis Bazokis

College Cup

Semifinals

#3 Georgetown v #2 Maryland

December 7, 2012	#3 Georgetown	4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#2 Maryland	Hoover, AL
5:00 PM EST	Neumann   33', 34', 61' Allen   48'	Report	Tshuma   22', 59' Mullins   74' François   76'	Stadium: Regions Park Attendance: 11,074 Referee: Chris Penso
	Penalties
	Neumann   Muller   Christianson   Riemer   Nealis		Stertzer   Woodberry   Mullins   Kemp   Leikvang

#16 Indiana v #12 Creighton

December 7, 2012	#16 Indiana	1–0	#12 Creighton	Hoover, AL
7:30 PM EST	Hollinger-Janzen   27'	Report		Stadium: Regions Park Attendance: 11,074 Referee: Edvin Juresvic

Championship

#16 Indiana v #3 Georgetown

December 9, 2012	#16 Indiana	1–0	#3 Georgetown	Hoover, AL
2:00 PM EST	Kotlov   64'	Report		Stadium: Regions Park Attendance: 9,242 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

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