2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Country	USA
Teams	48
Champions	Indiana
Runners-up	Georgetown
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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The 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship 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 remanining 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: Regions Park 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 References