2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

The 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament 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]

2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams48
Final positions
ChampionsVirginia
Runner-upUCLA
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
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 Virginia Cavaliers won their seventh NCAA Championship title, defeating UCLA and avenging their loss to the Bruins in the championship game of the 1997 College Cup.

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]
1Notre DameACC11–5–3At-large23
2UCLAPac-1210–4–4At-large61
3Michigan StateBig Ten11–4–5At-large125
4MarylandBig Ten13–5–3Automatic A1314
5IndianaBig Ten12–4–5At-large78
6StanfordPac-1212–2–3Automatic B32
7ClemsonACC12–6–2Automatic A1411
8GeorgetownBig East12–4–4At-large87
9SyracuseACC15–3–1At-large112
10CharlotteC-USA14–3–1At-large46
11ProvidenceBig East13–4–2Automatic A234
12CreightonBig East14–3–2At-large59
13LouisvilleACC10–7–3At-large1915
14WashingtonPac-1212–4–1At-large910
15CaliforniaPac-1210–5–1At-large1517
16VirginiaACC11–5–2At-large2013
  • Automatic A = Conference tournament winner.
  • Automatic B = Conference regular season champion, conference has no tournament.

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 State1(13)
Akron 2OT/PK1(12)
Ohio State1
1Notre Dame2
1Notre Dame0
16Virginia1
16Virginia3
UNC Wilmington1
UNC Wilmington2
Bucknell0
16Virginia 2OT/PK1(5)
8Georgetown1(4)
Penn State2
Hartwick1
Penn State1
9Syracuse2
9Syracuse1
8Georgetown OT2
8Georgetown 2OT2
Old Dominion1
Old Dominion3
St. Francis Brooklyn0

Regional 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
            
Xavier 2OT2
Monmouth1
Xavier2
5Indiana1
Xavier1
12Creighton2
12Creighton1
Oregon State0
Oregon State1
Denver0
12Creighton0(3)
UMBC 2OT/PK0(4)
Saint Louis2
Tulsa0
Saint Louis1
13Louisville2
13Louisville0
UMBC1
4Maryland0
UMBC1
Wake Forest0(2)
UMBC 2OT/PK0(3)

Regional 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
            
Kentucky0
Oakland2
Oakland0
3Michigan State1
3Michigan State 2OT/PK2(4)
14Washington2(3)
14Washington0(6)
Furman 2OT/PK0(5)
UAB 2OT/PK1(3)
Furman1(4)
3Michigan State2
11Providence3
Dartmouth2
Fordham1
Dartmouth0
11Providence3
11Providence1
UC Irvine0
6Stanford0
UC Irvine OT1
UC Irvine3
UNLV0

Regional 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
            
Coastal Carolina1
Florida Gulf Coast0
Coastal Carolina1
7Clemson2
7Clemson1
North Carolina2
10Charlotte1
North Carolina2
North Carolina6
James Madison0
North Carolina3(6)
2UCLA 2OT/PK3(7)
Northwestern0
SIU Edwardsville1
SIU Edwardsville0
15California1
15California2
2UCLA3
2UCLA OT2
San Diego1
San Diego 2OT2
Cal State Fullerton1
  • Coastal Carolina at Clemson was rescheduled for Monday the 24th due to inclement weather and unplayable field conditions,
National Semifinals
December 12
National Championship
December 14
      
16Virginia1
UMBC0
16Virginia 2OT/PK0(4)
2UCLA0(2)
11Providence2
2UCLA 2OT3

Results

First round

November 20, 2014 Ohio State 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(13–12 p)
Akron Columbus, Ohio
5:00 ESTCulbertson 67'ReportNajem 31'Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 590
Referee: Chris Penso
Penalties
Jensen
Doyle
Moller
Soldat
Culbertson
Sarris
Mason
Kucharski
McCrary
Robertson
Jensen
Doyle
Culbertson
Sarris
Mason
Najem
Sepe
Holthusen
Dakwar
Caso
Dambrot
Quirk
Dos Santos
Abdul-Salaam
Ruhaak
Najem
Sepe
Caso
Dakwar
Dambrot
November 20, 2014 Dartmouth 2–1 Fordham Hanover, New Hampshire
5:00 ESTAlnas 61'
Adelabu 86'
ReportBazzini 79'Stadium: Burnham Field
Attendance: 1,057
November 20, 2014 Northwestern 0–1 SIU Edwardsville Evanston, Illinois
5:30 ESTReportScheipeter 81'Stadium: Lakeside Field
Attendance: 255
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
November 20, 2014 Coastal Carolina 1–0 Florida Gulf Coast Conway, South Carolina
6:00 ESTMelchor 86'ReportStadium: CCU Soccer Field
Attendance: 238
Referee: Bill Dittmar
November 20, 2014 UAB 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Furman Birmingham, Alabama
6:30 ESTSvantesson 14'ReportHawke 38'Stadium: West Campus Field
Attendance: 1,173
Referee: Shane Butler
Penalties
Ruiz
Navarrete
Clay
Svantesson
Dajani
Ritter
Hawke
Santibanez
Pahl
November 20, 2014 UNC Wilmington 2–0 Bucknell Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00 ESTKromer 67'
Escobar 68'
ReportStadium: UNCW Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,020
Referee: Dustin Thorne
November 20, 2014 Penn State 2–1 Hartwick State College, Pennsylvania
7:00 ESTMinutillo 60'
Gravatt 74'
ReportBeckford 46'Stadium: Jeffrey Field
Attendance: 377
Referee: John Brady
November 20, 2014 Old Dominion 3–0 St. Francis (Brooklyn) Norfolk, Virginia
7:00 ESTRivera 29' (pen.), 67'
Condotta 48'
ReportStadium: ODU Soccer Complex
Referee: Mark Gorak
November 20, 2014 Xavier 2–1 (a.e.t.) Monmouth Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00 ESTWalker 15'
Ridsdale  103'
ReportAgyemang 39'Stadium: XU Soccer Complex
Attendance: 573
Referee: Ben Trevino
November 20, 2014 Wake Forest 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
UMBC Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 ESTReportStadium: Spry Stadium
Attendance: 909
Referee: Carmen Serbio
Penalties
Harkes
Rhode
Bakero
Hayes
Odenbeck
Kansaye
Caltabiano
Becker
Scott
Banjo
November 20, 2014 Kentucky 0–2 Oakland Lexington, Kentucky
7:00 ESTReportArchibald 55'
Hoy 61'
Stadium: Bell Soccer Complex
Attendance: 502
Referee: Brandon Artis
November 20, 2014 North Carolina 6–0 James Madison Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00 ESTCraven 42', 50', 74'
Lovejoy 47'
Winn 79'
Long 86'
ReportStadium: Fetzer Field
Attendance: 511
Referee: Mohammad Samadpour
November 20, 2014 Oregon State 1–0 Denver Corvallis, Oregon
8:00 ESTJones 17'ReportStadium: Lorenz Field
Attendance: 953
Referee: Chipalo Street
November 20, 2014 Saint Louis 2–0 Tulsa St. Louis, Missouri
8:00 ESTBryce 63'
Kristo 88'
ReportStadium: Hermann Stadium
Attendance: 1,057
Referee: Keith Angel
November 20, 2014 UC Irvine 3–0 UNLV Irvine, California
10:00 ESTIwasa 7', 36'
Martinez 76'
ReportStadium: Anteater Stadium
Attendance: 757
Referee: Alex Gorin
November 20, 2014 San Diego 2–1 (a.e.t.) Cal State Fullerton San Diego, California
10:00 ESTSmith 89' (pen.)
Musambi  103'  (pen.)
ReportI. Ramos 13'Stadium: Torero Stadium
Attendance: 952
Referee: Frank Anderson

Second round

November 23, 2014 #16 Virginia 3–1 UNC Wilmington Charlottesville, Virginia
1:00 ESTHayward 44'
Rozhansky 62'
McCord 74'
ReportSizemore 20'Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 677
Referee: John McCloskey
November 23, 2014 #8 Georgetown 2–1 (a.e.t.) Old Dominion Washington, D.C.
1:00 ESTAllen 74'
Basuljevic  110'
ReportOG 26'Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 920
Referee: Andrew Chapin
November 23, 2014 #5 Indiana 1–2 Xavier Bloomington, Indiana
1:00 ESTLillard 34'ReportVasquenza 29'
Walker 74' (pen.)
Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium
Attendance: 719
Referee: Cesar Ibarra
November 23, 2014 #3 Michigan State 1–0 Oakland East Lansing, Michigan
1:00 ESTCarroll 67'ReportStadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex
Attendance: 801
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
November 23, 2014 #12 Creighton 1–0 Oregon State Omaha, Nebraska
1:30 ESTStauffer 50'ReportStadium: Morrison Stadium
Attendance: 1,275
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
November 23, 2014 #9 Syracuse 2–1 Penn State Syracuse, New York
2:00 ESTEkblom 74'
Alseth 84'
ReportMaloney 60' (pen.)Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,213
Referee: Mark Allatin
November 23, 2014 #10 Charlotte 1–2 North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina
2:00 ESTGeorge 53' (o.g.)ReportEngel 27', 89'Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ted Unkel
November 23, 2014 #15 California 1–0 SIU Edwardsville Berkeley, California
4:00 ESTSekine 71'ReportStadium: Edwards Stadium
Attendance: 831
Referee: Daniel Radford
November 23, 2014 #4 Maryland 0–1 UMBC College Park, Maryland
5:00 ESTReportHarris 70'Stadium: Ludwig Field
Attendance: 3,776
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
November 23, 2014 #13 Louisville 2–1 Saint Louis Louisville, Kentucky
6:00 ESTBrody 71'
Kubel 87'
ReportVizcaino 68'Stadium: Lynn Stadium
Attendance: 1,714
Referee: Jorge Cuate
November 23, 2014 #1 Notre Dame 2–1 Ohio State Notre Dame, Indiana
7:00 ESTAubrey 30' (pen.)
Gallagher 69'
ReportJensen 34'Stadium: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 404
Referee: Sorin Stoica
November 23, 2014 #11 Providence 3–0 Dartmouth Providence, Rhode Island
7:00 ESTSteeves 48'
D. Machado 56', 79'
ReportStadium: Hendricken Field
Attendance: 762
Referee: Brian Dunn
November 23, 2014 #14 Washington 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
Furman Seattle, Washington
8:00 ESTReportStadium: Husky Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,444
Referee: Josh Wilkens
Penalties
Schmidt
Roldan
Robertson
Lange
Moberg
Wright
Richey
Wingo
Blanchard
Ritter
Hawke
Santibanez
Pahl
Ortiz
Pinner
McInnis
Lissek
Richardson
November 23, 2014 #6 Stanford 0–1 (a.e.t.) UC Irvine Stanford, California
8:00 ESTReportSperber  97' Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Attendance: 1,053
Referee: Frank Anderson
November 23, 2014 #2 UCLA 2–1 (a.e.t.) San Diego Los Angeles, California
10:00 ESTStolz 55',  97' ReportPrice 20'Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 1,116
Referee: Ian Anderson
November 24, 2014 #7 Clemson 2–1 Coastal Carolina Clemson, South Carolina
6:00 ESTClowes 45'
Campos 57'
ReportGudmundsson 62'Stadium: Riggs Field
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: Carmen Serbio

Third round

November 30, 2014 #8 Georgetown 2–1 (a.e.t.) #9 Syracuse Washington, D.C.
1:00 ESTRosenberry 80'
Rist  94'
ReportHalis 55'Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 1,505
Referee: Mark Gorak
November 30, 2014 #3 Michigan State 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
#14 Washington East Lansing, Michigan
1:00 ESTJackson 76' (o.g.)
Kreutz 88'
ReportMoberg 66'
Wright 73'
Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex
Attendance: 725
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Penalties
Carroll
Stacy
Montague
Myers
Alashe
Roldan
Schmidt
Moberg
Lange
Jones
November 30, 2014 #12 Creighton 2–1 Xavier Omaha, Nebraska
2:00 ESTHerbers 43'
Castellanos 62'
ReportC. Brown 70'Stadium: Morrison Stadium
Attendance: 1,044
Referee: Alex Gorin
November 30, 2014 #13 Louisville 0–1 UMBC Louisville, Kentucky
6:00 ESTReportKansaye 24' (pen.)Stadium: Lynn Stadium
Attendance: 2,723
Referee: Shane Butler
November 30, 2014 #7 Clemson 1–2 North Carolina Clemson, South Carolina
6:00 ESTFisher 24' (pen.)ReportLovejoy 13', 71'Stadium: Riggs Field
Attendance: 4,241
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
November 30, 2014 #1 Notre Dame 0–1 #16 Virginia Notre Dame, Indiana
7:00 ESTReportCorriveau 82'Stadium: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 412
Referee: Brent Sorg
November 30, 2014 #11 Providence 1–0 UC Irvine Providence, Rhode Island
7:00 ESTNaglestad 77'ReportStadium: Hendricken Field
Attendance: 696
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
November 30, 2014 #2 UCLA 3–2 #15 California Los Angeles, California
10:00 ESTGaspar 30'
Iloski 35'
Vale 55'
ReportHallisey 49'
Bonomo 73'
Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 765
Referee: Hector Perez

Quarterfinals

December 5, 2014 #12 Creighton 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
UMBC Omaha, Nebraska
8:00 ESTReportStadium: Morrison Stadium
Attendance: 2,407
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
Penalties
Herbers
DeJulio
Stauffer
Abidor
Ribas
Kansaye
Caltabiano
Becker
Scott
Banjo
December 6, 2014 #3 Michigan State 2–3 #11 Providence East Lansing, Michigan
12:00 ESTMontague 8'
Chapman 71'
ReportNeustädter 37'
D. Machado 42'
F. Machado 62'
Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,534
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
December 6, 2014 #8 Georgetown 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
#16 Virginia Washington, D.C.
1:00 ESTMartz 59'ReportWharton 90'Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 2,232
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Penalties
Allen
Rosenberry
Rudy
Yaro
Basuljevic
Wharton
Foss
Thomsen
Heyward
Lennon
December 6, 2014 #2 UCLA 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)
North Carolina Los Angeles, California
8:00 ESTIloski 69'
Chavez 70'
Danladi 75'
ReportHolness 40'
Engel 78'
Craven 79'
Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 1,580
Referee: Alex Gorin
Penalties
Iloski
Raygoza
Zerboni
Ndjock
Stolz
Vale
Amick
Gaspar
George
Lovejoy
Välimaa
October
Long
Craven
Walden
Marshall

College Cup

Semifinals

December 12, 2014 #16 Virginia 1–0 UMBC Cary, North Carolina
5:00 ESTMadison 5'ReportStadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 9,502
Referee: Chris Penso
December 12, 2014 #2 UCLA 3–2 (a.e.t.) #11 Providence Cary, North Carolina
7:30 ESTNdjock 43', 81'
Gaspar  105'
ReportSteeves 65', 74'Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 9,502
Referee: Ted Unkel

Championship

December 14, 2014 #2 UCLA 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
#16 Virginia Cary, North Carolina
12:00 ESTReportStadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 8,015
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
Penalties
Iloski
Zerboni
Reygoza
Ndjock
Wharton
Thomsen
Hayward
Foss
Lennon

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
  • Raby George — North Carolina (playing against Charlotte)
  • Garrett Jackson — Washington (playing against Michigan State)
  • Georgetown (playing against Old Dominion)

References