The 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship will be the 53rd edition of the tournament under its present format. The tournament will be held at Regions Park in Hoover, Alabama

Hoover, Alabama

Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in north central Alabama, in the United States. The largest suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 62,742 as of the 2000 census and 81,619 in the 2010 census. Hoover is part of the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA and is also included in the...

. The tournament began on November 17 and 20 with the first and second rounds of the tournament, respectively, and it will conclude with the national championship on December 11.

The defending champions are the Akron Zips

Akron Zips men's soccer

The Akron Zips men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of Akron. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Akron is regularly ranked in the Top 10 NSCAA Collegiate men's soccer poll, and have achieved...

, who defeated the Louisville Cardinals 1–0 in the 2010 final.

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.

Automatic Bids

Team	Conference	Last Appearance	Appearances
Stony Brook	America East Conference 2011 America East Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 America East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the 2011 edition of the tournament, which determines the men's college soccer champion of the America East Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship...	2009	3
UNC	Atlantic Coast Conference 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament is the 2011 edition of the tournament, which determines the men's college soccer champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 7,...	2010	19
Florida Gulf Coast Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Gulf Coast University, also known as FGCU, is a coeducational public university located just south of the Southwest Florida International Airport in the South Fort Myers region of unincorporated Lee County, Florida, United States. The university belongs to the 11-campus State University...	Atlantic Sun Conference 2011 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the 2011 edition of the tournament, which determines the men's college soccer champion of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship...	N/A	1
Xavier	Atlantic 10 Conference	2010	2
St. John's	Big East Conference 2011 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the 2011 edition of the tournament, which determines the men's college soccer champion of the Big East Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will begin...	2009	10
Liberty	Big South Conference 2011 Big South Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 Big South Men's Soccer Tournament is the 2011 edition of the tournament, which determines the men's college soccer champion of the Big South Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship...	2007	2
Northwestern Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....	Big Ten Conference 2011 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 Big Ten Conference Tournament will be the postseason tournament of the Big Ten Conference to determine the Big Ten Conference’s champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.- See also :* Big Ten Conference...	2009
UC Irvine University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...	Big West Conference 2011 Big West Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 Big West Conference Tournament will be the postseason tournament of the Big West Conference to determine the Big West Conference’s champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.- See also :* Big West Conference...	2009
Delaware Delaware Fighting Blue Hens men's soccer The Delaware Fighting Blue Hens men's soccer team represents the University of Delaware in all men's college soccer competitions. The Blue Hens, have generally finished towards the middle and the bottom of their respective conference standings...	Colonial Athletic Association 2011 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, known as the 2011 Virginia 529 CAA Men's Soccer Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th edition of the CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, which determines the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship...	1970	3
SMU SMU Mustangs men's soccer The SMU Mustangs men's soccer team represents Southern Methodist University in men's college soccer. The team used to be coached by present FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman...	Conference USA Conference USA Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...	2010	23
Loyola Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St...	Horizon League Horizon League The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States....	2008	3
Dartmouth	Ivy League Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...	2010	26
Fairfield Fairfield Stags men's soccer The Fairfield Stags men's soccer team represents Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut and competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference of NCAA Division I. The Stags play their home games at Lessing Field on the campus of Fairfield University...	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 2011 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 MAAC Tournament will be the postseason tournament of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference to determine the MAAC’s champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.- See also :* Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference...	2008	4
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...	Mid-American Conference 2011 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament will be a college soccer postseason tournament for the Mid-American Conference to determine the MAC’s champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will be held in Akron, Ohio at the University of Akron's...	2006	4
Creighton	Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...	2010	19
New Mexico New Mexico Lobos men's soccer The New Mexico Lobos men's soccer team represent the University of New Mexico in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The team is a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.- 2011–12 squad :- All-Time Record :...	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level.-History:...	2010
Monmouth Monmouth University Monmouth University is a private university located in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States.Founded in 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, it became Monmouth College in 1956, and later Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving its charter....	Northeast Conference Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...	2010	9
UCLA	Pacific-12 Conference	2010	31
Colgate Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York, USA. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary and later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university's endowment in the 19th century.Colgate has 52...	Patriot League Patriot League The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...	2008
Elon Elon Phoenix men's soccer The Elon University Phoenix Men’s Soccer team, much like its mascot, is a program on the rise. Founded in 1972 as a member of the NAIA,the team moved to NCAA Division II in 1989 and finally to NCAA Division I in 1999. The program is currently under the direction of head coach Darren Powell, who has...	Southern Conference Southern Conference The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...	N/A	1
Western Illinois Western Illinois University Western Illinois University is a public university founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. Like many similar institutions of the time, Western Illinois State Normal School focused on teacher training for its relatively small body of students. As the normal school grew, it became...	The Summit League	2009
Saint Mary's Saint Mary's College of California Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and 20 miles east of San Francisco. It has a 420-acre campus in the Moraga hills. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church...	West Coast Conference West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference is an NCAA collegiate athletics conference consisting of nine member schools across the states of California, Oregon, Utah and Washington....	2009

At-Large Bids

Conference	Team	Last Appearance	Appearances
ACC 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament is the 2011 edition of the tournament, which determines the men's college soccer champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 7,...	Duke Duke Blue Devils Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry...	2010
ACC	Virginia Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer The Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represent the University of Virginia in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference....	2010	25
ACC	Boston College Boston College Eagles men's soccer The Boston College Eagles men's soccer team represents Boston College in men's soccer. The team is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, having previously competed in the Big East Conference...	2010
ACC	Maryland Maryland Terrapins men's soccer The Maryland Terrapins men's soccer team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association college soccer competition. Maryland competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The team most recently won the 2008 College Cup.- History :Maryland fielded its...	2010	14
ACC	Wake Forest Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer The Wake Forest University Demon Deacons men's soccer team is an amateur, NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of students attending the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They achieved their greatest result in 2007, winning the 2007 Division I Men's College Cup. ...	2009	15
A10	Charlotte Charlotte 49ers The Charlotte 49ers represent the NCAA Division I sports teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Charlotte joined the Atlantic 10 in 2005. The 49ers field 16 teams, 8 men and 8 women....	2009
Big East	Rutgers Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer The Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Rutgers University. The team is a member of the Big East Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association....	2006
Big East	Louisville	2010
Big East	South Florida South Florida Bulls The South Florida Bulls are the athletic teams for the University of South Florida. The university competes in NCAA Division I, USF is a member of the Big East Conference, and has been since 2005...	2010
Big East	Connecticut Connecticut Huskies men's soccer The Connecticut Huskies men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of Connecticut. The team is a member of the Big East Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.-History:...	2010	32
Big East	Providence Providence Friars The Providence Friars is the name of the athletic teams of Providence College. They compete in the Big East Conference for every sport except for ice hockey, where they compete in Hockey East and in women's volleyball, where they compete in the America East Conference...	2010
Big East	West Virginia West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer The West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of West Virginia University. The team is a member of the Big East Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.- External Links :* page...	2010	13
Big South	Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina Chanticleers The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are the athletic teams that represent Coastal Carolina University. They participate in Division I of the NCAA and are a charter member of the Big South Conference. Coastal fields varsity teams in 16 sports, 8 each for both men and women. The football team competes...	2010
Big 10	Indiana Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer The Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team represents Indiana University Bloomington. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association....	2010	36
Big West	UC Santa Barbara	2010	10
CAA	James Madison James Madison Dukes men's soccer The James Madison Dukes men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of James Madison University. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. They began play in 1968...	2005	13
CAA	Georgia State
CAA	Old Dominion Old Dominion Monarchs soccer The Old Dominion Monarchs men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Old Dominion University. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.- External Links :* page...	2010	13
Conference USA	South Carolina South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer The South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in Conference USA. The team has been coached by Mark Berson since its inception in 1978 and has participated in 20 NCAA Tournaments, reaching the Quarterfinals on four occasions...	2005	19
Conference USA	UAB
Conference USA	Central Florida UCF Knights men's soccer The University of Central Florida Knights men's soccer program, commonly referred to as the UCF Knights, represents the University of Central Florida in National Collegiate Athletics Association Division I. The Knights compete in Conference USA and play their home games on UCF's main campus in...	2010
Ivy League	Brown	2010
Mid-American	Akron Akron Zips men's soccer The Akron Zips men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of Akron. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Akron is regularly ranked in the Top 10 NSCAA Collegiate men's soccer poll, and have achieved...	2010	13
Missouri Valley	Bradley Bradley University Bradley University, founded in 1897, is a private, co-educational university located in Peoria, Illinois. It is a small institution with an enrollment of approximately 6,100 undergraduate and postgraduate students and a full-time faculty of approximately 350....	2010
Mtn Pac Sports Fed	CSU Bakersfield
Southern	Furman Furman University Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...

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College Cup – Regions Park, Hoover, Alabama

Hoover, Alabama

Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in north central Alabama, in the United States. The largest suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 62,742 as of the 2000 census and 81,619 in the 2010 census. Hoover is part of the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA and is also included in the...

 

Schedule

Host team, or higher seeed, is listed on the right. Away team or lower seed is listed on the left.

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College Cup: Semifinals

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College Cup: Final

Top goalscorers

4 goals

Casey Townsend - Maryland
3 goals

Darren Mattocks - Akron
Mamadou Diouf - Connecticut
Chandler Hoffman - UCLA

2 goals

Dylan Remick - Brown Sean Rosa - Brown T.J. Beaulieu - Charlotte Giuseppe Gentile - Charlotte Jennings Rex - Charlotte
Ashton Bennett - Coastal Carolina Teejay East - Coastal Carolina Ethan Finlay - Creighton Chris Thomas - Elon Nikita Kotlov - Indiana
Nick DeLeon - Louisville Colin Rolfe - Louisville Tom Mohoric - Saint Mary's Trevor Newquist - Saint Mary's

1 goal

Scott Caldwell - Akron Luke Holmes - Akron Aodhan Quinn - Akron Patrick Chin - Boston College Keegan Balle - Bradley Scott Davis - Bradley Bryan Gaul - Bradley Jochen Graf - Bradley Aidan Leonard - Brown T.J. Popolizio - Brown Evan James - Charlotte Ricky Garbanzo - Coastal Carolina Cyprian Hedrick - Coastal Carolina Steven Miller - Colgate Matt Schuber - Colgate Carlos Alvarez - Connecticut Tony Cascio - Connecticut Bruno Castro - Creighton Jose Gomez - Creighton Andrew Ribeiro - Creighton John Dineen - Delaware Nick Palodichuk - Duke Chris Tweed-Kent - Duke James Carroll - Elon Daniel Shaw - Fairfield
Jake Zuniga - Fairfield Martin Ontiveros - Furman Tim Wylie - Indiana Christian McLaughlin - James Madison Jimmy Simpson - James Madison Daniel Keller - Louisville Michael Roman - Louisville Kenney Walker - Louisville Andrew Raymonds - Loyola-Chicago Jordan Cyrus - Maryland Matt Oduaran - Maryland Matt Jeffery - Monmouth Carson Baldinger - New Mexico Blake Smith - New Mexico Enzo Martinez - North Carolina Billy Schuler - North Carolina Ben Speas - North Carolina Kirk Urso - North Carolina Isaac Kannah - Northern Illinois Mike Mascitti - Northern Illinois Sean Totsch - Northern Illinois Peter O'Neill - Northwestern Brandon Adler - Providence Anthony Baumann - Providence
John Raley - Providence Nate Bourdeau - Rutgers Juan Pablo Correa - Rutgers Ibrahim Kamara - Rutgers Bryant Knibbs - Rutgers Riley Hanley - Saint Mary's Justin Howard - Saint Mary's Tyler Engel - SMU Arthur Ivo - SMU Chipper Root - South Carolina Wesley Charpie - South Florida Chase Wickham - UAB Miguel Ibarra - UC Irvine Josue Madueno - UC Santa Barbara David Opoku - UC Santa Barbara Dom Sarle - UC Santa Barbara Luis Silva - UC Santa Barbara Kevan George - UCF Ben Hunt - UCF Victor Chavez - UCLA Ross Tomaselli - Wake Forest Eric Schoenle - West Virginia Jay Williams - West Virginia Gino Depaoli - Xavier

Own goals

• Colgate (playing against Rutgers)

• UCF (playing against South Florida)