2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
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The 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season will be the 52nd year of organized men's college soccer
in the United States. The defending champions are the University of Akron
Zips
, who defeated the University of Louisville
Cardinals in the previous College Cup championship
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The first games of the season began on the weekend of August 26 with interconference regular season matches, usually played through early season tournaments. All schools played their first intra-conference regular season matches during the weekend of September 23. The regular season ended by November 4, where each conference held its annual tournament to determine the conference's tournament champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, which will be played in November and December.
. The Connecticut Huskies
were ranked first for four consecutive weeks, being the longest streak to do so in the season. At the end of the regular season, the New Mexico Lobos
were the only college team in the nation to remain undefeated, winning 16 matches and only drawing twice.
s each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament
. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
. The Ivy League
does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion.
College soccer
College soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...
in the United States. The defending champions are the University of Akron
University of Akron
The University of Akron is a coeducational public research university located in Akron, Ohio, United States. The university is part of the University System of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a small college affiliated with the Universalist Church. In 1913 ownership was transferred to the City of...
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 University of Louisville
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...
Cardinals in the previous College Cup championship
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Tournament
The 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship was a tournament of 48 collegiate soccer teams who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer. The semifinals and final were held at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded...
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The first games of the season began on the weekend of August 26 with interconference regular season matches, usually played through early season tournaments. All schools played their first intra-conference regular season matches during the weekend of September 23. The regular season ended by November 4, where each conference held its annual tournament to determine the conference's tournament champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, which will be played in November and December.
Season headlines
Throughout the course of the regular season, six different men's college soccer programs topped the rankings2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Throughout the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, several sources rank the top men's college soccer programs in the nation based on their results and perceived strength of their opponents...
. The Connecticut Huskies
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:...
were ranked first for four consecutive weeks, being the longest streak to do so in the season. At the end of the regular season, the New Mexico Lobos
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 :...
were the only college team in the nation to remain undefeated, winning 16 matches and only drawing twice.
Coaching changes
The following is a list of head coaching changes prior to the start of Division I men's soccer season.| College | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Incoming coach | Former position |
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| Johan Aarnio | Fired | Trevor Gorman | Wright State assistant coach | |
| Kelly Findley | Hired as N.C. State head coach | Paul Snape | Michigan associate coach | |
| Jim Hesch | Fired | Dermont McGrane | Niagara head coach | |
| Jamie Clark | Hired as Washington head coach | Elmar Bolowich | North Carolina head coach | |
| Dan Gaspar | Fired | TBA | ||
| George Tarantini | Fired | Kelly Findley | Butler head coach | |
| Niagara | Dermot McGrane | Hired as Canisius head coach | Chase Brooks | Dayton assistant coach |
| Pedro Lopes | Fired | Cesar Markovic | Stony Brook head coach | |
| Elmar Bolowich | Hired as Creighton head coach | Carlos Somoano | Interim coach | |
| North Florida | Ray Bunch | Fired | Derek Marinatos | Furman associate coach |
| Russ Fager | Fired | Charlie Inverso | Rutgers assistant coach | |
| St. Peter's | Guy Abrahamson | Fired | Julian Richens | Rider assistant coach |
| Cesar Markovic | Hired has NJIT head coach | Ryan Anatol | South Florida assistant coach | |
| Dean Wurzberger | Fired | Jamie Clark | Creighton head coach | |
Pre-season polls
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Early season tournaments
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| Cal State Northridge Labor Day Classic | Sept. 1–3 | |
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... |
| Ocean State Classic | Sept. 2–4 | |
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| VCU Invitational | Sept. 2–4 | |
VCU Rams men's soccer The VCU Rams men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Virginia Commonwealth University. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.- History :... |
| Brown Soccer Classic | Sept. 8–12 | |
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| Hurricane Classic | Sept. 8–12 | |
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:... |
| Stihl Soccer Classic | Sept. 8–12 | |
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| Akron Soccer Tournament | Sept. 16–18 | |
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Conference standings
KeyConference regular season and tournament winners
Thirty athletic conferenceAthletic conference
An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the professional, collegiate, or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels...
s each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...
. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
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...
. The 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...
does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion.
| Conference | Regular Season Winner |
Player of the Year | Conference Tournament |
Tournament Venue (City) |
Tournament Winner |
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| America East Conference America East Conference The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring... |
Boston University Boston University Terriers The Boston University Terriers are the nine men's and twelve women's varsity athletic teams representing Boston University in NCAA Division I competition. The men compete in basketball, cross country, ice hockey, rowing, soccer, swimming, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, and wrestling... |
TBA | 2011 America East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
Stony Brook |
| Atlantic Coast Conference 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season The 2011 ACC men's soccer season is the 29th season of men's college soccer in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The defending regular season champions are the North Carolina Tar Heels and the defending postseason champions are the Maryland Terrapins.... |
North Carolina | TBA | 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament 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,... |
WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary, North Carolina Cary, North Carolina Cary is a large town and suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located almost entirely in Wake County, it is the second largest municipality in that county and the third largest municipality in The Triangle after Raleigh and Durham... ) |
North Carolina |
| Atlantic Ten Conference Atlantic Ten Conference The Atlantic 10 Conference is a college athletic conference which operates mostly on the United States' eastern seaboard. It also has two member schools in Ohio: Dayton and Xavier, located in Dayton and Cincinnati, respectively. Another member, Saint Louis is located in St. Louis, Missouri... |
Charlotte | TBA | 2011 Atlantic Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Hermann Stadium Hermann Stadium Hermann Stadium, or fully, Robert R. Hermann Stadium is located in Midtown St. Louis, Missouri, on the campus of Saint Louis University. The first game played was August 21, 1999. This is where the both the Billiken men's and women's soccer teams play. Also, several other events take place here,... St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... |
Xavier |
| Atlantic Soccer Conference Atlantic Soccer Conference Atlantic Soccer Conference is a college athletic conference which only sponsors men's soccer. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I and its champion does not receive an automatic bid to the annual NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Tournament. It was founded in 2000 with nine colleges... |
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic Owls The Florida Atlantic Owls are the athletics teams of Florida Atlantic University. The Owls participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as members of the Sun Belt Conference.... |
TBA | No tournament | ||
| Atlantic Sun Conference Atlantic Sun Conference The Atlantic Sun Conference is a college athletic conference operating in the Southeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I; it does not sponsor football. The conference was established in 1978 as the Trans America Athletic Conference... |
FGCU | TBA | 2011 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
FGCU |
| Big East Conference Big East Conference The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports... |
Blue: Marquette Red: USF |
TBA | 2011 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament 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... |
Red Bull Arena (Harrison, New Jersey Harrison, New Jersey Harrison is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 13,620. The town is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark, New Jersey.-Geography:Harrison is located at .... ) |
St. John's |
| Big South Conference Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. The conference's football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision... |
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... |
TBA | 2011 Big South Men's Soccer Tournament 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... |
Greene-Harbison Field (Boiling Springs, North Carolina Boiling Springs, North Carolina Boiling Springs is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 4,647. It is home to Gardner-Webb University. The Broad River runs along the south of the township, where the Broad River Greenway is located, providing recreational... ) |
Liberty |
| Big Ten Conference Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east... |
Northwestern Northwestern Wildcats The Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the only private university in the conference. Northwestern has eight men's and eleven women's Division I sports teams. The mascot is Willie the Wildcat... |
TBA | 2011 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | U-M Soccer Stadium (Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010... ) |
Northwestern Northwestern Wildcats The Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and the only private university in the conference. Northwestern has eight men's and eleven women's Division I sports teams. The mascot is Willie the Wildcat... |
| Big West Conference Big West Conference The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped... |
UC Irvine UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine's Athletics program participates in the NCAA's Division I, as members of the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation... |
TBA | 2011 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
UC Irvine UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine's Athletics program participates in the NCAA's Division I, as members of the Big West Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation... |
| Colonial Athletic Association | 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... |
TBA | 2011 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament 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... |
JMU Soccer Complex (Harrisonburg, Virginia Harrisonburg, Virginia Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical... ) |
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... |
| 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... |
UAB | TBA | 2011 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament 2011 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 Conference USA Tournament will be the postseason tournament of Conference USA to determine Conference USA’s champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.- See also :* Conference USA... |
Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
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... |
| 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.... |
Valparaiso Valparaiso Crusaders The Valparaiso University Crusaders compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I .Valparaiso competes in the Horizon League in all sports except for football, which is not sponsored by the conference. The football team is a member of the Pioneer Football League. On May 27,... |
TBA | 2011 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament 2011 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 Horizon League Tournament will be the postseason tournament of the Horizon League to determine the Horizon League’s champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.- See also :* Horizon League... |
Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
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... |
| 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... |
Brown | TBA | No tournament | ||
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider... |
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... |
TBA | 2011 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament 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... |
Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
Fairfield Stags men's soccer 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... |
| Mid-American Conference Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members... |
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... |
TBA | 2011 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament 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... |
Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois Huskies The Northern Illinois Huskies are the athletic teams that represent Northern Illinois University. The Huskies are a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Mid-American Conference... |
| Missouri Valley Conference Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States... |
Missouri State | TBA | 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament 2011 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 MVC Tournament will be the postseason tournament of the Mid-American Conference to determine the MVC’s champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.- See also :* Missouri Valley Conference... |
Morrison Stadium Morrison Stadium Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium is a 6,000-seat soccer-specific stadium located at 2500 California Plaza in the NoDo neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. The stadium is home to the Creighton Bluejays men's and women's soccer teams.-History:... (Omaha, NE) |
Creighton Creighton Bluejays The Creighton Bluejays, or Jays, are the athletic teams of Creighton University, a Jesuit/Catholic University located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Creighton competes in NCAA Division I athletics, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference... |
| 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:... |
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 :... |
TBA | 2011 MPSF Men's Soccer Tournament 2011 MPSF Men's Soccer Tournament The 2011 MPSF Tournament will be the postseason tournament of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation to determine the MPSF’s champion and automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.- See also :* Mountain Pacific Sports Federation... |
Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
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 :... |
| 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... |
Central Connecticut State Central Connecticut State University Central Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut, United States.The school was moved to its present campus in 1922... |
TBA | 2011 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
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.... |
| Pacific-12 Conference | UCLA | TBA | 2011 Pacific-12 Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
UCLA |
| 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... |
American | TBA | 2011 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
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... |
| 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... |
UNC Greensboro | TBA | 2011 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
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... |
| Southwestern Athletic Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities in the Southern United States... |
Anderson (SC) Anderson University (South Carolina) Anderson University is a private comprehensive university located in Anderson, South Carolina, offering bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in approximately 60 areas of study. Anderson is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and is accredited as a Level V institution by the... |
TBA | 2011 Southwestern Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
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| The Summit League | Western Illinois Western Illinois Leathernecks The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the teams and athletes that represent Western Illinois University, located in Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I sports. The school's primary conference affiliation is with The Summit League; its football team is a member of the Division I FCS Missouri... |
TBA | 2011 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
Western Illinois Western Illinois Leathernecks The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the teams and athletes that represent Western Illinois University, located in Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I sports. The school's primary conference affiliation is with The Summit League; its football team is a member of the Division I FCS Missouri... |
| 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.... |
Saint Mary's | TBA | 2011 West Coast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | Tournament venue (Tournament City, State) |
Saint Mary's |
Major upsets
In this list, a "major upset" is defined by a team that's ranked 10 or more spots lower, or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.| Date | Winner | Score | Loser |
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| September 2 | Providence | 1–0 | #11 Brown |
| September 4 | UC Davis | 2–1 | #6 UCLA |
| September 11 | Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer The Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team is a college soccer program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Coastal Division of Atlantic Coast Conference. Their home games are played at Virginia Tech Lacrosse and Soccer Stadium.... |
1–0 | #1 North Carolina |
| September 11 | ESTU | 2–0 | #14 William & Mary |
| September 24 | George Mason George Mason Patriots men's soccer The George Mason Patriots men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of George Mason University. The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.- External links :*... |
1–0 | #15 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... |
| October 5 | #20 San Diego State | 3–2 | #3 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... |
| October 12 | Missouri State Missouri State Bears The Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears are the athletic teams representing Missouri State University. Missouri State athletics date back to 1908. Missouri State is in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, and most teams compete in the Missouri Valley Conference... |
1–0 | #4 Creighton Creighton Bluejays The Creighton Bluejays, or Jays, are the athletic teams of Creighton University, a Jesuit/Catholic University located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Creighton competes in NCAA Division I athletics, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference... |
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