2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Indiana
Runner-up	Georgetown
Semifinalists	Creighton; Maryland;
Tournament statistics
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 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.

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 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

Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
Seeded teams
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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