2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	48
Defending champions	Virginia Cavaliers
Final positions
Champions	Akron Zips
Runner-up	Louisville Cardinals
Semifinalists	Michigan Wolverines North Carolina Tar Heels
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	150 (3.19 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Justin Meram (5)
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The 2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament 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 team (indicated by * for non-seeded teams). The final was held on December 12, 2010. Akron defeated Louisville, 1–0, for the title.

The bracket was announced November 15, 2010. The tournament started on November 18. The second round was played on November 21. The third round was played on November 28. The Regional Finals were played December 3 and 4.

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
		ETSU	2
		College of Charleston*	3
							College of Charleston	1
						1	Louisville	3
											1	Louisville	2
											16	Ohio St.	1
						16	Ohio St.	2
							Providence	1
		St. Peter's	2
		Providence*	6
																1	Louisville	5
																8	UCLA	4
		Dartmouth	4
		Monmouth*	0
							Dartmouth	2/OT
						9	Notre Dame	1
												Dartmouth	1
											8	UCLA	2/2OT
						8	UCLA	4
							Sacramento St.	1
		Santa Clara	1
		Sacramento St.*	2

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
		New Mexico	1
		Creighton*	4
							Creighton	2(3)
						5	SMU	2(5)
											5	SMU	1
											12	William & Mary	0
						12	William & Mary	0(4)
							UMBC	0(3)
		UMBC	2
		Princeton*	1
																5	SMU	1(2)
																4	North Carolina	1(4)
		Oakland	0
		Michigan St.*	2
							Michigan St.	1
						13	Butler	0
												Michigan St.	1(4)
											4	North Carolina	1(5)
						4	North Carolina	0(5)
							Georgetown	0(4)
		UNC Greensboro	0
		Georgetown*	3

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
		Xavier	2
		West Virginia*	4
							West Virginia	2
						3	Akron	3
											3	Akron	2
											14	Indiana	1
						14	Indiana	5
							Tulsa	1
		Bradley	0
		Tulsa*	2
																3	Akron	3(3)
																6	California	3(2)
		Boston College	1
		Brown*	2
							Brown	1(7)
						11	Connecticut	1(6)
												Brown	0
											6	California	2
						6	California	2/OT
							UC Santa Barbara	1
		Denver	0
		UC Santa Barbara*	1/2OT

	First round					Second round					Regional semifinals					Regional Finals
		Coastal Carolina	1
		Duke*	2
							Duke	0
						7	South Carolina	1/OT
											7	South Carolina	1
											10	Michigan	3
						10	Michigan	2/OT
							Central Florida	1
		South Florida	0
		Central Florida*	3
																10	Michigan	3/2OT
																2	Maryland	2
		Old Dominion	1
		Virginia*	0
							Old Dominion	1
						15	Penn St.	4
											15	Penn St.	0
											2	Maryland	1
						2	Maryland	4
							Penn	0
		Bucknell	0
		Penn*	1/OT

Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara, California

	National semifinals December 10					National Championship December 12
	1	Louisville	2
	4	North Carolina	1
						1	Louisville	0
						3	Akron	1
	3	Akron	2
	10	Michigan	1

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

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

• Eric Robertson - Brown (playing against California)
• Ray Gaddis - West Virginia (playing against Xavier)

• NCAA Men's Soccer Championship

• "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). Men’s Division I Championship Brackets. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2011.