2005 NIRSA National Soccer Championship explained

2005 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
League:	NIRSA
Sport:	Soccer
Prevseason Year:	2004
Hosts Alt:	Site
Hosts:	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Duration:	November 17–19, 2005
No Of Teams:	24 (Men's championship) 16 (Women's championship) 16 (Men's open) 16 (Women's open)
Picked By Team:	Results
Season:	Men's Championship Division
Season Champ Name:	Score
Season Champs:	2–1 (a.e.t.)
League Champ Name:	Champion
League Champs:	Colorado (1st title, 1st title game)
Second Place:	Vanderbilt (1st title game)
Mvp:	Chris Brosz (Colorado)
Season2:	Women's Championship Division
Season Champ2 Name:	Score
Season Champs2:	2–1 (a.e.t.)
League Champ2 Name:	Champion
League Champs2:	Michigan (4th title, 5th title game)
Second Place2:	Colorado (3rd title game)
Mvp2:	Katie Miller (Michigan)
Season3:	Men's Open Division
Season Champ3 Name:	Score
Season Champs3:	2–0
League Champ3 Name:	Champion
League Champs3:	Oregon (1st title, 2nd title game)
Second Place3:	UC Berkeley (1st title game)
Mvp3:	Brian Mikalaitis (Oregon)
Season4:	Women's Open Division
Season Champ4 Name:	Score
Season Champs4:	1–0
League Champ4 Name:	Champion
League Champs4:	Virginia (2nd title, 2nd title game)
Second Place4:	Virginia Tech (2nd title game)
Top Seed4:	Lauren Nuffer (Virginia)
Seasonslist:	NIRSA National Soccer Championships
Seasonslistnames:	NIRSA national soccer championships
Nextseason Link:	2006 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
Nextseason Year:	2006

The 2005 NIRSA national soccer championship, also referred to as the NIRSA Collegiate Soccer Sport Club championship, was the 12th NIRSA National Soccer Championships, the annual national championships for United States-based, collegiate club soccer teams organized by NIRSA. It took place at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from Thursday, November 17 to Saturday, November 19, 2005.^[1]

Overview

This tournament marked the first year back following the initial cancellation of the previous tournament with only the men's championship declaring a winner in a rescheduled event.

Men's championship

In finals, two teams would make their finals debuts in Colorado and Vanderbilt who were both eliminated in the quarterfinals the previous year. Both teams would win both of their group stage games with Colorado beating Dayton 4–1 then UTEP 3–1 and Vanderbilt beating Purdue then Penn State both by a score of 1–0. In the knockout round, Colorado would beat Missouri 4–1 in the sweet 16, beat Penn State 2–0 in the quarterfinals, then would defeat reigning champions Texas A&M 3–1 to advance to their first finals. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt would beat Northern Iowa 5–0 in the sweet 16, then concede their first goal of the tournament in a 3–1 win over Dayton, then beat 2002 champions and regional champions, Weber State, 3–1 to advance to their first finals. In the finals, Vanderbilt would concede a penalty in the first half that Eric Bjork of Colorado would score to give Colorado a 1–0 lead. Colorado would hold this lead until eventual all-tournament member Nick Van Buecken would inadvertently handle the ball in his own box in the final minute of regulation to give Vanderbilt a penalty that they would convert tying the game at 1–1 and force the game to go into two ten-minute sudden victory overtime periods. In overtime, Nick Van Buecken would make-up for his previous mistake when he assisted eventual tournament MVP Chris Brosz with a cross into the box in overtime. The game would instantly end with this goal, giving Colorado their first national championship in overtime.^{[2] [3]}

Women's championship

In the finals, two of the previous year's co-champions, Colorado State and Michigan, were both looking to claim their 4th national title and join Colorado as the team with the most titles at 4. In the group stage, both teams would struggle and finish second in their group. Colorado State would lose their opener to a fellow reigning co-champion UC-Santa Barbara 1–2 then would win their second match against Texas A&M 2–1 and finally, a 1–1 tie against Illinois would be enough to advance to the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Michigan would win their opener 2–1 against Delaware, then would lose to eventual group winners Texas 1–0, and finally would win their finale against UCLA 1–0.

In the knockout round, Colorado State would win their quarterfinal match against Florida 2–1 then would win their semifinal matchup against Texas 4–0. Meanwhile, Michigan would beat Arizona 2–1 in the quarterfinals then would face fellow reigning co-champion Colorado. Following a 1–1 draw and a scoreless overtime, penalties would be required to determine the winner. In the shootout, senior captain for Michigan, Bre Bennett saved all three of Colorado's attempts, meaning the three makes for Michigan would be enough to advance to the finals. In the finals, Colorado would score first but junior captain Dana Restrick tied the game at 1-1 with six minutes to play. The game would remain tied 1–1 at the end of regulation meaning two ten-minute sudden victory overtime periods would be required to determine a winner. In overtime, freshman striker, Katie Miller of Michigan, would score immediately ending the game at 2–1 and giving Michigan their fourth national title. Following this, Katie Miller would be named the tournament's MVP and eventually would make Michigan's varsity roster following a February 2006 tryout, becoming the team's first player that originated from the club team.^{[4] [5]}

Men's open

In the finals, 2000 men's open finalist, Oregon, were looking to claim their first national title against men's open finals debutants UC-Berkeley. Both teams would win all three group stage games with Oregon beating SE Louisiana 2–0, UW-Eau Claire 4–0, then finally Georgia Tech 2–0 while UC-Berkeley would beat UW-Stout 2–0, Georgia Southern 3–1, then North Dakota State 2–0. In the quarterfinals, Oregon would beat Georgia Southern 2–0 and UC-Berkeley would beat Georgia Tech 4–3 in overtime. In the semifinals, Oregon would beat Arizona 5–1 while UC-Berkeley would beat Alabama 3–2. In the finals, Oregon would win 2–0 and claim their first national title. Oregon's Brian Mikalaitis would be named tournament MVP.

Women's open

In the finals, 2000 women's open championship, Virginia, would face in-state rival and 1997 women's open champion, Virginia Tech. In the group stage, despite winning their second match against Miami 1–0 and their finale against Colorado State's "Green" team 3–1, Virginia would finish second in their group due to a 3–3 draw in their opener and a lost coin flip to group winners Cornell. Meanwhile, Virginia Tech would be in one of the three groups that only had 3 teams and would finish with 9 points following a 2–0 win over Virginia Tech and a 1–0 win over Colorado's "Black" team. In the quarterfinals, Virginia would beat 2003's open division finalist Kansas 2–1 while Virginia Tech would beat Iowa State 1–0. In the semifinals, Virginia would beat Colorado's "Black" team 2–0 while Virginia Tech would beat Cornell 2–1. In the finals, Virginia would score the lone goal in a 1–0 win over Virginia Tech to claim their second open title, the first women's team to do so. Virginia's Lauren Nuffer would be named tournament MVP.^[6]

Format

The competition consisted of 72 teams: 40 championship teams and 32 open teams. The divisions were further divided into a men's and women's division: 24 men's and 16 women's teams in the championship division as well as 16 men's and 16 women's teams in the open division. The divisions were then further divided into groups: eight groups of three teams in the men's championship then four teams of four teams in the remaining 3 divisions.

All four divisions engaged in a round-robin tournament that determined teams able to advance to a knockout stage. Each team played every other team in their group once in pool play which consisted of two 40-minute halves separated by a seven-minute halftime and utilized the three points for a win system. After pool play, the two highest ranked teams from each group advanced to their respective knockout stage, with the third placed team in the men's championship advancing to a consolation bracket while the third and fourth placed teams in the other divisions were eliminated.

Knockout stage games also consisted of two 40-minute halves with the round of 16 and quarterfinals separated by a seven-minute halftime and the semifinals and finals had a ten-minute halftime. Knockout stage games needed to declare a winner, therefore if a game was tied at the end of regulation in the round of sixteen or quarterfinals, no more than two five-minute sudden victory overtime periods would be played, while in the semifinals and finals, no more than two ten-minute sudden victory overtime periods would be played. Teams would change ends after the conclusion of the first overtime period. If still tied after overtime, kicks from the mark would determine the winner.^[7]

Qualification and selections

Each of the six regions received three automatic bids for the Men’s Championship Division and two automatic bids for the Women’s Championship Division. The final 6 bids for the Men’s Championship Division and final 4 bids for the Women’s Championship were given out by NIRSA to teams, typically based on their regional tournament results and RPI.^[8]

The remaining teams participated in the open division, chosen on a first-come first-serve basis via online registration beginning on September 6, 2005 with a max of 16 teams per gender division.^{[9] [10] [11]}

Men's championship

Participating teams!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Cornell	6th	2004
I	Penn State	6th	2001
I	Delaware	4th	2004
I	Penn	2nd	2004
II	North Carolina	5th	2004
II	Vanderbilt	3rd	2004
II	Virginia	3rd	2003
II	Virginia Tech	3rd	2000
III	Purdue	7th	2003
III	Illinois	6th	2003
III	Michigan	5th	2003
III	Dayton	2nd	2004
IV	Texas	10th	2004
IV	Texas A&M	6th	2004
IV	Missouri	1st	Never
IV	North Texas	1st	Never
IV	UTEP	1st	Never
V	Colorado State	9th	2004
V	Colorado	7th	2004
V	Northern Iowa	1st	Never
VI	Weber State	7th	2004
VI	Utah Valley State	4th	2004
VI	UC Santa Barabara	3rd	2004
VI	San Diego	1st	Never

Women's championship

Participating teams!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Penn State	11th	2004
I	Delaware	5th	2004
II	JMU	9th	2004
II	Florida	6th	2004
III	Michigan	7th	2004
III	Purdue	7th	2003
III	Illinois	6th	2001
III	Dayton	2nd	1997
IV	Texas A&M	8th	2004
IV	Texas	7th	2003
IV	Rutgers	1st	Never
V	Colorado	11th	2004
V	Colorado State	9th	2004
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	6th	2004
VI	Arizona	2nd	2001
VI	UCLA	1st	Never

Men's open

Region	Num	Team
I	1	UConn
II	5	Alabama, UCF, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech
III	2	UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout
IV	2	UL-Lafayette, Southeastern Louisiana
V	2	Colorado, North Dakota State
VI	4	Arizona, Arizona State, UC-Berkeley, Oregon

Women's open

Region	Num	Team
I	1	Cornell
II	5	UCF, MTSU, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech
III	2	Miami (OH), Michigan State
IV	4	LSU, Iowa State, Kansas, Texas Tech
V	2	Colorado, Colorado State
VI	2	UC-Berkeley, San Diego State

Group stage

Men's championship

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Dayton	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Texas-El Paso	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Illinois	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UC-Santa Barbara	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	North Carolina	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Weber State	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3	Advanced to knockout stage
2	North Texas	2	1	0	1	9	9	0	3
3	Virginia	2	1	0	1	4	6	−2	3	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Texas	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Missouri	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
3	Delaware	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vanderbilt	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Penn State	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	Purdue	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Diego	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado State	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Penn	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Texas A&M	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Michigan	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
3	Virginia Tech	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Utah Valley State	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Northern Iowa	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Cornell	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	Consolation

Women's championship

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Florida	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Dayton	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Rutgers	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC Santa Barabara	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado State	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Texas A&M	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Illinois	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arizona	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Penn State	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
3	JMU	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	Purdue	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Texas	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Michigan	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	UCLA	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Delaware	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3

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Men's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arizona	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Alabama	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	UCF	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Louisiana	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arizona State	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado "Black"	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Florida State	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	UConn	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC Berkeley	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Georgia Southern	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
3	North Dakota State	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
4	UW-Stout	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oregon	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Georgia Tech	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	UW-Eau Claire	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
4	SE Louisiana	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

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Women's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vanderbilt	2	1	1	0	3	0	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Iowa State	2	1	1	0	1	0	+2	7
3	Texas Tech	2	0	0	2	0	4	−3	3
4	Michigan State	Did not attend (All teams given 3 points and +1 goal difference)

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Virginia Tech	2	2	0	0	3	0	+4	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado-Black	2	1	0	1	3	3	+1	6
3	LSU	2	0	0	2	2	5	−2	3
4	San Diego State	Did not attend (All teams given 3 points and +1 goal difference)

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cornell	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Virginia	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
3	Miami (OH)	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Colorado State-Green	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kansas	2	2	0	0	9	0	+10	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	MTSU	2	1	0	1	2	5	−2	6
3	UC-Berkeley	2	0	0	2	0	6	−5	3
4	UCF	Did not attend (All teams given 3 points and +1 goal difference)

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Tournament bracket

Men's championship

Men's consolation

Women's open

All tournament teams

Key
MVP
Best goalkeeper

Men's championship

Name	Team
Chris Brosz	Colorado
Jason Coker	Colorado
Danny Atkins	North Texas
Zach Burton	Weber State
Nick Van Buecken	Colorado
Richard Owen	Vanderbilt
Matt Huffstetler	Colorado
Matt Bain	Weber State
Jake Peters	Dayton
Oscar Almeida	Texas A&M
Max Cavallini	Vanderbilt
Ryan Goepfert	Vanderbilt

Women's championship

Name	Team
Katie Miller	Michigan
Bre Bennett	Michigan
Kerry Greer	Colorado State
Dana Restrick	Michigan
Jessie Aja	Michigan
Catie Chase	Colorado
Yobel Gaski	Texas
Becca Ainsworth	Texasa
Elizabeth Eberly	Colorado State
Renee Kreft	Colorado State
Annalyn Lavey	Colorado
Cat Islas	Arizona

Men's open

Name	Team
Brian Mikalaitis	Oregon
Patrick Drake	Oregon
Ivan Lerma	Arizona
Mike Boice	Arizona
Michael Gilbert	Alabama
Eric Belt	Alabama
Jeff Friedman	Arizona State
Sean Simmons	Georgia Tech
Erin Brown	UC-Berkeley
Eric Roberts	Oregon
Danny Arriola	UC-Berkeley
Zach McManus	Oregon

Women's open

Name	Team
Lauren Nuffer	Virginia
Kristen Torrance	Virginia
Alexandra Koloskus	Colorado
Christine Acker	Cornell
Liz Edrington	Virginia
Lauren Manns	Virginia Tech
Lindsey Daughtery	Virginia Tech
Meghan Bernard	Colorado
Abby Kohlman	Cornell
Melissa Thomason	Virginia
Meredyth Gehrig	Virginia Tech
Kate Anderson	Virginia

Source:^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2005-11-30 . 2005 NIRSA Collegiate Soccer Sport Club Championships Tournament Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060907042534/http://www.nirsa.net:80/sc/soccer/2005/final_results.pdf . 2006-09-07 . 2024-01-06 . NIRSA.
2. Web site: Russell . John F. . 2005-11-30 . Former Sailors take soccer title . 2024-01-06 . Steamboat Pilot & Today . en-US.
3. Web site: Johnston . Sam . 2005-10-23 . Weber wins club soccer tourney . 2024-06-05 . Deseret News . en.
4. News: Chou . Kimberly . 2005-11-28 . Road to title anything but smooth . The Michigan Daily . 28.
5. Web site: Prosperi . Alex . 2006-09-12 . Club alumnus fits right in with 'M' varsity squad . 2024-01-13 . The Michigan Daily . en-US.
6. Web site: 2005-12-31 . Results from the 2005 NIRSA Soccer Sport Club Championships . 2024-01-13 . NIRSA Know.
7. Web site: 2005 NIRSA Collegiate Soccer Sport Club Championships . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060708121925/http://nirsa.net/sc/soccer/2005/#Rules . 2006-07-08 . 2024-01-13 . NIRSA.
8. Web site: Qualifying for National & Regional Tournaments . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060628081143/http://www.nirsa.net/sc/soccer/qualifying.htm . 2006-06-28 . NIRSA.
9. Web site: Tournament Qualifying Logistics . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071111080728/http://www.nirsa.org/sports/soccer/sport_club/2005/tournament_qualifying.aspx . 2007-11-11 . NIRSA.
10. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2005-11-08 . 2005 NIRSA Collegiate Soccer Sport Club Championships Newsletter . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060204185643/http://www.nirsa.net/sc/soccer/dated/newsletter.pdf . 2006-02-04 . NIRSA.
11. Web site: Qualifying for National & Regional Tournaments . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060108213213/http://www.nirsa.net/sc/soccer/qualifying.htm . 2006-01-08 . 2024-01-13 . NIRSA.
12. Web site: 2005 NIRSA Collegiate Soccer Sport Club Championships Tournament Schedule . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060907170435/http://www.nirsa.net/sc/soccer/dated/schedule.pdf . 2006-09-07 . 2024-01-13 . NIRSA.
13. Web site: 2005 NIRSA Collegiate Soccer Sport Club Championships Awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071110005253/http://www.nirsa.org:80/sports/soccer/sport_club/2005/awards.aspx . 2007-11-10 . 2024-01-06 . NIRSA.