2009 NIRSA National Soccer Championship explained

2009 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
League:	NIRSA
Sport:	Soccer
Prevseason Year:	2008
Hosts Alt:	Site
Hosts:	Reach 11 Sports Complex Phoenix, Arizona
Duration:	November 19–21, 2009
No Of Teams:	24 (Championship) 16 (Open)
Picked By Team:	Results
Season:	Men's Championship Division
Season Champ Name:	Score
Season Champs:	0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–2 (pen.)
League Champ Name:	Champion
League Champs:	Weber State (2nd title, 2nd title game)
Second Place:	Florida (1st title game)
Mvp:	Scott Whitesides (Weber State)
Season2:	Women's Championship Division
Season Champ2 Name:	Score
Season Champs2:	2–0
League Champ2 Name:	Champion
League Champs2:	UC-Santa Barbara (4th title, 5th title game)
Second Place2:	Penn State (4th title game)
Mvp2:	Alyssa Donika (UC-Santa Barbara)
Season3:	Men's Open Division
Season Champ3 Name:	Score
Season Champs3:	1–1 (a.e.t.) 6–5 (pen.)
League Champ3 Name:	Champion
League Champs3:	JMU (3rd title, 4th title game)
Second Place3:	San Diego State (1st title game)
Mvp3:	Brian Murphy (JMU)
Season4:	Women's Open Division
Season Champ4 Name:	Score
Season Champs4:	2–0
League Champ4 Name:	Champion
League Champs4:	JMU (1st title, 1st title game)
Second Place4:	Oregon (1st title game)
Top Seed4:	Maureen Finn (JMU)
Seasonslist:	NIRSA National Soccer Championships
Seasonslistnames:	NIRSA national soccer championships
Nextseason Link:	2010 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
Nextseason Year:	2010

The 2009 NIRSA national soccer championship was the 16th NIRSA National Soccer Championships, the annual national championships for United States-based, collegiate club soccer teams organized by NIRSA. It took place at Reach 11 Sports Complex, in Phoenix, Arizona from Thursday, November 19 to Saturday, November 21, 2009.^{[1] [2]}

Overview

Men's championship

In the finals, the 2002 champions Weber State would face finals debutants Florida. Coming into the finals, despite losing their opening match 2–0 to Michigan, Florida would go on to win their next four games by an average of a 3-goal margin and wouldn't concede another goal. Meanwhile, after winning their opening match, Weber State would tie their group stage finale 0–0, win a 2–1 game over Georgia in the round of 16, require PKs over Texas A&M in the quarterfinals, and finally would score a late goal in a 2–1 win against Michigan in the semifinals.

In the finals, the score would remain 0–0 after regulation and extra time, meaning penalty kicks would determine the men's champion for the second time in three years. Weber State would kick first and get their first attempt saved. The next two kicks would be scored but after Florida hit the crossbar the score would be 1–1 after two rounds. The next two rounds would see zero kicks converted with a save, two misses, and a save respectively, meaning the score would remain 1–1 after 4 rounds. Both teams would score in the fifth round which meant an extra round of kicks were to be taken. After Weber State scored, eventual goalkeeper of the tournament, Jan Robbins, would save a third Florida attempt, sealing Weber State's 3–2 win in penalty kicks and secure their second men's championship title. Weber State's Scott Whitesides would be named men's championship MVP.^{[3] [4]}

Women's championship

In the finals, a rematch of the 2001 championship game between Penn State and UC-Santa Barbara. Penn State won the 2001 championship 1-0 but UC-Santa Barbara was two-time reigning champions. Coming into the finals, UC-Santa Barbara would have a 4–0 loss in their group stage finale against Colorado but would wouldn't concede a goal in their next three games. Meanwhile, Penn State would only concede one goal in their five games, the only goal coming in the quarterfinals against Arizona.

In the finals, UC-Santa Barbara's Laura Capparilli would open the scoring in the 13th minute and a second goal from UCSB's Tannia Hernandez would be enough to see UC-Santa Barbara win 2–0 and secure their fourth women's championship title and third straight, making them the first women's championship team to win three consecutive titles. This win also saw them join Colorado and Michigan in being the only women's championship teams to have four titles. UC-Santa Barbara's Alyssa Donikia would be named women's championship MVP.^[5]

Men's open

In the finals, the only two-time men's open division champions, JMU, would face finals debutants San Diego State. Coming into the finals, JMU would require extra time against UConn in the quarterfinals but would win 6–2 in the semifinals over UCLA. Meanwhile, San Diego State would win their quarterfinal match against East Carolina 3–0 then defeat Villanova 2–1 in the semifinals. In the finals, the game would be tied 1–1 after regulation and extra time, which meant penalty kicks would determine the men's open title. JMU would win 6–5 in penalty kicks and secure their third men's open championship. JMU's Brian Murphy would be named men's open MVP.

Women's open

In the finals, Oregon would face JMU; the first women's open title for both teams. Coming into the finals, JMU would win their first two group stage games 6–0 and 8–0 respectively, followed by a 2–1 victory in their group stage finale against Boston College. Meanwhile, Oregon would also be undefeated but would tie their group stage finale against Colorado 0–0. Both teams would win their quarterfinal matchup and have a rematch against a group stage opponent in the semifinals. JMU would win their rematch 3–0 over Boston College while Oregon would require penalty kicks against Colorado "Black" after a 1–1 score line after regulation, which they would win 5–3. In the finals, JMU would win 2–0 and secure their first women's open title, meaning both open champions would represent the same school for the first time in tournament history. JMU's Maureen Finn would be named women's open MVP.^{[6] [7]}

Format

The competition consisted of 80 teams: 48 championship division teams and 32 open division teams. Each of these divisions were further divided into two equal sized divisions for men and women. The championship division divided teams into eight groups of three teams each while the open division divided teams into four groups of four teams each, both engaging in a round-robin tournament that determined teams able to advance to a knockout stage. Pool play games were two 40-minute halves, separated by a seven-minute halftime and utilized the three points for a win system. After group stage play, the two highest ranked teams from each group advanced to their respective knockout stage. In the championship division, the third placed team advanced to a consolation bracket while in the open division, the third and fourth placed teams were eliminated.

Knockout stage games also consisted of two 40-minute halves. The round of 16 and quarterfinals were separated by a seven-minute halftime while 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, one 15-minute, golden-goal overtime period would begin. If still tied after overtime, kicks from the mark would determine the winner.

Qualification and selections

Each of the six regions received three automatic bids for both the men's and women's championship that they awarded to its members. The final six bids were considered "at-large", and were given out by NIRSA to teams, typically based on their regional tournament results and RPI.^[8]

The 32 remaining teams participated in the open division, chosen on a first-come first-serve basis online on September 14, 2009 with a limit of 16 teams per gender division.^[9]

Men's championship

Participating teams!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Penn State	10th	2008
I	Navy	7th	2007
I	Delaware	5th	2005
I	Johns Hopkins	2nd	2008
II	North Carolina	8th	2008
II	Georgia	5th	2007
II	Virginia	5th	2008
II	Florida	4th	2008
III	Illinois	9th	2007
III	Michigan	8th	2007
III	Ohio State	6th	2008
III	Michigan State	4th	2008
III	UW Milwaukee	3rd	2008
IV	Texas A&M	10th	2008
IV	Missouri	4th	2008
IV	Texas State	4th	2008
V	Colorado State	13th	2008
V	Colorado	10th	2008
V	Minnesota	8th	2008
VI	Weber State	9th	2007
VI	UC Santa Barabara	7th	2008
VI	UC Berkeley	3rd	2004
VI	Arizona State	2nd	2003
VI	Cal Poly	1st	Never

Women's championship

Participating teams!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Penn State	15th	2008
I	Delaware	7th	2007
I	Cornell	4th	2008
I	College of New Jersey	1st	Never
II	Virginia Tech	9th	2008
II	Florida	8th	2008
II	Virginia	4th	2006
III	Michigan	11th	2008
III	Ohio State	9th	2003
III	Illinois	8th	2007
III	Michigan State	7th	2008
III	Marquette	1st	Never
IV	Texas A&M	11th	2007
IV	Texas	10th	2007
IV	Texas State	2nd	2000
IV	Missouri	1st	Never
V	Colorado	15th	2008
V	Colorado State	13th	2008
V	Colorado Mines	1st	Never
V	Denver	1st	Never
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	9th	2008
VI	Arizona	5th	2008
VI	UCLA	3rd	2007
VI	Cal Poly	1st	Never

Men's open

Participating teams!Region!Num!Team

I	3	UConn, Towson, Villanova
II	3	Virginia Tech, JMU, East Carolina
III	0	–
IV	3	Texas, Wichita State, Kansas
V	2	Colorado, Iowa State
VI	5	Arizona, UC-Irvine, UCLA, San Diego State, Southern Cal

Women's open

Participating teams!Region!Num!Team

I	4	Villanova, Towson, Boston College, Vermont
II	4	MTSU, Vanderbilt, JMU, Miami (FL)
III	1	UW-Milwaukee
IV	0	–
V	4	Air Force, Colorado, Iowa State, Colorado State
VI	3	San Diego State, Oregon, UC-Berkeley

Group stage

Men's championship

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado State	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Georgia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Johns Hopkins	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ohio State	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	North Carolina	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	UC – Berkeley	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Missouri	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	UW – Milwaukee	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC-Santa Barbara	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas A&M	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Navy	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Minnesota	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Cal Poly	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Illinois	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Consolation

Women's championship

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cal Poly	2	2	0	0	2	3	−1	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Michigan State	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3
3	Florida	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UCLA	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Illinois	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Colorado Mines	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Penn State	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Marquette	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
3	Missouri	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UC-Santa Barbara	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
3	Delaware	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arizona	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Ohio State	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
3	Denver	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas State	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Colorado State	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0	Consolation

Men's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arizona	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UConn	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Virginia Tech	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	UC – Irvine	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	JMU	3	3	0	0	13	1	+11	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UCLA	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Wichita State	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Iowa State	3	0	0	3	2	13	−10	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Diego State	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado “Black”	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Texas	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Towson	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	Villanova	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	East Carolina	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	USC	3	0	1	2	4	5	−1	1
4	Kansas	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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Women's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Diego State	3	3	0	0	10	0	+9	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Villanova	3	2	0	1	8	3	+4	6
3	MTSU	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Air Force	3	0	0	3	3	16	−11	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado “Black”	3	2	1	0	13	0	+10	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Oregon	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7
3	Towson	3	1	0	2	3	10	−5	3
4	Vanderbilt	3	0	0	3	1	14	−12	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	JMU	3	3	0	0	16	1	+11	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Boston College	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	Miami	3	1	0	2	2	10	−7	3
4	Iowa State	3	0	0	3	0	14	−11	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC – Berkeley	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UW – Milwaukee	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	Vermont	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Colorado State “Green”	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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Tournament bracket

Men's championship

Men's consolation

Women's championship

Women's consolation

Women's open

Source:

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2009 NCCS National Soccer Championships head to Phoenix, Arizona . 2023-08-27 . NIRSA.
2. Web site: 2009 NCCS National Soccer Championships . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091216190339/https://www.nirsa.org/content/navigationmenu/sports/soccer/nirsa_soccer_sport_.htm . 2009-12-16 . NIRSA.
3. Web site: Congratulations to WSU Men's Soccer Club Team . 2023-08-27 . WSU Today.
4. Web site: Haddad . Andrew . 2009-11-24 . ‘M’ club soccer reaches semifinals of NCAA Tournament . 2023-08-27 . The Michigan Daily . en-US.
5. Web site: Bittner . Adam . 2009-11-21 . Women's club soccer advances in national tournament . 2024-06-02 . The Daily Collegian . en.
6. Web site: Results: 2009 NCCS National Soccer Championships . 2023-08-26 . NIRSA.
7. Web site: Rick Virgin . 2023-08-27 . Eugene Metro Fútbol Club . en-US.
8. Web site: 2009-10-23 . National Tournament Qualifying Logistics – Championship Division . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091216132126/http://www.nirsa.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Sports/Soccer/TournamentQualifyingLogistics/Tournament_Qualifyi.htm . 2009-12-16 . NIRSA.
9. Web site: 2009 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091215122315/http://www.nirsa.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Sports/Soccer/NIRSA_Soccer_Sport_.htm . 2009-12-15 . NIRSA.
10. Web site: 2009-11-25 . 2009 NCCS National Soccer Championships Tournament Results . NIRSA Play.