2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament explained

NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Year:2010
Other Title:Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country:United States
Num Teams:48
Defending Champions:Virginia Cavaliers
Champions:Akron Zips
Runner-Up:Louisville Cardinals
Semi-Finalist1:Michigan Wolverines
Semi-Finalist2:North Carolina Tar Heels
Matches:47
Goals:150
Top Goal Scorer:Justin Meram (5)
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

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.

Qualified teams

Automatic bids

All automatic bids are granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League, Pacific-10 Conference, and West Coast Conference, each given to the regular season champion. There were 22 automatic bids to the NCAA tournament.

TeamConferenceRecord
UMBC(11-4-3)
(17-2-1)
(15-5-0)
(10-6-4)
(16-0-3)
(12-7-2)
(14-4-3)
(13-4-3)
(15-3-2)
(12-6-2)
(16-0-3)
(13-3-1)
(13-5-1)
(18-1-1)
(11-8-3)
(10-4-7)
(14-1-4)
(12-2-3)
(10-8-2)
(12-5-4)
(7-10-3)
(10-5-5)

At-large bids

26 teams received at-large bids to the tournament.

College Cup

Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara, California

Schedule

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

Championship

Goal scorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

See also

References