2010 NIRSA National Soccer Championship explained

2010 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
League:	NIRSA
Sport:	Soccer
Prevseason Year:	2009
Hosts Alt:	Site
Hosts:	Reach 11 Sports Complex Phoenix, Arizona
Duration:	November 18–20, 2010
No Of Teams:	24 (men's championship) 24 (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:	3–1
League Champ Name:	Champion
League Champs:	Colorado (2nd title, 2nd title game)
Second Place:	Missouri (1st title game)
Mvp:	Connor Hutchinson (Colorado)
Season2:	Women's Championship Division
Season Champ2 Name:	Score
Season Champs2:	1–1 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (pen.)
League Champ2 Name:	Champion
League Champs2:	UC-Santa Barbara (5th title, 6th title game)
Second Place2:	Texas (1st title game)
Mvp2:	Tannia Hernandez (UC-Santa Barbara)
Season3:	Men's Open Division
Season Champ3 Name:	Score
Season Champs3:	2–1 (a.e.t.)
League Champ3 Name:	Champion
League Champs3:	Cal Poly "B" (1st title, 1st title game)
Second Place3:	JMU (5th title game)
Mvp3:	Brian Romag (Cal Poly "B")
Season4:	Women's Open Division
Season Champ4 Name:	Score
Season Champs4:	1–0
League Champ4 Name:	Champion
League Champs4:	Illinois (1st title, 1st title game)
Second Place4:	Colorado "Black" (3rd title game)
Top Seed4:	Meagan Reitz (Illinois)
Seasonslist:	NIRSA National Soccer Championships
Seasonslistnames:	NIRSA national soccer championships
Nextseason Link:	2011 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
Nextseason Year:	2011

The 2010 NIRSA national soccer championship was the 17th 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 18 to Saturday, November 20, 2010.^[1]

Overview

Men's championship

In the finals, 2005 champions Colorado would face finals debutants Missouri. Coming into the finals, both teams won their Sweet 16 matchup 1–0. While Colorado won their next two games against Northwestern and Arizona, respectively, by 3 goals each, Missouri needed a 10-round penalty shootout against Cal Poly in the quarterfinals and a late second half goal against Texas in the semifinals. In the finals, Colorado started early with a goal in the 18th minute by eventual MVP Connor Hutchinson then doubled their advantage right at the end of the first half with a goal from Anthony Smoller in the 40th minute. Conner Hutchinson added a third goal 5 minutes prior to the end of the game, but a last minute PK from Missouri's Shane Rasch would be the last meaningful action of the match as Colorado claimed a 3–1 victory and their second national title.^[2]

Women's championship

In the finals, the three time reigning champions, UC-Santa Barbara, were looking to claim their fourth straight title and fifth overall against finals debutants Texas. Coming into the finals, Texas would have to overcome a 1–0 deficit in the round of 16 against North Carolina, then would require penalties against UCLA in the quarterfinals and finally scored a game-winning second half goal in a 1–0 game against rivals Texas A&M in the semifinals. Meanwhile, after a dominant 4–0 victory in the round of 16 against Cornell, Florida, who won their first game in overtime, forfeited, sending UC-Santa Barbara directly to the semifinals against Penn State; a rematch of the previous tournament's finals. UC-Santa Barbara would also dominate this game, winning 3–0. In the finals, Emily Gross would open the scoring for Texas in the 10th minute, the first time UC-Santa Barbara would trail this tournament, and would remain at 1–0 until Kelsey Mulcahy of UC-Santa Barbara tied the game in the 55th minute. The score would remain tied after regulation and extra time, meaning the game would go to penalties. Texas would kick first and have their first attempt saved. The following four kicks would be converted, but UC-Santa Barbara would miss in the third round making the score 2–2. Both teams scored their attempts in the fourth and fifth rounds, meaning a sudden-death sixth round would be required. A block from UC-Santa Barbara's goalkeeper and a goal from Natalie Lemonnier would see UC-Santa Barbara win 4–3 on penalties, giving them their fifth national title and fourth straight. This victory also saw them be the only women's championship team with at least 5 titles, overtaking Colorado and Michigan who had 4 titles each, and became only the second team across all four divisions to win four straight tournaments (the first being BYU men's championship run from 1996 to 1999). UC-Santa Barbara's Tannia Hernandez would be named women's championship MVP.^[3]

Men's open

In the finals, reigning champions JMU would face Cal Poly "B" in a rematch from Group A which Cal Poly "B" won 3–2. The game would be tied 1–1 at the end of regulation, meaning a 15-minute sudden victory overtime would be played. Cal Poly "B" would score and secure their first men's open title. Brian Romag of Cal Poly would go on to be named men's open MVP.

Women's open

In the finals, 2001 women's open champions Colorado "Black" would face Illinois who were in their first open finals. Coming into the finals, Colorado "Black" had to beat Northeastern 2–1, then last year's runners-up Oregon 1–0. Meanwhile, Illinois had to beat Miami (FL) 4–3 then Missouri, the team who defeated reigning champs JMU, in a penalty shootout 4–3 after the game was tied 1–1 after regulation and extra time. In the finals, Illinois would score the lone goal of the match and claim their first women's open title. Illinois' Megan Reitz would be named women's open MVP.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

The 32 remaining teams participated in the open division, chosen on a first-come first-serve basis online on September 22, 2010.^[7]

Men's championship

Automatic bid!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Delaware	6th	2009
I	Penn	5th	2008
I	UMass	1st	Never
II	North Carolina	9th	2009
II	Florida	5th	2009
II	UCF	1st	Never
III	Michigan	9th	2009
III	Western Michigan	2nd	2004
III	Cincinnati	1st	Never
IV	Texas	12th	2007
IV	Texas A&M	11th	2009
IV	Texas Tech	7th	2007
V	Colorado State	14th	2009
V	Colorado	11th	2009
V	Colorado Mines	1st	Never
VI	Weber State	10th	2009
VI	Arizona	9th	2008
VI	UCLA	3rd	2008

At-large bids!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Navy	8th	2009
II	Virginia	6th	2009
III	Northwestern	1st	Never
IV	Missouri	5th	2009
V	Minnesota	9th	2009
VI	Cal Poly	2nd	2009

Women's championship

Automatic bids!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Penn State	16th	2009
I	Delaware	8th	2009
I	Cornell	5th	2009
II	Virginia Tech	10th	2009
II	Virginia	5th	2009
III	Michigan	12th	2009
III	Ohio State	10th	2009
III	Purdue	8th	2005
IV	Texas A&M	12th	2009
IV	Texas	11th	2009
IV	Baylor	7th	2008
V	Colorado	16th	2009
V	Colorado State	14th	2009
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	10th	2009
VI	Arizona	6th	2009
VI	Arizona State	1st	Never

At-large bids!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Pitt	1st	Never
I	College of New Jersey	2nd	2009
II	Florida	9th	2009
II	North Carolina	7th	2008
III	Marquette	2nd	2009
IV	Texas State	3rd	2009
VI	UCLA	4th	2009
VI	UC-Berkeley	2nd	2004

Source:^[8]

Men's open

Participating teams!Region!Num!Team(s)

I	5	Boston College, SUNY Cortland, Towson, UConn, Villanova
II	3	JMU, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech
III	0
IV	2	Texas "B", Kansas
V	4	Fort Lewis, Iowa State, Colorado "Black", Air Force
VI	2	Cal Poly "B", Central Washington

Women's open

Region	Num	Team(s)
I	4	Boston College, Northeastern, Vermont, Villanova
II	3	JMU, Miami (FL), Vanderbilt
III	1	Illinois
IV	2	Kansas, Missouri
V	2	Iowa State, Colorado "Black"
VI	4	Salt Lake CC, San Diego State, Oregon, Northern Arizona

Source:^[9]

Group stage

Men's championship

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Texas A&M	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Weber State	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Colorado Mines	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northwestern	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
3	UCLA	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Florida	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Missouri	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	UMass	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Carolina	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Penn	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arizona	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Navy	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
3	Colorado State	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	UC-Santa Barbara	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	The College of New Jersey	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
3	Virginia Tech	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arizona	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Advanced to knockout stage
2	North Carolina	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Colorado State	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Men's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cal Poly “B”	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	JMU	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Boston College	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Fort Lewis	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Virginia Tech	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado “Black”	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Iowa State	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	SUNY Cortland	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Miami (FL)	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas “B”	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Air Force	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Villanova	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kansas	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UConn	3	1	2	0	4	0	+4	5
3	Towson	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0
4	Central Washington	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4

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Women's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	JMU	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Kansas	3	2	0	1	4	6	−2	6
3	Salt Lake CC	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Villanova	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oregon	3	3	0	0	11	0	+10	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Missouri	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Boston College	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Iowa State	3	0	0	3	0	12	−11	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Illinois	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Northeastern	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	San Diego State	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Vanderbilt	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado “Black”	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Miami	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
3	Vermont	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Northern Arizona	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	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: 2010 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships set for kick-off! . 2023-08-22 . NIRSA Know.
2. Web site: Independent . CU . 2010-11-26 . Colorado men's club soccer wins national championship . 2023-08-24 . CU Independent . en-US.
3. Web site: Harris . Chris . 2010-11-25 . Gauchos follow through with fourth straight . 2023-08-24 . Presidio Sports . en-US.
4. Web site: 2010 NCCS National Soccer Championships Results . 2023-08-22 . NIRSA Know.
5. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2010-09-03 . 2010 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships Rules of Play . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101228124838/http://www.nirsa.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Sports/Soccer/soccer_rules_of_play.pdf . 2010-12-28 . NIRSA.
6. Web site: 2010-10-07 . National Tournament Qualifying Logistics – Championship Division . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101228123929/http://www.nirsa.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Sports/Soccer/TournamentQualifyingLogistics/Tournament_Qualifyi.htm . 2010-12-28 . NIRSA.
7. Web site: 2010-12-02 . 2010 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101204160858/http://www.nirsa.org/content/navigationmenu/sports/soccer/nirsa_soccer_sport_.htm . 2010-12-04 . NIRSA.
8. Web site: McCutchan . Valerrie . 2010 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships Newsletter . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101228124426/http://www.nirsa.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Sports/Soccer/2010_NIRSA_NCCS_Soccer_Newsletter.pdf . 2010-12-28 . NIRSA.
9. Web site: 2010-12-02 . 2010 Tournament Results . NIRSA Play.