2011 NIRSA National Soccer Championship explained

2011 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
League:	NIRSA
Sport:	Soccer
Prevseason Year:	2010
Hosts Alt:	Site
Hosts:	Reach 11 Sports Complex Phoenix, Arizona
Duration:	November 17–19, 2011
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.) 4–3 (pen.)
League Champ Name:	Champion
League Champs:	Weber State (3rd title, 3rd title game)
Second Place:	Missouri (2nd title game)
Mvp:	Cord Stimpson (Weber State)
Season2:	Women's Championship Division
Season Champ2 Name:	Score
Season Champs2:	1–0
League Champ2 Name:	Champion
League Champs2:	UC-Santa Barbara (6th title, 7th title game)
Second Place2:	Cal Poly (1st title game)
Mvp2:	Laura Caparelli (UC-Santa Barbara)
Season3:	Men's Open Division
Season Champ3 Name:	Score
Season Champs3:	5–0
League Champ3 Name:	Champion
League Champs3:	UC-San Diego (1st title, 1st title game)
Second Place3:	Texas "B" (3rd title game)
Mvp3:	James Somerville (UC-San Diego)
Season4:	Women's Open Division
Season Champ4 Name:	Score
Season Champs4:	2–0
League Champ4 Name:	Champion
League Champs4:	Missouri (1st title, 1st title game)
Second Place4:	UC-Berkeley (1st title game)
Top Seed4:	Lou Opfer (Missouri)
Seasonslist:	NIRSA National Soccer Championships
Seasonslistnames:	NIRSA national soccer championships
Nextseason Link:	2012 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
Nextseason Year:	2012

The 2011 NIRSA national soccer championship was the 18th 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 17 to Saturday, November 19, 2011.^[1]

Overview

Men's championship

In the finals, reigning runners-up, Missouri, would face the 2009 champions Weber State. Coming into the finals, neither team had given up a goal in the knockout round, including when Missouri required penalty kicks in the round of 16 vs Penn State which they won 0–0 after extra time and 3–0 in the shootout. In the finals, the game would remain tied 0–0 at the end of regular time and extra time, meaning a penalty shootout would decide the champion for the second time in three years. Missouri would kick first. The first 2 rounds saw all four kicks being saved while the next 3 rounds saw all six being scored, meaning an extra round of kicks would be needed. In the sixth round of kicks, Missouri would hit the crossbar while Korbin Tafoya of Weber State would score, giving Weber State the title, their second in three years and their third overall. Weber State's Cord Stimpson would be named men's championship MVP.^[2]

Women's championship

In the finals, regulars UC-Santa Barbara would return to their fifth straight women's championship finals to face finals debutants Cal Poly. Coming into the finals, UC-Santa Barbara won every game except the quarterfinals by at least 2 goals, including a 8–0 victory in the group stage. However, the quarterfinals did require extra time against Pitt, which they won 2–1. Meanwhile, Cal Poly tied their opener to eventual consolation champions Ohio State, but would win their next four games. In the finals, eventual women's championship MVP Laura Caparelli of UC-Santa Barbara would score in the 24th minute. This goal would be enough to separate the teams, leading UC-Santa Barbara to their sixth title and their fifth straight, the longest consecutive title streak across all four divisions. This title also gave them sole possession of the most titles for a single team with six, over taking BYU in the men's championship division.

Men's open

In the finals, inaugural champions, Texas "B", would face finals debutants, UC-San Diego. Coming into the finals, Texas "B" would face another team that had another team playing in the championship division: Colorado "Black". Texas would win 3–1 then would beat Northeastern 2–0 in the semifinals. Meanwhile, UC-San Diego would require penalty kicks in both their knockout stage games, first against intra-city rivals San Diego State which they won 2–2 (4–3) then intrastate opponents USC 0–0 (5–4). In the finals, UC-San Diego would dominate winning 5–0 and claiming their first men's open title. UC-San Diego's James Somerville would be named men's open MVP.

Women's open

In the finals, two teams would be making their first finals appearance: Missouri and UC-Berkeley. Coming into the finals, Missouri would win both games knockout games 2–0, first against 2009 women's open champions JMU and then against reigning women's open champions Illinois. Meanwhile, UC-Berkeley would require penalty kicks in their quarterfinal matchup against 2009 runners-up Oregon then would beat intrastate rivals USC 3–0. In the finals, Missouri would win 2–0 to claim their first women's open title.

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

The 32 remaining teams participated in the open division, chosen on a first-come first-serve basis online on September 28, 2011^[5]

Men's championship

Participating teams!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Penn State	11th	2009
I	Navy	9th	2010
I	Delaware	7th	2010
I	UConn	1st	Never
II	North Carolina	10th	2010
II	Florida	6th	2010
II	Georgia	6th	2009
III	Michigan	10th	2010
III	Ohio State	7th	2009
III	Indiana	6th	2008
III	Michigan State	5th	2009
III	Northwestern	2nd	2010
IV	Texas	13th	2010
IV	Texas A&M	12th	2010
IV	Missouri	6th	2010
IV	Texas State	5th	2009
V	Colorado State	15th	2010
V	Colorado	12th	2010
V	Minnesota	10th	2010
VI	Weber State	11th	2010
VI	Arizona	10th	2010
VI	UC Santa Barabara	8th	2009
VI	UC Berkeley	4th	2009
VI	Cal Poly	3rd	2010

Women's championship

Participating teams!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Penn State	17th	2010
I	Delaware	9th	2010
I	Cornell	6th	2010
I	Pitt	2nd	2010
II	Virginia Tech	11th	2010
II	Florida	10th	2010
II	North Carolina	8th	2010
II	Virginia	6th	2010
III	Michigan	13th	2010
III	Ohio State	11th	2010
III	Michigan State	8th	2009
III	Indiana	3rd	2004
III	Marquette	3rd	2010
IV	Texas	12th	2010
IV	TCU	1st	Never
IV	Wash U	1st	Never
V	Colorado	17th	2010
V	Colorado State	15th	2010
V	Colorado Mines	2nd	2009
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	11th	2010
VI	San Diego State	9th	2008
VI	Arizona	7th	2010
VI	UCLA	5th	2010
VI	Cal Poly	2nd	2009

Men's open

Participating teams!Region!Num!Team

I	4	Penn, SUNY Cortland, Northeastern, Villanova
II	1	Kennesaw State
III	0	–
IV	1	Texas "B"
V	2	Colorado "Black", Colorado Mines
VI	8	Cal Poly "B", UC-Irvine, Northern Arizona, Southern Cal (USC), San Diego State, UC-Santa Cruz, UCLA, UC San Diego

Women's open

Participating teams!Region!Num!Team(s)

I	3	Northeastern, SUNY Cortland, Villanova
II	4	Kennesaw State, MTSU, JMU, Vanderbilit
III	1	Illinois
IV	1	Missouri
V	1	Colorado "Black"
VI	6	Southern Cal (USC), Arizona State, Salt Lake CC, Oregon, UC-Berkeley, Northern Arizona

Group stage

Men's championship

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan State	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UC-Berkeley	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
3	Navy	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC-Santa Barbara	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Missouri	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Colorado State	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arizona	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	North Carolina	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Indiana	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Weber State	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Minnesota	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Delaware	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	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	10	0	+10	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	TCU	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
3	Colorado Mines	2	0	1	1	0	8	−8	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas	2	1	0	1	7	6	+1	3
3	Delaware	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UCLA	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Virginia Tech	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Indiana	2	0	0	2	3	10	−7	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Men's open

Pos! style=width:13em

Team	style=width:2em	Pld	style=width:2em	W	style=width:2em	D	style=width:2em	L	style=width:2em	GF	style=width:2em	GA	style=width:2em	GD	style=width:2em	Pts	style=width:13em	Qualification
1	Penn	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Cal Poly “B”	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	UC Irvine	3	0	2	1	7	9	−2	2
4	Northern Arizona	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

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Pos! style=width:13em

Team	style=width:2em	Pld	style=width:2em	W	style=width:2em	D	style=width:2em	L	style=width:2em	GF	style=width:2em	GA	style=width:2em	GD	style=width:2em	Pts	style=width:13em	Qualification
1	Southern Cal	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Northeastern	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	SUNY Cortland	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3
4	Kennesaw State	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3

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Pos! style=width:13em

Team	style=width:2em	Pld	style=width:2em	W	style=width:2em	D	style=width:2em	L	style=width:2em	GF	style=width:2em	GA	style=width:2em	GD	style=width:2em	Pts	style=width:13em	Qualification
1	Colorado “Black”	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	SDSU	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	UC Santa Cruz	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Villanova	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3

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Pos! style=width:13em

Team	style=width:2em	Pld	style=width:2em	W	style=width:2em	D	style=width:2em	L	style=width:2em	GF	style=width:2em	GA	style=width:2em	GD	style=width:2em	Pts	style=width:13em	Qualification
1	UC San Diego	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas “B”	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Colorado Mines	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	UCLA	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2

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Women's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Illinois	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Southern Cal (USC)	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	Arizona State	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Kennesaw State	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Salt Lake CC	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado “Black”	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
3	Northeastern	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	MTSU	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	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	9	0	+9	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Oregon	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Vanderbilt	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	SUNY Cortland	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	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	10	1	+9	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Missouri	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
3	Northern Arizona	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Villanova	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

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Tournament bracket

Men's championship

Men's consolation

Women's championship

Women's consolation

Women's open

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rios . Mario . 2011 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships Results . 2023-08-19 . NIRSA Know.
2. Web site: McBride . Jonathan . 2011-11-21 . Men's Soccer Club Wins Sixth National Championship . 2023-08-19 . WSU Today.
3. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2010-09-10 . 2011 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships Rules of Play . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111110023808/http://www.nirsa.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Sports/Soccer/2011_Soccer_Rules_of_Play.pdf . 2011-11-10 . NIRSA.
4. Web site: 2011-08-02 . National Tournament Qualifying Logistics – Championship Division . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111128175939/http://www.nirsa.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Sports/Soccer/TournamentQualifyingLogistics/Tournament_Qualifyi.htm . 2011-11-28 . NIRSA.
5. Web site: 2011-11-28 . 2011 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111207130835/http://www.nirsa.org/content/navigationmenu/sports/soccer/nirsa_soccer_sport_.htm . 2011-12-07 . NIRSA.