2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament explained

NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Year:2013
Other Title:Men's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country:United States
Num Teams:48
Champions:Notre Dame
Runner-Up:Maryland
Semi-Finalist1:New Mexico
Semi-Finalist2:Virginia
Matches:47
Goals:122
Top Goal Scorer:Patrick Hodan
Patrick Mullins
(5 goals)
Player:Harrison Shipp
Notre Dame (MOP off.)
Zack Steffen
Maryland (MOP defense)
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 55th edition of the tournament. The four team College Cup finals tournament was held at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania on December 13 and 15, 2013. On December 15, Notre Dame defeated Maryland, 2–1, to win its first national title.

Qualified Teams

See main article: 2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.

A total of 48 teams qualified into the tournament proper, either automatically, or through an at-large bid that is determined by a selection committee. Each conference that field varsity soccer teams is awarded one automatic berth into the tournament. Depending on the conference, that automatic berth is either given the champions of the regular season, or the tournament that culminates the regular season. Twenty-two teams earn automatic bids into the tournament, while 26 enter through an at-large bid.

Format

Like previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament featured 48 participants out of a possible field of 198 teams. Of the 48 berths, 23 were allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. The remaining 25 berths were supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon teams' Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) that did not win their conference tournament.

The NCAA Selection Committee also named the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. The remaining 32 teams played in a single-elimination match in the first round of the tournament for the right to play a seeded team in the second round.

Seeded teams

Seeded teams
SeedSchoolConference RecordBerth typeNSCAA Ranking[1] RPI Ranking[2]
1UCLAPac-1211–3–4At-Large
2WashingtonPac-1214–1–4Automatic B
3Notre DameACC12–1–6At-large
4CaliforniaPac-1212–4–2At-large
5MarylandACC13–3–5Automatic A
6GeorgetownBig East13–4–2At-large
7New MexicoC-USA11–5–2At-large
8VirginiaACC10–5–5At-large
9MarquetteBig East12–5–2Automatic A
10UC Santa BarbaraBig West12–5–3At-large
11Michigan StateBig Ten12–5–3At-large
12UC IrvineBig West14–4–2Automatic A
13CharlotteConference USA12–5–3Automatic A
14Wake ForestACC9–5–5At-large
15CSU NorthridgeBig West15–6–1At-large
16UMBCAmerica East16–1–2Automatic A

Schedule

RoundDate
First roundNovember 21, 2013
Second roundNovember 24, 2013
Third roundDecember 1, 2013
QuarterfinalsDecember 6–7, 2013
College Cup: SemifinalsDecember 13, 2013
College Cup FinalDecember 15, 2013

Bracket

Regional 4

Results

College Cup

Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140905235406/http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/2950/NCAADivisionI/men/National/Poll12 . 2014-09-05 . dead .
  2. Web site: DI Men's Soccer Rankings - United Soccer Coaches | NCAA.com. www.ncaa.com.