2013 NIRSA National Soccer Championship explained

2013 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
League:	NIRSA
Sport:	Soccer
Prevseason Year:	2012
Hosts Alt:	Site
Hosts:	Reach 11 Sports Complex Phoenix, Arizona
Duration:	November 21–23, 2013
No Of Teams:	24
Picked By Team:	Results
Season:	No champions (rain cancellation)
Seasonslist:	NIRSA National Soccer Championships
Seasonslistnames:	NIRSA national soccer championships
Nextseason Link:	2014 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
Nextseason Year:	2014

The 2013 NIRSA national soccer championship was the 20th 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 21 to Saturday, November 23, 2013.

After the first day of games, persistent rain over Thursday night resulted in the closure of all Reach 11's fields for all of Friday. The rain continued through to Saturday which inevitably resulted in the cancellation of the remainder of the tournament. The weekend saw Phoenix receive over 2.5 inches of rain in a 30-hour period, more than four times the 0.65 inches it typically receives in the entire of month of November. Attempts at a continuation, like the one that happened when rain cancelled the 2004 tournament, were ultimately unsuccessful meaning the championship would see, for the first time in its 20-year history, not a single division able to name a champion.^{[1] [2]}

Format

The competition consisted of 96 teams: 48 men's teams and 48 women's teams. Each of these divisions were further divided into two 24-team divisions: the championship and open. The championship division divided teams into eight groups of three while the open division divided teams into six groups of four, 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. In the championship division, the two highest ranked teams from each group advanced to their knockout stage, with the third placed team advancing to a consolation bracket. In the open division, the top team from each group as well as the two best second placed teams advanced to their knockout stage.

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. If a knockout-stage game was tied at the end of regulation, overtime would begin. Overtime consisted of one, 15-minute, golden-goal period. If still tied after overtime, kicks from the mark would determine the winner.^{[3] [4]}

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.^[5]

The 48 remaining teams participated in the open division. Participants were chosen on a first-come first-serve basis through IMLeagues. Registration began September 24 at 8:00am PDT. The first four teams per region that register guaranteed a spot with each remaining team in the region being placed on the waitlist. If a region didn't fill up by 5:00pm PDT on September 24, waitlist teams would begin to fill those spots.^[6]

Men's championship

Participating teams!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Penn State	13th	2012
I	Delaware	8th	2011
I	Northeastern	1st	Never
II	Florida	8th	2012
II	Georgia	8th	2012
II	Virginia Tech	6th	2012
III	Illinois	11th	2012
III	Michigan	11th	2011
III	Ohio State	9th	2012
III	Michigan State	7th	2012
III	Cincinnati	2nd	2010
IV	Texas	15th	2012
IV	Texas A&M	14th	2012
IV	Missouri	7th	2011
IV	Kansas State	4th	2007
IV	UTEP	2nd	2005
IV	Rice	2nd	2002
V	Colorado State	16th	2011
V	Colorado	14th	2012
V	Colorado Mines	3rd	2012
VI	Weber State	13th	2012
VI	UC Santa Barabara	9th	2011
VI	Cal Poly	5th	2012
VI	UC Davis	1st	Never

Women's championship

Participating teams!Region!Team!Appearance!Last Bid

I	Penn State	18th	2011
I	Delaware	11th	2012
I	Pitt	4th	2012
II	Virginia Tech	13th	2012
II	Florida	11th	2011
II	North Carolina	10th	2012
II	Clemson	4th	1998
III	Michigan	15th	2012
III	Ohio State	13th	2012
III	Miami (OH)	14th	2012
III	Illinois	9th	2009
III	Dayton	5th	2008
IV	Texas A&M	14th	2012
IV	Texas	13th	2012
IV	Baylor	9th	2012
IV	Missouri	2nd	2009
V	Colorado	19th	2012
V	Colorado State	17th	2012
V	Air Force	1st	Never
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	13th	2012
VI	UCLA	6th	2011
VI	Salt Lake CC	5th	1999
VI	Cal Poly	4th	2012
VI	Southern Cal (USC)	1st	Never

Men's open

Region	Num	Team
I	5	UConn, Penn, Boston College, SUNY Cortland, Villanova
II	2	JMU, Miami (FL)
III	1	UW-Milwaukee
IV	6	Kansas, Arkansas, Texas Tech, Texas "B", Wash U, Oklahoma
V	3	Iowa State, Colorado "Black", Colorado Mesa
VI	7	San Diego State, Cal State Fullerton, Southern Cal (USC), UC-Berkeley, Northern Arizona, Cal Poly "B", Utah Valley

Women's open

Region	Num	Team
I	5	Boston College, Cornell, Northeastern, Penn, Villanova
II	5	Virginia, JMU, Miami (FL), Mary Washington, Vanderbilt
III	1	UW-Milwaukee
IV	5	Kansas, Texas Tech, Texas "B", Iowa State, Wash U
V	3	Colorado "Black", Denver, Colorado Mines
VI	5	Arizona State, UC-Davis, UC-Berkeley, San Diego State, Northern Arizona

Source:^{[7] [8]}

Group stage

Men's championship

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Weber State	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas A&M	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Northeastern	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Georgia	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Missouri	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Colorado “Gold”	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Women's championship

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Florida	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Salt Lake CC	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	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	Illinois	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Colorado	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Delaware	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas A&M	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Clemson	2	0	0	2	1	5	−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	6	0	+6	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Missouri	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
3	Air Force	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Penn State	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Miami (OH)	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Virginia Tech	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado State	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Ohio State	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Southern Cal(USC)	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Consolation

Pos! style="width:13em"

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

Men's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC-Berkeley	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	Colorado Mesa	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
3	UPenn	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
4	Oklahoma	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Diego State	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	UConn	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
3	Wash U	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0
4	SUNY Cortland	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	USC	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	Utah Valley	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Boston College	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
4	Texas “B”	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iowa State	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	Miami (FL)	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Villanova	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
4	Northern Arizona	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	JMU	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	Cal Poly “B”	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
3	Arkansas	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
4	UW Milwaukee	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kansas	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	Texas Tech	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Colorado “Black”	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
4	Cal State Fullerton	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

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Women's open

Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boston College	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	JMU	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Northern Arizona	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
4	Iowa State	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Virginia	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	Arizona State	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Texas Tech	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
4	Denver	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC Davis	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	Kansas	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
3	Villanova	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
4	Texas “B”	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC-Berkeley	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	UPenn	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Miami (FL)	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
4	UW Milwaukee	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cornell	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	Colorado “Black”	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Vanderbilt	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
4	Mary Washington	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

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Pos! style="width:13em"

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado Mines	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Cancelled prior to conclusion of all games
2	San Diego State	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Northeastern	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
4	Wash U	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

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Tournament bracket

No knockout games were able to be played due to the rain. Due to all championship group stage games finishing prior to the rain, the theoretical knockout matchups were set.

Men's championship

Men's consolation

Women's championship

Women's consolation

Women's open

Notes and References

1. Web site: O'Sullivan . Erin . 2013-12-05 . NIRSA Soccer Championships turned 20 this November . 2023-08-13 . NIRSA . en-US.
2. Web site: A message about the 2013 NIRSA National Soccer Championships . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140122074041/http://www.nirsa.org/wcm/Play/Soccer/wcm/_Play/Soccer/Soccer_.aspx?hkey=fe730752-ae48-4e3e-94b8-6fd131d7c221 . 2014-01-22 . NIRSA.
3. Web site: 2013-10-10 . 2013 NIRSA NCCS National Soccer Championships Rules of Play . Colorado Mines.
4. Web site: 2013-11-20 . 20th Anniversary NIRSA National Soccer Tournament Schedule . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131126010130/http://www.nirsa.org:80/docs/Play/Soccer/SOC2013/Soccer2013-Schedule.pdf . 2013-11-26 . NIRSA.
5. Web site: Qualifying for the national tournament Championship Division . dead . https://web.archivehttps://web.archive.org/web/20131104025705/http://www.nirsa.org/wcm/Play/Soccer/Championship_Division_Qualifications/wcm/_Play/Soccer/Championship_Division_Qualifications/Championship_Di.aspx?hkey=2347eac1-bb60-4a99-97ef-3c7f975c5db6.org/web/20141107000914/http://www.nirsa.org/wcm/_play_soccer/regional_tournaments/wcm/_Play/Soccer/Regional_Tournaments.aspx?hkey=aeaa4599-6d9b-4ac9-8136-ba92c55ebd7a . 2013-11-04 . NIRSA.
6. Web site: McCutchan . Valerie . 2013-08-30 . Registration opens September 24 for the 20th Annual NIRSA National Soccer Championships . 2023-08-12 . www.nirsa.org.
7. Web site: 2013-12-19 . 2013 NIRSA National Soccer Tournament Results . NIRSA.
8. News: Elledge . Dan . 2013-11-20 . Club soccer advance to nationals with 8-2 record . . 9.