2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

2015 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament
College Cup
Country United States
Dates November 19 – December 13, 2015
Teams 48
Champions Stanford
Runners-up Clemson
Matches played 47
Goals scored 125 (2.66 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Jordan Morris
Stanford
(5 goals)
All statistics correct as of December 13, 2015.

The 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship (also known as the 2015 College Cup) was the 57th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's collegiate soccer. The first, second, third, and quarterfinal rounds were held at college campus sites across the United States during November and December 2015, with host sites determined by seeding and record. The four-team College Cup finals were played at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas from December 11–13, 2015.[1]

The defending national champions, the Virginia Cavaliers, were eliminated in the tournament's second round. Stanford won their first-ever national title.

Qualification

All Division I men's soccer programs except for Grand Canyon, Incarnate Word, UMass Lowell, and Northern Kentucky were eligible to qualify for the tournament. Those four programs were ineligible because they were in transition from Division II to Division I. The tournament field remained fixed at 48 teams.

Of the 23 schools that had previously won the championship, 13 qualified for this year's tournament.

Format

As in previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament featured 48 participants out of a possible field of 202 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 were allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths were supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.

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
Seed School Conference Record Berth type NSCAA Ranking[2] RPI Ranking[3]
1 Wake Forest Atlantic Coast Conference 15–2–2 At-large 1 1
2 Clemson Atlantic Coast Conference 15–2–2 At-large 2 2
3 Georgetown Big East Conference 15–2–2 Tournament Champion 3 5
4 Akron Mid-American Conference 15–3–2 Tournament Champion 10 6
5 North Carolina Atlantic Coast Conference 14–1–3 At-large 4 4
6 Syracuse Atlantic Coast Conference 13–5–3 Tournament Champion 13 3
7 Notre Dame Atlantic Coast Conference 11–4–5 At-large 9 7
8 Stanford Pac-12 Conference 14–2–2 Season champion 6 8
9 Ohio State Big Ten Conference 13–4–2 At-large 12 11
10 Maryland Big Ten Conference 11–5–4 Tournament champion Not ranked 13
11 Seattle Western Athletic Conference 17–3–1 Tournament champion 15 9
12 Creighton Big East Conference 17–3–0 At-large 5 10
13 Denver The Summit League 15–0–3 Tournament champion 8 18
14 South Florida American Athletic Conference 11–5–3 At-large 14 14
15 UC Santa Barbara Big West Conference 13–6–2 At-large Not ranked 17
16 Indiana Big Ten Conference 12–5–2 At-large 22 21

Schedule

Round Date
First round November 19, 2015
Second round November 22, 2015
Third round November 28–29, 2015
Quarterfinals December 4 − 5, 2015
College Cup: Semifinals December 11, 2015
College Cup Final December 13, 2015

Bracket [4]

Regional 1

  First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
                                     
        
  1  Wake Forest 1  
     Charlotte 0  
   Charlotte 2
   Radford 1  
  1  Wake Forest 1  
  16  Indiana 0  
   Connecticut 3  
   Boston U 1  
   Connecticut 0
    16  Indiana 1  
      
        
  1  Wake Forest 1
  8  Stanford OT 2
        
        
  9  Ohio State PK 1(4)
     Dayton 1(3)  
   Dayton PK 2(4)
   Oakland 2(3)  
  9  Ohio State 1
  8  Stanford 3  
   Cal State Fullerton 0  
   Santa Clara 3  
   Santa Clara 1
    8  Stanford 3  
      

Regional 2

  First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
                                     
        
  5  North Carolina 2  
     Coastal Carolina 1  
   Coastal Carolina 1
   North Florida 0  
  5  North Carolina 0  
  12  Creighton 1  
   Kentucky 1  
   Drake 2  
   Drake 1
    12  Creighton 5  
      
        
  12  Creighton 2
  4  Akron 2OT 3
        
        
  13  Denver 0
     SMU OT 1  
   SMU 2
   Utah Valley 0  
   SMU 1
  4  Akron 2  
   Rutgers PK 1(3)  
   LIU Brooklyn 1(2)  
   Rutgers 1
    4  Akron 6  
      

Regional 3

  First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
                                     
        
  3  Georgetown 3  
     Hofstra 0  
   Hofstra OT 2
   Lehigh 1  
  3  Georgetown 1(4)  
   Boston College PK 1(5)  
   Boston College 1  
   Vermont 0  
   Boston College OT 2
    14  South Florida 1  
      
        
   Boston College 0
  6  Syracuse 1
        
        
  11  Seattle 1
     UCLA 0  
   UCLA 2
   Cal Poly 0  
  11  Seattle 1
  6  Syracuse 3  
   Dartmouth OT 1  
   Hartwick 0  
   Dartmouth 1
    6  Syracuse 2  
      

Regional 4

  First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
                                     
        
  7  Notre Dame PK 1(3)  
     Tulsa 1(0)  
   Tulsa OT 3
   FIU 2  
  7  Notre Dame 1  
  10  Maryland 2  
   Virginia 2  
   Rider 0  
   Virginia 0
    10  Maryland 1  
      
        
  10  Maryland 1(1)
  2  Clemson PK 1(3)
        
        
  15  UC Santa Barbara OT 1
     South Carolina 0  
   South Carolina PK 1(2)
   Furman 1(1)  
  15  UC Santa Barbara 2
  2  Clemson 3  
   Elon 3  
   Winthrop 0  
   Elon 2
    2  Clemson 5  
      

College Cup

Semifinals
December 11
Children's Mercy Park
Kansas City, Kansas
Championship
December 13
Children's Mercy Park
Kansas City, Kansas
      
8 Stanford PK 0(8)
4 Akron 0(7)
8 Stanford 4
2 Clemson 0
6 Syracuse 0(1)
2 Clemson PK 0(4)

Results

Home team through quarterfinals on left...

First round

Second Round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup

Semifinals

Championship

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
  • New Zealand Stuart Holthusen — Akron
2 goals
  • Canada Richie Laryea — Akron
  • Brazil Victor Souto — Akron
  • Sweden Simon Enström — Boston College
  • United States T. J. Casner — Clemson
  • Costa Rica Saul Chinchilla — Clemson
  • Brazil Thales Moreno — Clemson
  • Canada Kwame Awuah — Connecticut
  • United States Ricky Lopez-Espin — Creighton
  • Mexico Ricardo Perez — Creighton
  • Germany Timo Pitter — Creighton
  • United States Cooper Vandermaas-Peeler — Elon
  • United States Eryk Williamson — Maryland
  • United States Amir Bashti — Stanford
  • United States Brandon Vincent — Stanford
  • England Ben Polk — Syracuse
  • United States Juan Sebastián Sánchez — Tulsa
1 goal
  • United States Adam Najem — Akron
  • United States Sean Sepe — Akron
  • Portugal Gonçalo Soares — Akron
  • United States Trevor Davock — Boston College
  • Ghana Isaac Normesinu — Boston College
  • Brazil Felix De Bona — Boston U
  • Costa Rica Diego Campos — Clemson
  • England Aaron Jones — Clemson
  • Norway Iman Mafi — Clemson
  • United States Brandt Bronico — Charlotte
  • United States Luke Waechter — Charlotte
  • United States Martin Melchor — Coastal Carolina
  • Nigeria Tobenna Uzo — Coastal Carolina
  • United States DeAndrae Brown — Connecticut
  • United States Fernando Castellanos — Creighton
  • United States Evan Waldrep — Creighton
  • Bermuda Justin Donawa — Dartmouth
  • Jamaica Alexander Marsh — Dartmouth
  • Nigeria Kennedy Nwabia — Dayton
  • Netherlands Maik Schoonderwoerd — Dayton
  • Spain Carlos Sendin — Dayton
  • United States Alec Bartlett — Drake
  • United States Steven Enna — Drake
  • United States James Grunert — Drake
  • Honduras Eduardo Alvarez — Elon
  • England James Brace — Elon
  • England Jaiden Fortune — Elon
  • Puerto Rico Luis Betancur — FIU
  • England Brad Fountain — FIU
  • Scotland Lewis Hawke — Furman
  • United States Brandon Allen — Georgetown
  • United States Arun Basuljevic — Georgetown
  • United States Alex Muyl — Georgetown
  • United States Keegan Rosenberry — Georgetown
  • England Daniel Massey — Hofstra
  • United States Mario Ruiz — Hofstra
  • United States Ben Maurey — Indiana
  • United States Kevin Barajas — Kentucky
  • United States Mark Forrest — Lehigh
  • Norway Simon Hestnes — LIU Brooklyn
  • United States Alex Crognale — Maryland
  • Brazil Ivan Magalhães — Maryland
  • United States Tucker Hume — North Carolina
  • United States Zach Wright — North Carolina
  • United States Patrick Berneski — Notre Dame
  • United States Jeffrey Farina — Notre Dame
  • Canada Austin Ricci — Oakland
  • England Matt Rickard — Oakland
  • United States Danny Jensen — Ohio State
  • United States Abdi Mohamed — Ohio State
  • England Jamie Summers — Radford
  • Jordan Sugor Al Awwad — Rutgers
  • United States Ahmad Faheem — Rutgers
  • United States Dylan Autran — Santa Clara
  • United States Edson Cardona — Santa Clara
  • United States Carlos Delgadillo — Santa Clara
  • United States Luis Urias — Santa Clara
  • Algeria Hamza Haddadi — Seattle
  • United States David Olsen — Seattle
  • Mali Idrissa Camara — SMU
  • United States Stanton Garcia — SMU
  • United States Brenden Lee — SMU
  • England Danny Deakin — South Carolina
  • Nigeria Prosper Figbe — South Florida
  • United States Corey Baird — Stanford
  • United States Foster Langsdorf — Stanford
  • United States Eric Verso — Stanford
  • England Louis Cross — Syracuse
  • Canada Kamal Miller — Syracuse
  • United States Noah Rhynhart — Syracuse
  • United States Miles Robinson — Syracuse
  • United States Geoffrey Dee — Tulsa
  • Nicaragua Miguel Velasquez — Tulsa
  • New Zealand Jordan Vale — UCLA
  • Germany Kevin Feucht — UC Santa Barbara
  • The Gambia Ismaila Jome — UC Santa Barbara
  • South Korea Kim Seo-in — UC Santa Barbara
  • United States Jake Rozhansky — Virginia
  • United States Marcus Salandy-Defour — Virginia
  • Spain Jon Bakero — Wake Forest
  • United States Ricky Greensfelder — Wake Forest
  • United States Ian Harkes — Wake Forest
Own goals
  • United States Brad Ruhaak — Akron (playing against SMU)
  • United States Austin Wilcox — Cal Poly (playing against UCLA)
  • United States Taylor Curtis — SMU (playing against Akron)

See also

References

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