2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

NCAA Division I
Season 2012
Champions Indiana
Highest scoring 12: Tulsa 7–5 Oakland
Sept. 16, 2012[1]
2011
2013

The 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 53rd season of NCAA men's college soccer in the United States. The defending champions were the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels, who defeated sister school, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 49ers in the previous College Cup championship.

Indiana defeated Georgetown, 1-0, in championship to win the title.

Changes from 2011

Coaching changes

College Outgoing coach Manner of departure Incoming coach Former position Ref.
Michigan United States Steve Burns Resigned Canada Chaka Daley Providence head coach [2]
Providence Canada Chaka Daley Took Michigan job England Craig Stewart Franklin Pierce head coach [3]
Stanford United States Bret Simon Resigned England Jeremy Gunn Charlotte head coach [4]

Season overview

Pre-season polls

Several American soccer outlets posted their own preseason top 25 rankings of what were believed to be the strongest men's collegiate soccer teams entering 2012.

NSCAA[5]
Ranking Team
1 North Carolina
2 UCLA
3 Creighton
4 Connecticut
5 South Florida
6 New Mexico
7 Louisville
8 Charlotte
9 Maryland
10 Akron
11 UC Santa Barbara
12 Indiana
13 UC Irvine
14 Boston College
15 St. John's
16 SMU
17 Coastal Carolina
18 Saint Mary's
19 James Madison
20 Northwestern
21 UAB
22 Brown
23 Old Dominion
24 Furman
25 Bradley
Soccer America[6]
Ranking Team
1 Connecticut
2 Akron
3 Maryland
4 UC Santa Barbara
5 Charlotte
6 North Carolina
7 New Mexico
8 UCLA
9 Indiana
10 South Florida
11 Boston College
12 Old Dominion
13 St. John's
14 Coastal Carolina
15 Creighton
16 Louisville
17 Northwestern
18 Notre Dame
19 Wake Forest
20 Furman
21 Duke
22 Xavier
23 West Virginia
24 SMU
25 UC Irvine
Fox Soccer/SBI[7]
Ranking Team
1 Akron
2 Connecticut
3 North Carolina
4 Maryland
5 UC Santa Barbara
6 Indiana
7 UCLA
8 Duke
9 West Virginia
10 Boston College
11 South Florida
12 St. John's
13 Louisville
14 Virginia
15 Xavier
16 New Mexico
17 Coastal Carolina
18 Creighton
19 SMU
20 Charlotte
21 CSU Bakersfield
22 Wake Forest
23 UC Irvine
24 Notre Dame
25 Georgetown
College Soccer News[8]
Ranking Team
1 North Carolina
2 New Mexico
3 Charlotte
4 Connecticut
5 Maryland
6 Akron
7 UCLA
8 South Florida
9 UC Santa Barbara
10 Coastal Carolina
11 Indiana
12 Boston College
13 Old Dominion
14 Creighton
15 UC Irvine
16 Northwestern
17 St. John's
18 Louisville
19 Wake Forest
20 UAB
21 SMU
22 Brown
23 Furman
24 Saint Mary's
25 Xavier

Regular season

Standings

2012 America East men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Vermont 5 0 2     8 5 5
UMBC 4 2 1     11 4 7
Stony Brook 4 3 0     11 6 1
Boston University 3 2 2     6 8 4
Albany 3 4 0     6 11 1
New Hampshire 2 3 2     7 7 6
Binghamton 2 5 0     6 11 1
Hartford 1 5 1     7 9 1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#3 Maryland 6 1 1     20 1 3
#5 North Carolina 6 1 1     16 4 3
#22 Wake Forest 4 1 3     11 4 5
Clemson 3 2 3     6 9 5
Boston College 3 2 3     7 6 5
Virginia 3 4 1     10 7 4
Duke 3 4 1     8 8 2
N.C. State 1 7 0     10 10 0
Virginia Tech 0 7 1     7 10 3
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#23 Charlotte 7 1 1     15 4 3
#19 Saint Louis 7 2 0     16 5 0
Xavier 6 1 2     14 3 5
#25 VCU 6 1 2     12 4 5
Temple 6 1 2     10 6 3
Dayton 5 3 1     11 5 2
La Salle 4 4 1     10 7 3
Duquesne 4 4 1     7 12 1
Butler 3 5 1     5 8 5
Rhode Island 3 5 1     4 11 3
St. Bonaventure 3 6 0     5 14 0
Fordham 2 4 3     6 7 4
Richmond 2 6 1     6 11 1
Massachusetts 2 7 0     5 11 2
George Washington 2 7 0     5 13 0
Saint Joseph's 1 6 2     5 11 2
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
FGCU 6 1 1     11 5 3
Mercer 6 2 0     11 7 2
East Tennessee State 5 2 1     10 6 4
Northern Kentucky 4 3 1     7 10 1
USC Upstate 3 4 1     5 10 2
Lipscomb 3 4 1     7 10 1
Jacksonville 3 5 0     4 13 1
Stetson 2 5 1     3 10 2
North Florida 1 7 0     4 13 0
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Big East men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Blue
#2 Georgetown 6 2 0     19 4 3
#6 Connecticut 6 2 0     17 4 1
#15 Marquette 5 2 1     16 4 1
#8 Notre Dame 5 2 1     17 4 1
Seton Hall 2 6 0     6 12 0
Providence 2 6 0     4 10 2
Pittsburgh 0 8 0     6 9 2
Red
#9 Louisville 7 1 0     14 6 1
#17 Syracuse 5 3 0     14 6 1
St. John's 4 3 1     10 5 4
Villanova 3 3 2     12 6 2
Cincinnati 3 3 2     6 9 4
Rutgers 3 4 1     7 7 1
South Florida 2 3 3     8 5 4
DePaul 1 6 1     4 10 3
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Big South men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#11 Coastal Carolina 10 0 0     20 3 2
Radford 7 2 1     10 6 4
Liberty 6 1 3     8 7 3
Campbell 7 3 0     12 5 2
High Point 5 3 2     12 5 3
Winthrop 5 4 1     12 9 1
Gardner–Webb 3 5 2     4 14 2
Presbyterian 3 7 0     4 16 0
Longwood 2 7 1     3 12 3
VMI 1 8 1     2 14 1
UNC Asheville 0 9 1     1 15 1
As of November 9, 2012; Rankings from NCSAA
2012 Big Ten men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Penn State 3 1 2     9 5 3
#18 Northwestern 3 1 2     13 6 4
Michigan 3 2 1     11 10 1
#1 Indiana 3 2 1     16 5 3
Michigan State 3 3 0     11 10 1
Wisconsin 1 3 2     6 8 5
Ohio State 0 4 2     6 10 3
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Big West Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
North
UC Davis 7 3 0     10 7 4
Cal Poly 6 3 1     11 7 1
Sacramento State 5 4 1     8 8 2
UC Santa Barbara 4 5 1     10 6 3
South
CSU Northridge 7 3 0     15 7 0
CSU Fullerton 4 5 1     8 12 1
UC Riverside 3 7 0     10 8 0
UC Irvine 2 8 0     5 14 1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 CAA men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Drexel 8 1 1     12 4 3
Northeastern 6 1 3     14 3 4
James Madison 6 2 2     9 7 3
Old Dominion 5 3 2     11 3 4
Hofstra 5 4 1     11 6 4
George Mason 4 5 1     11 6 2
UNC Wilmington 4 6 0     7 11 1
William & Mary 2 5 3     4 10 4
Delaware 2 5 3     4 11 4
Towson 2 6 2     4 10 2
Georgia State 2 8 0     6 12 0
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Conference USA men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
SMU 6 2 0     10 5 5
#14 Tulsa 5 2 1     14 6 1
UCF 5 3 0     8 7 3
Memphis 4 2 2     8 7 3
Kentucky 4 3 1     10 9 2
UAB 4 4 0     10 8 2
Marshall 3 5 0     11 5 1
South Carolina 2 5 1     5 11 2
FIU 0 7 1     8 8 2
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Detroit 6 1 0     10 9 0
Cleveland State 4 1 2     11 6 3
UIC 3 3 1     7 8 2
Valparaiso 2 2 3     6 9 5
Milwaukee 2 3 2     8 8 2
Loyola Chicago 2 3 2     5 11 2
Wright State 2 4 1     4 13 1
Green Bay 0 4 3     2 10 4
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Ivy League men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#20 Cornell 6 1 0     15 2 0
Dartmouth 5 2 0     9 7 0
#16 Brown 4 1 2     13 3 3
Princeton 4 1 2     8 6 2
Columbia 2 3 2     4 8 4
Yale 1 3 3     4 8 5
Penn 1 6 0     3 13 0
Harvard 0 6 1     3 11 3
  • $ Conference champion
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 MAAC men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Loyola (Md.) 7 1 0     13 6 1
Siena 6 1 0     10 7 0
Niagara 5 1 1     13 2 4
Iona 5 2 0     7 11 0
Fairfield 3 4 0     7 8 1
Saint Peter's 3 4 0     5 11 0
Rider 2 5 1     3 13 1
Manhattan 2 5 0     3 12 1
Canisius 1 6 0     8 7 2
Marist 1 6 0     5 10 1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 Akron 7 0 0     18 1 3
Northern Illinois 4 2 1     7 10 3
West Virginia 4 2 1     9 6 2
Bowling Green 3 3 1     8 9 3
Western Michigan 3 3 1     11 6 2
Buffalo 3 4 0     5 11 1
Hartwick 2 5 0     5 10 2
Florida Atlantic 0 7 0     2 13 1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Creighton 5 0 1     16 4 2
SIU Edwardsville 4 2 0     13 7 0
Bradley 3 2 1     10 6 4
Evansville 3 2 1     9 8 1
Drake 2 2 2     6 11 4
Central Arkansas 1 4 1     8 9 1
Missouri State 0 6 0     5 8 4
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 MPSF men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Mountain
#10 New Mexico 8 2 0     17 4 1
Air Force 5 3 2     10 9 4
Denver 5 4 1     11 6 3
Houston Baptist 2 6 2     4 10 2
Pacific
CSU Bakersfield 6 3 1     9 5 5
San Jose State 5 4 1     8 9 1
UNLV 4 6 0     6 14 1
Seattle 1 8 1     3 13 1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Quinnipiac 8 1 1     10 4 3
#20 Fairleigh Dickinson 6 1 3     11 6 6
Monmouth 6 2 2     11 4 4
Central Connecticut 6 3 1     8 8 2
Sacred Heart 5 5 0     9 8 0
Saint Francis (PA) 4 3 3     6 7 7
Bryant 4 5 1     6 8 2
St. Francis Brooklyn 4 6 0     7 10 1
Robert Morris 2 7 1     5 12 2
Mount St. Mary's 2 7 1     4 12 1
LIU Brooklyn 1 8 1     2 14 2
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Pac-12 men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#13 UCLA 8 1 1     13 3 3
#24 Washington 7 1 2     13 5 3
Stanford 5 4 1     9 8 1
California 3 5 2     8 7 3
San Diego State 1 7 2     7 9 3
Oregon State 1 7 2     6 9 3
  • $ Conference champion
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Patriot League men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
American 5 0 2     11 6 2
Lafayette 3 1 3     9 8 4
Colgate 3 1 3     5 8 6
Bucknell 2 3 2     7 8 5
Holy Cross 2 3 2     5 10 2
Lehigh 2 4 1     4 12 1
Army 1 3 3     4 10 3
Navy 1 4 2     7 7 3
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Elon y 5 2 0   .714     15 5 2   .727
Furman 4 2 1   .643     12 4 3   .711
College of Charleston 4 2 1   .643     8 10 1   .447
Georgia Southern 3 3 1   .500     6 12 1   .342
UNC Greensboro 3 4 0   .429     5 10 2   .353
Appalachian State 2 3 2   .429     8 7 4   .526
Wofford 2 4 1   .357     10 9 2   .524
Davidson 2 5 0   .286     6 11 1   .361
2012 SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 The Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Oakland 5 1 1     11 7 1
UMKC 5 2 0     7 10 2
Western Illinois 3 2 2     7 9 5
IPFW 3 3 1     4 15 1
Nebraska–Omaha 3 3 1     5 10 1
IUPUI 3 4 0     6 10 2
Oral Roberts 2 5 0     4 13 0
Eastern Illinois 1 5 1     3 13 1
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#12 San Diego 9 3 0     14 9 0
Santa Clara 8 2 2     11 6 2
Saint Mary's 5 4 3     9 5 5
Portland 5 5 2     7 9 3
San Francisco 4 5 3     6 7 5
Loyola Marymount 4 5 3     6 10 3
Gonzaga 0 11 1     4 14 1
  • $ Conference champion
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA
2012 Division I men's soccer independents soccer records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Adelphi 1 1 0     3 13 0
Belmont 0 0 0     6 8 3
Howard 1 0 0     3 15 1
NJIT 0 1 0     10 9 0
† No winner
As of December 11, 2012; Rankings from NSCAA

Conference regular season and tournament winners

Conference Regular
Season Winner
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
America East Vermont 2012 America East Men's Soccer Tournament Nickerson Field
(Boston, Massachusetts)
UMBC
Atlantic Coast Maryland 2012 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament Maryland SoccerPlex
(Boyds, MD)
Maryland
Atlantic 10 Charlotte 2012 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament Transamerica Field
(Charlotte, NC)
Saint Louis
Atlantic Sun FGCU 2012 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament Summers-Taylor Stadium
(Johnson City, Tennessee)
FGCU
Big East Red: Louisville
Blue: Connecticut
2012 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament Red Bull Arena
(Harrison, NJ)
Notre Dame
Big South Coastal Carolina 2012 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Bryan Park
(Greensboro, NC)
Winthrop
Big Ten Penn State 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Lakeside Field
(Evanston, IL)
Michigan State
Big West North: UC Davis
South: Cal State Northridge
2012 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Aggies Soccer Field
Davis, CA
Cal State Northridge
Colonial Drexel 2012 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament Vidas Athletic Center
(Philadelphia, PA)
Northeastern
Conference USA SMU 2012 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament West Campus Field
(Birmingham, AL)
Tulsa
Horizon Detroit 2012 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament Titan Field
(Detroit, MI
Cleveland State
Ivy Cornell No tournament
Metro Atlantic Loyola Maryland 2012 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament Tenney Stadium
(Poughkeepsie, NY)
Niagara
Mid-American Akron 2012 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament FirstEnergy Stadium
(Akron, Ohio)
Akron
Missouri Valley Creighton Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament Shea Stadium
(Peoria, Illinois)
Creighton
Mountain Pacific New Mexico 2012 MPSF Men's Soccer Tournament CIBER Field
(Denver, Colorado)
Air Force
Northeast Quinnipiac 2012 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament The Great Lawn
(West Long Branch, New Jersey)
Fairleigh Dickinson
Pac-12 UCLA No tournament
Patriot American 2012 Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament Riggs Field
(Washington, D.C.)
Lafayette
Southern Elon 2012 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament WakeMed Soccer Park
(Cary, NC)
Elon
Summit Oakland 2012 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament John MacKenzie Alumni Field
(Macomb, IL)
Western Illinois
West Coast San Diego No tournament

Statistics

Regular season statistics only. See 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship#Statistical leaders for the tournament statistics.

Overall

Top scorers
Rank Scorer College Goals[9]
1 United States Chris Thomas Elon 23
2 United States Ryan Findley Notre Dame 20
3 Canada Daniel Haber Cornell 18
4 United States Eriq Zavaleta Indiana 16
5 Jamaica Ashton Bennett Coastal Carolina 15
United States Erik Hurtado UC Santa Barbara 15
United States Gyasi Zardes CSU Bakersfield 15
8 United States Don Anding Northeastern 14
United States Pete Caringi UMBC 14
United States Billy Schuler North Carolina 14
United States Steven Evans Portland 14
Israel Sagi Lev-Ari CSU Northridge 14
United States Devon Sandoval New Mexico 14

Last updated on November 13, 2012. Source: NCAA.com – Total Goals

Most assists
Rank Scorer College Assists[10]
1 United States Mitchell Cardenas Campbell 14
2 United States Kyle Bethel Oakland 13
Canada Milo Kapor UMBC 13
United States Blake Smith New Mexico 13
5 United States Chris Griebsch Hofstra 11
United States Steve Neumann Georgetown 11
7 Mexico Carlos Benavides CSU Northridge 10
United States Zach Bolden Denver 10
United States Scott Caldwell Akron 10
United States Jared Martinelli Temple 10
United States Alex Martinez N.C. State 10
Brazil Pedro Ribeiro Coastal Carolina 10
Brazil Shawn Sloan High Point 10
United States Vaughn Spurrier Temple 10

Last updated on November 13, 2012. Source: NCAA.com – Total Assists

NCAA Tournament

College Cup – Regions Park, Hoover, Alabama

National Semifinals
December 7
National Championship
December 9
      
16 Indiana 1
12 Creighton 0
16 Indiana 1
3 Georgetown 0
3 Georgetown 4(4)
2 Maryland 4(3)

See also

References

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  2. "Daley Tabbed to Lead Wolverine Men's Soccer Program". University of Michigan Athletics. MGoBlue.com. December 23, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  3. http://www.friars.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/stewart_craig00.html
  4. "Meet Jeremy Gunn". Stanford Athletics. GoStanford.com. January 19, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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  10. "Total Assists". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
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