2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
The 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 62nd edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament , a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's college soccer . Pending developments with the COVID-19 pandemic , the first four rounds of the competition were scheduled to be held at the home ground of the higher seed, while the College Cup (semifinals and final ) was to be held at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, California . The championship match was originally scheduled to take place on December 13, 2020.
On August 13, 2020, the tournament was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , although the possibility of playing the tournament during the spring 2021 remained.[ 1]
On September 10, 2020, it was reported that the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament would tentatively be rescheduled from April 30 to May 17, 2021.[ 2] This was approved on September 16, 2020, with a reduced tournament field size of 36 teams.[ 3] The College Cup was moved from Santa Barbara, California to Cary, North Carolina. Additionally, on March 25, 2021, the NCAA announced that the entire tournament, as well as the entire women's tournament , would be held in various locations throughout North Carolina .[ 4]
Marshall won the title game 1–0 in overtime over Indiana . This was not only Marshall's first men's soccer title, but was also the first national title in a team sport won by a Conference USA member while affiliated with the league.[ 5]
Qualification
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 edition of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament featured only 36 teams. Of the 36 berths, 22 were allocated to the 19 conference tournament champions and to the regular-season winners of the Mid-American Conference, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. This included the champions of the ACC and Sun Belt, which held their conference championships in fall 2020. The additional 14 berths were at-large berths largely determined upon the Rating Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.
Ahead of the season, the Ivy League and Big West Conference canceled their seasons, allowing for two additional at-large berths.
Qualified teams
Team
Qualified as
Qualified on
Qualification type
Previous appearances in tournament [ 6]
Previous best performance [ 6]
Coastal Carolina
Sun Belt champions
November 15, 2020
Automatic
16 (1992, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Third round (2003, 2012, 2013, 2017)
Clemson
ACC champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
32 (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Winners (1984, 1987)
New Hampshire
Am. East champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
4 (1994, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Round of 16 (2017)
UCF
American champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
9 (1982, 1983, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019)
Round of 16 (2019)
Jacksonville
ASUN champions
April 17, 2021 April 18, 2021[ 7]
Automatic
5 (1987, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2008)
Round of 16 (1998)
Fordham
Atlantic 10 champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
4 (1996, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Quarterfinals (2017)
Seton Hall
Big East champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
11 (1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Quarterfinals (1988)
High Point
Big South champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
1 (2018)
First round (2018)
Indiana
Big Ten champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
44 (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Winners (1982, 1983, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2012)
James Madison
CAA champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
16 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019)
Quarterfinals (1994, 1995, 2018)
Marshall
C-USA champions
April 18, 2021
Automatic
1 (2019)
Round of 16 (2019)
Milwaukee
Horizon champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
8 (1979, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013)
Second round (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Monmouth
MAAC champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
6 (1990, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014)
Second round (2009, 2011)
Bowling Green
MAC champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
7 (1972, 1973, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997)
Round of 16 (1972, 1973, 1995)
Missouri State
MVC champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
4 (1997, 1999, 2009, 2019)
Second round (2019)
St. Francis Brooklyn
NEC champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
9 (1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Quarterfinals (1978)
Stanford
Pac-12 champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
18 (1962, 1978, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Winners (2015, 2016, 2017)
American
Patriot champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
8 (1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004)
Runners-Up (1985)
UNCG
SoCon champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
11 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Round of 16 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)
Denver
Omaha
Summit champions
April 17, 2021
April 20, 2021
Automatic Replacement[ 8]
9 (1970, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
1 (2017)
Semifinals (2016)
First round (2017)
Air Force
WAC champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
13 (1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2012, 2017, 2018)
Quarterfinals (1968, 1993)
Loyola Marymount
West Coast champions
April 17, 2021
Automatic
7 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2019)
Second round (2002, 2004)
Charlotte
No. 29 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
14 (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
Runners-Up (2011)
Georgetown
No. 2 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
10 (1994, 1997, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Winners (2019)
Grand Canyon
No. 6 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
1 (2018)
First round (2018)
Kentucky
No. 63 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
10 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Quarterfinals (2018)
Marquette
No. 8 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
3 (1997, 2012, 2013)
Round of 16 (2013)
Maryland
No. 75 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
39 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Winners (1968, 2005, 2008, 2018)
North Carolina
No. 38 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
26 (1968, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Winners (2001, 2011)
Oregon State
No. 42 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
4 (2002, 2003, 2014, 2018)
Second round (2014)
Penn State
No. 19 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
33 (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019)
Semifinals (1979)
Pitt
No. 9 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
3 (1962, 1965, 2019)
Quarterfinals (1962)
UMass
No. 15 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
4 (2001, 2007, 2008, 2017)
Semifinals (2007)
Virginia Tech
No. 56 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
8 (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Semifinals (2007)
Wake Forest
No. 18 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
23 (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Winners (2007)
Washington
No. 26 RPI
April 19, 2021
At-large
26 (1968, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Quarterfinals (2003, 2019)
Venues
Rather than the higher seed hosting the early-round matches, the entire tournament was played in the state of North Carolina , similar to how the 2021 men's and women's basketball tournaments were held in a single state.[ 9] [ 10]
Schedule
The revised schedule was announced on March 24, 2021.[ 11]
Round
Original Dates
Revised Dates
First round
November 18, 2020
April 29, 2021
Second round
November 21, 2020
May 2, 2021
Third round
November 28–30, 2020
May 6, 2021
Quarterfinals
December 4–6, 2020
May 10, 2021
College Cup Semifinals
December 11, 2020
May 14, 2021
College Cup Final
December 13, 2020
May 17, 2021
Bracket
Opening Round
First round
Jacksonville
1 (4)
American
1 (5)
First round
Denver Omaha
3
UNC Greensboro
2
First round
Milwaukee
1
St. Francis Brooklyn
2
First round
Bowling Green
1
Monmouth
2
Bracket
Results
First round
Second round
Third round
(8) Georgetown v Penn State
(7) Washington v Missouri State
(1) Clemson v Marshall
(2) Pittsburgh v UCF
(3) Indiana v Marquette
(4) Stanford v North Carolina
(6) Seton Hall v Virginia Tech
(5) Wake Forest v Kentucky
Quarterfinals
Marshall v (8) Georgetown
(2) Pittsburgh v (7) Washington
(5) Wake Forest v North Carolina
(3) Indiana v (6) Seton Hall
College Cup Semifinals
Marshall v North Carolina
(2) Pittsburgh v (3) Indiana
College Cup Final
Marshall v (3) Indiana
Statistics
Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
Nick Blacklock – Virginia Tech
David Coly – American
Alexander Dexter – Pittsburgh
Herbert Endeley – Indiana
Julian Gomez – Monmouth
Omar Hernandez – Wake Forest
Hugo Kametani – Omaha
Jon Koka – Missouri State
Jacob Labovitz – Virginia Tech
Zach Riviere – Georgetown
El Mahdi Youssoufi – St. Francis Brooklyn
Milo Yosef – Marshall
1 goal
Rodrigo Almeida – Pittsburgh
Mani Austmann – UNCG
Nil Ayats – Omaha
Nicolas Blassou – American
Josiah Blanton – James Madison
Daniel Bloyou – Penn State
Jalen Bigby – Kentucky
Victor Bezerra – Indiana
Andrea Borg – Seton Hall
James Brighton – Clemson
Joe Brito – Charlotte
Akeim Clarke – North Carolina
Theo Collomb – UNCG
Oliver Correa – Jacksonville
Lucca Dourado – UCF
Tyger Evans – Penn State
AJ Franklin – Marquette
Chris Hegardt – Georgetown
Santiago Herrera – North Carolina
Bertin Jacquesson – Pittsburgh
Callum Johnson – Clemson
Seth Kuhn – Penn State
Jack Green – American
Maouloune Goumballe – Indiana
Jonas Linder – Monmouth
Brock Lindow – Kentucky
Peter Mangione – Penn State
JP Martin – Seton Hall
Nathan Masters – Bowling Green
Eric Matzelevich – Maryland
Raul Medina – Milwaukee
Lucas Meek – Washington
Tyrone Mondi – Oregon State
Giovanni Montesdeoca – North Carolina
Joshua Moreira – Jacksonville
Reggie Nicolas – Jacksonville
Martin Ngoh – Georgetown
Joe Pickering – North Carolina
Dante Polvara – Georgetown
Claudio Repetto – Coastal Carolina
Max Rogers – Fordham
Bailey Rouse – Kentucky
Ryan Sailor – Washington
Nick Scardina – Washington
Max Schneider – Marshall
Sito Sena – Pittsburgh
Mohamed Seye – Clemson
Kasper Skraep – Coastal Carolina
Christian Soto – Washington
Alex Stevenson – Penn State
Ivan Tapuskovic – St. Francis Brooklyn
CJ Tibbling – Seton Hall
Tristan Trager – Air Force
Gino Vivi – UCF
Bryce Washington – Pittsburgh
Thomas Warr – Indiana
Maurice Williams – Seton Hall
Ryan Wittenbrink – Indiana
Charlie Wehan – Stanford
1 own goal
Coastal Carolina scored vs. Wake Forest
Monmouth scored vs. Pittsburgh
Penn State scored vs. UMass
UMass scored vs. Penn State
Records by Conference
The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final, and National Champion, respectively.
References
^ "NCAA's Mark Emmert: 'We cannot, at this point, have fall NCAA championships' " . ncaa.com . Turner Sports Interactive. August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020 .
^ Eskilson, J.R. (September 10, 2020). "Proposed schedule for NCAA soccer season" . TopDrawerSoccer.com . Retrieved September 10, 2020 .
^ "DI Council approves college soccer schedule" . TopDrawer Soccer . Retrieved September 18, 2020 .
^ "Entire DI men's and women's soccer tournaments to be held in North Carolina | NCAA.com" . www.ncaa.com . Retrieved April 12, 2021 .
^ "National Champions! Marshall Beats Indiana 1–0 In OT For College Cup Title" (Press release). Conference USA. May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021 .
^ a b "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
^ "Jacksonville Crowned 2021 Spring Men's @ASUNSoccer Champion; Wins Program's Second League Title" (Press release). ASUN Conference. April 18, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021 .
^ "Omaha Will Represent Summit League in NCAA Tournament" . University of Nebraska Omaha Athletics . Retrieved April 21, 2021 .
^ "NC will host the 2021 NCAA soccer tournaments due to COVID-19. Here's when and where" . The News & Observer . Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
^ "NCAA men's, women's soccer tourneys in N.C." ESPN.com . March 25, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021 .
^ "NCAA Tournaments to be held in NC" . TopDrawer Soccer . March 24, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021 .
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