2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

2015 NCAA men's soccer tournament
College Cup

Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 19 – December 13, 2015
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Stanford
Runners-up	Clemson
Semifinalists	Syracuse Akron
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	125 (2.66 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jordan Morris Stanford (5 goals)
Awards
Best player	Jordan Morris Stanford (Offense MOP) Brandon Vincent Stanford (Defense MOP)
All statistics correct as of December 13, 2015.

The 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament (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 by defeating Clemson, 4–0 in the final.

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

Clemson

Syracuse

Akron

Winston-Salem

Kansas City

2015 Quarterfinal sites (blue) and College Cup (red)

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 AET	3



			13	Denver	0

				SMU AET	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

Connecticut v Boston U

November 19, 2015	Connecticut	3–1	Boston U	Storrs, Connecticut
12:30 EST	Brown 54' Awuah 76', 83'	Report	De Bona 30'	Stadium: Morrone Stadium Attendance: 1,423 Referee: Carlos Fernandes

Dartmouth v Hartwick

November 19, 2015	Dartmouth	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Hartwick	Hanover, New Hampshire
5:00 EST	Marsh 100'	Report		Stadium: Burnham Field Attendance: 518

Boston College v Vermont

November 19, 2015	Boston College	1–0	Vermont	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
6:00 EST	Enström 71'	Report		Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex Attendance: 555 Referee: Lou Labbadia

Hofstra v Lehigh

November 19, 2015	Hofstra	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lehigh	Hempstead, New York
7:00 EST	Ruiz 77' Massey 100'	Report	Forrest 21'	Stadium: Hofstra Soccer Stadium Attendance: 305 Referee: Jan Halaska

Kentucky v Drake

November 19, 2015	Kentucky	1–2	Drake	Lexington, Kentucky
7:00 EST	Barajas 20'	Report	Bartlett 19' Grunert 75'	Stadium: UK Soccer Complex Attendance: 651 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Coastal Carolina v North Florida

November 19, 2015	Coastal Carolina	1–0	North Florida	Conway, South Carolina
7:00 EST	Melchor 6'	Report		Stadium: CCU Soccer Field Attendance: 214 Referee: Richonne Clark

Rutgers v LIU Brooklyn

November 19, 2015	Rutgers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	LIU Brooklyn	Piscataway, New Jersey
7:00 EST	Faheem 76'	Report	Hestnes 31'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 204 Referee: Robert Sibiga
	Penalties
	Correa Taintor Wright B. Tetro		Hansen Nordström T. Sica Wahlin Gregorian

Dayton v Oakland

November 19, 2015	Dayton	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Oakland	Dayton, Ohio
7:00 EST	Nwabia 45' Sendin 72'	Report	Rickard 8' Ricci 23'	Stadium: Baujan Field Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Chris Penso
	Penalties
	Schoonderwoerd Amankona Haupt Amankwaah		Rickard Ben Reynolds Ricci VanderLaan

South Carolina v Furman

November 19, 2015	South Carolina	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	Furman	Columbia, South Carolina
7:00 EST	Deakin 58'	Report	Hawke 90'	Stadium: Stone Stadium Attendance: 720 Referee: Mark Kadlecik
	Penalties
	Nyboe Deakin Ericson Turner Arambula		McInnis Pinner Carrizales Santibanez Ortiz

Elon v Winthrop

November 19, 2015	Elon	3–0	Winthrop	Elon, North Carolina
7:00 EST	Brace 34' Alvarez 79' Vandermaas-Peeler 86'	Report		Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 2,419 Referee: Carmen Serbio

Virginia v Rider

November 19, 2015	Virginia	2–0	Rider	Charlottesville, Virginia
7:00 EST	Salandy-Defour 68' Rozhansky 88'	Report		Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 488 Referee: Mark Gorak

Charlotte v Radford

November 19, 2015	Charlotte	2–1	Radford	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 EST	Waechter 42' Bronico 84'	Report	Summers 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Transamerica Field Attendance: 824 Referee: Dustin Thorne

Tulsa v FIU

November 19, 2015	Tulsa	3–2 (a.e.t.)	FIU	Tulsa, Oklahoma
8:00 EST	Sánchez 52' Dee 56' Velasquez 95'	Report	Betancur 17' Fountain 82'	Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium Attendance: 482 Referee: Shane Butler

SMU v Utah Valley

November 19, 2015	SMU	2–0	Utah Valley	University Park, Texas
8:00 EST	Lee 24' Camara 62'	Report		Stadium: Westcott Field Attendance: 555 Referee: Nima Saghafi

UCLA v Cal Poly

November 19, 2015	UCLA	2–0	Cal Poly	Los Angeles, California
10:00 EST	Vale 59' Wilcox 77' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Drake Stadium Attendance: 766 Referee: Ian Anderson

Cal State Fullerton v Santa Clara

November 19, 2015	Cal State Fullerton	0–3	Santa Clara	Fullerton, California
10:00 EST		Report	Urias 10' Delgadillo 37' Cardona 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 946 Referee: Alex Gorin

Second round

#16 Indiana v Connecticut

November 22, 2015	#16 Indiana	1–0	Connecticut	Bloomington, Indiana
12:00 EST	Maurey 39'	Report		Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 618 Referee: Brandon Artis

#1 Wake Forest v Charlotte

November 22, 2015	#1 Wake Forest	1–0	Charlotte	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1:00 EST	Bakero 83'	Report		Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 2,699 Referee: Carmen Serbio

#9 Ohio State v Dayton

November 22, 2015	#9 Ohio State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Dayton	Columbus, Ohio
1:00 EST	Jensen 73'	Report	Schoonderwoerd 50'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 851 Referee: Sorin Stoica
	Penalties
	Jensen Mohamed Mason Robertson Culbertson		Schoonderwoerd Amankona Haupt Amankwaah Sendin

#3 Georgetown v Hofstra

November 22, 2015	#3 Georgetown	3–0	Hofstra	Washington, D.C.
1:00 EST	Basuljevic 5' Allen 87' (pen.) Muyl 90'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 844 Referee: Andrew Chapin

#14 South Florida v Boston College

November 22, 2015	#14 South Florida	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Boston College	Tampa, Florida
1:00 EST	Figbe 89'	Report	Normesinu 74' Enström 98'	Stadium: USF Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Randy Cook

#6 Syracuse v Dartmouth

November 22, 2015	#6 Syracuse	2–1	Dartmouth	Syracuse, New York
2:00 EST	Polk 33' Cross 55'	Report	Donawa 30'	Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Robert Sibiga

#7 Notre Dame v Tulsa

November 22, 2015	#7 Notre Dame	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Tulsa	Notre Dame, Indiana
2:00 EST	Farina 24'	Report	Sánchez 62'	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 222 Referee: Chris Penso
	Penalties
	Holdan Aubrey Gallagher Lachowecki		Velasquez Duit Dee

#12 Creighton v Drake

November 22, 2015	#12 Creighton	5–1	Drake	Omaha, Nebraska
2:00 EST	Lopez-Espin 9', 65' Perez 16' Waldrep 69' Pitter 89'	Report	Enna 81'	Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 2,212 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

#4 Akron v Rutgers

November 22, 2015	#4 Akron	6–1	Rutgers	Akron, Ohio
4:00 EST	Souto 5' (pen.) Holthusen 13', 17' Laryea 13', 18' Sepe 60'	Report	Al Awwad 81'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 2,025 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

#10 Maryland v Virginia

November 22, 2015	#10 Maryland	1–0	Virginia	College Park, Maryland
5:00 EST	Williamson 38'	Report		Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 2,737 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

#5 North Carolina v Coastal Carolina

November 22, 2015	#5 North Carolina	2–1	Coastal Carolina	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
6:00 EST	T. Hume 2' Wright 85'	Report	Uzo 87'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 1,036 Referee: Mike Stutt

#2 Clemson v Elon

November 22, 2015	#2 Clemson	5–2	Elon	Clemson, South Carolina
6:00 EST	Casner 27', 48' Moreno 39' Chinchilla 73' Mafi 81' (pen.)	Report	Fortune 49' Vandermaas-Peeler 78'	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 1,941 Referee: Richonne Clark

#13 Denver v SMU

November 22, 2015	#13 Denver	0–1 (a.e.t.)	SMU	Denver, Colorado
7:00 EST		Report	Garcia 94'	Stadium: Denver Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,013 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

#8 Stanford v Santa Clara

November 22, 2015	#8 Stanford	3–1	Santa Clara	Stanford, California
8:00 EST	Vincent 58' Bashti 75', 87'	Report	Autran 28'	Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 1,079 Referee: Jesus Cisneros

#11 Seattle v UCLA

November 22, 2015	#11 Seattle	1–0	UCLA	Seattle, Washington
9:00 EST	Haddadi 40'	Report		Stadium: Championship Field Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Josh Wilkens

#15 UC Santa Barbara v South Carolina

November 22, 2015	#15 UC Santa Barbara	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Carolina	Santa Barbara, California
9:00 EST	Jome 93'	Report		Stadium: Harder Stadium Attendance: 2,519 Referee: Hector Perez

Third round

#5 North Carolina v #12 Creighton

November 28, 2015	#5 North Carolina	0–1	#12 Creighton	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00 EST		Report	Pitter 38'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 1,432 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

#6 Syracuse v #11 Seattle

November 29, 2015	#6 Syracuse	3–1	#11 Seattle	Syracuse, New York
1:00 EST	Robinson 2' Rhynhart 20' Miller 71'	Report	Olsen 67'	Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,134 Referee: Mark Allatin

#1 Wake Forest v #16 Indiana

November 29, 2015	#1 Wake Forest	1–0	#16 Indiana	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1:00 EST	Greensfelder 88'	Report		Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 3,149 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

#3 Georgetown v Boston College

November 29, 2015	#3 Georgetown	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Boston College	Washington, D.C.
1:00 EST	Rosenberry 60'	Report	Davock 19'	Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 913 Referee: Mark Gorak
	Penalties
	Allen Turnley Rosenberry Lema Campbell		Kapp Davock Lewis Salama Zeugner

#7 Notre Dame v #10 Maryland

November 29, 2015	#7 Notre Dame	1–2	#10 Maryland	Notre Dame, Indiana
2:00 EST	Berneski 41'	Report	Magalhães 21' Williamson 38'	Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 331 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

#4 Akron v SMU

November 29, 2015	#4 Akron	2–1	SMU	Akron, Ohio
4:00 EST	Soares 25' Curtis 43' (o.g.)	Report	Ruhaak 32' (o.g.)	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 2,280 Referee: Peter Dhima

#2 Clemson v #15 UC Santa Barbara

November 29, 2015	#2 Clemson	3–2	#15 UC Santa Barbara	Clemson, South Carolina
6:00 EST	Jones 45' Campos 69' Chinchilla 79'	Report	Kim 39' Feucht 70'	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

#8 Stanford v #9 Ohio State

November 29, 2015	#8 Stanford	3–1	#9 Ohio State	Stanford, California
8:00 EST	Morris 53', 78' Baird 88'	Report	Mohamed 62'	Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 1,634 Referee: Ian Anderson

Quarterfinals

#2 Clemson v #10 Maryland

December 4, 2015	#2 Clemson	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	#10 Maryland	Clemson, South Carolina
7:00 EST	Moreno 58'	Report	Crognale 73'	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 3,411 Referee: Peter Dhima
	Penalties
	Mafi Murphy Melvin Casner Moreno		Carboz Crognale Endoh Korvah

#6 Syracuse v Boston College

December 5, 2015	#6 Syracuse	1–0	Boston College	Syracuse, New York
2:00 EST	Polk 79'	Report		Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,923 Referee: John McCloskey

#4 Akron v #12 Creighton

December 5, 2015	#4 Akron	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#12 Creighton	Akron, Ohio
4:00 EST	Souto 60' (pen.) Holthusen 80' Najem 102'	Report	Castellanos 64' Perez 85'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 3,043 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

#1 Wake Forest v #8 Stanford

December 5, 2015	#1 Wake Forest	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#8 Stanford	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 EST	Harkes 70' (pen.)	Report	Morris 18' Langsdorf 97'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 4,906 Referee: Ted Unkel

College Cup

Semifinals

#2 Clemson v #6 Syracuse

December 11, 2015	#2 Clemson	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	#6 Syracuse	Kansas City, Kansas
6:00 EST		Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 4,047 Referee: Mark Gorak
	Penalties
	Mafi Melvin Moreno Casner		Alseth Büscher Sewerin

#4 Akron v #8 Stanford

December 11, 2015	#4 Akron	0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	#8 Stanford	Kansas City, Kansas
8:30 EST		Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 4,047 Referee: Mark Kadlecik
	Penalties
	Sanda Ruhaak Gainford Najem Souto Souders Soares Belana Dakwar Shultz		Skundrich Vincent M. Verso Morris E. Verso Mosharrafa Meehan Nana-Sinkam Werner Baird

Championship

#2 Clemson v #8 Stanford

December 13, 2015	#2 Clemson	0–4	#8 Stanford	Kansas City, Kansas
2:00 EST		Report	Morris 2', 51' Vincent 71' (pen.) E. Verso 74'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 4,081 Referee: Chris Penso