2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

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]

2015 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament
College Cup
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 19 – December 13, 2015
Teams48
ChampionsStanford
Runners-upClemson
Semi-finalists
Matches played47
Goals scored125 (2.66 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Jordan Morris
Stanford
(5 goals)
Best playerJordan Morris
Stanford (Offense MOP)
Brandon Vincent
Stanford (Defense MOP)
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2016 →
All statistics correct as of December 13, 2015.

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
Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

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
November 19, 2015 Connecticut3–1Boston UStorrs, Connecticut
12:30 EST Brown  54'
Awuah  76', 83'		 Report De Bona  30' Stadium: Morrone Stadium
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
November 19, 2015 Dartmouth1–0 (a.e.t.)HartwickHanover, New Hampshire
5:00 EST Marsh  100' Report Stadium: Burnham Field
Attendance: 518
November 19, 2015 Boston College1–0VermontChestnut Hill, Massachusetts
6:00 EST Enström  71' Report Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex
Attendance: 555
Referee: Lou Labbadia
November 19, 2015 Hofstra2–1 (a.e.t.)LehighHempstead, New York
7:00 EST Ruiz  77'
Massey  100' 		Report Forrest  21' Stadium: Hofstra Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 305
Referee: Jan Halaska
November 19, 2015 Kentucky1–2DrakeLexington, Kentucky
7:00 EST Barajas  20' Report Bartlett  19'
Grunert  75'		 Stadium: UK Soccer Complex
Attendance: 651
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
November 19, 2015 Coastal Carolina1–0North FloridaConway, South Carolina
7:00 EST Melchor  6' Report Stadium: CCU Soccer Field
Attendance: 214
Referee: Richonne Clark
November 19, 2015 Rutgers1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		LIU BrooklynPiscataway, 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
November 19, 2015 Dayton2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		OaklandDayton, 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
November 19, 2015 South Carolina1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 p)		FurmanColumbia, 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
November 19, 2015 Elon3–0WinthropElon, North Carolina
7:00 EST Brace  34'
Alvarez  79'
Vandermaas-Peeler  86'		 Report Stadium: Rudd Field
Attendance: 2,419
Referee: Carmen Serbio
November 19, 2015 Virginia2–0RiderCharlottesville, Virginia
7:00 EST Salandy-Defour  68'
Rozhansky  88'		 Report Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 488
Referee: Mark Gorak
November 19, 2015 Charlotte2–1RadfordCharlotte, North Carolina
7:30 EST Waechter  42'
Bronico  84'		 Report Summers  60' (pen.) Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 824
Referee: Dustin Thorne
November 19, 2015 Tulsa3–2 (a.e.t.)FIUTulsa, 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
November 19, 2015 SMU2–0Utah ValleyUniversity Park, Texas
8:00 EST Lee  24'
Camara  62'		 Report Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 555
Referee: Nima Saghafi
November 19, 2015 UCLA2–0Cal PolyLos Angeles, California
10:00 EST Vale  59'
Wilcox  77' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Drake Stadium
Attendance: 766
Referee: Ian Anderson
November 19, 2015 Cal State Fullerton0–3Santa ClaraFullerton, California
10:00 EST Report Urias  10'
Delgadillo  37'
Cardona  53' (pen.)		 Stadium: Titan Stadium
Attendance: 946
Referee: Alex Gorin

Second round
November 22, 2015 #16 Indiana1–0ConnecticutBloomington, Indiana
12:00 EST Maurey  39' Report Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium
Attendance: 618
Referee: Brandon Artis
November 22, 2015 #1 Wake Forest1–0CharlotteWinston-Salem, North Carolina
1:00 EST Bakero  83' Report Stadium: Spry Stadium
Attendance: 2,699
Referee: Carmen Serbio
November 22, 2015 #9 Ohio State1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		DaytonColumbus, 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
November 22, 2015 #3 Georgetown3–0HofstraWashington, D.C.
1:00 EST Basuljevic  5'
Allen  87' (pen.)
Muyl  90'		 Report Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 844
Referee: Andrew Chapin
November 22, 2015 #14 South Florida1–2 (a.e.t.)Boston CollegeTampa, Florida
1:00 EST Figbe  89' Report Normesinu  74'
Enström  98' 		Stadium: USF Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,015
Referee: Randy Cook
November 22, 2015 #6 Syracuse2–1DartmouthSyracuse, New York
2:00 EST Polk  33'
Cross  55'		 Report Donawa  30' Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,120
Referee: Robert Sibiga
November 22, 2015 #7 Notre Dame1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		TulsaNotre 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
November 22, 2015 #12 Creighton5–1DrakeOmaha, 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
November 22, 2015 #4 Akron6–1RutgersAkron, 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
November 22, 2015 #10 Maryland1–0VirginiaCollege Park, Maryland
5:00 EST Williamson  38' Report Stadium: Ludwig Field
Attendance: 2,737
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
November 22, 2015 #5 North Carolina2–1Coastal CarolinaChapel Hill, North Carolina
6:00 EST T. Hume  2'
Wright  85'		 Report Uzo  87' Stadium: Fetzer Field
Attendance: 1,036
Referee: Mike Stutt
November 22, 2015 #2 Clemson5–2ElonClemson, 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
November 22, 2015 #13 Denver0–1 (a.e.t.)SMUDenver, Colorado
7:00 EST Report Garcia  94' Stadium: Denver Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,013
Referee: Younes Marrakchi
November 22, 2015 #8 Stanford3–1Santa ClaraStanford, California
8:00 EST Vincent  58'
Bashti  75', 87'		 Report Autran  28' Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Attendance: 1,079
Referee: Jesus Cisneros
November 22, 2015 #11 Seattle1–0UCLASeattle, Washington
9:00 EST Haddadi  40' Report Stadium: Championship Field
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Josh Wilkens
November 22, 2015 #15 UC Santa Barbara1–0 (a.e.t.)South CarolinaSanta Barbara, California
9:00 EST Jome  93' Report Stadium: Harder Stadium
Attendance: 2,519
Referee: Hector Perez

Third round
November 28, 2015 #5 North Carolina0–1#12 CreightonChapel Hill, North Carolina
7:00 EST Report Pitter  38' Stadium: Fetzer Field
Attendance: 1,432
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
November 29, 2015 #6 Syracuse3–1#11 SeattleSyracuse, New York
1:00 EST Robinson  2'
Rhynhart  20'
Miller  71'		 Report Olsen  67' Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,134
Referee: Mark Allatin
November 29, 2015 #1 Wake Forest1–0#16 IndianaWinston-Salem, North Carolina
1:00 EST Greensfelder  88' Report Stadium: Spry Stadium
Attendance: 3,149
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
November 29, 2015 #3 Georgetown1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		Boston CollegeWashington, 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
November 29, 2015 #7 Notre Dame1–2#10 MarylandNotre Dame, Indiana
2:00 EST Berneski  41' Report Magalhães  21'
Williamson  38'		 Stadium: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 331
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
November 29, 2015 #4 Akron2–1SMUAkron, Ohio
4:00 EST Soares  25'
Curtis  43' (o.g.)		 Report Ruhaak  32' (o.g.) Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium
Attendance: 2,280
Referee: Peter Dhima
November 29, 2015 #2 Clemson3–2#15 UC Santa BarbaraClemson, 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
November 29, 2015 #8 Stanford3–1#9 Ohio StateStanford, California
8:00 EST Morris  53', 78'
Baird  88'		 Report Mohamed  62' Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Attendance: 1,634
Referee: Ian Anderson

Quarterfinals
December 4, 2015 #2 Clemson1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		#10 MarylandClemson, 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
December 5, 2015 #6 Syracuse1–0Boston CollegeSyracuse, New York
2:00 EST Polk  79' Report Stadium: SU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,923
Referee: John McCloskey
December 5, 2015 #4 Akron3–2 (a.e.t.)#12 CreightonAkron, 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
December 5, 2015 #1 Wake Forest1–2 (a.e.t.)#8 StanfordWinston-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
December 11, 2015 #2 Clemson0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)		#6 SyracuseKansas 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
December 11, 2015 #4 Akron0–0 (a.e.t.)
(7–8 p)		#8 StanfordKansas 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
Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game
December 13, 2015 #2 Clemson0–4#8 StanfordKansas 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

Statistics

Goalscorers
5 goals
  • Jordan Morris — Stanford
3 goals
  • Stuart Holthusen — Akron
2 goals
1 goal
  • Adam Najem — Akron
  • Sean Sepe — Akron
  • Gonçalo Soares — Akron
  • Trevor Davock — Boston College
  • Isaac Normesinu — Boston College
  • Felix De Bona — Boston University
  • Diego Campos — Clemson
  • Aaron Jones — Clemson
  • Iman Mafi — Clemson
  • Brandt Bronico — Charlotte
  • Luke Waechter — Charlotte
  • Martin Melchor — Coastal Carolina
  • Tobenna Uzo — Coastal Carolina
  • DeAndrae Brown — Connecticut
  • Fernando Castellanos — Creighton
  • Evan Waldrep — Creighton
  • Justin Donawa — Dartmouth
  • Alexander Marsh — Dartmouth
  • Kennedy Nwabia — Dayton
  • Maik Schoonderwoerd — Dayton
  • Carlos Sendin — Dayton
  • Alec Bartlett — Drake
  • Steven Enna — Drake
  • James Grunert — Drake
  • Eduardo Alvarez — Elon
  • James Brace — Elon
  • Jaiden Fortune — Elon
  • Luis Betancur — FIU
  • Brad Fountain — FIU
  • Lewis Hawke — Furman
  • Brandon Allen — Georgetown
  • Arun Basuljevic — Georgetown
  • Alex Muyl — Georgetown
  • Keegan Rosenberry — Georgetown
  • Daniel Massey — Hofstra
  • Mario Ruiz — Hofstra
  • Ben Maurey — Indiana
  • Kevin Barajas — Kentucky
  • Mark Forrest — Lehigh
  • Simon Hestnes — LIU Brooklyn
  • Alex Crognale — Maryland
  • Ivan Magalhães — Maryland
  • Tucker Hume — North Carolina
  • Zach Wright — North Carolina
  • Patrick Berneski — Notre Dame
  • Jeffrey Farina — Notre Dame
  • Austin Ricci — Oakland
  • Matt Rickard — Oakland
  • Danny Jensen — Ohio State
  • Abdi Mohamed — Ohio State
  • Jamie Summers — Radford
  • Sugor Al Awwad — Rutgers
  • Ahmad Faheem — Rutgers
  • Dylan Autran — Santa Clara
  • Edson Cardona — Santa Clara
  • Carlos Delgadillo — Santa Clara
  • Luis Urias — Santa Clara
  • Hamza Haddadi — Seattle
  • David Olsen — Seattle
  • Idrissa Camara — SMU
  • Stanton Garcia — SMU
  • Brenden Lee — SMU
  • Danny Deakin — South Carolina
  • Prosper Figbe — South Florida
  • Corey Baird — Stanford
  • Foster Langsdorf — Stanford
  • Eric Verso — Stanford
  • Louis Cross — Syracuse
  • Kamal Miller — Syracuse
  • Noah Rhynhart — Syracuse
  • Miles Robinson — Syracuse
  • Geoffrey Dee — Tulsa
  • Miguel Velasquez — Tulsa
  • Jordan Vale — UCLA
  • Kevin Feucht — UC Santa Barbara
  • Ismaila Jome — UC Santa Barbara
  • Seo-In Kim — UC Santa Barbara
  • Jake Rozhansky — Virginia
  • Marcus Salandy-Defour — Virginia
  • Jon Bakero — Wake Forest
  • Ricky Greensfelder — Wake Forest
  • Ian Harkes — Wake Forest
Own goals
  • Brad Ruhaak — Akron (playing against SMU)
  • Austin Wilcox — Cal Poly (playing against UCLA)
  • Taylor Curtis — SMU (playing against Akron)

See also

References
  1. "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Division I Men's College Soccer - Rankings - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.
  4. "2015 Division I Men's College Soccer - Bracket". ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
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