2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was a tournament of 48 collegiate soccer teams who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer. The semifinals and final were held at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team (indicated by * for non-seeded teams). The final was held on December 12, 2010. Akron defeated Louisville, 1–0, for the title.
| Men's College Cup (semifinals & final) | |
| Country | |
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| Teams | 48 | 
| Defending champions | Virginia Cavaliers | 
| Champions | Akron Zips | 
| Runners-up | Louisville Cardinals | 
| Semi-finalists | |
| Matches played | 47 | 
| Goals scored | 150 (3.19 per match) | 
| Top goal scorer(s) | Justin Meram (5) | 
← 2009  2011 →   | |
The bracket was announced November 15, 2010. The tournament started on November 18. The second round was played on November 21. The third round was played on November 28. The Regional Finals were played December 3 and 4.
Qualified teams
    
Automatic bidsAll automatic bids are granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League, Pacific-10 Conference, and West Coast Conference, each given to the regular season champion. There were 22 automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament. 
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At-large bids26 teams received at-large bids to the tournament. 
 
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Regional 1
    
| First round | Second round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| ETSU | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ohio St. | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ohio St. | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Peter's | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Providence* | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UCLA | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monmouth* | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2/OT | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Notre Dame | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UCLA | 2/2OT | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UCLA | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento St. | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento St.* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Regional 2
    
| First round | Second round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton* | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 2(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | SMU | 2(5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | SMU | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | William & Mary | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | William & Mary | 0(4) | |||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 0(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | SMU | 1(2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 1(4) | |||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan St.* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan St. | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Butler | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michigan St. | 1(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 1(5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 0(5) | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Greensboro | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Regional 3
    
| First round | Second round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia* | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Akron | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Akron | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Indiana | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Indiana | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Akron | 3(3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | California | 3(2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brown* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1(7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Connecticut | 1(6) | |||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | California | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | California | 2/OT | |||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara* | 1/2OT | ||||||||||||||||||
Regional 4
    
| First round | Second round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duke* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | South Carolina | 1/OT | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | South Carolina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan | 2/OT | |||||||||||||||||
| Central Florida | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Central Florida* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Michigan | 3/2OT | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Maryland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia* | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Penn St. | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Penn St. | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Maryland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Maryland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Penn* | 1/OT | ||||||||||||||||||
College Cup
    
Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara, California
| National Semifinals December 10  | National Championship December 12  | ||||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | North Carolina | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | Louisville | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | Akron | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Akron | 2 | |||||||
| 10 | Michigan | 1 | |||||||
Goal scorers
    
- 5 goals
 
 Justin Meram - Michigan
- 3 goals
 
 Scott Caldwell - Akron
 Darren Mattocks - Akron
 Ethan Finlay - Creighton
 Colby Meyer - Notre Dame
 Andrew Olsen - Dartmouth
 Charlie Campbell - Louisville
 Colin Rolfe - Louisville
 Corey Hertzog - Penn St.
 Eder Arreola - UCLA
 Chandler Hoffman - UCLA
 Franck Tayou - West Virginia
- 2 goals
 
 Perry Kitchen - Akron
 Michael Nanchoff - Akron
 John Fitzpatrick - California
 Nik Robson - Central Florida
 Cole Grossman - Duke
 Andy Adlard - Indiana
 Will Bruin - Indiana
 Nick DeLeon - Louisville
 Austin Berry - Louisville
 Aaron Horton - Louisville
 Domenic Barone - Michigan St.
 Wilder Arboleda - Providence
 Matt Marcin - Providence
 Ernesto Carranza - Sacramento St.
 Arthur Ivo - SMU
 Ashley McInnes - Tulsa
 Victor Chavez - UCLA
- 1 goal
 
 Kofi Sarkodie - Akron
 Kyle Bekker - Boston College
 Taylor Gorman - Brown
 Austin Mandel - Brown
 Jon Okafor - Brown
 Anthony Avalos - California
 Servando Carrasco - California
 Davis Paul - California
 Tony Salciccia - California
 Yaron Bacher - Central Florida
 Ben Hunt - Central Florida
 Ross Kelly - Coastal Carolina
 Andy Craven - College of Charleston
 Shawn Ferguson - College of Charleston
 Sean Flatley - College of Charleston
 Francis Twohig - College of Charleston
 Mamadou Diouf - Connecticut
 Sergio Castillo - Creighton
 Jose Gomez - Creighton
 Tyler Polak - Creighton
 Aaron Gaide - Dartmouth
 Bryan Giudicelli - Dartmouth
 Lucky Mkosana - Dartmouth
 Nick Pappas - Dartmouth
 Aaron Schoenfeld - ETSU
 Jaron Westbrook - ETSU
 Ian Christianson - Georgetown
 Chandler Diggs - Georgetown
 Andy Riemer - Georgetown
 Nikita Kotlov - Indiana
 Harrison Petts - Indiana
 Jason Herrick - Maryland
 Matt Kassel - Maryland
 Taylor Kemp - Maryland
 Patrick Mullins - Maryland
 John Stertzer - Maryland
 Casey Townsend - Maryland
 Greg Young - Maryland
 Latif Alashe - Michigan
 Fabio Pereira - Michigan
 Jeff Quijano - Michigan
 Soony Saad - Michigan
 Jeff Ricondo - Michigan St.
 Cyrus Saydee - Michigan St.
 Devon Sandoval - New Mexico
 Enzo Martínez - North Carolina
 Stephen McCarthy - North Carolina
 Kirk Urso - North Carolina
 Dillon Powers - Notre Dame
 Austin McAnena - Ohio State
 Omar Vallejo - Ohio State
 Konrad Warzycha - Ohio State
 Chris Harman - Old Dominion
 Alex Vaughan - Old Dominion
 Christian Barreiro - Penn
 Jordan Tyler - Penn State
 Antoine Hoppenot - Princeton
 Greg Davis - Providence
 Brian Grisell - Providence
 Toussaint McClure - Providence
 Chris Bettencourt - Sacramento St.
 Eric Masch - Santa Clara
 Juan Castillo - SMU
 Josue Soto - SMU
 Sam Arthur - South Carolina
 Bradlee Baladez - South Carolina
 Kevin Olson - St. Peter's
 Lebongang Pila  - St. Peter's
 Kyle Cumings - Tulsa
 Kelyn Rowe - UCLA
 Reed Williams - UCLA
 Waid Ibrahim - UC Santa Barbara
 Michael Tetteh - UC Santa Barbara
 Andrew Bulls - UMBC
 Levi Houapeu - UMBC
 Uwen Etuk - West Virginia
 Abel Sebele - West Virginia
 Uzi Tayou - West Virginia
 James Queree - Xavier
- Own goals
 
 Eric Robertson - Brown (playing against California)
 Ray Gaddis - West Virginia (playing against Xavier)
See also
    
    
References
    
- "2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). Men’s Division I Championship Brackets. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 50. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.