2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

August 2023 NCAA Division I 2014 Virginia 15 GoalsNeco Brett (RMU) Oregon St. 11–1 NWCU(September 22) Howard 0–7 GMason(August 29) 12 GoalsOregon St. 11–1 NWCU(September 22) 9 gamesCharlotte(ended October 18) 11 gamesRhode Island (ended November 2)Radford(ended October 21)Penn State(ended October 12)UC Davis(ended October 10) 18 gamesSacred Heart (current) 13 gamesPresbyterian (current)VMI (current) 14,345Cal Poly @ UC Santa Barbara (October 25) Home field–47Canisius @ Manhattan(October 25)Neutral field–18Charleston vs. UCF@ Akron (September 14) 2013 2015 The 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 56th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began in late August 2014 and continued into November 2014. The season culminated with the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship in December 2014. There are 205 teams in men's Division I competition.Men's Soccer Rankings https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1 NCAA April 9, 2014 December 19, 2013 The defending champions were the Notre Dame Fighting Irish who won its first NCAA soccer title by defeating the Maryland 2–1 in the 2013 College Cup.Irish Claim Title http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/irish-claim-title-with-2-1-win-over-terps_aid32272 Top Drawer Soccer April 9, 2014 December 16, 2013 The season concluded with Virginia defeating UCLA 0–0 (4–2 PKs) to win its seventh NCAA soccer title.https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2014-12-14/virginia-captures-seventh-national-title-penalty-kick-win-against Virginia captures seventh national title | NCAA.com www.ncaa.com Changes from 2013 Conference changes The Sun Belt Conference added men's soccer, absent since 1995, with three full member schools plus two ex-independent teams and a transfer from another conference joining the conference for 2014 as affiliate members.Sun Belt Men's Soccer to Re-Debut in Fall 2014 http://www.sunbeltsports.org/news/2014/2/11/GENERAL_0211145401.aspx? SunBeltSports.com February 28, 2014 February 11, 2014 New programs Utah Valley inaugurated the sport as a requirement for membership in the Western Athletic Conference.UVU Accepts Invitation to Join WAC http://www.wolverinegreen.com/genrel/100912aad.html UVU April 9, 2014 October 9, 2012 Pacific reinstated the sport, dormant since 1985, as a requirement for membership in the West Coast Conference.Pacific Adds Soccer,... http://www.pacifictigers.com/genrel/Pacific_Adds_Three_Sports University of the Pacific April 9, 2014 November 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140407051548/http://pacifictigers.com/genrel/Pacific_Adds_Three_Sports April 7, 2014 dead Discontinued programs None. Conference realignment SchoolPrevious ConferenceNew Conference Appalachian State Southern Conference Sun Belt Conference Belmont Independent Horizon League Davidson Southern Conference Atlantic 10 Conference East Tennessee State Atlantic Sun Conference Southern Conference Elon Southern Conference Colonial Athletic Association Georgia Southern Southern Conference Sun Belt Conference Georgia State Independent Sun Belt Conference Hartwick Mid-American Conference Sun Belt Conference Howard Independent Sun Belt Conference Incarnate Word Independent Western Athletic Conference Louisville American Athletic Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Maryland Atlantic Coast Conference Big Ten Conference Mercer Atlantic Sun Conference Southern Conference NJIT Independent Sun Belt Conference Pacific Dormant program West Coast Conference Rutgers American Athletic Conference Big Ten Conference Tulsa Conference USA American Athletic Conference Utah Valley No program Western Athletic Conference VMI Big South Conference Southern Conference 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 2014. NSCAANSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's - National - Preseason Ranking http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/3108/NCAADivisionI/men/PreseasonPoll NSCAA NSCAA August 6, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083350/http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/3108/NCAADivisionI/men/PreseasonPoll August 19, 2014 deadRankTeam1 Notre Dame2 Maryland3 Virginia4 UCLA5 New Mexico6 Washington7 California8 Connecticut9 Georgetown10 Michigan State11 Wake Forest12 Marquette13 Akron14 Louisville15 Penn State16 UC Irvine17 Coastal Carolina18 UC Santa Barbara19 UMBC20 Stanford21 Wisconsin22 North Carolina23 Charlotte24 Cal State Northridge25 Navy25 Old Dominion College Soccer Newshttp://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/polls/csn-preseason-top-30-poll/629-college-soccer-news-2014-top-30-preseason-poll College Soccer News 2014 Top 30 Preseason Poll - CollegeSoccerNews.com www.collegesoccernews.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084250/http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/polls/csn-preseason-top-30-poll/629-college-soccer-news-2014-top-30-preseason-poll 2014-08-19RankTeam1 Notre Dame2 Virginia3 Maryland4 UCLA5 Washington6 Connecticut7 New Mexico8 North Carolina9 Georgetown10 California11 Michigan State12 Marquette13 Louisville14 Stanford15 UC Santa Barbara16 Wake Forest17 Akron18 Coastal Carolina19 UC Irvine20 UNBC21 Charlotte22 Penn State23 Cal State Northridge24 Clemson25 Old Dominion Soccer Americahttps://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/60154/soccer-america-preseason-mens-top-25.html Soccer America Preseason Men's Top 25 www.socceramerica.comRankTeam1 UCLA2 Notre Dame3 Virginia4 Washington5 Maryland6 Georgetown7 Connecticut8 New Mexico9 Louisville10 North Carolina11 Marquette12 Michigan State13 Stanford14 California15 Penn State16 Wake Forest17 Coastal Carolina18 UC Santa Barbara19 Clemson20 UC Irvine21 UMBC22 Charlotte23 Akron24 Creighton25 Cal State Northridge Top Drawer Soccerhttp://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men College Soccer National RankingRankTeam1 Notre Dame2 UCLA3 Maryland4 Virginia5 Washington6 North Carolina7 Connecticut8 Michigan State9 Wake Forest10 Louisville11 Georgetown12 Stanford13 New Mexico14 Akron15 UMBC16 Cal State Northridge17 Marquette18 UC Irvine19 Michigan20 Navy21 Delaware22 Loyola Marymount23 UC Santa Barbara24 Duke25 California College Sports Madnesshttp://www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-soccer/top-25-rankings Top 25 Rankings www.collegesportsmadness.comRankTeam1 Notre Dame2 UCLA3 Washington4 Virginia5 Maryland6 North Carolina7 Louisville8 Georgetown9 Stanford10 New Mexico11 Marquette12 Akron13 Connecticut14 Wake Forest15 Michigan State16 UMBC17 Penn State18 Cal State Northridge19 Coastal Carolina20 South Florida21 California22 UAB23 UC-Santa Barbara24 Michigan25 Duke Regular season #1 Weekly NSCAA #1 ranked team2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire College Rankings http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/college NSCAA NSCAA 1 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20141226035130/http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/college 26 December 2014DateTeamDateTeamDateTeamDateTeam August 6 (preseason) Notre DameNone until after season starts September 2 UCLA September 9 UCLA September 16 North Carolina September 23 UCLA September 30 Notre Dame October 7 Washington October 14 Washington October 21 Notre Dame October 28 UCLA November 4 Syracuse November 11 Syracuse November 18 StanfordNone until after tournament December 16 Virginia Standings Major upsets In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked No. 15 or higher. Date Winner Score Loser August 29 @ #14 Louisville 1–0 #2 Maryland August 29 @ #22 North Carolina 3–1 #7 California August 31 @ Indiana 1–0 #12 Marquette September 5 American 2–1 ot@ New Mexico #1 UCLA September 5 @ Tulsa 2–1 2ot #3 Virginia September 6 @ Memphis 4–0 #15 St. Louis September 7 Saint Mary's 2–1 ot @ #4 Washington September 8 Kentucky 1–0 @ #5 Notre Dame September 8 @ Navy 2–1 #10 Maryland September 9 @ Saint Louis 1–0 #5 Louisville September 11 VCU 2–1 @ #6 Georgetown September 11 Valparaiso 1–0 @ #7 Michigan State September 12 @ UNLV 1–0 #14 UMBC September 12 Furman 1–0 @ #13 Coastal Carolina September 14 @ Cal State Fullerton 4–3 2ot #14 UMBC September 19 @ Duke 2–1 #1 North Carolina September 20 #20 Saint Louis 1–0 @ #3 Creighton September 21 @ #24 Stanford 2–1 #11 Delaware September 24 Davidson 2–1 @ #2 Virginia September 26 @ San Diego 1–0 #1 UCLA September 26 @ #21 Charlotte 2–0 #5 New Mexico September 27 @ #18 Syracuse 1–0 #2 Virginia September 27 @ Lehigh 2–1 #14 American September 30 @ UNC Wilmington 4–3 #14 North Carolina September 30 Ohio State 1–0 @ #6 Louisville October 3 Boston College 1–0 @ #1 Notre Dame October 3 @ NC State 2–1 #6 Louisville October 4 @ UC Santa Barbara 1–0 #3 UC Irvine October 5 @ Oregon State 6–2 #13 California October 7 @ Michigan 3–2 # 6 Notre Dame October 7 @ George Mason 1–2 #14 Virginia October 10 @ #22 California 3–2 ot #2 UCLA October 12 @ Maryland 4–0 #3 Penn State October 12 @ George Mason 3–2 #13 Saint Louis October 15 Providence 2–0 @ #3 Georgetown October 15 @ Butler 1–0 #7 Marquette October 17 @ Louisville 2–1 ot #2 Syracuse October 17 @ Clemson 2–1 #10 Virginia October 18 @ Seton Hall 1–0 #3 Georgetown October 18 @ Old Dominion 2–1 #4 Charlotte October 18 @ Kentucky 1–0 #9 New Mexico October 19 Maryland 2–1 @ #5 Indiana October 22 @ UC Riverside 2–1 #3 UC Irvine October 22 @ Oakland 2–0 #10 Michigan State October 22 West Virginia 2–1 #12 Penn State October 25 #17 Georgetown 1–0 @ #2 Creighton October 25 Cal State Northridge 3–0 @ #3 UC Irvine October 29 @ UAB 3–2 #15 New Mexico November 1 Marshall 2–1 @ #15 New Mexico November 1 @ Cal State Northridge 2–0 #14 UC Irvine November 2 #17 California 1–0 @ #1 UCLA November 2 @ Butler 2–0 #11 Providence November 2 Michigan 3–2 @ #12 Michigan State November 5 # 21 Michigan State 3–2 @ #2 Indiana November 7 Oregon State 4–3 #7 California November 9 Louisville 1–0 @ #9 North Carolina November 14 #19 Louisville 2–1@ Cary, NC #1 Syracuse November 14 #14 Clemson 1–1 (5–4 PK)@ Cary, NC # 2 Notre Dame November 14 @ Old Dominion 2–1 #4 Charlotte November 14 #23 Providence 1–0@ Chester, PA #5 Creighton November 14 Fordham 2–1@ Richmond, VA #10 Saint Louis November 16 Oregon State 2–0 @ #9 Washington November 16 #23 Providence 2–1@ Chester, PA #11 Xavier Statistics Individuals width:48% GOALSTotal Goals https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/573 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankScorerSchoolGamesGoals 1 Neco Brett Robert Morris1815 Andy Craven North Carolina2215 Cameron Porter Princeton1715 3 Pat Flynn Bowling Green2114 Robert Kristo Saint Louis2014 Adam Najem Akron2114 7 Andy Bevin West Virginia1913 Timi Mulgrew George Mason2013 9 8 tied 11 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Total Goals width:47% GOALS AGAINST AVERAGETotal Saves https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/9 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankKeeperSchoolGamesMinutesGAGAA 1 Eric Klenofsky Monmouth21205011.483 2 Connor Sparrow Creighton22203911.485 3 Matt Turner Fairfield19180710.452 4 Scott Levene UConn1110436.518 5 Addison Watson Missouri State1615149.535 6 Billy Heavner UMBC1715139.535 7 Alex Bono Syracuse21194912.554 8 Tyler Miller Northwestern19185712.581 9 Jackson Morgan Navy18169611.584 10 Sven Lissek Furman21199813.585 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Goals Against Average width:48% ASSISTSTotal Assists https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/568 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankPlayerSchoolGamesAssists 1 Eric Lynch Wright State2113 2 Connor Hallisey California1912 Khiry Shelton Oregon State2112 4 Pablo Medina Saint Francis (PA)2011 5 Sean Conerty Western Michigan1510 Sean Davis Duke1610 Michael Gamble Wake Forest1510 8 Lucas Baldin South Florida209 Lucas Diniz Stetson169 Joseph Holland Hofstra199 Edwin Moalosi South Florida209 Timo Pitter Creighton229 Will Walker Xavier239 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Total Assists width:47% SAVE PERCENTAGESave Pct https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/421 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankKeeperSchoolGamesSavesGASave % 1 Matt Turner Fairfield197810.886 2 Eric Klenofsky Monmouth218111.880 3 Tyler Miller Northwestern197012.854 4 Zach Zagorski Cornell176411.853 5 Borja Angoitia Quinnipiac187513.852 6 Alex Bono Syracuse216712.848 7 Yves Dietrich Western Illinois199718.843 8 Billy Heavner UMBC17489.842 9 Greg Ranjitsingh Mercer2110620.841 10 Connor Sparrow Creighton225811.841 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Save pct width:48% TOTAL POINTSTotal Assists https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/570 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankPlayerSchoolGamesGoalsAssistsPoints 1 Andy Craven North Carolina2215535 2 Andy Bevin West Virginia1913834 Cameron Porter Princeton1715434 4 Neco Brett Robert Morris1815333 5 Pat Flynn Bowling Green2114432 Adam Najem Akron2114432 Khiry Shelton Oregon State21101232 8 Ethan Kutler Colgate1812731 9 Robert Kristo Saint Louis2014230 Connor Hallisey California1991230 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Total Points width:47% TOTAL SAVESTotal Saves https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/individual/577 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankKeeperSchoolGamesSaves 1 Dan Jackson UNC Asheville17118 2 Eric Hamilton Howard18111 3 Greg Ranjitsingh Mercer21106 4 Matthew Mozynski Campbell18101 5 Shane Haworth Seattle1999 6 Andre Rawls St. Mary's1998 7 Brenden Alfery Robert Morris1897 Yves Dietrich Western Illinois1997 Jack Falle Georgia Southern1797 10 Alex Guerra VMI1496 Wade Hamilton Cal Poly1996 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Total Saves Teams width:47% SCORING OFFENSEGoals/Game https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/team/30 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankSchoolGamesGoalsGoals/Game 1 California19472.474 2 North Carolina22522.364 3 Winthrop19442.316 4 Wofford18402.222 Rider18402.222 6 Charlotte19412.158 7 Coastal Carolina23482.087 8 Delaware20412.050 9 Stetson17342.000 Princeton17342.000 UNLV22442.000 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Goals/Game width:48% SCORING DEFENSE (Team Goals Against Average)Total Goals https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/team/32 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankSchoolGamesMinutesGATeam GAA 1 Monmouth21205011.483 2 Creighton22204411.484 3 Syracuse21194912.554 4 Missouri State18173311.571 5 Northwestern19185712.582 6 Fairfield20195813.598 7 Furman22208814.603 8 Georgetown23220815.611 9 Cornell17158511.625 10 Navy20193914.6498 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Team GAA width:47% SHUTOUT PERCENTAGEGoals/Game https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/team/31 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankSchoolGamesShutoutsShutout % 1 Fairfield2013.650 2 Cornell1711.647 3 Missouri State1811.611 4 Monmouth2112.571 Syracuse2112.571 St. Louis2112.571 7 Michigan State2313.565 8 Creighton2212.545 Furman2212.545 10 George Mason2010.500 Kentucky2010.500 Saint Francis (PA)2010.500 Penn State2010.500 Marquette189.500 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - SO Pct All statistics are through the games of December 14, 2014. (Final) width:48% WON-LOST-TIED PERCENTAGEGoals/Game https://www.ncaa.com/stats/soccer-men/d1/current/team/33 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA.comRankSchoolWinsLosesTiesW-L-T % 1 Creighton1633.795 2 Syracuse1521.786 3 Charlotte1441.763 Stanford1333.763 5 Providence1652.739 6 Winthrop1342.737 7 Lipscomb1241.735 Princeton1133.735 9 North Carolina1552.727 10 Davidson1026.722 Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Team W-L-T pct NCAA tournament 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship The College Cup was played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina on December 12 & 14, 2014.2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2013-12-11/2014-18-ncaa-championship-sites NCAA April 9, 2014 December 18, 2013 In the semifinals, Virginia defeated UMBC 1–0 Virginia scores early, holds off UMBC 1-0 to advance to College Cup final https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2014-12-12/virginia-scores-early-holds-umbc-1-0-advance-college-cup-final NCAA December 13, 2014 December 18, 2014 and UCLA beat Providence 3–2 in double overtime.UCLA in first College Cup final since 2006 after 2OT win against Providence https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2014-12-12/ucla-first-college-cup-final-2006-after-2ot-win-against NCAA December 13, 2014 December 18, 2014 In the finals, Virginia and UCLA played to a scoreless draw through two extra periods, and Virginia won its seventh national crown on penalty kicks, 4–2. Virginia captures seventh national title with penalty-kick win against UCLA https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2014-12-14/virginia-captures-seventh-national-title-penalty-kick-win-against NCAA December 15, 2014 December 18, 2014 Postseason polls Post season polls with (pre-season rankings). NSCAANSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's - National - Final Postseason Ranking http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/4044/NCAADivisionI/men/LastPoll NSCAA NSCAA December 18, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141218190601/http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/4044/NCAADivisionI/men/LastPoll 2014-12-18 deadRankTeam1 Virginia (3)2 UCLA (4)3 Providence (—)4 UMBC (19)5 Georgetown (9)6 North Carolina (22)7 Creighton (—)8 Michigan State (10)9 Notre Dame (1)10 Syracuse (—)11 Clemson (—)12 Washington (6)13 Xavier (—)14 UC Irvine (16)15 California (7)16 Stanford (20)17 Indiana (—)18 Louisville (14)19 Maryland (2)20 Charlotte (23)21 Saint Louis (—)22 Coastal Carolina (17)23 Penn State (15)24 Old Dominion (t25)25 Dartmouth (—) College Soccer NewsRankTeamNo Poll Soccer AmericaRankTeamNo Poll Top Drawer SoccerMen's DI Top 25 http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men Top Drawer Soccer . com December 15, 2014 December 18, 2014 RankTeam1 Virginia (4)2 UCLA (2)3 Providence (—)4 UMBC (15)5 North Carolina (6)6 Georgetown (11)7 Creighton (—)8 Michigan State (8)9 Notre Dame (1)10 Syracuse (—)11 Xavier (—)12 UC Irvine (18)13 Clemson (—)14 Louisville (10)15 California (25)16 Washington (5)17 Stanford (12)18 Maryland (3)19 Indiana (—)20 Charlotte (—)21 Ohio State (—)22 Furman (—)23 Coastal Carolina (—)24 Old Dominion (—)25 Akron (14) College Sports MadnessRankTeamNo Poll See also College soccer List of NCAA Division I men's soccer programs 2014 in American soccer 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship References 2014 Category:2014 in American men's soccer leagues