2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Football league season
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.[ 1] 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 .[ 2] The season concluded with Virginia defeating UCLA 0–0 (4–2 PKs) to win its seventh NCAA soccer title.[ 3]
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.[ 4]
New programs
Discontinued programs
None.
Conference realignment
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.
NSCAA [ 7]
Rank
Team
1
Notre Dame
2
Maryland
3
Virginia
4
UCLA
5
New Mexico
6
Washington
7
California
8
Connecticut
9
Georgetown
10
Michigan State
11
Wake Forest
12
Marquette
13
Akron
14
Louisville
15
Penn State
16
UC Irvine
17
Coastal Carolina
18
UC Santa Barbara
19
UMBC
20
Stanford
21
Wisconsin
22
North Carolina
23
Charlotte
24
Cal State Northridge
25
Navy
25
Old Dominion
College Soccer News [ 8]
Rank
Team
1
Notre Dame
2
Virginia
3
Maryland
4
UCLA
5
Washington
6
Connecticut
7
New Mexico
8
North Carolina
9
Georgetown
10
California
11
Michigan State
12
Marquette
13
Louisville
14
Stanford
15
UC Santa Barbara
16
Wake Forest
17
Akron
18
Coastal Carolina
19
UC Irvine
20
UNBC
21
Charlotte
22
Penn State
23
Cal State Northridge
24
Clemson
25
Old Dominion
Soccer America [ 9]
Rank
Team
1
UCLA
2
Notre Dame
3
Virginia
4
Washington
5
Maryland
6
Georgetown
7
Connecticut
8
New Mexico
9
Louisville
10
North Carolina
11
Marquette
12
Michigan State
13
Stanford
14
California
15
Penn State
16
Wake Forest
17
Coastal Carolina
18
UC Santa Barbara
19
Clemson
20
UC Irvine
21
UMBC
22
Charlotte
23
Akron
24
Creighton
25
Cal State Northridge
Top Drawer Soccer [ 10]
Rank
Team
1
Notre Dame
2
UCLA
3
Maryland
4
Virginia
5
Washington
6
North Carolina
7
Connecticut
8
Michigan State
9
Wake Forest
10
Louisville
11
Georgetown
12
Stanford
13
New Mexico
14
Akron
15
UMBC
16
Cal State Northridge
17
Marquette
18
UC Irvine
19
Michigan
20
Navy
21
Delaware
22
Loyola Marymount
23
UC Santa Barbara
24
Duke
25
California
College Sports Madness [ 11]
Rank
Team
1
Notre Dame
2
UCLA
3
Washington
4
Virginia
5
Maryland
6
North Carolina
7
Louisville
8
Georgetown
9
Stanford
10
New Mexico
11
Marquette
12
Akron
13
Connecticut
14
Wake Forest
15
Michigan State
16
UMBC
17
Penn State
18
Cal State Northridge
19
Coastal Carolina
20
South Florida
21
California
22
UAB
23
UC-Santa Barbara
24
Michigan
25
Duke
Regular season
#1
Weekly NSCAA #1 ranked team[ 12]
Date
Team
Date
Team
Date
Team
Date
Team
August 6 (preseason)
Notre Dame
None 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
Stanford
None until after tournament
December 16
Virginia
Standings
2014 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
UConn
6
–
1
–
1
10
–
6
–
3
Tulsa ‡
5
–
2
–
1
11
–
6
–
3
SMU
4
–
2
–
2
10
–
6
–
2
South Florida
4
–
3
–
1
10
–
7
–
3
Memphis
3
–
4
–
1
9
–
7
–
2
UCF
1
–
3
–
4
2
–
10
–
6
Cincinnati
2
–
5
–
1
5
–
10
–
3
Temple
1
–
6
–
1
2
–
14
–
2
As of November 21, 2014 Rankings from NSCAA
2014 Ivy League men's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 25 Dartmouth ‡
5
–
1
–
1
12
–
5
–
2
Princeton ‡x
5
–
1
–
1
11
–
3
–
3
Harvard
4
–
1
–
2
11
–
4
–
2
Brown
2
–
3
–
2
5
–
6
–
6
Penn
2
–
3
–
2
6
–
9
–
2
Columbia
2
–
4
–
1
7
–
8
–
1
Cornell
3
–
4
–
0
10
–
6
–
1
Yale
0
–
6
–
1
1
–
13
–
3
As of December 16, 2014 Rankings from NSCAA
2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Quinnipiac
7
–
0
–
3
10
–
4
–
5
Iona
6
–
3
–
1
9
–
7
–
3
Rider
6
–
4
–
0
9
–
7
–
2
Monmouth ‡
4
–
1
–
5
11
–
4
–
6
Siena
5
–
3
–
2
10
–
7
–
2
Fairfield
4
–
2
–
4
8
–
5
–
7
Canisius
4
–
4
–
2
9
–
6
–
3
Marist
3
–
5
–
2
7
–
7
–
4
Niagara
2
–
6
–
2
5
–
11
–
3
Saint Peter's
2
–
8
–
0
4
–
14
–
0
Manhattan
1
–
8
–
1
2
–
12
–
2
As of November 21, 2014 Rankings from NSCAA
2014 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 16 Stanford ‡
6
–
1
–
3
13
–
3
–
3
No. 2 UCLA +
6
–
2
–
2
14
–
4
–
6
No. 12 Washington +
5
–
4
–
1
12
–
5
–
3
No. 15 California +
4
–
5
–
1
11
–
7
–
1
Oregon State +
4
–
5
–
1
12
–
8
–
1
San Diego State
1
–
9
–
0
7
–
12
–
0
As of December 16, 2014 Rankings from NSCAA
2014 Patriot League men's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Boston U.
6
–
0
–
3
12
–
4
–
0
Navy
6
–
1
–
2
11
–
4
–
5
American
5
–
2
–
2
11
–
3
–
4
Lehigh
5
–
3
–
1
10
–
8
–
1
Bucknell ‡ +
4
–
3
–
2
10
–
10
–
3
Army
3
–
4
–
2
6
–
8
–
6
Loyola (MD)
2
–
5
–
2
5
–
8
–
2
Colgate
2
–
6
–
1
6
–
10
–
2
Holy Cross
2
–
6
–
1
5
–
9
–
3
Lafayette
2
–
7
–
0
6
–
10
–
2
As of November 21, 2014 Rankings from NSCAA
2014 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Mercer
8
–
2
–
0
14
–
7
–
0
Wofford
7
–
2
–
1
11
–
6
–
1
Furman ‡
5
–
4
–
1
12
–
5
–
5
UNC Greensboro
5
–
4
–
1
6
–
12
–
2
East Tenn. State
3
–
6
–
1
7
–
9
–
1
VMI
0
–
10
–
0
1
–
16
–
1
As of November 24, 2014 Rankings from NSCAA
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 #15 or higher.
Statistics
Individuals
TOTAL SAVES[ 18]
Rank
Keeper
School
Games
Saves
1
Dan Jackson
UNC Asheville
17
118
2
Eric Hamilton
Howard
18
111
3
Greg Ranjitsingh
Mercer
21
106
4
Matthew Mozynski
Campbell
18
101
5
Shane Haworth
Seattle
19
99
6
Andre Rawls
St. Mary's
19
98
7
Brenden Alfery
Robert Morris
18
97
Yves Dietrich
Western Illinois
19
97
Jack Falle
Georgia Southern
17
97
10
Alex Guerra
VMI
14
96
Wade Hamilton
Cal Poly
19
96
Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Total Saves
Teams
SCORING OFFENSE[ 19]
Rank
School
Games
Goals
Goals/Game
1
California
19
47
2.474
2
North Carolina
22
52
2.364
3
Winthrop
19
44
2.316
4
Wofford
18
40
2.222
Rider
18
40
2.222
6
Charlotte
19
41
2.158
7
Coastal Carolina
23
48
2.087
8
Delaware
20
41
2.050
9
Stetson
17
34
2.000
Princeton
17
34
2.000
UNLV
22
44
2.000
Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Goals/Game
SCORING DEFENSE (Team Goals Against Average)[ 20]
Rank
School
Games
Minutes
GA
Team GAA
1
Monmouth
21
2050
11
.483
2
Creighton
22
2044
11
.484
3
Syracuse
21
1949
12
.554
4
Missouri State
18
1733
11
.571
5
Northwestern
19
1857
12
.582
6
Fairfield
20
1958
13
.598
7
Furman
22
2088
14
.603
8
Georgetown
23
2208
15
.611
9
Cornell
17
1585
11
.625
10
Navy
20
1939
14
.6498
Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Team GAA
SHUTOUT PERCENTAGE[ 21]
Rank
School
Games
Shutouts
Shutout %
1
Fairfield
20
13
.650
2
Cornell
17
11
.647
3
Missouri State
18
11
.611
4
Monmouth
21
12
.571
Syracuse
21
12
.571
St. Louis
21
12
.571
7
Michigan State
23
13
.565
8
Creighton
22
12
.545
Furman
22
12
.545
10
George Mason
20
10
.500
Kentucky
20
10
.500
Saint Francis (PA)
20
10
.500
Penn State
20
10
.500
Marquette
18
9
.500
Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - SO Pct
All statistics are through the games of December 14, 2014. (Final)
WON-LOST-TIED PERCENTAGE[ 22]
Rank
School
Wins
Loses
Ties
W-L-T %
1
Creighton
16
3
3
.795
2
Syracuse
15
2
1
.786
3
Charlotte
14
4
1
.763
Stanford
13
3
3
.763
5
Providence
16
5
2
.739
6
Winthrop
13
4
2
.737
7
Lipscomb
12
4
1
.735
Princeton
11
3
3
.735
9
North Carolina
15
5
2
.727
10
Davidson
10
2
6
.722
Last update on December 14, 2014. Source: NCAA.com - Team W-L-T pct
NCAA tournament
The College Cup was played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina on December 12 & 14, 2014.[ 23] In the semifinals, Virginia defeated UMBC 1–0[ 24] and UCLA beat Providence 3–2 in double overtime.[ 25] 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.[ 26]
Postseason polls
Post season polls with (pre-season rankings).
NSCAA [ 27]
Rank
Team
1
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 News
Rank
Team
No Poll
Top Drawer Soccer [ 28]
Rank
Team
1
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 Madness
Rank
Team
No Poll
See also
References
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