2011 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

The 2011 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in all NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Tar Heels were coached by Carlos Somoano. It was Somoano's first season in charge of the Tar Heels following Elmar Bolowich's departure to coach the Creighton Bluejays men's soccer program.

2011 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
ACC Regular Season Champions
ACC Men's Soccer Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup vs. Charlotte, W 1–0
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
Record21–2–3 (5–1–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coachGrant Porter (1st season)
Home stadiumFetzer Field
Seasons
← 2010
2012 →
2011 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 North Carolina 5 1 2 21 2 3
No. 9 Maryland 4 2 2 14 4 3
Virginia 4 3 1 12 8 `
Duke 4 3 1 11 8 3
Wake Forest 4 3 1 8 8 5
No. 15 Boston College 4 4 0 14 6 1
Clemson 4 4 0 8 8 2
NC State 2 6 0 7 11 2
Virginia Tech 1 6 1 4 13 2
2011 ACC Tournament winner
As of December 13, 2011
Rankings from NSCAA

The season proved to be one of the most successful seasons in program history. The Tar Heels completed a college "treble", winning the ACC regular season, the ACC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament.

Background

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Review

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Team

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Roster

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The following players were on the roster during the 2011 season.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Scott Goodwin
2 DF   BAH Anton Sealey
3 DF   USA Kirk Urso
4 DF   USA Boyd Okwuonu
5 MF   USA Mikey Lopez
6 DF   USA Matt Hedges
7 FW   USA Josh Rice
8 MF   USA Martin Murphy
9 DF   USA Jordan McCrary
10 MF   USA Billy Schuler
11 MF   USA David Walden
12 GK   USA Sam Euler
13 DF   USA Ryan Dodson
14 MF   USA Jordan Gafa
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW   USA Cameron Brown
16 MF   URU Enzo Martínez
17 FW   USA Ben Speas
18 FW   USA Carlos McCrary
19 DF   JAM Darvin Ebanks
20 DF   USA Nathan Diehl
26 FW   NED Cooper Vandermaas-Peeler
22 DF   NGA C.J. Odenigwe
23 DF   NIR Drew McKinney
24 GK   USA Brendan Moore
25 FW   USA Rob Lovejoy
26 MF   USA Glen Long
28 MF   USA Alex Walters
29 DF   CAN Daniel Tannous

Staff

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Match results

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Preseason
Regular Season
08-27-2011*
7:00 pm
No. 3 UNC Wilmington W 3–1  1–0–0
Fetzer Field (2,565)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-02-2011*
7:00 pm
No. 2 Oregon State W 5–1  2–0–0
Fetzer Field (2,410)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-04-2011*
7:00 pm, FSC
No. 2 No. 1 Louisville W 2–1  3–0–0
Fetzer Field (3,425)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-10-2011
7:00 pm, ACCN
No. 1 at Virginia Tech L 0–1 2OT 3–1–0
(0–1–0)
Thompson Field (2,052)
Blacksburg, VA
09-13-2011*
7:00 pm
No. 4 James Madison W 4–1  4–1–0
Fetzer Field (416)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-16-2011
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 8 at Wake Forest
Tobacco Road
W 1–0  5–1–0
(1–1–0)
Spry Stadium (4,062)
Winston-Salem, NC
09-20-2011*
7:00 pm
No. 4 at Wofford W 1–0  6–1–0
Snyder Field (632)
Spartanburg, SC
09-23-2011
7:00 pm, ACCN
No. 4 at Virginia
South's Oldest Rivalry
W 3–0  7–1–0
(2–1–0)
Klöckner Stadium (2,539)
Charlottesville, VA
09-27-2011*
7:00 pm
No. 4 No. 15 Old Dominion W 3–0  8–1–0
Fetzer Field (203)
Chapel Hill, NC
09-30-2011
7:00 pm
No. 3 Duke
Rivalry
T 2–2 2OT 8–1–1
(3–1–1)
Fetzer Field (4,825)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-04-2011*
7:00 pm
No. 3 UNC Asheville W 2–1  9–1–1
Fetzer Field (325)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-07-2011
7:30 pm
No. 3 Clemson W 2–0  10–1–1
(3–1–1)
Fetzer Field (1,917)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-14-2011*
7:00 pm
No. 2 Charleston W 4–2  11–1–1
Fetzer Field (516)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-17-2011*
7:00 pm
No. 2 at Davidson L 0–1  11–2–1
Alumni Soccer Stadium (1,941)
Davidson, NC
10-21-2011
5:30 pm, FSC
No. 2 No. 3 Maryland T 2–2 2OT 11–2–2
(3–1–2)
Fetzer Field (1,175)
Chapel Hill, NC
10-25-2011*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 at No. 25 South Carolina
Battle of the Carolinas
W 4–0  12–2–2
Stone Stadium (1,710)
Columbia, SC
10-28-2011
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 3 NC State
Rivalry
W 2–1 OT 13–2–2
(4–1–2)
Fetzer Field (710)
Chapel Hill, NC
11-02-2011
7:00 pm
No. 3 at No. 10 Boston College W 2–0  14–2–2
(5–1–2)
Newton Soccer Complex (782)
Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
11-08-2011
7:00 pm, ACCN+
(1) No. 3 (8) NC State
Quarterfinals
W 4–0  15–2–2
Fetzer Field (562)
Chapel Hill, NC
11-11-2011
5:30 pm, ACCN
(1) No. 3 vs. (4) No. 25 Virginia
Semifinals
W 1–0 OT 16–2–2
WakeMed Soccer Park (1,054)
Cary, NC
11-13-2011
12:00 pm, ESPN3
(1) No. 3 vs. (7) No. 13 Boston College
ACC Championship
W 3–1  17–2–2
WakeMed Soccer Park (1,392)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
11-20-2011*
5:00 pm, ACCN
(1) No. 1 No. 20 Coastal Carolina
Second Round
W 3–2  18–2–2
Fetzer Field (1,054)
Chapel Hill, NC
11-27-2011*
1:00 pm, ESPNU
(1) No. 1 (16) No. 16 Indiana
Round of 16
W 1–0 OT 19–2–2
Fetzer Field (1,504)
Chapel Hill, NC
12-03-2011*
5:00 pm, ESPNU
(1) No. 1 Saint Mary's
Quarterfinals
W 2–0  20–2–2
Fetzer Field (5,810)
Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA College Cup
12-09-2011*
8:30 pm, ESPNU
(1) No. 1 vs. (13) No. 8 UCLA
Semifinals
T 2–2
W 3–1 PK
 2OT
20–2–3
Regions Park (9,623)
Hoover, AL
12-11-2011*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
(1) No. 1 vs. No. 14 Charlotte
National Championship
W 1–0  21–2–3
Regions Park (8,777)
Hoover, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Statistics

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Transfers and recruits

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References

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  1. ^ "Men's Soccer Roster - 2011". North Carolina Tar Heels. GoHeels.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.