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The 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament is the upcoming 66th edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament that determined the national champion of 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The College Cup will played on December 13 and December 16 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.[1]
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2024) |
| 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 48 | ||||
| Matches | 47 | ||||
| Site | WakeMed Soccer Park (Semifinal and Final) Cary, North Carolina | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+, ESPNU | ||||
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All Division I men's soccer programs are eligible to qualify for the tournament. 21 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 1 team received an automatic bid by claiming the conference regular season crown (the West Coast Conference does not hold a conference tournament), and an additional 26 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.
| Automatic Bids | |||||
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| Conference | Team | Date qualified | Record | Appearance[2] | Last Bid[2] |
| American | Charlotte | November 17 | 11–2–5 | 18th | 2023 |
| America East | Vermont | November 17 | 11–2–5 | 14th | 2023 |
| ACC | Wake Forest | November 17 | 10–4–7 | 28th | 2023 |
| Atlantic 10 | Dayton | November 17 | 13–2–3 | 4th | 2023 |
| ASUN | North Florida | November 16 | 7–7–4 | 2nd | 2015 |
| Big East | Georgetown | November 17 | 11–4–5 | 15th | 2023 |
| Big South | Gardner-Webb | November 16 | 12–3–3 | 2nd | 2006 |
| Big Ten | Ohio State | November 17 | 14-1–3 | 12th | 2022 |
| Big West | UC Davis | November 15 | 10-5-6 | 4th | 2019 |
| CAA | Hofstra | November 17 | 14–4–2 | 9th | 2023 |
| Horizon | Robert Morris | November 17 | 9–6–3 | 4th | 2005 |
| Ivy | Princeton | November 17 | 12–6–0 | 11th | 2021 |
| MAAC | Iona | November 17 | 11–4–3 | 2nd | 2019 |
| Missouri Valley | Evansville | November 16 | 11–6–3[a] | 12th | 1996 |
| Northeast | LIU | November 17 | 8–4–7 | 18th | 2023 |
| Ohio Valley | SIUE | November 16 | 12–4–3 | 17th | 2023 |
| Patriot | Bucknell | November 16 | 7–6–6 | 8th | 2014 |
| SoCon | Furman | November 17 | 9–3–5 | 12th | 2018 |
| Summit League | Kansas City | November 16 | 12–4–3 | 4th | 2008 |
| Sun Belt[b] | West Virginia | November 17 | 12–1-7 | 17th | 2023 |
| WAC | Seattle U | November 16 | 12–4-3 | 7th | 2023 |
| West Coast | San Diego | No Tournament | 13–2–2 | 17th | 2023 |
| At-Large Bids | |||||
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| Conference | Team | Record | Appearance[2] | Last Bid[2] | |
| ACC | Clemson | 14–2–4 | 37th | 2023 | |
| Duke | 11–3–4 | 31st | 2023 | ||
| NC State | 8–4–5 | 17th | 2019 | ||
| North Carolina | 9–4–4 | 31st | 2023 | ||
| SMU | 10–2–6 | 36th | 2023 | ||
| Pittsburgh | 12–5-0 | 8th | 2023 | ||
| Stanford | 9–5–4 | 22nd | 2023 | ||
| Virginia | 10–6–3 | 44th | 2023 | ||
| Atlantic 10 | Fordham | 8–5–5 | 6th | 2020 | |
| UMass | 10-3-5 | 6th | 2020 | ||
| Saint Louis | 8-4-8 | 51st | 2022 | ||
| Big East[c] | Akron | 11–4–4 | 32nd | 2022 | |
| Providence | 12-5-3 | 12th | 2021 | ||
| Big Ten | Indiana | 10–4–5 | 49th | 2023 | |
| Maryland | 8–5–5 | 41st | 2022 | ||
| Michigan | 8-4-7 | 9th | 2019 | ||
| UCLA | 7–5–6 | 49th | 2023 | ||
| Washington | 8–5–6 | 29th | 2022 | ||
| Big West | UC Santa Barbara | 11–5–4 | 15th | 2021 | |
| Ivy | Cornell | 12-3-2 | 12th | 2022 | |
| Penn | 14-3-1 | 12th | 2022 | ||
| Missouri Valley[d] | Missouri State | 12–3–2[a] | 9th | 2023 | |
| Western Michigan | 11–2–6[a] | 5th | 2023 | ||
| Summit League | Denver | 12–3–4 | 13th | 2023 | |
| Sun Belt | Marshall | 11–1–7 | 6th | 2023 | |
| West Coast[e] | Oregon State | 10–4–3 | 9th | 2023 | |
Seeded teams
The top 16 teams are seeded and earn a bye to the second round of the tournament.
| Seeded teams | ||||||
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| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | United Soccer Coaches ranking[3] |
RPI ranking[4] |
| 1 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 14-1-3 | Automatic | 1st | 1st |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 12-5-0 | At-Large | 9th | 4th |
| 3 | Denver | Summit League | 12-3-4 | At-Large | 4th | 2nd |
| 4 | Georgetown | Big East | 11-4-5 | Automatic | 24th | 3rd |
| 5 | Dayton | Atlantic 10 | 13-2-3 | Automatic | 5th | 6th |
| 6 | Penn | Ivy | 14-3-1 | At-Large | 12th | 7th |
| 7 | Hofstra | CAA | 14-4-2 | Automatic | 18th | 5th |
| 8 | Wake Forest | ACC | 10-4-7 | Automatic | NR | 9th |
| 9 | Clemson | ACC | 14-2-4 | At-Large | 7th | 12th |
| 10 | Duke | ACC | 11-3-4 | At-Large | 2nd | 10th |
| 11 | Virginia | ACC | 10-6-3 | At-Large | NR | 14th |
| 12 | SMU | ACC | 10-2-6 | At-Large | 15th | 15th |
| 13 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 11-1-7 | At-Large | 8th | 8th |
| 14 | Indiana | Big Ten | 10-4-5 | At-Large | 6th | 21st |
| 15 | Missouri State | Missouri Valley | 12-3-2 | At-Large | 11th | 13th |
| 16 | Stanford | ACC | 9-5-4 | At-Large | NR | 11th |
The bracket was announced on Monday, November 18, 2024. First round games will be played on November 21 at campus sites.
Ohio State Region 1
| First Round November 21 | Second Round November 24 | Third Round Nov 30 - Dec 1 | Quarterfinals December 6-7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan* | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SIUE | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA* | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Stanford* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Clemson* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | |||||||||||||||||||
| Providence* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland* | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LIU | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Wake Forest* | ||||||||||||||||||
Host Institution*
Schedule
First round
| November 21 | Western Michigan | 5–1 | SIUE | Kalamazoo, MI |
| 1:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 367 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Christian Little Ryan Homik Fourth official: Cesar Ibarra |
| November 21 | Maryland | 5–2 | LIU | College Park, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 938 Referee: Andrea Pileri Assistant referees: Alexander Tyshkevych Ryan Nee Fourth official: Jay Hutchinson |
| November 21 | Providence | 2–1 | Bucknell | Providence, RI |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Chapey Field Attendance: 829 Referee: Matthew Mercier Assistant referees: Andre Carr Jose Mendes Fourth official: Thomas Felice |
| November 21 | UCLA | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | UC Santa Barbara | Los Angeles, CA |
| 10:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Wallis Annenberg Stadium Attendance: 1,191 Referee: Michael Gebreslassie Assistant referees: Adrian Gonzalez Edward Hernandez Fourth official: Matthew Tanious |
Second round
| November 24 | #1 Ohio State | v | Western Michigan | Columbus, OH |
| 5:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium |
| November 24 | #9 Clemson | v | Providence | Clemson, SC |
| 6:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Riggs Field |
| November 24 | #8 Wake Forest | v | Maryland | Winston-Salem, NC |
| 6:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Spry Soccer Stadium |
| November 24 | #16 Stanford | v | UC Santa Barbara | Stanford, CA |
| 8:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Maloney Field |
Third Round
| November 30 | v |
| November 30 | v |
Quarterfinals
| v | Cary, NC | |||
| Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
Rankings shown are national seeds.
Georgetown Region 2
| First Round November 21 | Second Round November 24 | Third Round Nov 30 - Dec 1 | Quarterfinals December 6-7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Dayton* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Morris | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington* | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 0 (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | SMU* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Marshall* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | |||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina* | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 0 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| NC State* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Georgetown* | ||||||||||||||||||
Host Institution*
Schedule
First round
| November 21 | North Carolina | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) | Furman | Chapel Hill, NC |
| 5:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Dorrance Field Attendance: 801 Referee: Amin Hadzic Assistant referees: Marcus Moss Thomas Rutherford Fourth official: Chris Zuerner |
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| November 21 | Michigan | 2–0 | Robert Morris | Ann Arbor, MI |
| 6:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 623 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Rob Ruta John Douglas Fourth official: Aaron Fong |
| November 21 | NC State | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Charlotte | Raleigh, NC |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Dail Soccer Field Attendance: 1154 Referee: Brandon Marion Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith Richard Crowgey Fourth official: Rick Rogers |
| November 21 | Washington | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p) | Seattle | Seattle, WA |
| 10:00 p.m. EST |
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Stadium: Husky Soccer Stadium Referee: Cedric Adams Assistant referees: Baboucar Jallow Raymond Moffatte, Jr. Fourth official: Chris Turner | |
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Second round
| November 24 | #4 Georgetown | v | NC State | Washington, DC |
| 12:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Shaw Field |
| November 24 | #13 Marshall | v | Furman | Huntington, WV |
| 2:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Hoops Family Field |
| November 24 | #5 Dayton | v | Michigan | Dayton, OH |
| 7:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Baujan Field |
| November 24 | #12 SMU | v | Washington | Dallas, TX |
| 7:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium |
Third Round
| November 30 | v |
| November 30 | v |
Quarterfinals
| v | Cary, NC | |||
| Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
Rankings shown are national seeds.
Denver Region 3
| First Round November 21 | Second Round November 24 | Third Round Nov 30 - Dec 1 | Quarterfinals December 6-7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Denver* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State* | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Akron* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Indiana* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Virginia* | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Florida | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UMass* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Penn* | ||||||||||||||||||
Host Institution*
Schedule
First round
| November 21 | UMass | 2–1 | Evansville | Amherst, MA |
| 1:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Rudd Field (UMass) Attendance: 219 Referee: Thomas Snyder Assistant referees: Gurhan Dolgun Jessica Carnevale Fourth official: Narciso Fernandes |
| November 21 | West Virginia | 2–1 | North Florida | Morgantown, WV |
| 5:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Attendance: 712 Referee: Cedrick Cook Assistant referees: Jason Blight Taylor Bombalski Fourth official: Alexander Parent |
| November 21 | Akron | 1–0 | Princeton | Akron, OH |
| 6:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 753 Referee: Youssef Elmessoussi Assistant referees: Jake Brochu William Gaither III Fourth official: Ali Zolgharnain |
| November 21 | Oregon State | 0–1 | Gardner-Webb | Corvallis, OR |
| 10:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Lorenz Field Attendance: 568 Referee: Christopher Calderon Assistant referees: Bryan Juarez Alejandro Echeverri Fourth official: Miles Crumley |
Second round
| November 24 | #14 Indiana | v | Akron | Bloomington, IN |
| 1:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium |
| November 24 | #3 Denver | v | Gardner-Webb | Denver, CO |
| 3:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: CIBER Field |
| November 24 | #11 Virginia | v | West Virginia | Charlottesville, VA |
| 5:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Klöckner Stadium |
| November 24 | #6 Penn | v | UMass | Philadelphia, PA |
| 5:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Rhodes Field |
Third Round
| November 30 | v |
| November 30 | v |
Quarterfinals
| v | Cary, NC | |||
| Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
Rankings shown are national seeds.
Pittsburgh Region 4
| First Round November 21 | Second Round November 24 | Third Round Nov 30 - Dec 1 | Quarterfinals December 6-7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Hofstra* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont* | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iona | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis* | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Duke* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Missouri State | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | |||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis* | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell* | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||||||||
Host Institution*
Schedule
First round
| November 21 | Cornell | 4–2 | Fordham | Ithaca, NY |
| 5:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Charles F. Berman Field Attendance: 475 Referee: Jan Halaska Assistant referees: Jamel Ben Abdallah Danielle Cornetta Fourth official: Ankur Singh |
| November 21 | Vermont | 5–0 | Iona | Burlington, VT |
| 6:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Virtue Field Attendance: 2,035 Referee: Fabio Cardoso Assistant referees: Samuel Conroy Larry Bechard Fourth official: Jason Pelletier |
| November 21 | Saint Louis | 0–2 | Kansas City | St. Louis, MO |
| 8:00 p.m. EST |
 86' Joey Maher |
Report |
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Stadium: Hermann Stadium Attendance: 1,051 Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Sean West Michael Heath Fourth official: Dan Ortega |
| November 21 | San Diego | 1–0 | UC Davis | San Diego, CA |
| 10:00 p.m. EST |
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Report | Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 1,679 Referee: Brandon Stevis Assistant referees: Israel Fernandez Emmanuel Padilla Fourth official: William Delgado |
Second round
| November 24 | #10 Duke | v | San Diego | Durham, NC |
| 1:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Koskinen Stadium |
| November 24 | #2 Pittsburgh | v | Cornell | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 5:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Ambrose Urbanic Field |
| November 24 | #7 Hofstra | v | Vermont | Hempstead, NY |
| 5:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: Captain's Field |
| November 24 | #15 Missouri State | v | Kansas City | Springfield, MO |
| 7:30 p.m. EST | Stadium: Allison South Stadium |
Third Round
| November 30 | v |
| November 30 | v |
Quarterfinals
| v | Cary, NC | |||
| Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
Rankings shown are national seeds.
2024 Men's College Cup
| Semifinals December 13 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC | Championship December 16 @ 7:00pm EST WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC | ||||||||
Men's College Cup Semifinals
| December 13 | v | Cary, NC | ||
| 5:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
| December 13 | v | Cary, NC | ||
| 7:30 p.m. EST | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
Men's College Cup Final
| December 16 | v | Cary, NC | ||
| 7:00 p.m. EST | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
| Conference | Bids | Record | Pct. | R32 | S16 | E8 | F4 | CG | NC |
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| Big East | 3 | 2-0-0 | 1.000 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Summit | 2 | 1-0-0 | 1.000 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sun Belt | 2 | 1-0-0 | 1.000 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| America East | 1 | 1-0-0 | 1.000 | 1 | - | – | – | – | – |
| Big South | 1 | 1-0-0 | 1.000 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| ACC | 9 | 1-0-1 | .750 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Big Ten | 6 | 2-1-1 | .625 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ivy | 3 | 1-1-0 | .500 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Missouri Valley | 3 | 1-1-0 | .500 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Big West | 2 | 1-1-0 | .500 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| SoCon | 1 | 0-0-1 | .500 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| West Coast | 2 | 1-1-0 | .500 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atlantic 10 | 4 | 1-2-0 | .333 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| CAA | 1 | 0-0-0 | – | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Others | 8 | 0-7-1 | .063 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
- The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals (Elite Eight), Semifinals (Final Four), Championship Game, and National Champion, respectively.
- The following conferences failed to place a team into the round of 32: American, ASUN, Horizon, MAAC, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, and WAC. The conference's records have been consolidated in the other row.
Goalscorers
There have been 44 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match. Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.
2 goals
Alex Harris – Cornell- Alioune Ka – Cornell
Yaniv Bazini – Vermont- Greyson Mercer – Western Michigan
1 goal
Victor Gaulmin - Akron- Zane Domsohn - Bucknell
Abubacarr Fofana - Charlotte- Daniel D'ippolito – Fordham
Louis Lehr – Fordham
Caio Hughes – Gardner-Webb- Jeremy Francou – Kansas City
Guille Munoz – Kansas City- Stephane Njike – LIU
Papa Sow – LIU
Luca Costabile – Maryland- Leon Koehl – Maryland
Sadam Masereka – Maryland- Alex Nitzl – Maryland
Max Rogers – Maryland- Alec Hughes – UMass
- Andrew Ortiz – UMass
- Matthew Fisher – Michigan
- Duilio Herrera – Michigan
Donavan Phillip – NC State
Nikola Markovic – NC State- Jaxon Reinhardt – North Florida
- Aidan Davock – Providence
Israel Dos Santos Neto – Providence- Cesar Bahena – San Diego
- Nicolas Hald Willumsen – UC Santa Barbara
Pavel Dashin – SIUE- David Ismail – Vermont
- Maximilian Kissel – Vermont
- Ryan Zellefrow – Vermont
- Sergio Ors Navarro – West Virginia
- Marcus Caldeira – West Virginia
Owen Smith – Western Michigan- Christian Shannon – Western Michigan
Duarte Chapelas – Western Michigan
1 own goal
- UMass (vs. Evansville)
- West Virginia is a men's soccer affiliate member of the Sun Belt Conference, as its conference, the Big-12 Conference does not sponsor men's soccer.
- Akron is a men's soccer affiliate member of the Big East Conference, as its conference, the Mid-American Conference does not sponsor men's soccer.
- Western Michigan is a men's soccer affiliate member of the Missouri Valley Conference, as its conference, the Mid-American Conference does not sponsor men's soccer.
- Oregon State is a men's soccer affiliate member of the West Coast Conference, as its conference, the PAC-12 Conference, does not sponsor men's soccer.
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