The 2009 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a tournament of 48 teams from

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who played for the NCAA Championship in

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. The semifinals and final were held at

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. 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 13, 2009 with

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defeating

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, 3–2 in a

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, following a goalless regulation and two overtimes. The bracket was announced November 16, 2009. The tournament started on November 19. The second round was played on November 22. The third round was played on November 29. The Regional Finals were played on December 4 and 5.

Regional 1

Regional 2

Regional 3

Regional 4

College Cup

All matches held in

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Schedule

Host team, or higher seed, is listed on the Left. Away team or lower seed is listed on the right.

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Goal scorers

;4 goals *

Will Bates William R. Bates (born April 1, 1991) is an American soccer player who plays for the Richmond Strikers of the National Premier Soccer League. Career High school Bates attended and played soccer at Thomas Dale High School under head coach M ...

– Virginia ;3 goals * Anthony Ampaipitakwong – Akron * Luke Gorczyca – Drake *

Alex Dixon Hugh Alexander Dixon (born February 7, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for USL Championship club Monterey Bay FC. College and amateur The first youth club Dixon played for was the Texas Heat. He then joine ...

– North Carolina * David Walker – UC Santa Barbara * Zack Schilawski – Wake Forest ;2 goals *

Kyle Bekker Kyle Edward Bekker (born September 2, 1990) is a Canadian professional soccer midfielder and team captain for Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League. Club career Youth Bekker was born in Oakville, Ontario and began his youth soccer career wi ...

– Boston College * Karl Reddick – Boston College * Kevin Shrout – Drake * Garrett Webb – Drake * Ryan Finley – Duke * Darren Yeagle – Indiana * Billy Cortes – Maryland *

Casey Townsend Casey James Townsend (born July 7, 1989) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward or midfielder. Career Prep career Townsend played for Traverse City West High School in Michigan from 2004 to 2007. During his ...

– Maryland * Jack Hillgard – Northwestern *

Collen Warner Collen Warner (born June 24, 1988) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder. He last played for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids. College and amateur Warner attended Denver East High School, played club socce ...

– Portland * James Dice – Saint Louis * Alex Sweetin -Saint Louis * Austin Neil – Tulsa *

Tony Tchani Tony Ghislain Tchani (; born 13 April 1989) is a Cameroonian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Youth and college soccer Tchani moved to the United States from his native Cameroon in 2004, settling in Norfolk, Virginia. He atten ...

– Virginia *

Austin da Luz Austin da Luz (born October 9, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player. Career Youth and college Da Luz attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School Soccer Academy in Austin, Texas, where he was exposed to high levels of intensive tr ...

– Wake Forest ;1 goal *

Teal Bunbury Teal Alexander Bunbury (born February 27, 1990) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC. Born in Canada, he played for the United States national team. Early life Bunbury was born in Ha ...

– Akron *

Kofi Sarkodie Kofi Kwarteng Frempong Sarkodie (born March 22, 1991) is an American soccer player. Career Youth, college and amateur After graduating from the IMG Soccer Academy in 2008, Sarkodie attended the University of Akron. Sarkodie started in all ...

– Akron * Mori Avi Hana – Boston College * Colin Murphy – Boston College *

Charlie Rugg Charles Nosike Rugg (born October 2, 1990) is an American soccer player. Career Professional Los Angeles Galaxy selected Rugg in the first round (No. 19 overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. Rugg made his debut for Galaxy on April 27, 2013, ...

– Boston College * Sean Rosa – Brown * Brendan Burgforf – Bucknell * Adam Gross – Charlotte *

Dan Keat Daniel Phillip Keat (born 28 September 1987) is a former New Zealand footballer who played as a midfielder. Amateur career His hometown is Lower Hutt, where he attended Hutt International Boys' School in Upper Hutt and was named Sportsman of th ...

– Dartmouth * Matt Kuhn – Drake * Kenan Malicevic – Drake * Michael Noonan – Drake * Cole Grossman – Duke * Trae Harrison – Duke * Christian Ibeagha – Duke * Ryan McDaniel – Duke *

Andrew Wenger James Andrew Wenger (born December 25, 1990) is an American former professional soccer player who played for eight seasons in Major League Soccer. College and amateur career Wenger made an immediate impact in his first year at Duke University. ...

– Duke * Tony Walls – Green Bay * Andre Akpan – Harvard * Adam Rousmaniere – Harvard * Richard Smith – Harvard *

Will Bruin William Christopher Bruin (born October 24, 1989) is an American former professional association football, soccer player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Bruin spent six seasons playing for the Houston Dynamo FC, Housto ...

– Indiana * Phil Bannister – Loyola Maryland * Vincent Ocampo – Loyola Marymount * Jason Herrick – Maryland *

Drew Yates Drew Yates (born May 14, 1988, in Severna Park, Maryland) is an Americans, American association football, soccer player. Career College and amateur Yates attended Archbishop Curley High School and DeMatha High School, played club soccer for th ...

– Maryland * Rubin Bega – Michigan State * Heath Melugin – Missouri State * Lance Rozeboom – New Mexico *

Billy Schuler William Jason Schuler (born April 27, 1990) is an American former professional soccer player. Career Youth and college A resident of Allentown, New Jersey, Schuler attended Peddie School. Schuler played three seasons over four years (redshirt ...

– North Carolina * Kirk Urso – North Carolina * Akil DeFreitas – North Carolina State * Piero Bellizzi – Northwestern *

Jeb Brovsky John Eli "Jeb" Brovsky (born December 3, 1988) is an American former soccer player. Career College and amateur Brovsky played youth soccer for Colorado Rush with whom he won many state and national titles. He went to Green Mountain High School ...

– Notre Dame *

Bright Dike Chinedu "Bright" Dike (born 2 February 1987) is a retired footballer who played as a forward. Born in the United States, he played for the Nigeria national team. Career College and amateur Born in Edmond, Oklahoma, Dike attended Edmond Nort ...

– Notre Dame * John Schaefer – Notre Dame * Brian Forgue – Penn State * Drew Chrostek – Portland * Ryan Luke – Portland * Max Alvarez – Sacramento State * Bryan Baker – Sacramento State * Scott Crandall – Sacramento State * Michael Roach – Saint Louis * Adam Jahn – Stanford * Daniel Leon – Stanford * Adoni Levine – Stanford * Dominique Yahyavi – Stanford *

Fredrik Brustad Fredrik Brustad (; born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian football forward who plays for KFUM. Club career Brustad was born in Oslo, and played for Ullern and Lyn in his youth. After spending three years of his college soccer career at Stetson Un ...

– Stetson * Bernardo Añor – South Florida *

Sébastien Thurière Sébastien Thurière (born January 6, 1990) is a Haitian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Penang in Malaysia Premier League. Early life Thurière was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. Prior to his professional career he played socc ...

– South Florida * Blaine Gonsalves – Tulsa * Ashley McInnes – Tulsa * Jose Parada – Tulsa *

Chandler Hoffman Jon Chandler Hoffman (born August 17, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward. Career College and amateur After leading Oak Mountain High School to two state championships (2007, 2008), Hoffman played college soc ...

– UCLA * Ryan Hollingshead – UCLA * Fernando Monge – UCLA * Kyle Nakazawa – UCLA * Shawn Guderian – UNC Wilmington * Daniel Roberts – UNC Wilmington *

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– Virginia * Ari Dimas – Virginia * Jordan Evans – Virginia * Hunter Jumper – Virginia *

Brian Ownby Brian Tyler Ownby (born July 16, 1990) is an American soccer player who plays for Louisville City in the USL Championship. Early life Personal Ownby was born in Glen Allen, Virginia to parents Steve and Andrea Ownby and has a younger brother nam ...

– Virginia * Anthony Arena – Wake Forest *

Corben Bone Corben Bone (born September 16, 1988) is an American former professional soccer player. Career College and amateur Bone played college soccer at Wake Forest University from 2007 to 2009 where he appeared in 68 games scoring 15 goals and adding ...

– Wake Forest * Andy Lubahn – Wake Forest * Sam Redmond – Wake Forest * Husref Jopic – Western Illinois * Said Abdi – Winthrop * Cameron Alksnis – Winthrop

References

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