Quarterfinal Matches Set…

Check the bracket to see who advanced to the Quarterfinals and who went home. Quarterfinal matches take place this week while the semi-finals/finals turn into the College Cup and take place at SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina 12/14 & 12/16.

The bracket is certainly looking interesting. One flaw to point out is that we have a possible showdown between the top two teams of the regular season in the semis as opposed to the finals. I still think BC should have been put second or third, ensuring the best final would be between the best teams; UConn and Wake Forest. BC is out and now the best final is going to happen in the semi-final round. This happens a lot in this type of tournament but I feel like the pairings were made in error, relying on the result of the ACC tourney too much. BC did beat Wake in the regular season and ACC tourney, but BC lost to Quinnipiac, Brown, Providence and Clemson while Wake only lost to BC all season.

Wake Forest still needs to beat talented Notre Dame to make College Cup and UConn needs to beat Virginia Tech to advance. Those are going to be tough games for all four schools. If you live near UConn or Wake, head to see some great college soccer this weekend.

The other side of the bracket has one seeded team left, #5 Ohio State. Ohio State has been a revelation this season and has the easier road to the final. However, UMass, Chicago-Illinois and Bradley have been the giant killers thus far so Ohio State needs to keep their composure and win the games they should win.

Here are the kids on my list, from the schools still in the tourney:


F - Chris Cutshaw - So - Bradley


M - Drew DeGurian - Sr - Bradley


F - Ken Hickman - Sr - Bradley


M - Jordan Hale - Fr - Connecticut


D - Greg King - Fr - Connecticut


F - O’Brian White - Jr - Connecticut


M - Robert Brickley - So - Connecticut


D - Richard Kentish - So - Connecticut


M - Mike Pezza - So - Connecticut


GK - Matt Sangeloty - So - Connecticut


M - Toni Stahl - So - Connecticut


F - Chukwudi Chijindu - Sr - Connecticut


M - Ryan Cordeiro - Sr - Connecticut


D - Julius James - Sr - Connecticut


D - Karl Schilling - Sr - Connecticut


GK - Martin Nieuwoudt - 1/0/1900 - Connecticut


GK - Brett Pollack - 1/0/1900 - Connecticut


F - Kevin Stoll - Fr - Illinois - Chicago


D - Robert Younger - Fr - Illinois - Chicago


D - Pat McMahon - Jr - Illinois - Chicago


M - Ian Sarachan - So - Illinois - Chicago


F - Matt Speiss - So - Illinois - Chicago


GK - Jovan Bubonja - So - Illinois - Chicago


M - Pavle Dundjer - Sr - Illinois - Chicago


M - Cesar Zambrano - Sr - Illinois - Chicago


M - Richard Higa - Jr - Massachusetts


D - Kenny Cook - Sr - Massachusetts


DMF - Matt Armstrong - Fr - Notre Dame


M - Jeb Brovsky - Fr - Notre Dame


F - Josh Thiermann - Fr - Notre Dame


M - Matt Besler - Jr - Notre Dame


M - Justin Morrow - So - Notre Dame


M - Michael Thomas - So - Notre Dame


F - Joseph Lapira - Sr - Notre Dame


M - Kurt Martin - Sr - Notre Dame


D - Ryan Miller - Sr - Notre Dame


M - Danny Irizarry - Jr - Ohio State


D - Scott Marguglio - Jr - Ohio State


M/F - Xavier Balc - Sr - Ohio State


D - Eric Brunner - Sr - Ohio State


M - Kyle Retzlaff - Sr - Ohio State


0 - Roger Espinoza - 1/0/1900 - Ohio State


GK - Casey Latchem - 1/0/1900 - Ohio State


M - Brent Hooper - Fr - Virginia Tech


D - James Shupp - Fr - Virginia Tech


RB - Bryan Collier - Jr - Virginia Tech


F - Patrick Nyarko - Jr - Virginia Tech


M - Charles Campbell - So - Virginia Tech


D - Jonathan Collier - So - Virginia Tech


M - Ben Nason - Sr - Virginia Tech


M/F - Marcus Reed - Sr - Virginia Tech


M - Corben Bone - Fr - Wake Forest


LW - Sean Haglund - Fr - Wake Forest


RB - Jeff Leach - Fr - Wake Forest


D - Ike Opera - Fr - Wake Forest


DMF - Daniel Wenzel - Fr - Wake Forest


D/M - Lyle Adams - Jr - Wake Forest


M - Cline Beam - Jr - Wake Forest


D - Evan Brown - Jr - Wake Forest


M - Sam Cronin - Jr - Wake Forest


M - Jamie Franks - Jr - Wake Forest


F - Marcus Tracy - Jr - Wake Forest


F - Cody Arnoux - So - Wake Forest


M - Will Clayton - So - Wake Forest


M - Austin da Luz - So - Wake Forest


GK - Akira Fitzgerald - So - Wake Forest


M/F - Erik Hummel - So - Wake Forest


M - Mbizo Mzamane - So - Wake Forest


AM - Zachary Schilawski - So - Wake Forest


GK - Brian Edwards - Sr - Wake Forest


F - Alimer Gonzalez - Sr - Wake Forest


D - Pat Phelan - Sr - Wake Forest


D - Julian Valentin - Sr - Wake Forest