2011 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2011 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, known as the 2011 Virginia 529 CAA Men's Soccer Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 29th edition of the CAA Men's Soccer Tournament, which determines the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Played from November 10–13, 2011 at James Madison University's Soccer Complex, the University of Delaware Fighting Blue Hens defeated the Old Dominion University Monarchs to their first ever CAA Men's Soccer Tournament since joining the conference. For Delaware, the title clinched their third ever berth into the tournament, and their first since 1970.

2011 CAA Men's Soccer Tournament
Country United States
Teams6
ChampionsDelaware
Runners-upOld Dominion
Matches played5
Goals scored17 (3.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Tim Hopkinson, Patrick Innes, Jordan LeBlanc (2)
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The tournament was hosted by the James Madison Dukes, as they won the regular season championship.[1]

Qualification
Main article: 2011 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season

For the second straight season, six teams from the twelve team group qualified into the CAA Tournament. Though the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams and Georgia State University Panthers were tied for the final tournament berth, the Panthers edged the Rams in the first tiebreaker, head-to-head record.

2011 CAA men's soccer standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T GF GA GD PTS GP W L T GF GA GD
#12 James Madison†118301712+5241712412720+7
#18 Old Dominion117312616+10221611414222+20
William & Mary1174040+42118108048–4
Delaware*1164100019171152116+5
Northeastern116410001918106274+4
Georgia State11650129+318Note 11912612614+12
VCU116501514+1182011903424+10
Drexel114521117−6141851031424−10
George Mason114611714+313187833727+10
Hofstra114701823−5121871012532−7
UNC Wilmington112811216−471841222029−9
Towson112811425−1171731122041–21
Championship:
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
^ Georgia State beat VCU in the first tiebreaker, which was head-to-head record.
Current rankings: CAASports.com

Bracket
  Play-in round     Semifinals     Championship
                           
      1 James Madison 2  
  5 Northeastern 0     4 Delaware 2 (a.e.t.)    
  4 Delaware 0 (a.e.t.)         4 Delaware 2
      2 Old Dominion 1
      2 Old Dominion 5    
  3 William & Mary 1     6 Georgia State 3  
  6 Georgia State 2  

Schedule

The higher seed, as well as the home team, is listed on the right.

Play-in round
Georgia State2–1William & Mary
McGill  65'
Scott  77'		 Report Abrigo  50'
Attendance: TBA
Referee: Bill Kingsley
Northeastern0–0 (a.e.t.)Delaware
Report
Penalties
Phataraprasit
Burnham
Braude
Kennedy
Semerene
Rumph 		3–4 O'Connor
Mediate
Frimpong
Gimenez
Dineen
Nartey
Delaware Mini-Stadium
Newark, Delaware
Attendance: 328
Referee: Mike Stutt

Semifinals
Georgia State3–5Old Dominion
Gordon  38'
Lumpkin  62'
Vania  87'		 Report De John  19'
Hopkinson  36', 75'
LeBlanc  79'
Asante  90'
JMU Soccer Complex
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Attendance: 1,075
Referee: Steve Ankiel
Delaware2–2 (a.e.t.)James Madison
Dineen  21'
Frimpong  37'		 Report Innes  19', 82'
Penalties
O'Connor
Mediate
Reed
Nuel
Dineen
Nartey
Frimpong
Wilson 		5–4 Innes
McLaughlin
Roberts-Bailey
Bastidas
Barden
Whitebread
Gannon
Simpson
JMU Soccer Complex
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Attendance: 1,075
Referee: Andrew Chapin

CAA Championship
Delaware2–1Old Dominion
Mediate  34'
Oakes  65' (o.g.)		 Report LeBlanc  20'
JMU Soccer Complex, Harrisonburg
Attendance: 279
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Tim Hopkinson Old Dominion 2
Patrick Innes James Madison 2
Jordan LeBlanc Old Dominion 2
4 Nicholas Abrigo William & Mary 1
Gideon Asante Old Dominion 1
Alex DeJohn Old Dominion 1
John Dineen Delaware 1
Evans Frimpong Delaware 1
Gimel Gordon Georgia State 1
Ayokunle Lumpkin Georgia State 1
Vincent Mediate Delaware 1
Stephen McGill Georgia State 1
Evan Scott Georgia State 1
Peter Vania Georgia State 1

See also

References
  1. "CAA Men's Soccer Weekly Report: Oct. 31". Colonial Athletic Association. CAASports.com. October 31, 2011. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
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