2011 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team
The 2011 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.
| 2011 season | |||
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| Athletic Director |  Norwood Teague | ||
| Head coach | George Gelnovatch | ||
| ACC Regular Season | 3rd | ||
| ACC Tournament | Semifinals | ||
| NCAA Tournament | First Round | ||
| Hokie Invitational | Co-champions | ||
| Big East/ACC Challenge | Winners | ||
| Highest home attendance | 987 vs. W&M | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 907 vs. Wake Forest | ||
| Average home league attendance | 682 | ||
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Ahead of the season, the team was trying to advance further into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, after being eliminated in the first round the previous year. Although the Cavaliers suffered some initial struggles early in the campaign, the team pulled together a chain of conference wins, and reached the semifinals of the 2011 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, before falling to North Carolina in the semifinals. Still, the Cavaliers earned an at-large berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they hosted CAA Champions, Delaware. The Blue Hens defeated the Cavaliers, 1–0 in extra time, making it the first time since 1987 that the Cavaliers were consecutively eliminated in first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Background
The Cavaliers entered the 2010 season as the defending NCAA National Champions, winning their first national title since the Bruce Arena years of the early to mid-1990s. During the 2010 campaign, the Cavaliers earned an at-large berth into the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, where they were eliminated by in-state rival, Old Dominion, whom play in the Colonial Athletic Association. It was the first time since 1996 that the Cavaliers were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Competitions
Home team is listed on the right, and the away team is listed on the left.
Preseason
| August 19, 2011 Preseason 1 | George Mason | 0 – 1 | #22 Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 17:00 EDT | Report | Dimas  29' |
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 1,476 Referee: George Mollesa |
ACC Standings
2011 ACC men's soccer standings | |||||||
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| Conf | Overall | ||||||
| W | L | T | Pts. | W | L | T | |
| North Carolina (RC) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Maryland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 |
| Virginia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| Duke | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Wake Forest | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Boston College | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| Clemson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| N.C. State | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| Virginia Tech | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
Source: ACC
(RC) = Regular season champion; (TC) = Tournament champion
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for conference tournament, but not to particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from conference tournament
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: December 6, 2011.
Source: Game reports
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie
Game reports
| August 26, 2011 1 | #17 West Virginia | 1 – 0 | #22 Virginia | Germantown, Maryland |
| 17:00 EDT | Schoenle 45' |
Report | Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Garrett Tucker | |
| Note: 2011 ACC/Big East Challenge | ||||
| August 29, 2011 2 | Richmond | 1 – 7 | #22 Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 19:00 EDT | Albright 34' Forsynth  82'Hand 86' |
Report | Silverster 7' Span 28'Dimas 32'Somerville 33'Bates 36', 66'McCord 75'Libreros 78' |
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 1,786 Referee: Mike Stutt |
| September 2, 2011 3 | Cincinnati | 0 – 1 | Virginia | Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 17:00 EDT | Stephens 82' |
Report | Bates 60' |
Stadium: Thompson Field Attendance: 239 Referee: Miguel Reyes |
| Note: Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational | ||||
| September 4, 2011 4 | Wisconsin | 2 – 4 | Virginia | Blacksburg, Virginia |
| 12:00 EDT | Tennyson 43' Thiermann 64'Mani 65' |
Report | Bird 62' Ownby 51' 63', 70'Bates 88' |
Stadium: Thompson Field Attendance: 256 Referee: Bill Ditmar |
| Note: Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational | ||||
| September 9, 2011 5 | #24 Virginia | 1 – 0 | #21 Duke | Durham, North Carolina |
| 19:00 EDT | Span 2' Volk 35'Dimas 38'Bird 66'Libreros 89' |
Report | Tweed-Kent 65' Palodichuk 88' |
Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 1,728 Referee: Michael Donovan |
| Note: ACC Conference match | ||||
| September 12, 2011 6 | Liberty | 2 – 0 | #12 Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 19:00 EDT | White 24' Phillips 72'Aseweh 75' |
Report | Jumper 36' |
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 1,138 Referee: Michael Donovan |
| September 16, 2011 7 | #19 Charlotte | 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) | #12 Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 19:00 EDT | Kirkbride 34' Gibson 62' 90'Cowles 71'Smith 72'Cowles  74'Caughran  92' |
Report | Bird 39' Bates 55' 71' (pen.)Somerville 62'Silverster 78'Volk 81'Jumper 87' 90' |
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 2,135 Referee: Jeffrey Gontarek |
| September 20, 2011 8 | Radford | 3 – 4 | Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 19:00 EDT | Awosika 39', 60' Grande 62' |
Report | Bates 4', 6', 16', 20' Span 61' |
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 1,005 Referee: Kai Goodrich |
| September 23, 2011 9 | North Carolina | 3 – 0 | Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 19:00 EDT | Urso 14' Schuler 29'Martinez 76'McCrary 81' 88' |
Report | Rezende 31' Ownby 77' |
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 2,569 Referee: Kai Goodrich |
ACC Tournament
| November 8, 2011 QF | Wake Forest | 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) | #25 Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 19:00 EDT | Lubahn 3' Gimenez 79', 81' |
Report | Jumper 52' Ownby 71'Span 75' 110' Dimas 85' |
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 907 Referee: Mohammad Samadpour |
| November 11, 2011 SF | #25 Virginia | 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) | #4 North Carolina | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00 EDT | Span 30' Ownby 69' |
Report | Gafa 40' Schuler 92' |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Referee: Tony Crush |
NCAA Tournament
| November 17, 2011 R1 | #23 Delaware | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | #25 Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 19:00 EDT | Dineen 34' 106' Nartley 40' |
Report | Monaco 58' Dimas 72' |
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium Attendance: 588 Referee: Tony Crush |