Men's Soccer

#3 Michigan State vs. #11 Providence

Michigan State is back in the Elite Eight for a second consecutive season and they will take on a Providence team that is playing very well at the moment. The Spartans come in to this one riding the momentum of their comeback victory over Washington in the third round. Trailing 2-0 with 15 minutes to play, the Spartans scored twice to force overtime and then ...

#12 Creighton vs. UMBC

It has been bad news for seeded teams in this bracket. The top two seeds, Indiana and Maryland, lost their tournament openers, and Louisville was upset in the third round. Creighton is now the last standing. The Blue Jays got to this point after beating Oregon State in the second round before topping a talented Xavier team in the third round. Waiting for them will be a ...

#8 Georgetown vs. #16 Virginia

The Hoyas found themselves in familiar territory against Syracuse, conceding the first goal for the second game in a row and needing overtime to ultimately defeat the Orange. Georgetown fell behind early in the second half when Alex Halis took advantage of a short corner by Syracuse to bury the ball past Hoya goalkeeper Tomas ...

#2 UCLA vs. #15 California

UCLA gets one more shot at California. The Bruins have lost twice to the Golden Bears already this season, but now there is so much more on the line. But UCLA had to get past San Diego in the second round first and the Toreros beat the Bruins back in late September 1-0. Once again San Diego gave UCLA fits, but Leo Stolz was ready this time. The All-Everything ...

This region has been hit hard with upsets thus far. Both Maryland, the four seed nationally, and Indiana, the five seed, were upset in the second round. There is a great chance that there are more upsets to come. Both Xavier and UMBC are playing great soccer at the moment and both have legitimate chances to knock off their higher ranked opponents. When playing up to their potential, both Creighton and Louisville are among the nations best teams, but they both have been a bit inconsistent. Louisville was great in big games this ...

On one side of the regional, you have two schools looking to build off very successful tournament runs in 2013. On the other are two schools looking to make history. Michigan State and Washington both made it to the Elite Eight last season and have their sights set on making it back-to-back appearances on that stage. Neither Providence or UC Irvine have ever made it past the third round in an NCAA Tournament, but one will do just that this season. All four teams have something to prove on this stage, which sets up for some exciting ...

#1 Notre Dame vs. #16 Virginia

Notre Dame fought a scrappy Ohio State team in the second round, coming away with a 2-1 win in the soaking rain. Though Mother Nature has a way of evening things out, the Buckeyes looked like the better of the two teams for extended periods of time. Ohio State was relentless in pursuit of the ball, winning 50-50 battles and constantly pushing forward to create ...

Men's Soccer 2014 NCAA Tournament #4 Maryland / #13 Louisville Regional Breakdown

Maryland is the clear cut favorite in this region, especially when both of the ACC schools in the regional are barely over .500. That doesn’t mean it will be easy though. Louisville has a victory over Maryland this season and UMBC drew with the Terrapins. Then there’s Saint Louis, who could be a dark horse to make a run in the tournament. In fact, every team in ...

Men's Soccer 2014 NCAA Tournament #8 Georgetown / #9 Syracuse Regional Breakdown

Georgetown and Syracuse are likely favorites to meet in the quarterfinals, but the road is far from easy for these two with the likes of Penn State and Old Dominion possibly standing in the way.

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