# 2011 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's soccer team

The 2011 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 41st year of college soccer for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's soccer program. The Blue Hens competed in the Colonial Athletic Association.
The 2011 season was one of the more successful season in the program's history, as the Blue Hens won their first CAA Tournament championship ever, and competed in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship for the first time since 1970. In the NCAA Tournament, the Blue Hens defeated the Virginia Cavaliers, 1–0, in extra time, to advance to the second round of the tournament. In the second round, the Blue Hens fell to the UCLA Bruins off an 84th-minute goal giving UCLA a 1–0 victory.

## Background

During the 2010 season, the Blue Hens finished fifth in the CAA with a conference record of 5–4–2, and an overall record o

## Match results
### Legend

| Item | Description |
| W | Win |
| L | Loss |
| T | Tie |
| ¤ | Conference match |
| No. (##) | Opponent's ranking |

### Regular season

| Game | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Goalscorers | Attendance | Overall | Conference |
| 1 | Aug 26, 2011 | U-Mass | H | W | 3–0 | Unknown | 300 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| 2 | Sep 01, 2011 | Seton Hall | A | T | 3–3 | Unknown | 1,218 | 1–0–1 | 0–0–0 |
| 3 | Sep 10, 2011 | Canisius | A | W | 1–0 | Unknown | 538 | 2–0–1 | 0–0–0 |
| 4 | Sep 14, 2011 | Navy | A | W | 5–3 | Unknown | 510 | 3–0–1 | 0–0–0 |
| 5 | Sep 14, 2011 | Columbia | H | W | 1–0 | Unknown | 325 | 4–0–1 | 0–0–0 |
| 6 | Sep 21, 2011 | Saint Peter's | A | W | 4–1 | Unknown | 178 | 5–0–1 | 0–0–0 |
| 7 | Sep 24, 2011 | Georgia State¤ | H | W | 1–0 | Unknown | 500 | 6–0–1 | 1–0–0 |
| 8 | Oct 01, 2011 | #15 Old Dominion¤ | A | L | 0–2 | Unknown | 223 | 6–1–1 | 1–1–0 |
| 9 | Oct 05, 2011 | Northeastern¤ | H | W | 2–1 | Unknown | 250 | 7–1–1 | 2–1–0 |
| 10 | Oct 09, 2011 | James Madison¤ | H | L | 2–3 | Unknown | 600 | 7–2–1 | 2–2–0 |
| 11 | Oct 12, 2011 | Drexel¤ | A | L | 1–2 | Unknown | 103 | 7–3–1 | 2–3–0 |
| 12 | Oct 16, 2011 | Hofstra¤ | H | W | 3–2 | Unknown | 320 | 8–3–1 | 3–3–0 |
| 13 | Oct 19, 2011 | George Mason¤ | H | W | 2–1 | Unknown | 375 | 9–3–1 | 4–3–0 |
| 14 | Oct 22, 2011 | William & Mary¤ | H | W | 2–0 | Frimpong (2) | 600 | 10–3–1 | 5–3–0 |
| 15 | Oct 26, 2011 | Towson¤ | A | T | 2–2 | Gimenez, Stone | 148 | 10–3–2 | 5–3–1 |
| 16 | Oct 29, 2011 | UNC Wilmington¤ | A | W | 2–1 | Dineen, Mediate | 326 | 11–3–2 | 6–3–1 |
| 17 | Nov 1, 2011 | Lafayette | H | L | 0–3 | | | | |
| 18 | Nov 5, 2011 | VCU¤ | A | L | 1–3 | Mediate | | | |

### CAA Tournament

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Goalscorers | Attendance | Overall | Conference |
| QF | Nov 10, 2011 | Northeastern | H | T | 0–0 (4–3 pen.) | — | 375 | 11–5–3 | 6–4–2 |
| SF | Nov 11, 2011 | #18 James Madison | A | T | 2–2 (5–4 pen.) | Dineen, Frimpong | 1,075 | 11–5–4 | 6–4–3 |
| F | Nov 13, 2011 | #9 Old Dominion | A | W | 2–1 | Mediate, Oakes (o.g.) | 279 | 12–5–4 | 7–4–3 |

### NCAA Tournament

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Goalscorers | Attendance | Overall | Conference | Ref. |
| R1 | Nov 17, 2011 | #25 Virginia | A | W | 1–0 | Dineen | 588 | 13–5–4 | 7–4–3 |
| R2 | Nov 20, 2011 | #18 UCLA | A | L | 0–1 | | 381 | 13–6–4 | 7–4–3 |

## Standings

2011 CAA men's soccer standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | PTS | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| #12 James Madison† | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 20 | +7 |
| #18 Old Dominion | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 22 | +20 |
| William & Mary | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | –4 |
| Delaware* | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
| Northeastern | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +4 |
| Georgia State | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 14 | +12 |
| VCU | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 24 | +10 |
| Drexel | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 24 | −10 |
| George Mason | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 27 | +10 |
| Hofstra | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 32 | −7 |
| UNC Wilmington | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 29 | −9 |
| Towson | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 41 | –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 |||||||||||||||||

## Team
### Roster

As of October 31, 2011
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 00 | GK | USA | Brandon Paul |
| 0 | GK | USA | Bill Boyer |
| 1 | GK | USA | Kris Devaux |
| 2 | MF | USA | Kyle Ellis |
| 3 | DF | GER | Tobias Müller |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Ignacio Martín |
| 5 | MF | IRL | Darren O'Connor |
| 6 | DF | IRL | John Dineen |
| 7 | MF | USA | Drew Colletti |
| 9 | MF | USA | Ben Raymond |
| 10 | MF | GHA | Evans Frimpong |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Roberto Gimenez |
| 12 | DF | USA | Kyle Nuel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | ISR | Eyal Gruber |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Yoan Fontaine |
| 17 | DF | USA | Mark Garrity |
| 18 | MF | USA | Vincent Mediate |
| 19 | FW | USA | Chas Wilson |
| 21 | DF | USA | Mike Stone |
| 22 | DF | GHA | Prince Nartey |
| 23 | DF | USA | Evan Reed |
| 24 | DF | USA | Jesse Lyons |
| 26 | MF | USA | Luke Oostdyk |
| 27 | FW | USA | Kyle Bruno |
| 33 | GK | USA | Justin Orton |
| 34 | GK | USA | Jay Lupas |