The 2010 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was a tournament of 48 collegiate soccer teams who played for the NCAA Championship in soccer. The semifinals and final were held at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. All the other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team (indicated by * for non-seeded teams). The final was held on December 12, 2010. Akron defeated Louisville, 1–0, for the title. The bracket was announced November 15, 2010. The tournament started on November 18. The second round was played on November 21. The third round was played on November 28. The Regional Finals were played December 3 and 4. Qualified teams Automatic bids All automatic bids are granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League, Pacific-10 Conference, and West Coast Conference, each given to the regular season champion. There were 22 automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. At-large bids 26 teams received at-large bids to the tournament. ACC - Boston College (10-4-5) ACC - Duke (9-5-4) ACC - North Carolina (16-3-1) ACC - Virginia (11-5-3) Big East - Connecticut (12-2-5) Big East - Georgetown (11-6-1) Big East - Notre Dame (10-5-4) Big East - Providence (12-5-3) Big East - South Florida (9-5-4) Big East - West Virginia (10-7-2) Big Ten - Indiana (9-7-2) Big Ten - Michigan State (11-7-1) Big Ten - Penn State (13-7-1) Big Ten - Ohio State (10-5-3) CAA - Old Dominion (9-6-2) Conference USA - Central Florida (11-4-3) Conference USA - SMU (15-2-0) Conference USA - Tulsa (11-6-2) Ivy League - Brown (11-3-3) Ivy League - Dartmouth (10-6-1) Ivy League - Penn (12-5-0) Missouri Valley - Creighton (12-5-1) Mountain Pacific - Denver (9-6-4) Mountain Pacific - New Mexico (9-5-5) Pacific-10 - UCLA (14-4-1) Southern - College of Charleston (10-4-3) Regional 1 Regional 2 Regional 3 Regional 4 College Cup Harder Stadium, Santa Barbara, California Goal scorers 5 goals Justin Meram - Michigan 3 goals Scott Caldwell - Akron Darren Mattocks - Akron Ethan Finlay - Creighton Colby Meyer - Notre Dame Andrew Olsen - Dartmouth Charlie Campbell - Louisville Colin Rolfe - Louisville Corey Hertzog - Penn St. Eder Arreola - UCLA Chandler Hoffman - UCLA Franck Tayou - West Virginia 2 goals Perry Kitchen - Akron Michael Nanchoff - Akron John Fitzpatrick - California Nik Robson - Central Florida Cole Grossman - Duke Andy Adlard