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NCAA Division 1 Men's College Cup December 9-11, 2011 @ Hoover, ALSemifinals - Friday, 12/9#1 North Carolina vs. #13 UCLA #2 Creighton vs. Charlotte #1 North Carolina 2-0 Saint Mary'sFetzer Field @ Chapel Hill, NC Attendance: 5,810 Records: NC (20-2-2); SM (11-7-5) * 4 straight Final Fours for Tar Heels Former Northwestern HS standout Enzo Martinez will play in his third NCAA Final Four this weekend at Hoover, AL#2 Creighton 1-0 (ot) #7 South FloridaMorrison Stadium @ Omaha, NE Attendance: 2,341 * 23-degrees and snow Creighton, led by former UNC coach Elmar Bolowich, braved sub-freezing temperatures and a very good USF squad to win in overtime#3 Connecticut 1-1 (pk 2-4) CharlotteMorrone Stadium @ Storrs, CT Attendance: 5,100 Records: UCONN (19-3-3); CLT (16-4-3) * 1st Final Four for Charlotte since 1996 UCONN ousted from NCAA Tournament via penalty kicks for the third consecutive season#13 UCLA 1-0 (ot) #12 LouisvilleCardinal Park @ Louisville, KY Attendance: 4,832 Records: UCLA (18-4-1); UL (14-7-2) * 1st Final Four for UCLA since 2006 Sophomore Reed Williams tallied his first goal of the season in double overtime to send the Bruins to the Final Four
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If this managed similar like the Women's College Cup Final Four in Kennesaw GA this past weekend, you should buy your ticket in advance online. Otherwise you get there and they will tell you "Sorry, we are sold out" although you'll see 50% empty seats. Apparently, they sold all seats only once, although the fans of the 2nd game were not attending the first game and vice versa. Very frustrating to see hundreds of youths turned away who were in town for their Nike Cup tournament the same weekend.
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Televised on ESPNU from Regions Park in Hoover, Ala. 6 pm - Creighton vs. Charlotte 8:30 pm - North Carolina vs. UCLA
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Great Final Four games tonight! Started watching at 7pm and ended at 12:30. http://www.ncaa.com/sports/soccer-men/d1
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College soccer is acquired taste -- and a delicious one in Hoover if you like drinking itJon Solomon, The Birmingham NewsNCAA Semifinals @ Hoover, AL#2 Creighton 0-0 (1-4 pk) CharlotteAttendance: 9,263 (13,000) Records: CRE (21-2-1); CLT (16-4-4) #1 North Carolina 2-2 (3-1 pk) #13 UCLAAttendance: 9,263 (13,000) Records: UNC (20-2-3); UCLA (18-4-2) North Carolina and Charlotte met on Aug. 21 for a rain-shortened preseason exhibition in Charlotte, where the Tar Heels won, 2-1 ... The pressure will be all on UNC in the final, only the third championship game involving in-state rivals ... UNC has played nine overtime matches this season.
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Great preview for today's NCAA Men's College Cup Final -- Soccer by Ives
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Watching the College Cup Final and wishing the Charleston Battery would host this event. I know the argument about seating capacity, but I think you could put temporary bleachers in the "tent area" to increase the number of seats. Just something unholy about a soccer game on a baseball field.
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Man it was cold to watch soccer on Friday night. Great atmosphere for a first game that was somewhat one-sided but very entertaining after 90 minutes. Had to leave before the second game but it only got colder. Tickets were sold out but was never crowded there as many went unused.
Just finished watching the final from the warmth of my couch. Very entertaining game that was won by the inferior team (on this day). Not sure how NC kept the ball out of the net and the no-call on NC for dragging a Charlotte player down in the box was a huge miss for the official. They seemed to let a lot go (or just plain missed them) the whole weekend.
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The Battery venue would be great but would really like to see it held in a bigger site like Seattle or the new stadium in Houston. Philly's home is nice but tooooo cold.
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