The 2012 NCAA men’s division 1-a tournament kicks off Friday. In total, 33 Canadians, including 11 who have their homegrown rights held by a Canadian MLS side, are taking part. Below the jump a list of the match-ups and Canucks involved.
We will look at the women’s draw tomorrow.
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Cleveland State v Michigan State
CSU -- (Four Canadians: Al James, Junior, defender, Toronto; Cameron Eisses, Junior, defender, Cambellville, Ont; Cazz Warren, Senior, forward, Toronto; Zach Ellis-Hayden, Junior, defender, Kitchener)
MSU – (One Canadian: Jay Chapman, Freshman, midfielder, Cambellford, Ont., TFC ACADEMY PROPERTY)
Winner plays No 1 Notre Dame (no Canadians) in round two
Xavier (No Canadians) v University of Kentucky
UK – (One Canadian: Callum Irving, freshman, keeper, Vancouver, WHITECAPS ACADEMY PROPERTY)
Winner plays No 16 Indiana University (no Canadians) in round two
University of Maryland at Baltimore County v Old Dominion (No Canadians)
UMBC -- (One Canadian: Milo Kapor, senior, midfielder, Toronto)
Winner plays No 9 University of North Carolina
UNC – (One Canadian: Daniel Tannous, Redshirt senior, defender, Thornhill, Ont., TFC ACADEMY PROPERTY)
Fairleigh Dickinson University (No Canadians) v St. John’s University (No Canadians)
Winner plays No 8 St. Louis University (No Canadians) in second round
Niagara University v University of Michigan
NU – (Four Canadians: Rene De Zorzi, senior, midfield, Maple, Ont.; Michael Hanton, sophomore, defender, Barrie, Ont.; Kyle Moraldo, Sophomore, MF/Defender, Winnipeg; Bryan Da Cruz, Senior, Forward, Barrie, Ont.)
UM – (One Canadian: Kofi Opare, Senior, defender, Niagara Falls, duel American citizen, represented US at u-20 level)
Winner plays No 5 Akron University in second round
AU – (One Canadian: Omari Morris, Freshman, forward, Toronto, TFC ACADEMY PROPERTY)
Air Force (No Canadians) v University of Washington
UW – (One Canadian: Josh Heard, Freshman, forward, Victoria)
Winner plays No 12 Creighton University (No Canadians) in second round
Lafayette College (No Canadians) v University of Virginia (No Canadians)
Winner plays No 13 University of New Mexico
UNM – (One Canadian: Ben McKendry, freshman, MF/Defender, Vancouver, WHITECAPS ACADEMY PROPERTY)
Boston College v Northeastern (No Canadians)
BC – (One Canadian: Kyle Bekker, senior, Iroquois Ridge, Ont.)
Winner plays No 4 University of Connecticut in second round
UCONN – (Three Canadians: Jonathan Goodridge, sophomore, defender, Toronto, grew up in USA; Flo Liu, senior, defender, Richmond, B.C., WHITECAPS ACADEMY PROPERTY; Allando Matheson, sophomore, forward, Toronto, TFC ACADEMY PROPERTY)
University of Alabama at Birmingham v University of North Carolina at Charlotte
UAB – (One Canadian: Chase Wickham, junior, midfielder, Vancouver)
CHAR – (One Canadian: Anthony Perez, redshirt junior, defender, London, Ont)
Winner plays No 3 Georgetown (No Canadians) in second round
Syracuse University v Cornell University
SU (Two Canadians: Skylar Thomas, sophomore, defender, Pickering; Jordan Murrell, sophomore, defender, Markham, TFC ACADEMY PROPERTY)
CU – (One Canadian: Daniel Haber, junior, forward, Toronto)
Winner plays No 14 Virginia Commonwealth University in second round
VCU (One Canadian: Garrett Cyprus, redshirted Freshman, keeper, Toronto, TFC ACADEMY PROPERTY)
Florida Gulf Coast University v University of South Florida (No Canadians)
FGCU (Three Canadians: Nathan Ingham, sophomore, keeper, Keswick, Ont.; Daniel Stanese, Freshman, defender, Pitt Meadows, B.C. WHITECAPS ACADEMY PROPERTY; Jelani Smith, senior, defender/forward, Mississauga)
Winner plays No 11 University of Tulsa (No Canadians) in second round
University of San Diego (No Canadians) v Cal State at Northridge (No Canadians)
Winner plays No 6 UCLA (No Canadians) in second round
Western Illinois University (No Canadians) v Northwestern University (No Canadians)
Winner plays No 7 Marquette (No Canadians) in second round
Winthrop University v Southern Methodist University (No Canadians)
WU – (Three Canadians: Patrick Barnes, freshman, forward, Halifax; Adriano Negri, junior, midfielder, Vancouver; Daniel Di Biagio, senior defender, Toronto, TFC ACADEMY PROPERTY)
Winner plays No 10 University of Louisville (No Canadians) in second round
Elon University (No Canadians) v Coastal Carolina University
CCU – (One Canadian: Scott Shewfelt, junior, keeper, London, Ont.)
Winner plays No 15 Wake Forest (No Canadians) in second round
Brown University (No Canadians) v Drexel University (No Canadians)
Winner plays No 2 University of Maryland (No Canadians) in second round