Goodbye from Phoenix!!

It was a great tournament here in Phoenix with great soccer, great weather and great people to work with this year.

Thank you to all of you who participated in the tournament, worked the tournament, helped at the tournament and followed the blog. It was a great experience and we look forward to helping again in the future.

The blogger is already looking forward to the 2010 NCCS National Soccer Championships to be held in his home state of Texas.

We will hopefully see everyone again in Frisco, Texas next year.

Goodbye and good luck!

Tournament Wrap Up

Men's National Champion:

Weber State

Women's National Champion:

California-Santa Barbara

Men's Open Champion:

James Madison

Women's Open Champion:

James Madison

Men's Consolation Winner:

Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Women's Consolation Winner:

Missouri

Final Shout-Out

The blogger, tripod and all of the NCCS staff at the tournament would like to send a shout-out to "Ellsworth-McKenzie."

We thought about you throughout the tournament and pass our condolences to you and your family.

We hope to see you at the tournament in 2010.

Weber State Wins National Championship!!!

Weber St. keeper makes another save.

Weber St. wins 3-2 after 6 rounds!!!

Weber St. scores

3-2

Florida needs another one to stay alive.

Florida Scores

Tied after round 5 at 2.

Weber St. Scores

Now 2-1

Florida must make

Another Great Save

Weber St. Keeper keeps it 1-1 after round 4.

Weber St. Shoots Wide!!

Still 1-1

Florida coming up

Florida Blocked!!

Weber St. keeper makes great save.

1-1

After Round 3

Weber St. Blocked Again!!

Still tied at 1.

Florida coming up.

Florida Hits the Crossbar!!

Tied 1-1.

After Round 2.

Weber St. Scores

Florida coming up.

Now 1-1

Florida Scores

Florida 1-0

After Round 1

Weber St. gets blocked!!

Florida keeper saves first shot.

Florida to come up.

Penalty Kicks

Weber St. to kick first.

Men's National Championship Game Headed to PKs

Penalty Kicks will decide the men's national champion.

Weber St. 0 Florida 0

OT Update 6:46p

Men's National Championship Game

OT Begins

Weber St. 0 Florida 0

Men's National Championship Game Headed to OT

Weber St. 0 Florida 0

2nd Half Underway

Men's National Championship

Weber St. 0 Florida 0

Men's National Championship

At the half, all tied up.

Weber State 0 Florida 0

Men's National Championship Game Underway

Weber State vs. Florida

As the sun sets on a beautiful day, it is 70 degrees and mostly clear.

UCSB Wins 3rd Straight National Title!!

UCSB defeats Penn St. 2-0.

UCSB leads now 2-0 2nd Half

Goal in the 60th minute by Tannia Hernandez gives UCSB a 2-0 lead.

2nd Half Begins

UCSB 1 Penn St. 0

UCSB leads at halftime 1-0

UCSB 1 Penn St. 0

James Madison sweeps Open titles!!

James Madison defeats San Diego St. in penalty kicks to win the Men's Open title.

Score was 1-1 and 6-5 in PKs.

UCSB opens scoring; leads 1-0

Laura Capparilli goal in the 13th minute gives 2 time defending champion UCSB a 1-0 lead.

Men's Open Final Heading to PKs

James Madison and San Diego St. tied at 1.

Earlier Final Scores

Women's Open Final:

James Madison 2 Oregon 0

Men's Consolation Final:

UW-Milwuakee 3 Navy 2

Women's Consolation Final:

Missouri 2 Florida 1

Women's National Championship Game Underway

UCSB vs. Penn St.

BREAKING NEWS!!

From the Live Blog Action Desk, here is Live Blog: Live.

The Women's & Men's National Championship Games will now be played on Field 2. This is according to the NIRSA Staff.

This is a change from Field 1.

Again according to NIRSA Staff:

The Women's & Men's National Championship Games will now be played on Field 2.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program already in progress.

Next Games at 1pm

Men's Open Final

James Madison vs. San Diego St.

Women's Open Final

Oregon vs. James Madison

Men's Consolation Final

UW-Milwaukee vs. Navy

Women's Consolation Final

Florida vs. Missouri

Women's National Championship Game Set

UCSB vs. Penn St.

Saturday 3p Field 1

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

UCSB Defeats UCLA!!

Two-time defending national champions, UCSB, are back to defend their crown again.

UCSB 1 UCLA 0

Women's Championship Semifinal

Men's National Championship Game Set

Florida vs. Weber St.

Saturday 5pm Field 1

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

Penn St. Defeats Texas St.!!

Penn St. wins 2-0 and will head to women's national championship game.

Florida Defeats Colorado "Gold"!!

Florida wins 3-0 to advance to Men' National Championship game.

Weber St. Defeats Michigan!!

Weber St. defeats Michigan 2-1 to head to Men's National Championship game.

2nd Half Update 11:26a

Florida 3 Colorado "Gold" 0

Men's Championship Semifinal

2nd Half Update 11:24a

Florida 2 Colorado "Gold" 0

Men's Championship Semifinal

2nd Half Update 11:16a

Weber St. 2 Michigan 1

Men's Championship Semifinal

2nd Half Underway Part II

UCSB 1 UCLA 0

Women's Championship Semifinal

2nd Half Update 10:56a

Michigan 1 Weber St. 1

Men's Championship Semifinal

2nd Half Update 10:53a

Penn St. 2 Texas St. 0

Women's Championship Semifinal

2nd Half Underway

Women's Championship Semifinal

Penn St. 1 Texas St. 0

Men's Championship Semifinals

Florida 1 Colorado "Gold" 0
Weber St. 1 Michigan 0

Halftime Update

Of course I make last post and now the UCSB vs. UCLA is now at halftime.

UCSB 1 UCLA 0

Halftime Updates

Women's Championship Semifinals

Penn St. 1 Texas St.0

Penn St. Men's team providing halftime entertainment.

UCSB 1 UCLA 0
Still in 1st half due to late PKs for last game.

Halftime Update

Men's Championship Semifinals

Florida 1 Colorado "Gold" 0
Weber St. 1 Michigan 0

10:30am update Semifinals-1st Half

Men's Championship Semifinals:

Florida 1 Colorado "Gold" 0
Weber St. 1 Michigan 0

Women's Championship Semifinals:

Penn St. 1 Texas St. 0
UCSB 1 UCLA 0

Championship Semifinals Underway

Men's Championship Semifinals

Florida vs. Colorado "Gold"
Weber St. vs. Michigan

Women's Championship Semifinals

UCSB vs. UCLA
Penn St. vs. Texas St.

Updates soon.

Open Finals Set

Men's Open Final

James Madison vs. San Diego St.

Saturday 1p

Women's Open Final

Oregon vs. James Madison

Saturday 1p

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

Consolation Finals Set

Men's Consolation Final

UW-Milwaukee vs. Navy

Saturday 1p

Women's Consolation Final

Florida vs. Missouri

Saturday 1p

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

8am Updates Final Scores

Men's Open Semifinals:

James Madison 6 UCLA 2
San Diego St. 2 Villanova 1

Women' Open Semifinals:

Oregon 2 Colorado "Black" 1 (Oregon wins 5-3 in PKs)
James Madison 3 Boston College 0

Men's Consolation Semifinals:

UW Milwaukee 5 Arizona St. 0
Navy 1 Illinois 0

Women's Consolation Semifinals:

Florida 3 Colorado School of Mines 2
Missouri 1 Delaware 0

Blogger banned to field 8

Blogger will be a field marshal for game on field 8.

Women's Consolation Semifinals:

Missouri vs. Delaware

Will be on the lookout for coyotes and rattlesnakes.

Will blog after game is over.

If I don't come back, blame the coyotes and/or rattlesnakes.

Games at 8am

Men's Open Semifinals:

UCLA vs. James Madison
Villanova vs. San Diego St.

Women's Open Semifinals:

Oregon vs. Colorado "Black"
Boston College vs. James Madison

Men's Consolation Semifinals:

Arizona St. vs. UW-Milwaukee
Navy vs. Illinois

Women's Consolation Semifinals:

Florida vs. Colorado School of Mines
Missouri vs. Delaware

Good Morning from Phoenix!!

In the last post, the blogger used the term "rise like the Phoenix." Yes, I waited a year to do that.

...and now for the weather...

Sunny, cool 50 degrees, nice.

Good Night from Phoenix!

Which teams will rise like the Phoenix to win a national championship...

Join us tomorrow for the final day of the 2009 NCCS National Soccer Championships.

It promises to be a great day of soccer.

Good night from Phoenix.

Men's Championship Semifinals Set

Florida vs. Colorado "Gold"
Weber St. vs. Michigan

Both games will be played on Saturday at 10am.

***Please check website/NIRSA board for official information.

Women's Championship Semifinals Set

UCSB vs. UCLA
Penn St. vs. Texas St.

Both games will be played on Saturday at 10am.

***Please check website/NIRSA board for official information.

Weber State Wins in PKs!!

It took 8 rounds and Weber State defeats Texas A&M 6-5 in PKs after a 2-2 game.

Weber State will play Michigan in the semifinals.

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

Texas A&M-Weber State Headed to PKs

Score tied at 2.

Winner to play Michigan.

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

Michigan defeats Penn State

2-0 victory over Penn State sends Michigan to semifinals.

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

OT Begins 7:38p

Texas A&M 2 Weber St. 2

One 15 minute overtime to sudden victory then if tied afterwards PKs.

Men's Championship Quarterfinals

Penn State defeats Arizona 2-1

Penn State heads to semifinals with 2-1 victory over Arizona.

Women's Championship Quarterfinal

Texas A&M-Weber State Headed to OT

Score tied at 2.

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

Texas State defeats Michigan State

Women's Championship Quarterfinals

Texas State wins 2-1 over Michigan State.

2nd Half Update 7:30p

Texas A&M 2 Weber St. 2

Men's Championship Quarterfinals

2nd Half Update 7:28p

Michigan 2 Penn St. 0

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

2nd Half Update 7:22p

Penn St. 2 Arizona 1

Women's Championship Quarterfinals

2nd Half Update 7:21p

Texas St. 2 Michigan St. 1

Women's Championship Quarterfinal

2nd Half Update 7:14p

Weber St. 2 Texas A&M 1

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

2nd Half Update 7:08p

Texas A&M 1 Weber St. 1

2nd Half

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

2nd Half Begins

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

Michigan 1 Penn St. 0

Halftime Update 6:53p

Michigan 1 Penn St. 0

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

2nd Half Update 6:54p

Texas St. 1 Michigan St. 1

Women's Championship Quarterfinal

2nd Half Begins

Women's Championship Quarterfinals

Michigan St. 1 Texas St. 0
Penn St. 1 Arizona 1

Men's Championship Quarterfinals

Weber St. 1 Texas A&M 0

1st Half Update 6:50p

Men's Championship Quarterfinal:

Michigan 1 Penn St. 0

This game started later than others due to the Colorado "Gold"-Michigan St. game going to PKs.

Halftime Updates 6:43pm

Men's Championship Quarterfinal
Weber St. 1 Texas A&M 0

Women's Championship Quarterfinal
Michigan St. 1 Texas St. 0
Penn St. 1 Arizona 1

Update 6:36p

First Half

Men's Championship Quarterfinal

Weber St. 1 Texas A&M 0

Live update 6:30p

As we speak (Games are in 1st Half):

Men's Championship:

Texas A&M 0 Weber St. 0
Penn St. 0 Michigan 0

Women's Championship

Michigan St. 1 Texas St. 0
Arizona 1 Penn St. 1

Blogger tired.

Sitting in middle of four fields.

69 degrees and clear.

Blogger in Transit

Blogger will sit in a central location for the remaining 4 games of the night to update the scores live.

See you soon.

Women's Consolation Semifinals Set

Florida vs. Colorado School of Mines
Missouri vs. Delaware

Games are Saturday 8am

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

Women's Consolation Update

Florida 3 Cornell 2
Colorado School of Mines 3 Denver 2 (PKs)
Missouri 1 College of New Jersey 0
Delaware 2 Colorado State "Gold" 1

Men's Championship Update 6p

With first half of quarterfinals over the first men's championship semifinal looks like this:

Florida vs. Colorado "Gold"
Saturday 10am

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

Colorado "Gold" Defeats Michigan St.

5-3 in PKs.

Will play Florida in semifinals.

Florida will play in men's championship semifinals???

PKs still ongoing for Colorado "Gold" and Michigan St.

Games at 6pm

Men's Championship Quarterfinal:

Weber St. vs. Texas A&M
Michigan vs. Penn St.

Women's Championship Quarterfinal:

Penn St. vs. Arizona
Texas St. vs. Michigan St.

Men's Championship Update 4p

Colorado "Gold" and Michigan St. remain tied at 1 and are headed to PKs.

Men's Open Semifinals Set

UCLA vs. James Madison
Villanova vs. San Diego St.

Both games will be at 8am on Saturday.

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

Men's Open Update 4p

Villanova 1 Colorado "Black" 0
San Diego St. 3 East Carolina 0

Men's Championship Update 4p

Florida shuts out fellow Region II participant Virginia 2-0. They await the winner of Colorado "Gold" and Michigan St. who are tied and headed to overtime.

Women's Championship Update 4p

Two-time defending champion, UCSB defeats Michigan 4-0 to advance to tomorrow's championship semifinals. They will play 2008 women's open champion UCLA who defeated Ohio St. 1-0.

So the first semifinal in the women's championship looks like this:

UCSB vs. UCLA
Saturday 10am

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

Games at 4pm

Men's Championship Quarterfinals:

Virginia vs. Florida
Colorado "Gold" vs. Michigan St.

Women's Championship Quarterfinals:

UCSB vs. Michigan
Ohio St. vs. UCLA

Women's Consolation Quarterfinals:

Florida vs. Cornell
Denver vs. Colorado School of Mines
Missouri vs. College of New Jersey
Colorado St. "Gold" vs. Delaware

Men's Open Quarterfinals:

Villanova vs. Colorado "Black"
San Diego St. vs. East Carolina

Women's Open Semifinals Set

Games set for 8am on Saturday:

Oregon vs. Colorado "Black"
Boston College vs. James Madison

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

Men's Consolation Semifinals Set

Games set for 8am on Saturday:

Arizona St. vs. UW-Milwaukee
Navy vs. Illinois

***Please check website/NIRSA boards for official information.

Games at 2pm Updates

Men's Open Quarterfinals:

UCLA 1 Arizona 0
James Madison 2 Connecticut 1

Women's Open Quarterfinals:

Oregon 2 San Diego St. 0
Colorado "Black" 3 Villanova 0
Boston College 2 California 1 (BC wins in PKs)
James Madison 4 UW-Milwaukee 0

Men's Consolation Quarterfinals:

Arizona St. 2 Delaware 1
UW-Milwaukee 3 Johns Hopkins 2
Navy 2 Texas St. 0
Illinois 1 California 0

Men's Championship Quarterfinals

Games at 4pm:

Virginia vs. Florida
Colorado "Gold" vs. Michigan St.

Games at 6pm:

Weber St. vs. Texas A&M
Michigan vs. Penn St.

Women's Championship Quarterfinals

Games at 4pm:

UCSB vs. Michigan
Ohio St. vs. UCLA

Games at 6pm:

Penn St. vs. Arizona
Texas St. vs. Michigan St.

Games at 2p

Men's Open Quarterfinals

Arizona vs. UCLA
James Madison vs. Connecticut

Women's Open Quarterfinals

San Diego St. vs. Oregon
Colorado "Black" vs. Villanova
California vs. Boston College
James Madison vs. UW-Milwaukee

Men's Consolation Bracket

Arizona St. vs. Delaware
UW-Milwaukee vs. Johns Hopkins
Texas St. vs. Navy
Illinois vs. California

Men's Championship Results 12p

Weber St. 2 Georgia 1
Texas A&M 3 Missouri 1
Michigan 2 Cal Poly 1
Penn St. 1 Ohio St. 0

Women's Championship Results 12p games

Penn St. 1 Illinois 0
Arizona 4 Texas A&M 0
Texas St. 2 Texas 1
Michigan St. 1 Colorado "Gold" 0

Men's Championship Results 10am

Virginia 1 North Carolina 0
Florida 3 Minnesota 0
Colorado "Gold" 1 UCSB 0
Michigan St. 1 Colorado St. 0

Women's Championship Results 10am

UCSB 2 Cal Poly 0
Michigan 5 Virginia Tech 1
Ohio St 2 Virginia 1 (Ohio St wins in PKs)
UCLA 2-1

Games at 12p

Men's Championship Round of 16:

Weber St. vs. Georgia
Missouri vs. Texas A&M
Michigan vs. Cal Poly
Ohio St. vs. Penn St.

Women's Championship Round of 16:

Penn St. vs. Illinois
Arizona vs. Texas A&M
Texas vs. Texas St.
Colorado "Gold" vs. Michigan St.

We will update championship results from 10am as soon as we get all results.

Men's Open Quarterfinals

All games Friday:

Arizona vs. UCLA
James Madison vs. Connecticut
Villanova vs. Colorado "Black"
San Diego St. vs. East Carolina

Men's Open Results 10am

C:
Texas 1 San Diego St. 1
Colorado "Black" 1 Towson 0
San Diego St. wins pool, Colorado "Black" 2nd, Texas 3rd, Towson 4th

D:
USC 3 Kansas 3
Villanova 1 East Carolina 1
Villanova wins pool, East Carolina 2nd, USC 3rd, Kansas 4th

1st Shout-Out

This goes out to the blogger's colleagues at THE University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and specifically the Campus Recreation staff and students. You guys are awesome.

Blogger hears it is raining in San Antonio. Stay off the fields!

Thanks again for your support.

Blogger enjoying weather...selling t-shirts

Blogger enjoying 65 degrees and sun. Selling t-shirts. Long-sleeve. Please buy while supplies last.

Virginia Tech defeats Cornell in Tie Breaker

As mentioned earlier Virginia Tech defeated Cornell in the Penalty Kick Tie Breaker 4-2 to break their 2nd place tie.

Virginia Tech is playing Michigan right now in the Women's Championship Round of 16.

Cornell will play Florida @ 4pm in the Women's Consolation QF.

Games at 10am

Men's Championship Round of 16

Virginia vs. North Carolina
Minnesota vs. Florida
UCSB vs. Colorado "Gold"
Colorado St. vs. Michigan St.

Women's Championship Round of 16

Cal Poly vs. UCSB
Michigan vs. Virginia Tech (Note: Virginia Tech def. Cornell 4-2 in PK Tie Breaker)
Virginia vs. Ohio St.
UCLA vs. Marquette

Men's Open

Texas vs. San Diego St.
Colorado "Black" vs. Towson
USC vs. Kansas
Villanova vs. East Carolina

Women's Open Quarterfinals

All games Friday @ 2pm

San Diego St. vs. Oregon
Colorado "Black" vs. Villanova
California vs. Boston College
James Madison vs. UW-Milwaukee

8am Finals

Men's Open

A:
Arizona 1 Virginia Tech 0
Connecticut 2 UC Irvine 1
Arizona wins pool, Connecticut 2nd, Virginia Tech 3rd, UC Irvine 4th

B:
James Madison 2 UCLA 0
Wichita State 5 Iowa St. 1
James Madison wins pool, UCLA 2nd, Wichita St. 3rd, Iowa St. 4th

Women's Open

A:
San Diego St. 2 Middle Tennessee st. 0
Villanova 7 US Air Force Academy Prep 1
San Diego St. wins pool, Villanova 2nd, Middle Tennessee St. 3rd, USAFAP 4th

B:
Colorado "Black" 0 Oregon 0
Towson 3 Vanderbilt 1
Colorado "Black" (+13) wins pool, Oregon (+7) 2nd, Towson 3rd, Vanderbilt 4th

C:
James Madison 2 Boston College 1
Miami 2 Iowa St. 0
James Madison wins pool, Boston College 2nd, Miami 3rd, Iowa St. 4th

D:
California 4 Colorado St. "Green" 0
UW-Milwaukee 1 Vermont 0
California (+8) wins pool, UW-Milwaukee (+3) 2nd, Vermont 3rd, Colorado St. "Green" 4th

Games at 8am

Men's Open:
Arizona vs. Virginia Tech
UC-Irvine vs. Connecticut
UCLA vs. James Madison
Wichita St. vs. Iowa St.

Women's Open:
San Diego St. vs. Middle Tennessee St.
Villanova vs. US Air Force Academy Prep
Colorado "Black" vs. Oregon
Towson vs. Vanderbilt
James Madison vs. Boston College
Iowa St. vs. Miami
California vs. Colorado St. "Green"
UW-Milwaukee vs. Vermont

Good Morning from Phoenix

Blogger is back in action. 49 degrees and sunny. Looks to be another great day for soccer.

Good Night from Phoenix

Today 80 games were played. It was an exciting day of soccer. Tomorrow promises to be exciting. We will be back tomorrow with games at 8am.

Good night from Phoenix.

Cornell/Virginia Tech Tie break Women's Championship

According to Tie breaking Procedure 7:

"If a tie still exists...NCAA Penalty Kick Procedures will be taken fifteen (15) minutes prior to the scheduled start of the appropriate Quarterfinal or Semifinal game."

This would place Cornell & Virginia Tech on Field 6 at 9:45am for the Penalty Kick Tie Break.

The winner would stay to play Michigan at 10am on Field 6.

The loser would play Florida in the consolation bracket at 4pm on Field 1.

Again: ***Please check website or NIRSA boards for official information.

Men's Championship Round of 16

All games are on Friday:

Virginia vs. North Carolina
Minnesota vs. Florida
UCSB vs. Colorado "Gold"
Colorado St. vs. Michigan St.
Weber St. vs. Georgia
Missouri vs. Texas A&M
Michigan vs. Cal Poly
Ohio St. vs. Penn St.

***Please check website or NIRSA boards for official information.

Women's Championship Round of 16

All games are on Friday:

Cal Poly vs. UCSB
Michigan vs. Cornell/Virginia Tech
Virginia vs. Ohio St.
UCLA vs. Marquette
Penn St. vs. Illinois
Arizona vs. Texas A&M
Texas vs. Texas St.
Colorado "Gold" vs. Michigan St.

***Please check website or NIRSA boards for official information.

Men's Championship Consolation Games

All games are on Friday:

Arizona St. vs. Delaware
UW-Milwaukee vs. Johns Hopkins
Texas St. vs. Navy
Illinois vs. California

***Please check website or NIRSA boards for official information.

Women's Championship Consolation Games

All games are on Friday:

Florida vs. Cornell/Virginia Tech
Denver vs. Colorado School of Mines
Missouri vs. College of New Jersey
Colorado St. "Gold" vs. Delaware

***Please check website or NIRSA boards for official information.

Women's Championship Update 8:15p games

E: Texas 2 Virginia Tech 1
Texas wins pool;
Virginia Tech & Cornell end in perfect tie for 2nd. A penalty kick shoot out will take place "15 minutes prior to the scheudled start of the appropriate quarterfinal." 2nd place in E is scheduled to play winner of pool H (Michigan) at 10am.

F: Arizona 3 Denver 0
Arizona wins pool (+3), Ohio St. 2nd (+2), Denver 3rd

G: Texas A&M 2 College of New Jersey 0
Virginia wins pool, Texas A&M 2nd, College of New Jersey 3rd

H: Michigan 2 Colorado St. "Gold" 0
Michigan wins pool, Texas State 2nd, Colorado State "Gold" 3rd

More updates upon return to hotel.

See you soon.

Men's Championship Update 8:15p Games

E: Florida 4 Delaware 0
Michigan wins pool, Florida 2nd, Delaware 3rd

F: Missouri 2 UW-Milwaukee 0
Missouri wins pool, Colorado "Gold" 2nd, UW-Milwaukee 3rd

G: Texas A&M 2 Navy 1
UCSB wins pool, Texas A&M 2nd, Navy 3rd

H: Minnesota 1 Cal Poly 0
Minnesota wins pool, Cal Poly 2nd, Illinois 3rd

Blogger chillin

Better than freezing like last year...53 degrees and clear skies.

Games ongoing as we speak (8:15p games)

Men's Championship

Delaware vs. Florida
Missouri vs. UW-Milwaukee
Navy vs. Texas A&M
Cal Poly vs. Minnesota

Women's Championship

Texas vs. Virginia Tech
Denver vs. Arizona
College of New Jersey vs. Texas A&M
Michigan vs. Colorado St. "Gold"

Women's Championship Updates 6:30p

A: Cal Poly 1 Michigan St. 0
Cal Poly wins pool, Michigan St. 2nd, Florida 3rd

B: Illinois 4 Colorado Mines 1
UCLA wins pool, Illinois 2nd, Colorado Mines 3rd

C: Penn St. 1 Marquette 0
Penn St. wins pool, Marquette 2nd, Missouri 3rd

D: Colorado "Gold" 1 UCSB 0
Colorado "Gold" wins pool, UCSB 2nd, Delaware 3rd

Men's Championship Updates 6:30p Games

A: Virginia 2 Penn St. 1
Virginia wins pool, Penn St. 2nd, Arizona St. 3rd

B: Colorado St. 1 Georgia 0
Colorado St. wins pool, Georgia (-1 GD) 2nd, Johns Hopkins (-3) 3rd

C: Michigan St. 0 Weber St. 0
Weber St. wins pool, Michigan St. 2nd, Texas St. 3rd

D: California 0 Ohio St. 0
Ohio St. wins pool, North Carolina 2nd, California 3rd

Women's Open Updates 4:45p

A:
San Diego St. 2 Villanova 0
Middle Tennessee St. 5 US Air Force Academy Prep 2
Pool A Scenarios TBD. USAFAP elminated from playoff consideration.

B:
Colorado "Black" 7 Towson 0
Oregon 5 Vanderbilt 0
Colorado "Black" & Oregon advance to open playoff and will play for 1st seed. Towson & Vanderbilt eliminated from playoff consideration.

C:
James Madison 8 Iowa St. 0
Boston College 4 Miami 0
James Madison & Boston College advance to open playoff and will play for 1st seed. Miami and Iowa St. eliminated from playoff consideration.

D:
UW-Milwaukee 0 California 0
Vermont 2 Colorado St. "Green" 1
Pool D Scenarios TBD. Colorado St. "Green" eliminated from playoff consideration.

Meanwhile...back at the Hall of Justice

Our superhero was last seen chillin as a field marshall on field 6. He is now back with new updates.

Blogger out to Dinner...then Field Marshall

As the sun sets, the lights are on and the moon looks like a sly smile in the night sky, the blogger will enjoy dinner by candlelight...well field light. Blogger also enjoyed a little chocolate.

The blogger will be a field marshall for a game so there will be updates at around 8pm or so.

See you then.

Almost Perfect

Now 70 degrees with a slight wind from the WSW @ 5 mph. I'd be on "Cloud 9" but there are no clouds in the sky.

Women's Open Games at 4:45p Underway

A:
Villanova vs. San Diego St.
US Air Force Academy Prep vs. Middle Tennessee St.

B:
Towson vs. Colorado "Black"
Vanderbilt vs. Oregon

C:
Iowa St. vs. James Madison
Miami vs. Boston College

D:
UW-Milwaukee vs. California
Vermont vs. Colorado St. "Green"

Men's Open Updates 3pm

C:
Colorado "Black" 2 Texas 0
San Diego St. 3 Towson 0
Pool C Scenarios TBD

D:
Villanova 1 USC 0
East Carolina 1 Kansas 0
Pool D Scenarios TBD. Villanova clinches berth to open playoffs.

Women's Championship Updates 3pm

E: Texas 2 Cornell 1
Pool E Scenarios TBD. Texas clinches berth to playoffs.

F: Ohio St. 2 Denver 0
Pool F Scenarios TBD. Ohio St. clinches berth to playoffs.

G: Virginia 1 College of New Jersey 0
Virginia wins Pool G. College of New Jersey & Texas A&M will play for Pool G 2nd seed.

H: Michigan 2 Texas St. 0
Pool H Scenarios TBD.

Men's Championship Updates: 3pm

E: Michigan 0 Delaware 0
Pool E Scenarios TBD. Michigan clinches berth to playoffs.

F: Missouri 2 Colorado "Gold" 0
Pool F Scenarios TBD.

G: UCSB 4 Navy 0
UCSB wins Pool G. Navy & Texas A&M will play for Pool G 2nd seed.

H: Cal Poly 1 Illinois 0
Illinois will head to Consolation Bracket. Cal Poly & Minnesota will play for Pool H 1st seed.

More updates as they come in.

...and now for the weather...

It is a gorgeous day out...72 degrees and sunny...with a SW wind at 9 mph.

Games at 3pm

Men's Championship:

Michigan vs. Delaware
Colorado vs. Missouri
UCSB vs. Navy
Illinois vs. Cal Poly

Women's Championship:

Cornell vs. Texas
Ohio St. vs. Denver
Virginia vs. College of New Jersey
Texas St. vs. Michigan

Men's Open:

Colorado "Black" vs. Texas
Towson vs. San Diego St.
Villanova vs. USC
East Carolina vs. Kansas

Men's Open 1:15p Updates

A:
Arizona 2 UC-Irvine 0
Connecticut 2 Virginia Tech 1
Pool A Scenarios TBD.

B:
UCLA 2 Wichita St. 0
James Madison 7 Iowa St. 1
UCLA & James Madison clinch spots in Open playoff; will play for 1st seed. Wichita St. and Iowa St. eliminated from open playoff consideration.

Women's Championship 1:15 Updates

A: Cal Poly 1 Florida 0
Florida will head to consolation bracket. Michigan St. & Cal Poly will play for Pool A 1st seed.

B: UCLA 4 Colorado Mines 1
UCLA wins Pool B. Colorado Mines & Illinois will play for Pool B 2nd seed.

C: Marquette 3 Missouri 0
Missouri will head to consolation bracket. Marquette & Penn State will play for Pool C 1st seed.

D: UCSB 3 Delaware 1
Delaware will head to consolation bracket. UCSB & Colorado "Gold" will play for Pool D 1st seed.

Men's Championships: 1:15p Updates

Men's Championship:

A: Virginia 4 Arizona St. 0
Arizona St. will head to Consolation Bracket
Virginia and Penn St. will decide the Pool A Winner

B: Colorado St. 3 Johns Hopkins 0
Pool B Scenarios still TBD. Colorado St. has clinched a berth to playoffs

C: Texas St. 0 Michigan St. 0
Pool C Scenarios still TBD. Weber St. has clinched a berth to playoffs.

D: North Carolina 1 California 0
Pool D Scenarios still TBD.

Women's Open Scores 11:30am

Open A:
San Diego St. 6 US Air Force Academy Prep 0
Villanova 1 Middle Tennessee St. 0

Open C:
James Madison 6 Miami 0
Boston College 4 Iowa St. 0

Open D:
California 4 Vermont 0
UW-Milwaukee 3 Colorado St. "Green" 1

Massive updates coming up

Issues(computer + power + internet) + Blogger as field marshall = no updates for a while.

I'm back.

Updates coming up.

Women's Open B Scores 11:30am

Oregon 2 Towson 0
Colorado "Black" 6 Vanderbilt 0

We think coyotes are slowing down the rest of the scorecards. We will post as soon as we get them.

1:15pm Games

Men's Championship:

Arizona St. vs. Virginia
Johns Hopkins vs. Colorado St.
Texas St. vs. Michigan St.
North Carolina vs. California

Women's Championship:

Florida vs. Cal Poly
UCLA vs. Colorado Mines
Missouri vs. Marquette
Delaware vs. UCSB

Men's Open:

UC-Irvine vs. Arizona
Connecticut vs. Virginia Tech
Wichita St. vs. UCLA
Iowa St. vs. James Madison

We are awaiting scores from all fields for the 11:30 Women's Open games.

9:45am Scores

Men's Championship:

Michigan 2 Florida 0
Colorado "Gold" 2 UW-Milwaukee 1
UCSB 1 Texas A&M 0
Minnesota 2 Illinois 0

Women's Championship:

Virginia Tech 1 Cornell 1
Arizona 0 Ohio St. 0
Virginia 4 Texas A&M 2
Texas St. 3 Colorado St. "Gold" 1

Men's Open:

Texas 3 Towson 1
San Diego St. 3 Colorado "Black" 1
USC 1 East Carolina 1
Villanova 2 Kansas 0

Games at 11:30am

All games at 11:30am are Women's Open games:

San Diego St. vs. US Air Force Academy Prep
Middle Tennessee St. vs. Villanova
Colorado "Black" vs. Vanderbilt
Oregon vs. Towson
James Madison vs. Miami
Boston College vs. Iowa St.
California vs. Vermont
Colorado St "Green" vs. UW-Milwaukee

9:45 am scores to be posted shortly.

Blogging Slow Today

Internet issues have been temporarily resolved. Hope to have more updates throughout the day in a timely manner.

Weather: 60 degrees not a cloud in the sky!!

9:45 games

Men's Championship:
Florida vs. Michigan
UW-Milwaukee vs. Colorado
Texas A&M vs. UCSB
Minnesota vs. Illinois

Women's Championship:
Virginia Tech vs. Cornell
Arizona vs. Ohio St.
Texas A&M vs. Virginia
Colorado St. "Gold" vs. Texas St.

Men's Open:
Texas vs. Towson
San Diego St. vs. Colorado
USC vs. East Carolina
Kansas vs. Villanova

8am Scores

Men's Championship:
Penn St. 2 Arizona St. 0
Georgia 1 Johns Hopkins 1
Weber St. 2 Texas St. 1
Ohio St. 2 North Carolina 1

Women's Championship:
Michigan St. 3 Florida 1
UCLA 1 Illinois 0
Penn St. 2 Missouri 0
Colorado "Gold" 2 Delaware 1

Men's Open:
Arizona 2 Connecticut 0
Virginia Tech 1 UC Irvine 0
UCLA 1 Iowa St. 0
James Madison 4 Wichita St. 0

Games at 8am

Men's Championship:
Penn St. vs. Arizona St.
Georgia vs. Johns Hopkins
Weber St. vs. Texas St.
Ohio St. vs. North Carolina

Women's Championship:
Michigan St. vs. Florida
Illinois vs. UCLA
Penn State vs. Missouri
Colorado vs. Delaware

Men's Open:
Arizona vs. Connecticut
Virginia Tech vs. UC Irvine
UCLA vs. Iowa St.
James Madison vs. Wichita St.

Off to figure out internet issues!!

And now for the weahter...

54 degrees and Sunny!!! Beautiful weather for soccer.

Blogger off to slow start...

internet connection issues...

Quiet Before the Storm

It is a beautiful cool night in Phoenix. Teams have practiced today or arrived and are ready to compete for a championship beginning tomorrow.

Tomorrow the action begins with games at 8am.

Tomorrow the blog will update games as they become finals. We will give you as much information as we can throughout the day.

Please check back with us as the tournament progresses.

Good luck to all teams and we will see everyone tomorrow!!

Men's Championship Synopsis

With Indiana University absent this year, there will be a new national champion to crown. So what teams are here to compete?

Region 1 qualifiers include: Penn State (08 national QF), Johns Hopkins (08 consolaton semi) and Delaware (DNP-Did Not Participate). An at-large berth went to the US Naval Academy (Navy-DNP).

Region 2 qualifiers include: Georgia (08 open participant), Florida (08 national QF) and North Carolina (08 round of 16). An at-large berth went to 08 round of 16 participant Virginia.

Region 3 qualifiers include: Ohio State (08 national semifinalist), Wisconsin-Milwaukee (08 national QF) and Michigan (DNP). An at-large berth went to Illinois (DNP) and Michigan State (08 round of 16).

Region 4 qualifiers include: Texas A&M (08 round of 16), Texas State (08 round of 16) and Missouri (08 round of 16).

Region 5 qualifiers include: Minnesota (08 round of 16), Colorado (08 national QF) and Colorado State (08 NATIONAL FINALIST).

Region 6 qualifiers include: UCSB (08 round of 16), Arizona State (DNP) and Weber State (DNP). At-large berths went to: Cal Poly (DNP) and 08 open champion California-Berkley.

A new men's field for 09 will crown a new champion. Who will it be? Can Colorado State make a return trip to the finals or will 07 national champion UCSB return to form?

It all begins on Thursday!!!

Women's Championship Synopsis

UCSB...the tournament starts and ends with them. They are the 2 time defending national champions. They are coming in this year though as an at-large bid into the championship division. What other teams are here to challenge UCSB?

Let's begin with 2008 national finalist Arizona. They are one of 3 teams that automatically qualified from Region 6. The other teams from Region 6 include: Cal Poly and 2008 open champion UCLA.

What do the other regions have to offer?

Region 1 qualifiers include: Penn State (national semifinalist), Cornell (2008 participant) and Delaware (DNP-Did Not Participate). The College of New Jersey (DNP) qualified from Region 1 as an at large.

Region 2 qualifiers include: Virginia Tech (08 participant), Virginia (08 open participant) and Florida (08 participant).

Region 3 qualifiers include: Michigan State (08 participant), Illinois (08 open QF) and Ohio State (DNP). At-large berths went to Marquette (DNP) and Michigan (08 national QF).

Region 4 qualifiers include: Texas A&M (DNP), Texas State (08 open participant) and Missouri (08 open participant). An at-large berth went to Texas (DNP).

Region 5 qualifiers include: Colorado "Gold" (08 national QF), Colorado St. "Gold" (08 participant) and Denver (DNP). An at-large berth went to Colorado School of the Mines (DNP).

It promises to be an exciting tournament. Will anyone unseat UCSB? It begins in 2 Days!!! Remember it begins and ends with: UCSB.

Men's Open Tournament Synopsis

Like the women, men's 2008 open champion Cal-Berkley will compete in the championship division which means a new open champion will be crowned for 2009. Let's take a look at how each team fared at the 2008 NCCS championships.

Open playoff participants last year included: San Diego State (QF), Villanova (QF), Kansas (Semi) and Virginia Tech (Semi).

2008 open participants last year included: Iowa State, James Madison and Towson.

Teams that did not participate in either tournament include: Texas, Colorado "Black", California-Irvine, Connecticut, East Carolina and Wichita State.

2008 championship divison participants included: UCLA (consolation QF), Arizona (consolation winner) and national semifinalist USC.

Will USC "Fight On?" Will Texas "Hook 'Em?" Or will the blogger run out of puns?

It all begins Thursday!!!!

Women's Open Tournament Synopsis

With 2008 Open Champion UCLA now competing this year in the championship division we will take a look at this year's open field to see how each team fared last year at the NCCS championships.

James Madison and California-Berkley return from last year's open tournament to compete again. They both reached the semifinals in the open tourney in 08.

Other open tourney playoff contenders from last year include: Middle Tennessee State, Towson and Villanova.

Teams that did not qualify for the playoff but competed in open last year include: Colorado State "Green", Iowa State, Colorado "Black" and Miami (FL).

Newcomers for this year that did not particpate in either tournament last year include: Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Oregon, Vermont, USAFA Prep School and Vanderbilt.

Boston College enters this year's open tourney having competed in the championship tournament in 08.

Finally 2008 National Quarterfinalist and 2007 National Finalst, San Diego State, will compete in the open tournament this year.

Will SDSU's tourney experience help them out or will a new team claim the open title???

It all begins on Thrusday!!!

Less than 3 Days!!!

We are less than 3 days away from the start of the tournament. Tonight we will have a synopsis of the open tournaments.

One Week Away!!!

We are one week away from the beginning of the 2009 NCCS National Soccer Championships in Phoenix. Beginning Monday we will preview the Men's and Women's National Championship tournaments along with the Men's and Women's Open tournaments. See all y'all soon!!

Coming Soon!!

We will blog live from Phoenix during the 2009 NCCS National Soccer Championships. We are looking forward to an exciting tournament. See you soon!!