2001 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

2001 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer standings
	‡ – champion; + – Invited to the 2001 NCAA Tournament; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches; Source: ACC

2001 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
2001 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
National Champions
UNCG Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Winners
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
2001 record	21–2–3 (5–1–2 ACC)
Head coach	Elmar Bolowich (13th season);
Home stadium	Fetzer Field
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The 2001 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2001 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The team was coached by Elmar Bolowich, who was in his thirteenth season with North Carolina. The Tar Heels played their home games at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The 2001 season saw the Tar Heels win their first national championship, defeating Indiana in the final.

Roster[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Michael Ueltschey
2	FW	USA	David Stokes
4	DF	ENG	Danny Jackson
5	DF	USA	Chris Leitch
6	FW	USA	Jonathan Davis
7	FW	USA	Marcus Storey
8	MF	USA	Logan Pause
9	FW	JPN	Noz Yamauchi
10	MF	USA	Tim Merritt
11	MF	USA	Ray Fumo
12	MF	USA	Ryan Kneipper
13	DF	USA	Wes Ange


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	USA	Roy Kelly
15	FW	USA	Mike Gell
16	FW	USA	David Testo
17	DF	USA	Ryan Schumacher
18	FW	USA	Sean McGinty
19	MF	USA	Matt Crawford
20	MF	USA	Adam Davis
21	MF	USA	Grant Porter
23	GK	USA	Jay Batt
24	MF	USA	Zack Mansfield
25	MF	USA	Ryan Levitan
26	GK	USA	Jason Strange
27	GK	USA	Nick Jordan

Schedule[]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 25* 7:00 pm		at UMass	Not reported		Rudd Field Amherst, MA
Regular season
August 31* 7:00 pm	No. 5	East Carolina	W 8–1	1–0–0	Fetzer Field (1,505) Chapel Hill, NC
September 3* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Appalachian State	W 3–0	2–0–0	Fetzer Field (1,035) Chapel Hill, NC
September 7* 6:00 pm	No. 4	vs. Cincinnati St. Louis Soccer Classic semifinals	W 2–1	3–0–0	Hermann Stadium St. Louis, MO
September 9* 3:00 pm	No. 4	at No. 6 Saint Louis St. Louis Soccer Classic final	L 1–2	3–1–0	Hermann Stadium (1,013) St. Louis, MO
September 16* 2:00 pm	No. 11	UNCG	W 2–1	4–1–0	Fetzer Field (745) Chapel Hill, NC
September 22 7:00 pm	No. 10	at No. 6 Virginia South's Oldest Rivalry	L 0–2	4–2–0 (0–1–0)	Klöckner Stadium (3,193) Charlottesville, VA
September 25* 7:00 pm	No. 14	UNC Asheville	W 3–0	5–2–0	Fetzer Field (505) Chapel Hill, NC
September 29 7:00 pm	No. 14	Duke Carlyle Cup	W 1–0	6–2–0 (1–1–0)	Fetzer Field (3,051) Chapel Hill, NC
October 2* 7:00 pm	No. 12	vs. No. 21 William & Mary Sportsplex Showcase	W 4–1	7–2–0	Virginia Beach Sportsplex (574) Virginia Beach, VA
October 7 2:00 pm	No. 12	Maryland	W 2–1	8–2–0 (2–1–0)	Fetzer Field (1,057) Chapel Hill, NC
October 12* 5:00 pm	No. 10	vs. Georgia State UNCG Classic Semifinal	W 7–0	9–2–0	UNCG Soccer Stadium (728) Greensboro, NC
October 14* 1:00 pm	No. 10	vs. No. 18 South Florida UNCG Classic Final	W 5–0	10–2–0	UNCG Soccer Stadium (449) Greensboro, NC
October 17* 1:00 pm	No. 7	at Charlotte	W 3–0	11–2–0	Transamerica Field (1,054) Charlotte, NC
October 21 2:00 pm	No. 7	at NC State NC State rivalry	W 4–0	12–2–0 (3–1–0)	Method Road (800) Raleigh, NC
October 24* 7:00 pm	No. 6	Old Dominion	W 2–0	13–2–0	Fetzer Field (705) Chapel Hill, NC
October 27 7:00 pm	No. 6	at No. 21 Wake Forest Wake Forest rivalry	L 2–4	13–3–0 (3–2–0)	Spry Stadium (1,819) Winston-Salem, NC
November 3 7:00 pm	No. 8	No. 6 Clemson Quarterfinals	W 1–0	14–3–0 (4–2–0)	Fetzer Field (1,455) Chapel Hill, NC
November 9 7:00 pm	No. 7	No. 20 South Carolina Battle of the Carolinas	W 1–0	15–3–0	Fetzer Field (2,055) Chapel Hill, NC

November 15 4:00 pm	(2) No. 6	vs. (7) NC State Quarterfinals	W 2–0	16–3–0	Riggs Field (2,187) Clemson, SC
November 16 7:00 pm	(2) No. 6	at (3) No. 8 Clemson Semifinals	L 1–2	16–4–0	Riggs Field (2,812) Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 25* 1:00 pm	(7) No. 8	Towson Second round	W 3–0	17–4–0	Fetzer Field (475) Chapel Hill, NC
December 2* 7:00 pm	(7) No. 8	American Third round	W 1–0 ^OT	18–4–0	Fetzer Field (905) Chapel Hill, NC
December 8* 1:00 pm	(7) No. 8	No. 25 Fairleigh Dickinson Quarterfinals	W 3–2 ^3OT	19–4–0	Fetzer Field (1,205) Chapel Hill, NC
December 14* 5:00 pm	(7) No. 8	vs. (3) No. 4 Stanford College Cup Semifinals	W 3–2 ^4OT	20–4–0	Crew Stadium (4,820) Columbus, OH
December 16* 1:00 pm	(7) No. 8	vs. (4) No. 3 Indiana College Cup Final	W 2–0	21–4–0	Crew Stadium (7,113) Columbus, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Awards and honors[]

Individual Awards
Player	Position	Award	Ref.
Marcus Storey	FW	ACC Freshman of the Year	^[1]

All-American
Player	NSCAA	SA	TDS	CSN	Designation
Danny Jackson	1	1	1	1	Consensus
The NCAA recognizes a selection to all four of the NSCAA, SA, TDS, and CSN first teams for consensus selections. HM = Honorable mention. Source: Men's Soccer Media Guide

All-ACC
Player	Position	Team
Danny Jackson	DF	First Team
Ryan Kneipper	FW	Second Team
Chris Leitch	DF
Logan Pause	MF
David Testo	MF	All-Tournament Team
Noz Yamauchi	FW	All-Tournament Team

Postseason[]

2002 MLS SuperDraft[]

The following players were selected in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Club	Ref.
Danny Jackson	DF	2	16	Colorado Rapids	^[2]
Chris Leitch	DF	4	47	Columbus Crew	^[3]

References[]

^ "2012–13 ACC Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 80. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ "2002 MLS Draft Class". Colorado Rapids. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
^ Jonas, Robert (20 October 2017). "Hometown native Chris Leitch weighs in on potential Columbus Crew relocation to Texas". Center Line Soccer. SB Nation. Retrieved 24 February 2019. Leitch was drafted by Columbus ahead of the 2002 season after a successful college career with the North Carolina Tar Heels, and he made 13 appearances in his rookie season with his hometown club.

External links[]

[freshman_of_the_year-1] "2012–13 ACC Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 80. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[2] "2002 MLS Draft Class". Colorado Rapids. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

[3] Jonas, Robert (20 October 2017). "Hometown native Chris Leitch weighs in on potential Columbus Crew relocation to Texas". Center Line Soccer. SB Nation. Retrieved 24 February 2019. Leitch was drafted by Columbus ahead of the 2002 season after a successful college career with the North Carolina Tar Heels, and he made 13 appearances in his rookie season with his hometown club.

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v t North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
Venues	Fetzer Field WakeMed Soccer Park Dorrance Field
Rivalries	Duke NC State Virginia Tobacco Road
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Inside Carolina
	Elmar Bolowich Carlos Somoano
Seasons	2001 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2021
NCAA/ISFA/NSCAA national championships in bold; NCAA College Cup appearances in italics

v t NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship College Cup teams (2000–2009)
2000	Connecticut
2001	Indiana North Carolina Stanford
2002	UCLA
2003	Indiana
2004	Indiana
2005	Maryland
2006	UC Santa Barbara
2007	Wake Forest
2008	Maryland
2009	Akron Virginia
Italic denotes national championship (*) denotes results which were vacated

2001 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Virginia +	6	–	0	–	0	17	–	2	–	1
No. 1 North Carolina +	4	–	2	–	0	21	–	3	–	2
Clemson ‡	4	–	2	–	0	19	–	5	–	2
Wake Forest +	3	–	2	–	1	13	–	6	–	2
Duke	2	–	4	–	0	8	–	10	–	1
Maryland +	1	–	4	–	1	11	–	9	–	1
NC State	0	–	6	–	0	4	–	15	–	0


‡ – champion + – Invited to the 2001 NCAA Tournament Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: ACC