But regardless of all that and regardless of being outshot by the widest margin of the season, the North Carolina Tar Heels are the 2011 College Cup champions as they beat UNC Charlotte 1-0 Sunday night in Hoover, Ala.
The North Carolina men’s soccer team beat UNC-Charlotte 1-0 in the final of the College Cup on Sunday in Hoover, Ala. Ben Speas hit the game winner in the 65th minute when he took on the back line by himself with a excellent display of footwork.
In one of the most unique situations in college soccer, Ben Speas tallied the game-winning goal to win his second consecutive NCAA College Cup. But this time, it was for the North Carolina Tar Heels, not the reigning-Akron Zips.
In this, their fourth consecutive College Cup appearance, the Tar Heels hadn’t needed a shootout to decide any outcome – until Friday night’s shootout, which UNC claimed 3-1.
With five minutes and thirteen seconds remaining in the second half, the top-seeded North Carolina men’s soccer team was almost certain it was headed back to Chapel Hill with a loss to UCLA in the College Cup semifinal round. But then redshirt junior Billy Schuler stepped into the picture.
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