See which teams were selected for the 2015 NIRSA National Soccer Championships Open Division!

By Austin Shick

For the second year in a row, NIRSA used a lottery drawing to decide which teams would participate in the 2015 NIRSA National Soccer Championships Open Division. The event was  broadcast live from NIRSA Headquarters in Corvallis, Oregon on September 29 at 4:00pm EST.

Eighty-one teams watched in suspense as the 48 available spots were filled one by one. The 33 teams that weren’t selected were placed on a waitlist—and they shouldn’t give up hope yet. A few of the teams selected in the lottery will qualify for the Championship Division through regional tournaments, and so will need to be replaced by a waitlisted team.

Visit Phoenix and the Arizona State University Sun Devil Fitness Complex are acting as tournament hosts for the 22^nd Annual NIRSA National Soccer Championships. The games will take place November 19-21 at the Reach 11 Sports Complex, which—with 18 regulation-sized fields—is the largest soccer complex of its kind in Arizona and one of the largest in the western United States.

Congratulations to the following teams selected for the 2015 NIRSA National Soccer Championships Open Division, and best of luck to the teams competing for a bid in the Championship Division!

Women’s Open Division

Colorado Mesa University
Colorado School of Mines
Florida State University
Northeastern University
San Diego State University
St. Edward’s University
Texas Christian University
Texas Tech University
Towson University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Denver
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Miami
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Vermont
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Tech University
Washington University in St. Louis

Men’s Open Division

Baylor University
Boston College
California State University, Fullerton
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University—Pueblo
Georgia College
James Madison University
Purdue University
State University of New York at Brockport
Texas Tech University
University of Arkansas
University of Central Florida
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Denver
University of Illinois
University of Mary Washington
University of Missouri
University of Oregon
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Utah Valley University
Villanova University
Washington State University

NIRSA would like to thank Visit Phoenix, the Arizona State University Sun Devil Fitness Complex, and Brine—the official ball of the NIRSA National Soccer Championships—for their support of what is sure to be another outstanding NIRSA Championship Series tournament this fall. Participants should get ready for a fantastic event that might just be the pinnacle of the collegiate soccer experience!

For more information about the 2015 NIRSA National Soccer Championships, please contactNIRSA Director of National Sport Programs, Valerie McCutchan.