Five New England-based schools have been invited to the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship after the tournament bracket was unveiled Monday.

Providence College (R.I), Brown University (R.I.), Boston College (Mass.), Dartmouth College (N.H.), and the University of Connecticut all earned bids to this year's Division 1 tournament.

The 48-team field was announced for the 2011 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament, and as is the case every year, there were some surprises as well as some surprising omissions.

Here is how the field breaks down (seeded teams have first-round byes:

BRACKET 1

(1) North Carolina vs 1st-round winner of Elon vs.