2008 Conference USA men's soccer tournament

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2008 C-USA men's soccer tournament
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Dates12–16 November 2008
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Tulsa (2nd title)
Runner-up Kentucky
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored21 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)3 players (2 goals)
  2007
2009  

The 2008 Conference USA men's soccer tournament was the fourteenth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by Southern Methodist University and the games were played at Westcott Field. [1]

Contents

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday Nov. 12
Semifinals
Friday Nov. 14
Final
Sunday Nov. 16
         
7 Marshall 2
2 Kentucky 4
2 Kentucky 1
6 UCF 0
3 Memphis 0
6 UCF 1
2 Kentucky 1(2)
1 Tulsa 1(4)
1 Tulsa 4
8 UAB 2
1 Tulsa 2
5 South Carolina 0
4 SMU 0
5 South Carolina 3

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 12Match 1 Marshall 2–4 Kentucky University Park, Texas
12:00 PM CST (UTC-06)Cooley Soccerball shade.svg69'
LaCrone Soccerball shade.svg81'
Report Burns Soccerball shade.svg6'
Tappel Soccerball shade.svg15'
Strong Soccerball shade.svg33', 72'
Stadium: Westcott Field
Referee: Shane Butler
November 12Match 2 Memphis 0–1 UCF University Park, Texas
2:30 PM CST (UTC-06) Report McEntee Soccerball shade.svg2'Stadium: Westcott Field
Referee: Rizal Milliken
November 12Match 3 Tulsa 4–2 UAB University Park, Texas
5:30 PM CST (UTC-06) Parada Soccerball shade.svg7'
McInnes Soccerball shade.svg13', 87'
Taylor Soccerball shade.svg64'
Report Gumede Soccerball shade.svg3' (pen.)
Rios Soccerball shade.svg63'
Stadium: Westcott Field
Referee: Tim Debysingh
November 12Match 4 SMU 0–3 South Carolina University Park, Texas
8:00 PM CST (UTC-06) Report Brettschneider Soccerball shade.svg25'
Lowder Soccerball shade.svg45'
Arthur Soccerball shade.svg78'
Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 477
Referee: Abdul Bensalah

Semifinals

November 14Match 5 Kentucky 1–0 UCF University Park, Texas
5:00 PM CST (UTC-06) Rice Soccerball shade.svg66' Report Stadium: Westcott Field
Referee: Tony DeLois
November 14Match 6 Tulsa 2–0 South Carolina University Park, Texas
7:30 PM CST (UTC-06)Neil Soccerball shade.svg54'
Sandez Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 323
Referee: Misail Tsapos

Final

November 16Match 7 Kentucky 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Tulsa University Park, Texas
1:00 PM CST (UTC-06)Dos Santos Soccerball shade.svg6' Report Parada Soccerball shade.svg6'Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 255
Referee: David Jaworsky
Penalties
Griffiths Soccerball shade cross.svg
Dos Santos Soccerball shade cross.svg
Kanth Soccerball shad check.svg
Tappel Soccerball shad check.svg
Soccerball shad check.svg Henriquez
Soccerball shad check.svg McInnes
Soccerball shade cross.svg Taylor
Soccerball shad check.svg DeFreitas
Soccerball shad check.svg Chavez

Statistics

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Michael Strong Kentucky 2
Jose Parada Tulsa
Ashley McInnes Tulsa
2Tyler Burns Kentucky 1
Marco Dos Santos Kentucky
Barry Rice Kentucky
C.J. Tappel Kentucky
Jira Cooley Marshall
Kolby LaCrone Marshall
Sam Arthur South Carolina
Blake Brettschneider South Carolina
Bryan Lowder South Carolina
Austin Neil Tulsa
Jeovahnni Sandez Tulsa
Chris Taylor Tulsa
Two-Boys Gumede UAB
Derek Rios UAB
Kyle McEntee UCF

Awards

All-Tournament team

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References

  1. "CUSA Record Book" (PDF). 2014 CUSA Men's Soccer Record Book. Conference USA. 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.