2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Teams | 4 | ||||
Matches | 3 | ||||
Site | Corbett Stadium Tampa, Florida | ||||
Champions | Tulsa (8th title) | ||||
Winning coach | Tom McIntosh (7th title) | ||||
Broadcast | American Digital Network ESPN2, ESPNU | ||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa ‡ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from NSCAA |
The 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament is the 4th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decides the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The semifinals and finals were played at Corbett Soccer Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, FL on November 11 & 13. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. The top four teams qualify for the event.
Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed |
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South Florida | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1 |
Tulsa | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | 2 |
Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 3 |
UCF | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 4 |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
1 | South Florida | 2** | |||||||
4 | UCF | 1 | |||||||
1 | South Florida | 1 (2) | |||||||
2 | Tulsa (pen.) | 1 (4)** | |||||||
2 | Tulsa | 2 | |||||||
3 | Connecticut | 0 |
Note: * denotes overtime period(s).
November 11, 2016 | Tulsa | 2–0 | Connecticut | Tampa, Florida |
4:30 p.m. | Sánchez 11' Puig 62' | Report | Stadium: Corbett Stadium |
November 11, 2016 | South Florida | 2–1 | UCF | Tampa, Florida |
7:00 p.m. | Bartman 77' Epps 101' | Report | Colombo 61' | Stadium: Corbett Stadium |
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