2017 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament

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2017 Atlantic 10 Men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals site Baujan Field
Dayton, Ohio
Finals siteBaujan Field
Dayton, Ohio
Champions UMass (3rd title)
Winning coach Fran O'Leary (1st title)
MVP Matthew Mooney (UMass)
BroadcastA10 Network
Atlantic 10 Men's soccer tournament
«2016 2018»
2017 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
UMass ‡ 6 –1 –115 –4 –3
VCU + 6 –2 –013 –7 –0
George Washington 6 –2 –09 –7 –2
Dayton 6 –2 –09 –8 –2
No. 11 Fordham + 5 –2 –114 –6 –3
Rhode Island 4 –3 –110 –6 –3
St. Bonaventure 4 –4 –08 –9 –2
Saint Louis 4 –4 –07 –9 –1
Davidson 3 –4 –18 –7 –2
LaSalle 3 –5 –08 –9 –1
Saint Joseph's 1 –6 –13 –11 –4
Duquesne 1 –7 –03 –13 –1
George Mason 0 –7 –15 –9 –2
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament, was the 20th edition of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It determined the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

Contents

UMass won their third ever A-10 title, and their first in 10 years, defeating VCU 3-1 in the final. VCU reached the championship for a third-consecutive season.

The tournament was hosted by the University of Dayton and all matches from the semifinals onward will be contested at Baujan Field.

Seeds

The top eight teams based on conference regular season record will participate in the tournament. [1]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1UMass6–1–1
2VCU6–2–0+GD
3George Washington6–2–0+GD
4Dayton6–2–0+GD
5Fordham5–2–1
6Rhode Island4–3–1
7St. Bonaventure4–4–0+GD
8Saint Louis4–4–0+GD

Bracket

Quarterfinals
November 4–5 		Semifinals
Friday, November 10 		Championship
Sunday, November 12
         
1 UMass1
8 Saint Louis 0
1 UMass (OT) 1
5 Fordham 0
4 Dayton 2
5 Fordham3
1 UMass3
2 VCU 1
2 VCU4
7 St. Bonaventure 1
2 VCU2
6 Rhode Island 0
3 George Washington 0
6 Rhode Island1

Results

Quarterfinals

No. 3 George Washington Colonials 0–1No. 6 Rhode Island Rams
Seemungal Yellow card.svg 11'
Fitch Yellow card.svg 46'		 Report Dickson Soccerball shade.svg12'
Zarokostas Yellow card.svg 18'
Brangman Yellow card.svg 35'
Leifhelm Yellow card.svg 85'
Mount Vernon Athletic Field, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 511
Referee: Andrew Dennis
No. 4 Dayton Flyers 2–3No. 5 Fordham Rams
Lianes Yellow card.svg 36'
Taneski Yellow card.svg 60'
Nino Yellow card.svg 63'
Helgason Soccerball shade.svg65'
Haupt Soccerball shade.svg78'		 Report Dziedzic Soccerball shade.svg35'
Ohlendorf Yellow card.svg 63'
Oland Soccerball shade.svg75'
Loebe Soccerball shade.svg83'
Baujan Field, Dayton, Ohio
Attendance: 318
Referee: Shane Magaris
No. 1 UMass Minutemen 1–0No. 8 Saint Louis
O'Dwyer Soccerball shade.svg31'
Fulton Yellow card.svg 58'		 Report Sarr Red card.svg 89'
Rudd Field, Amherst, Massachusetts
Attendance: 605
No. 2 VCU Rams 4–1No. 7 St. Bonaventure Bonnies
Haji Soccerball shade.svg27'
Dal Molin Yellow card.svg 34'
Santos Soccerball shade.svg66', 82'
Fatton Soccerball shade.svg72'		 Report Dyck Soccerball shade.svg64'
Sports Backers Stadium, Richmond, Virginia
Attendance: 274
Referee: Brett Bosley

Semifinals

No. 1 UMass Minutemen 1–0 (a.e.t.)No. 5 Fordham Rams
Smith Yellow card.svg 6'
O'Dwyer Yellow card.svg 32'
Gorich Soccerball shade gold.svg 95'		 Report Oland Yellow card.svg 86'
Baujan Field, Dayton, Ohio
Attendance: 164
Referee: Neil Barbulescu
No. 2 VCU Rams 2–0No. 6 Rhode Island Rams
Shimazaki Yellow card.svg 39'
Santos Soccerball shade.svg70'
Haji Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Report Benco Yellow card.svg 31'
Zarokostas Yellow card.svg 54'
Davids Yellow card.svg 84'
Baujan Field, Dayton, Ohio
Attendance: 164
Referee: Brandon Artis

Final

No. 1 UMass Minutemen 3–1No. 2 VCU Rams
Smith Yellow card.svg 28'Soccerball shade.svg77'
Hamill Yellow card.svg 30'
Mooney Soccerball shade.svg55'
Fulton Yellow card.svg 67'
Desantis Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Report Dal Molin Yellow card.svg 26'
Fatton Yellow card.svg 55'
Amorosino Soccerball shade.svg70'
Baujan Field, Dayton, Ohio
Attendance: 147
Referee: Cory Richardson

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerCollegeGoals
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Andrade Santos VCU 3
2 Flag of Somalia.svg Siad Haji VCU 2
3 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Amorosino VCU 1
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Desantis UMass
Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Dickson Rhode Island
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacob Dyck St. Bonaventure
Flag of the United States.svg Bart Dziedzic Fordham
Flag of the United States.svg Luc Fatton VCU
Flag of Germany.svg Konrad Gorich UMass
Flag of Germany.svg Jannik Loebe Fordham
Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Mooney UMass
Flag of the United States.svg James Haupt Dayton
Flag of Iceland.svg Saemundur Thor Helgason Dayton
Flag of England.svg Connor O'Dwyer UMass
Flag of Norway.svg Jörgen Oland Fordham
Flag of the United States.svg Davis Smith UMass

Awards

All-Tournament team

The Atlantic-10 All-Tournament team was announced following the championship game. Matthew Mooney of UMass won the MVP award. [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bardia Asefina(UMass)
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tyler Dickson(Rhode Island)
3 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Konrad Gorich(UMass)
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brandon Merklin(UMass)
5 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesco Amorosino(VCU)
6 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jannik Loebe(Fordham)
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matthew Mooney(UMass)
8 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Rafael Andrade Santos(VCU)
9 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Davis Smith(UMass)
10 FW Flag of Somalia.svg  SOM Said Haji(VCU)
11 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA James Haupt(Dayton)

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References

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Claims Top Seed in 2017 #A10MSOC Championship". Atlantic 10 Conference . November 1, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ "UMass Wins 2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Championship". atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
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