2017 Summit League men's soccer tournament

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2017 Summit League men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance1,483
Site Al F. Caniglia Field
Omaha, Nebraska
Champions Omaha (1st title)
Winning coachJason Mims (1st title)
Summit League men's soccer tournament
«2016   2018»
2017 Summit League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Denver 5 0 011 6 2
Western Illinois 3 2 05 10 0
Omaha2 1 210 6 3
Eastern Illinois 2 2 14 9 6
Oral Roberts 1 4 04 11 1
Fort Wayne 0 4 15 9 4
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Summit League men's soccer tournament, was the 24th edition of the tournament. It determined the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

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The tournament was hosted by the University of Nebraska Omaha and all matches were contested at Al F. Caniglia Field. Tournament hosts Omaha reached the final against Denver, creating a repeat of the 2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament championship game. [1]

For only the second time in tournament history, and for the first time since 2008, the championship was determined through a penalty shoot-out. The longest shoot-out in Summit League history, the marathon of penalty kicks went for 12 rounds, with two players on each side kicking twice from the penalty mark. [2] Omaha were able to get the better of Denver, winning the shoot-out 9-8 thanks to a miss from Denver's Graham Smith and a successfully converted penalty from Emmanuel Hamzat. [3]

Omaha earned their first ever college conference tournament championship, and their first ever berth into the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. In the NCAA Tourney, Omaha played at No. 13, Florida International, [4] and lost in the first round, 2-0. [5] [6] [7]

Seeds

The top four teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2017 Summit League season. [8]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 Denver 5–0
2 Western Illinois 3–2
3 Omaha 2–1–2
4 Eastern Illinois 2–2–1

Bracket

Semifinals Championship
      
1 Denver 1
4 Eastern Illinois 0
1 Denver  1 (8) 
3 Omaha (pen.)  1 (9) 
2 Western Illinois 0
3 Omaha 2

Results

Semifinals

No. 1 Denver Pioneers 1–0No. 4 Eastern Illinois Panthers
Elder Soccerball shade.svg39' Report Corti Yellow card.svg 21'
Caniglia Field, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: 217
Referee: Juan Chamizo

No. 3 Omaha Mavericks 2–0No. 2 Western Illinois Leathernecks
Frimpong Soccerball shade.svg13', 61'
Rinderknecht Yellow card.svg 43'
Report Kirdorf Yellow card.svg 3'
Kouassi Yellow card.svg 58'
Keti Yellow card.svg 79'
Caniglia Field, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: 563
Referee: Brent Wilson

Championship

No. 3 Omaha Mavericks 1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 1 Denver Pioneers
X. Gomez Soccerball shade.svg28' (pen.) Report Devoss Soccerball shade.svg26'
Penalties
Hamzat Soccerball shad check.svg
X. Gomez Soccerball shad check.svg
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Gutierrez Soccerball shad check.svg
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M. Gomez Soccerball shad check.svg
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Hamzat Soccerball shad check.svg
8–9Soccerball shad check.svg Underwood
Soccerball shad check.svg Smalley
Soccerball shad check.svg Smith
Soccerball shad check.svg Stensson
Soccerball shade cross.svg Shinyashiki
Soccerball shad check.svg Fuller
Soccerball shad check.svg Morlack
Soccerball shade cross.svg Akamatsu
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Soccerball shad check.svg Barlow
Soccerball shade cross.svg Smith
Caniglia Field, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: 703
Referee: Nikola Aleksic

Statistics

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