2019 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament

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2019 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals site Coffey Field
Bronx, NY
Finals siteCoffey Field
Bronx, NY
Champions Rhode Island (8th title)
Winning coachGareth Elliott (2nd title)
MVP Ludvik Benco (Rhode Island)
Broadcast ESPN+
Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
«2018   2020»
2019 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rhode Island7 1 014 4 3
VCU 6 1 17 8 3
Dayton 6 2 013 8 0
Saint Louis 6 2 010 7 0
Fordham 5 2 17 10 3
La Salle 4 4 08 9 1
Duquesne 3 5 08 8 1
UMass 3 5 07 10 0
George Washington 3 5 05 11 1
George Mason 3 5 04 12 2
Davidson 3 5 03 11 2
Saint Joseph's 1 7 05 12 1
St. Bonaventure 1 7 05 11 0
As of 22 November 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2019 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament, was the 22nd edition of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It determined the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament was held from November 9 to November 17, 2019. The semifinal and finals were hosted by Fordham University with matches being played at Coffey Field in The Bronx, New York. [1]

Contents

Rhode Island were the defending tournament champions, and successfully defended their title, beating Dayton, 1–0, in the championship. [2] Rhode Island would go on to be eliminated by Syracuse in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. [3]

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Rhode Island7–1–0
2VCU6–1–1
3Dayton6–2–0DAY 2–1 vs. STL
4Saint Louis6–2–0STL 1–2 vs. DAY
5Fordham5–2–1
6La Salle4–4–0
7George Mason3–5–02–0 vs. tied teams
8Davidson3–5–02–1 vs. tied teams (excludes George Mason)

After the regular season games concluded, five teams were in a tie for seventh place in the conference, all with 3-5 records. A series of tiebreakers involving wins and loss records in matches played among the subgroup determined the last two bids into the A10 Tournament as George Mason and Davidson.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
November 9–10
Semifinals
November 15
Final
November 17
         
1 Rhode Island7
8 Davidson 3
1 Rhode Island (p)  0 (7) 
5 Fordham 0 (6)
4 Saint Louis 0
5 Fordham1
1 Rhode Island1
3 Dayton 0
2 VCU (p)  2 (4) 
7 George Mason 2 (3)
2 VCU 0
3 Dayton1
3 Dayton4
6 La Salle 0

Results

Quarterfinals

No. 4 Saint Louis 0–1No. 5 Fordham
Report
  • Ricupati Soccerball shade.svg87'
Hermann Stadium, St. Louis
Attendance: 752
Referee: William DeLois

No. 1 Rhode Island 7–3No. 8 Davidson
Report
URI Soccer Complex, Kingston
Attendance: 1,539
Referee: Patrick Violette

No. 2 VCU 2–2 (a.e.t.)No. 7 George Mason
Report
Penalties
4–3

No. 3 Dayton 4–0No. 6 La Salle
Report
Baujan Field, Dayton
Attendance: 403
Referee: Eric Tattersall

Semifinals

No. 2 VCU 0–1No. 3 Dayton
Report
Coffey Field, New York City
Attendance: 602
Referee: Bahij Salman

A10 Championship

No. 1 Rhode Island 10No. 3 Dayton
Report
Coffey Field, New York City
Attendance: 606
Referee: Mark Gorak

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals
1 Goal

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