2019 Patriot League men's soccer tournament

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2019 Patriot League men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Site Ulrich Stadium
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Champions Lehigh (3rd title)
Winning coachDean Koski (3rd title)
MVP Will Smith (Lehigh)
Broadcast ESPN3
Patriot League men's soccer tournament
«2018   2020»
2019 Patriot League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lehigh6 0 313 5 3
Loyola (MD) 7 2 010 8 1
Navy 5 3 111 4 1
Lafayette 4 3 210 7 3
Colgate 4 4 16 9 4
Bucknell 2 2 56 7 7
American 3 5 13 11 2
Boston U 3 6 04 12 1
Army 2 4 35 7 4
Holy Cross 1 8 03 15 0
As of 22 November 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2019 Patriot League men's soccer tournament was the 30th edition of the Patriot League Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Patriot League champion as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began on November 9 and concluded on November 16, 2019. [1]

Contents

The defending champions, Colgate, were eliminated in the first round by eventual runners-up, Lafayette. Lehigh won the championship, 10, over Lafayette to claim their third Patriot League Tournament championship. There, Lehigh earned the conference's automatic bit in the NCAA Tournament. [2] There, they were eliminated by Pittsburgh in the opening round. [3] [4] [5]

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferencePts.Tiebreaker
1Lehigh6–0–321Lehigh 1–0 vs. Loyola (MD)
2Loyola (MD)7–2–021Loyola (MD) 0–1 vs. Lehigh
3Navy5–3–116
4Lafayette4–3–214
5Colgate4–4–113
6Bucknell2–2–511

Bracket

First round
November 9
Semifinals
November 12
Championship
November 16
1 Lehigh1
3 Navy 0 6 Bucknell 0
6 Bucknell21 Lehigh1
4 Lafayette 0
2 Loyola (MD) 0 (4)
4 Lafayette24 Lafayette (pen.) 0 (5)
5 Colgate 1

Results

First round

No. 3 Navy 0–2No. 6 Bucknell
Report
  • Thorsheim Soccerball shade.svg26', 59'
Glenn Warner Stadium, Annapolis
Attendance: 429
Referee: J. C. Griggs

No. 4 Lafayette 2–1No. 5 Colgate
Report
Oaks Stadium, Easton
Attendance: 450
Referee: Peter Dhime

Semifinals

No. 1 Lehigh 1–0No. 6 Bucknell
Koski Soccerball shade.svg76' Report
Ulrich Stadium, Bethlehem
Attendance: 291
Referee: David Breckner

Final

No. 1 Lehigh 1–0No. 4 Lafayette
Tahiru Soccerball shade.svg54' Report
Ulrich Stadium, Bethlehem
Attendance: 1,705
Referee: Mike DeFelice

Patriot League Tournament Best XI

PlayerTeam
Patriot League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team [6]
Will SmithLehigh
Trevor Koski
Stevo Bednarsky
Michael Tahiru
Alex SuttonLafayette
Christian Williams
Ryan Gonçalves
Daniel OsujiLoyola (MD)
Davey Mason
Matt ThorsheimBucknell
Luke Smith

MVP in Bold

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