2020 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

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2020 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
2020 AAC Women's Soccer Tournament logo.svg
Classification Division I
Teams4
Matches3
Site Corbett Stadium
Tampa, Florida
Champions South Florida Bulls (3rd title)
Winning coachDenise Schilte-Brown (3rd title)
MVP Offensive: Sydny Nasello, South Florida
Defensive: Sydney Martinez, South Florida
Broadcast ESPN+
American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
«2019   2021»
2020 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 15 South Florida †‡y  601 .929902 .909
Memphis y  610 .857830 .727
Cincinnati  331 .500551 .500
East Carolina  332 .500362 .364
Houston  340 .429641 .591
UCF  241 .357241 .357
Temple  251 .313451 .450
Tulsa  160 .143260 .250
SMU  110 .500110 .500
Conference champion
2020 AAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of April 18 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: American Athletic Conference

The 2020 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference, which was held on April 15 and April 17, 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was played by only four teams instead of the usual six. All games were hosted at Corbett Stadium by regular season champion South Florida, who was also the defending tournament champion. [1] The single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Florida Bulls won the title by defeating third seeded Cincinnati 4–0 in the championship game, for their second tournament title in a row and third overall. [2]

Contents

Bracket

Semifinal
Thursday, Apr. 15
Final
Saturday, Apr. 17
      
4 ECU 0
1 South Florida 1
1 South Florida 4
3 Cincinnati 0
3 Cincinnati 1
2 Memphis 0

Source: [1]

Schedule

Semifinals

April 15, 2021 #2 Memphis 0–1 #3 Cincinnati Tampa, FL
3:00 p.m. Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg17' Chloe Spitler
Stadium: Corbett Stadium
Referee: Daniel Radford
Assistant referees: Miguel Martes
Assistant referees: Fritz Barberousse
Fourth official: Corie Cox
April 15, 2021 #1 South Florida 1–0 #4 ECU Tampa, FL
7:00 p.m.
  • Kim Sanford Soccerball shade.svg12' (o.g.)
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 62' Macie McDougal
Stadium: Corbett Stadium
Referee: Meghan Mullen
Assistant referees: Corey Wilt
Assistant referees: Jamie Willis
Fourth official: Alexandra Billeter

Final

April 17, 2021 #1 South Florida 4–0 #3 Cincinnati Tampa, FL
2:00 p.m.
  • Soccerball shade.svg7', 57' (pen.) Sydny Nasello
  • Soccerball shade.svg67' Paula Leblic
  • Soccerball shade.svg79' Meghan Cavanaugh
  • Yellow card.svg 49' Rosalia Muino Gonzalez
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 24' Ashley Brown
  • Yellow card.svg 79' Kendall Battle
Stadium: Corbett Stadium
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
Assistant referees: Anya Voigt
Assistant referees: Trent Robert Van Haitsma
Fourth official: Christina Unkel

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 6 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

2 goals

  • Flag of the United States.svg Sydny Nasello – South Florida

1 goal

  • Flag of the United States.svg Chloe Spitler – Cincinnati
  • Flag of the United States.svg Paula Leblic – South Florida
  • Flag of the United States.svg Meghan Cavanaugh – South Florida

1 own goal

  • Flag of the United States.svg Kim Sanford – East Carolina (against South Florida)

All-Tournament team

Source: [2]

PlayerTeam
Solveig LarsenSouth Florida
Paula LeblicSouth Florida
Sydney Martinez^South Florida
Rosalia Muino GonzalezSouth Florida
Sydny Nasello*South Florida
Ashley BarronCincinnati
Taylor NuncioCincinnati
Karli RoyerCincinnati
Chloe SpitlerCincinnati
Grace StordyMemphis
Maeve EnglishEast Carolina

* Offensive MVP

^ Defensive MVP

See also

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