2021 ASUN men's soccer tournament

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2021 ASUN men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,382
SiteCampus Sites
Champions Lipscomb (3rd title)
Winning coachCharles Morrow (3rd title)
MVP Tyrese Spicer & Hayes Wood (Lipscomb)
Broadcast ESPN+
ASUN men's soccer tournament
«2021 (spring) 2022»
2021 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lipscomb5 2 012 4 2
Central Arkansas 5 2 011 6 0
Florida Gulf Coast 4 3 04 8 1
Stetson 4 3 08 7 2
Liberty 3 4 07 9 0
Bellarmine #2 4 17 8 2
Jacksonville 2 4 13 10 1
North Florida 2 5 04 8 1
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: ASUN

The 2021 ASUN men's soccer tournament was the 43rd edition of the postseason men's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference, held from November 5 through November 13, 2021. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the first and second seeds home stadiums. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Jacksonville Dolphins were the defending tournament champions, and were unable to defend their title, after not qualifying for the tournament. [1] The Lipscomb Bisons won the tournament after defeating Central Arkansas 4–1 in the final. [2] It was their third title in five years, and third title in program history for Lipscomb and coach Charles Morrow. [3] As tournament champions, Lipscomb earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

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Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. The first tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second overall seeds as Lipscomb and Central Arkansas both finished with 5–2–0 records. Lipscomb defeated Central Arkansas 1–0 on October 30, and was therefore the first seed, while Central Arkansas was the second seed. Florida Gulf Coast and Stetson finished with identical 4–3–0 records, and a tiebreaker was required to determine which team would get the third seed. Florida Gulf Coast defeated Stetson 2–1 on October 30, and earned the third seed, while Stetson was the fourth seed. Bellarmine and defending tournament champions Jacksonville tied for the sixth, and final spot in the tournament, with 2–4–1 records. The two teams drew 0–0 on October 30, and Bellarmine was awarded the sixth and final spot in the tournament. [4] [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Lipscomb 5–2–015
2 Central Arkansas 5–2–015
3 Florida Gulf Coast 4–3–012
4 Stetson 4–3–012
5 Liberty 3–4–09
6 Bellarmine 2–4–17

Bracket

Source: [6]

First round
Friday, Nov. 5
Semifinals
Sunday, Nov. 7
Final
Saturday, Nov. 13
1 Lipscomb 4
4 Stetson 34 Stetson 0
5 Liberty 0 1 Lipscomb 4
2 Central Arkansas 1
2 Central Arkansas 2
3 Florida Gulf Coast 1 6 Bellarmine 0
6 Bellarmine 2

Schedule

First Round

November 5, 2021 #3 Florida Gulf Coast 1–2 #6 Bellarmine Conway, AR
5:00 p.m.
  • O'Vonte Mullings Soccerball shade.svg60'
  • Trevin Myers Yellow card.svg 82'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg72' Camden Dunne
  • Soccerball shade.svg82' Micah Linscott
  • Yellow card.svg 85' Juan Ballas
Stadium: Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex
Attendance: 50
Referee: Brandon Gardner
Assistant referees: Lawrence Hale
Assistant referees: Andrew Ellsworth
Fourth official: Jason Rector
November 5, 2021 #4 Stetson 3–0 #5 Liberty Nashville, TN
7:00 p.m.
  • Nelson Pereira Soccerball shade.svg20'
  • Oliver Bryneus Soccerball shade.svg64'
  • Ajmeer Spengler Soccerball shade.svg83'
Report Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 110
Referee: Andrew Musashe
Assistant referees: Andy Boyle
Assistant referees: Daniel Tibbitts
Fourth official: Skyye Medley

Semifinals

November 7, 2021 #2 Central Arkansas 2–0 #6 Bellarmine Conway, AR
1:00 p.m.
  • Jonathan Randall Yellow card.svg 22'
  • Ole Kjoerholt Yellow card.svg 35'
  • Karim Diao Soccerball shade.svg48', 53'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 5' Jackson Kim
  • Yellow card.svg 29' Micah Linscott
  • Yellow card.svg 60' Rikard Cederberg
  • Yellow card.svg 82' Nate Girao
Stadium: Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex
Attendance: 358
Referee: Jervis Atagana
Assistant referees: Matthew Stein
Assistant referees: Shane Kennard
Fourth official: David Henderson
November 7, 2021 #1 Lipscomb 4–0 #4 Stetson Nashville, TN
2:00 p.m.
Report
  • Red card.svg 65' Alvaro Gabancho
Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 302
Referee: Esteban Rosano
Assistant referees: Jackson Krauser
Assistant referees: Timothy Stewart
Fourth official: Kris Fabrick

Final

November 13, 2021 #1 Lipscomb 4–1 #2 Central Arkansas Nashville, TN
6:00 p.m.
  • Honore Kalala Yellow card.svg 2'
  • Hayes Wood Soccerball shade.svg29', 81'
  • Bakary Bagayoko Soccerball shade.svg35'
  • Alejandro Lopez Soccerball shade.svg82'
  • Luca Naumann Yellow card.svg 85'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg52' (pen.) Alberto Suarez
Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Attendance: 562
Referee: Alex Del Angel
Assistant referees: Kyle Johnston
Assistant referees: Chjristopher Kloc
Fourth official: Kris Fabick

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match (as of November 13, 2021).

2 goals

  • Karim Diao – Central Arkansas
  • Tyrese Spicer – Lipscomb
  • Hayes Wood – Lipscomb

1 goal

  • Camden Dunne – Bellarmine
  • Micah Linscott – Bellarmine
  • Alberto Suarez – Central Arkansas
  • O'Vonte Mullings – Florida Gulf Coast
  • Bakary Bagayoko – Lipscomb
  • Alejandro Lopez – Lipscomb
  • Burl Shepherd – Lipscomb
  • Javanne Smith – Lipscomb
  • Oliver Bryneus – Stetson
  • Nelson Pereira – Stetson
  • Ajmeer Spengler – Stetson

All-Tournament team

Source: [2]

PlayerTeam
Tyrese Spicer Lipscomb
Hayes Wood
Noah Gulden
Michael Sibley
Louis Robinson
Vicent AbasoCentral Arkansas
Karim Diao
Alberto Suarez
Micah LinscottBellarmine
Brock Pope
O'Vonte MullingsFlorida Gulf Coast
Nelson PereiraStetson

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