2021 America East men's soccer tournament

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2021 America East men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance7,362
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions Vermont (6th title)
Winning coachRob Dow (1st title)
MVP Adrian Schulze Solano (Vermont)
BroadcastAmerica East TV
America East men's soccer tournament
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2021 America East Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 New Hampshire + 7 0 117 2 2
Vermont6 1 113 5 2
Albany 4 3 110 7 1
Stony Brook 4 4 08 6 1
UMBC 3 4 18 8 3
NJIT 3 5 06 12 1
UMass Lowell 3 5 04 11 1
Binghamton 2 6 07 9 1
Hartford 2 6 04 10 3
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: America East

The 2021 America East Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from November 6 through November 14, 2021. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the New Hampshire, who were unable to defend their title, losing in the Final. Vermont won their first tournament in program history after a 1–0 victory in the final over New Hampshire. [1] It was the sixth victory for the Vermont Catamounts soccer program and the first for Head Coach Rob Dow. [2] As tournament champions, Vermont earned the America East'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, with the top two seeds receiving byes into the Semifinals. NJIT and UMass Lowell finished the regular season tied for the sixth and final tournament spot, with a conference record of 3–5–0. NJIT qualified for the tournament by virtue of their 2–1 overtime win over UMass Lowell on September 18. [3]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 New Hampshire 7–0–122
2 Vermont 6–1–119
3 Albany 4–3–113
4 Stony Brook 4–4–012
5 UMBC 3–4–110
6 NJIT 3–5–09

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, Nov. 6
Semifinals
Wednesday, Nov. 10
Final
Sunday, Nov. 14
1 New Hampshire 4
4 Stony Brook 1 (7) 5 UMBC 0
5 UMBC (pen.)1 (8)1 New Hampshire 0
2 Vermont 1
2 Vermont 3
3 Albany 1 6 NJIT 2
6 NJIT 2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 6, 2021 #4 Stony Brook 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(7–8 p)
#5 UMBC Stony Brook, NY
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Rondell Payne Yellow card.svg 17'
  • UMBC Own Goal Soccerball shade.svg55' (o.g.)
  • Kori Cupid Yellow card.svg 56'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg54' (pen.), Yellow card.svg 85' Julian Conze
Stadium: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jan Halaska
Assistant referees: Keith Fisher
Assistant referees: Greg Muhs
Fourth official: Stephen Danisi
Penalties
  • Kori Cupid Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Gabriel Fernandes Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Jonas Bickus Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Aki Solvason Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Selcuk Kahveci Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Trevor Harrison Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Sebastian Rojek Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Bas Beckhoven Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Julian Conze
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Jackson Becher
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Ryan Becher
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Hans Nesheim
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Taylor Calheira
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Nik Steiner
  • Soccerball shad check.svg William Forby
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Qantrell Jones
November 6, 2021 #3 Albany 1–2 #6 NJIT Albany, NY
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Bjarki Leosson Soccerball shade.svg44' (pen.)
  • Austin DaSilva Yellow card.svg 72'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg43' Alejandro Rabell
  • Soccerball shade.svg58' Goncalo Franco
  • Yellow card.svg 71' Alejandro Flores Valentin
  • Yellow card.svg 72' Joao Costa
Stadium: Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Matt Stein
Assistant referees: Mark Barile
Assistant referees: Christopher Crocker
Fourth official: Yevgeniy Mednikov

Semifinals

November 10, 2021 #1 New Hampshire 4–0 #5 UMBC Durham, NH
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Johann von Knebel Soccerball shade.svg4'
  • Paul Mayer Soccerball shade.svg32'
  • Rory O'Driscoll Soccerball shade.svg53'
  • Linus Fallberg Soccerball shade.svg64'
  • Yannick Bright Yellow card.svg 65'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 41' Mackie Sacarellos
  • Yellow card.svg 87' Jago Lott
Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Attendance: 2,455
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
Assistant referees: Risto Gjeorgiev
Assistant referees: Michael Kelley
Fourth official: Ron Libby
November 10, 2021 #2 Vermont 3–2 #6 NJIT Burlington, VT
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Yves Borie Soccerball shade.svg39'
  • Adrian Solano Yellow card.svg 52'
  • Joe Morrison Soccerball shade.svg61'
  • Jacob Vitale Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 31' Joao Costa
  • Yellow card.svg 57' Jose Adames
  • Soccerball shade.svg86' Asembo Augo
  • Soccerball shade.svg88' Regsan Watkins
Stadium: Virtue Field
Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Mounir Idmalak
Assistant referees: Larry Bechard
Assistant referees: Jim Myers
Fourth official: Jay Valliers

Final

November 14, 2021 #1 New Hampshire 0–1 #2 Vermont Durham, NH
2:00 p.m. ET Report
  • Yellow card.svg 20' Garrett Lillie
  • Soccerball shade.svg68' Yves Borie
  • Yellow card.svg 87' Adrian Solano
Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
Assistant referees: Sean Regan
Assistant referees: John Luk
Fourth official: John Jordan

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

2 goals

  • Yves Borie – Vermont

1 goal

  • Bjarki Leosson – Albany
  • Linus Fallberg – New Hampshire
  • Johann von Knebel – New Hampshire
  • Paul Mayer – New Hampshire
  • Rory O'Driscoll – New Hampshire
  • Asembo Augo – NJIT
  • Goncalo Franco – NJIT
  • Alejandro Rabell – NJIT
  • Regsan Watkins – NJIT
  • Julian Conze – UMBC
  • Joe Morrison – Vermont
  • Jacob Vitale – Vermont

1 own goal

  • UMBC (against Stony Brook)

All-Tournament team

Source: [4]

PlayerTeam
Adrian Schulze SolanoVermont
Yves Borie
Noah Egan
Nate Silveira
Bridger HansenNew Hampshire
Bilal Kamal
Johann von Knebel
Hans NesheimUMBC
Julian Conze
Regsan WatkinsNJIT
Rene White
Austin DaSilvaAlbany
Kori CupidStony Brook

MVP in bold

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