2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

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2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams4
Matches3
Site Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Tulsa (4th title)
Winning coach Tom McIntosh (4th title)
MVP Off: Gino Vivi (UCF)
Def: Til Zinnhardt (Tulsa)
American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
«2020   2022»
2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Tulsa8 1 115 1 1
UCF 6 4 09 8 0
Memphis 5 4 16 9 2
SMU 5 4 18 5 3
South Florida 4 5 16 7 2
Temple 0 10 02 12 2
As of November 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The American

The 2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the ninth edition of the conference tournament, the annual college soccer championship contested by the members of the American Athletic Conference and guaranteed representative into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament, hosted by Tulsa, began on November 10, 2021, and concluded on November 14, 2021. [1]

Contents

Format

The tournament took place in November 2021 and was contested by the top four teams in the regular season standing.

Qualified teams

SeedTeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performancePrevious NCAA appearance(s) (last)
1 Tulsa (hosts)5th 2020 Winners (2014, 2015, 2016)11 (2016)
2 UCF ( title holders )9th 2020 Winners (2020)8 (2020)
3 Memphis 6th 2019 Semifinals (2018)2 (2004)
4 SMU 8th 2020 Winners (2017, 2018, 2019)33 (2019)

Bracket

Semifinals Finals
      
1 Tulsa2
4 SMU 0
1 Tulsa2
2 UCF 1
2 UCF6
3 Memphis 0

Matches

Semifinals

November 10, 2021 (2021-11-10) UCF 6–0 Memphis Tulsa, Oklahoma
4:30 p.m. CST
  • Rainer De Jesus Soccerball shade.svg4'
  • Gino Vivi Soccerball shade.svg25', 59'
  • Lucca Dourado Soccerball shade.svg28'
  • Nick Taylor Soccerball shade.svg38'
  • Yanis Leerman Soccerball shade.svg47' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium
November 11, 2021 (2021-11-11) Tulsa 2–0 SMU Tulsa, Oklahoma
4:00 p.m. CST
  • Tom Protzek Soccerball shade.svg60'
  • Mariano Fazio Soccerball shade.svg83'
Report Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium

Final

November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14) Tulsa 2–1 UCF Tulsa, Oklahoma
12:00 p.m. CST
  • Alvaro Torrijos Soccerball shade.svg32'
  • Marcos Moreno Soccerball shade.svg82'
Report
  • Gino Vivi Soccerball shade.svg57'
Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

3 goals

  • Flag of Costa Rica.svg Gino Vivi – UCF

1 goal

  • Flag of Spain.svg Mariano Fazio – Tulsa
  • Flag of the United States.svg Marcos Moreno – Tulsa
  • Flag of Germany.svg Tom Protzek – Tulsa
  • Flag of Spain.svg Alvaro Torrijos – Tulsa
  • Flag of Brazil.svg Rainer De Jesus – UCF
  • Flag of Brazil.svg Lucca Dourado – UCF
  • Flag of France.svg Yanis Leerman – UCF
  • Flag of Cambodia.svg Nick Taylor – UCF

All-Tournament team

PlayerTeam
JP JordanSMU
Mads Westergren
Gino ViviUCF
Lucca Dourado
Rainer De Jesus
Yanis Leerman
Til ZinnhardtTulsa
Alvaro Torrijos
Mariano Fazio
Marcus Moreno
Mitchell Cashion

References

  1. "Top-Seeded Tulsa Welcomes A Talented Field For The 2021 American Men's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org.