2021 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

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2021 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,202
Site Corbett Stadium
Tampa, Florida
Champions Memphis (2nd title)
Winning coachBrooks Monaghan (2nd title)
MVP Saorla Miller (Offensive)
Elizabeth Moberg (Defensive) (Memphis)
Broadcast ESPN+ (Semifinals)
ESPNNews (Final)
American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
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2021 American Athletic Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
South Florida  y611 .8131243 .711
Houston  521 .6881352 .700
No. 20 Memphis  y530 .6251452 .714
No. 21 SMU  y422 .6251252 .684
East Carolina  332 .500892 .474
UCF  341 .438871 .531
Cincinnati  242 .375773 .500
Temple  260 .250583 .406
Tulsa  161 .188692 .412
Conference champion
2021 AAC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:American Athletic Conference

The 2021 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from October 31 to November 7, 2021. The first round was hosted by the higher seed, and the Semifinals and Final took place at the home field of the regular season champion. South Florida. [1] The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Florida Bulls are the defending tournament champions. [2] South Florida was unable to defend its title, losing on penalties to Memphis in the final. Memphis' win was the program's second and also the second for coach Brooks Monaghan. [3] As tournament champions, Memphis earned the American's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament.

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 South Florida 6–1–119
2 Houston 5–2–116
3 Memphis 5–3–015
4 SMU 4–2–214
5 East Carolina 3–3–211
6 UCF 3–4–110

Bracket

Source: [4]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 31
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 4
Final
Sunday, Nov. 7
1 South Florida 2
4 SMU 24 SMU 0
5 East Carolina 1 1 South Florida 0 (0)
3 Memphis (pen.)0 (3)
2 Houston 0
3 Memphis 23 Memphis 1
6 UCF 0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 31, 2021 #3 Memphis 2–0 #6 UCF Memphis, Tennessee
Noon
  • Jocelyn Alonzo Soccerball shade.svg57'
  • Aubrey Mister Soccerball shade.svg68'
Report Stadium: Mike Rose Soccer Complex
Attendance: 221
Referee: Jamie Padilla
Assistant referees: Wes Caouette
Assistant referees: Mark Herrington
Fourth official: Albert Keyi-Mensah
October 31, 2021 #4 SMU 2–1 #5 East Carolina Dallas, Texas
Noon
  • Wayny Balata Soccerball shade.svg11', 63'
  • Abby Dermott Yellow card.svg 81'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg13' Morgan Dewey
  • Yellow card.svg 75' Maycie McDougal
Stadium: Washburne Soccer and Track Stadium
Attendance: 330
Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez
Assistant referees: Jacob Larson
Assistant referees: Tony Obas
Fourth official: John Navarro

Semifinals

November 4, 2021 #2 Houston 0–1 #3 Memphis Tampa, Florida
4:00 p.m.
  • Adriana Huston Yellow card.svg 77'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg85', Yellow card.svg 88' Saorla Miller
Stadium: Corbett Stadium
Attendance: 94
Referee: Katherine McCormick
Assistant referees: Albert Escovar
Assistant referees: Joseph Radzialowski
Fourth official: Adam Brzozowiec
November 4, 2021 #1 South Florida 2–0 #4 SMU Tampa, Florida
7:00 p.m. Report Stadium: Corbett Stadium
Attendance: 726
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
Assistant referees: Miguel Martes
Assistant referees: Rhett Hammil
Fourth official: Wesley Costa

Final

November 7, 2021 #1 South Florida 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p)
#3 Memphis Tampa, Florida
Noon
  • Lucy Roberts Yellow card.svg 73'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 29' Mackenzie Bray
  • Yellow card.svg 95' Haylee Spray
Stadium: Corbett Stadium
Attendance: 831
Referee: Jonathan Weiner
Assistant referees: Erika Barahona
Assistant referees: Sarieni Vasquez
Fourth official: Albert Escovar
Penalties

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.6 goals per match (as of November 7, 2021).

2 goals

  • Wayny Balata – SMU

1 goal

  • Jocelyn Alonzo – Memphis
  • Morgan Dewey – East Carolina
  • Saorla Miller – Memphis
  • Aubrey Mister – Memphis
  • Sydny Nasello – South Florida
  • Lucy Roberts – South Florida

All-Tournament team

Source: [5]

PlayerTeam
Caroline Duncan Memphis
Saorla Miller*
Elizabeth Moberg^
Kimberley Smit
Haylee Spray
Vivianne Bessette South Florida
Sydney Martinez
Rosalia Muino Gonzalez
Sydny Nasello
Emma Clarke Houston
Wayny Balata SMU

 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

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