2021 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

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2021 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,198
SiteOakland Soccer Field
Rochester, Michigan
(Semifinals & Final)
Champions Oakland (3rd title)
Winning coachEric Pogue (3rd title)
MVP Noah Jensen (Oakland)
Broadcast ESPN+
Horizon League men's soccer tournament
«2020   2022»
2021 Horizon League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oakland8 1 112 7 2
Cleveland State 8 2 010 8 0
Milwaukee 6 3 19 8 1
UIC 6 4 09 8 2
Detroit Mercy 4 3 35 7 5
Wright State 4 5 15 10 1
Robert Morris 4 5 15 11 1
Northern Kentucky 4 6 06 11 0
Purdue Fort Wayne 3 6 15 9 2
IUPUI 2 8 03 12 1
Green Bay 1 7 22 10 4
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Horizon

The 2021 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from November 7 through November 13, 2021. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Oakland Soccer Field in Rochester, Michigan. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Milwaukee Panthers were the defending champions. [1] They were unable to defend their crown, falling to Cleveland State in the Semifinals. Oakland finished as tournament champions after defeating Cleveland State 3–1 in the Final. [2] This was the third overall title for Oakland, all of which have come under head coach Eric Pogue. [3] As tournament champions, Oakland earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. The top two seeds received byes to the Semifinals and the number one seed hosted the Semifinals and Final. A tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and final seed of the tournament as Robert Morris and Wright State both finished with 4–5–1 conference records. Robert Morris earned the sixth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over Wright State on October 2. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Oakland 8–1–125
2 Cleveland State 8–2–024
3 Milwaukee 6–3–119
4 UIC 6–4–018
5 Detroit Mercy 4–3–315
6 Robert Morris 4–5–113

Bracket

Source: [5]

Quarterfinals
Monday, Nov. 7
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 11
Final
Saturday, Nov. 13
1 Oakland 3
4 UIC (a.e.t.)24 UIC 1
5 Detroit Mercy 1 1 Oakland 3
2 Cleveland State 1
2 Cleveland State 2
3 Milwaukee 13 Milwaukee 1
6 Robert Morris 0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 7, 2021 #3 Milwaukee 1–0 #6 Robert Morris Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Raul Medina Yellow card.svg 68'
  • Paolo Gratton Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 191
Referee: Michael Allie
Assistant referees: Gary Klump
Assistant referees: Christian Little
Fourth official: Alex Hoefstetter
November 7, 2021 #4 UIC 2–1 (a.e.t.) #5 Detroit Mercy Chicago, IL
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Bukola Abdulwahab Soccerball shade.svg4'
  • Pau Mateo Soccerball shade gold.svg 105'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 10' Daniel Iyok
  • Soccerball shade.svg71' (pen.), Yellow card.svg 90' Kyle Bandyk
Stadium: Flames Field
Attendance: 433
Referee: Kevin Fikar
Assistant referees: Vitali Hantsevich
Assistant referees: James Duling
Fourth official: Kevin Cavalcanti

Semifinals

November 11, 2021 #1 Oakland 3–1 #4 UIC Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Noah Jensen Soccerball shade.svg19', Soccerball shade.svg72' (pen.)
  • Mikey Ketteman Soccerball shade.svg69' (pen.)
  • Charlie Braithwaite Yellow card.svg 81'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg64' Eduardo Garcia
  • Yellow card.svg 72' Manny Cerritos
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Allie
Assistant referees: Quinton McFarlen
Assistant referees: Shane Richards
Fourth official: Ted Grigorou
November 11, 2021 #2 Cleveland State 2–1 #3 Milwaukee Rochester, MI
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Team Yellow card.svg 18'
  • Thomas M'Barek Yellow card.svg 45'
  • Albert Portas Soccerball shade.svg50', Yellow card.svg 59'
  • Andrew Nicholas Soccerball shade.svg57'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg29' Paolo Gratton
  • Yellow card.svg 48' Andreas Soerensen
  • Yellow card.svg 58' Shawn Azcueta
  • Red card.svg 74' Team
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Heber Estrada
Assistant referees: Christian Little
Assistant referees: Jacob Little
Fourth official: Ted Grigorou

Final

November 13, 2021 #1 Oakland 3–1 #2 Cleveland State Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Noah Jensen Soccerball shade.svg1'
  • Charlie Braithwaite Yellow card.svg 17'
  • Sebastian Nuzzo Soccerball shade.svg42'
  • Dylan Borczak Soccerball shade.svg48'
  • Mikey Ketteman Yellow card.svg 90'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 11' Saahb Kular
  • Yellow card.svg 18' Cameron Wilde
  • Soccerball shade.svg41' Pablo Kawecki
  • Yellow card.svg 58' Albert Portas
  • Yellow card.svg 89' Ryan Kolonick
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 574
Referee: Dimitrios Katsimingos
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando
Fourth official: Michael Allie

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 13, 2021).

3 goals

  • Noah Jensen – Oakland

2 goals

  • Paolo Gratton – Milwaukee

1 goal

  • Pablo Kawecki – Cleveland State
  • Andrew Nicholas – Cleveland State
  • Albert Portas – Cleveland State
  • Kyle Bandyk – Detroit Mercy
  • Dylan Borczak – Oakland
  • Mikey Ketteman – Oakland
  • Sebastian Nuzzo – Oakland
  • Bukola Abdulwahab – UIC
  • Eduardo Garica – UIC
  • Pau Mateo – UIC

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Noah JensenOakland
Finn Jurak
Adam McAleenan
Kieran Hayes
Thomas M'BarekCleveland State
Jannis Schmidt
Pablo Kawecki
Paolo GrattonMilwaukee
Shawn Azcueta
Eduardo GarciaUIC
Christian Crespo

MVP in bold

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