2021 Summit League men's soccer tournament

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2021 Summit League men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance295
Site MacKenzie Alumni Field
Macomb, Illinois
Champions Denver (7th title)
Winning coach Jamie Franks (4th title)
MVP Kobe Gray (Denver)
Broadcast ESPN+
Summit League men's soccer tournament
«2019 2022»
2021 Summit League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oral Roberts 4 1 111 2 2
Denver4 1 110 4 5
Omaha 4 2 06 10 1
Kansas City 2 2 23 7 5
Western Illinois 2 4 02 13 1
St. Thomas #2 4 03 11 2
Eastern Illinois 1 5 02 12 1
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Summit

The 2021 Summit League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Summit League held on November 11 and 13, 2021. The three-match tournament took place at MacKenzie Alumni Field in Macomb, Illinois. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Denver Pioneers were the defending champions after no tournament was held in 2020. Denver were champions in 2019. [1] Denver successfully defended their title, defeating Oral Roberts in the final in a penalty shoot-out. [2] The tournament win was Denver's seventh as a member of the conference, and the title was the fourth for head coach Jamie Franks. Denver has now won seven of the past eight Summit League tournaments. [3] As tournament champions, Denver earned the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

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Seeding

Four of the seven Summit League men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. The first tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seed as Denver and Oral Roberts finished with identical 4–1–1 regular season records. Denver was awarded the first seed based on their 1–0 victory over Oral Roberts on October 30. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Omaha and Kansas City both finished with identical 4–2–0 regular season records. Omaha earned the third seed based on their 2–0 victory over Kansas City on October 2. [4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Denver 4–1–113
2 Oral Roberts 4–1–113
3 Omaha 4–2–012
4 Kansas City 4–2–012

Bracket

Source: [5]

Semifinals
Thursday, November 11
Final
Saturday, November 13
      
1 Denver (pen.)0 (4)
4 Kansas City 0 (3)
1 Denver (pen.)1 (3)
2 Oral Roberts 1 (2)
2 Oral Roberts 2
3 Omaha 1

Schedule

Semifinals

November 11, 2021 #1 Denver 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
#4 Kansas City Macomb, IL
11:00 a.m. CT
  • Eli Mereness Yellow card.svg 18'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 27' Hugo Von Reis
  • Yellow card.svg 60' Carson Lindsey
Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field
Attendance: 30
Penalties
  • Eli Mereness Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Kengo Ohira Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Sam Bassett Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Aidan O'Toole Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Lucas Russo Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Cooper Clark
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Joan Castells
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Kotaro Hirokawa
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Seth Kacich
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Edson Murguia
November 11, 2021 #2 Oral Roberts 2–1 #3 Omaha Macomb, IL
2:15 p.m. CT
  • Juan Arias Soccerball shade.svg38', 75'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg54' Kenji Mboma Dem
  • Yellow card.svg 74' Ed Port
Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field
Attendance: 55

Final

November 13, 2021 #1 Denver 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
#2 Oral Roberts Macomb, IL
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Trevor Wright Soccerball shade.svg3'
  • Stefan DeLeone Yellow card.svg 23'
  • Ben Smith Yellow card.svg 48'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg21' (pen.), Yellow card.svg 52' Dante Brigida
  • Yellow card.svg 44' Francisco Lopes
Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field
Attendance: 213
Penalties
  • Sam Bassett Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Eli Mereness Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Griffin Meyer Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Aidan O'Toole Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Lucas Russo Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Destan Norman Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Dante Brigida
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Felipe Medina
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Joe Ruiz
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Juan Arias
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Miles Motakef
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Vinicius Oliveira

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 5 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

2 goals

  • Juan Arias – Oral Roberts

1 goal

  • Trevor Wright – Denver
  • Kenji Mboma Dem – Omaha
  • Dante Brigida – Oral Roberts

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Kobe GrayDenver
Destan Norman
Trevor Wright
Liam Johnson
Dante BrigidaOral Roberts
Juan Arias
Joe Ruiz
Cooper ClarkKansas City
Mario Sandoval
Kenji Mboma DemOmaha
Ed Gordon

MVP in bold

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