2024 ASUN men's soccer tournament

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2024 ASUN men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,024
SiteCampus Sites
Champions North Florida (2nd title)
Winning coachJamie Davies (1st title)
MVP Joaquin Acuna (North Florida)
Broadcast ESPN+
ASUN men's soccer tournament
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2024 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Florida4 2 17 8 4
Stetson 3 0 44 6 6
Florida Gulf Coast 3 3 14 10 3
Central Arkansas 3 3 18 7 3
Queens #2 2 35 10 3
Jacksonville 2 3 24 6 5
Bellarmine 2 3 25 6 5
Lipscomb 1 4 23 8 5
As of December 16, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: ASUN

The 2024 ASUN men's soccer tournament was the 46th edition of the postseason men's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference, held from November 9 through November 16, 2024. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the first and second seeds home stadiums, with the #1 seed Stetson, hosting the Final. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Lipscomb Bison were the defending tournament champions, [1] [2] and were unsuccessful in defending their title, as they finished eighth during the conference regular season and did not qualify for the tournament. The North Florida Ospreys would go on to win the title, defeating Central Arkansas in a penalty shootout in the Final. [3] [4] The second title for the North Florida men's soccer program and the first under head coach Jamie Davies. [5] As tournament champions, North Florida earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seeds after North Florida and Stetson both finished the regular season with thirteen points in conference play. Stetson defeated North Florida 2–1 on September 21, and therefore earned the first seed. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Central Arkansas and Florida Gulf Coast finished with identical 3–3–1 regular season records. Florida Gulf Coast defeated Central Arkansas 2–1 on October 25, to earn the third seed. A final tiebreaker was required for the sixth and final seed as Bellarmine and Jacksonville finished with identical 2–3–2 records during regular season play. Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville 2–1 on October 26 to earn the sixth seed. [6]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Stetson 3–0–413
2 North Florida 4–2–113
3 Florida Gulf Coast 3–3–110
4 Central Arkansas 3–3–110
5 Queens 2–2–39
6 Bellarmine 2–3–28

Bracket

Source: [7]

First round
Saturday, Nov. 9
Semifinals
Monday, Nov. 11
Final
Saturday, Nov. 16
1 Stetson 0
4 Central Arkansas 34 Central Arkansas3
5 Queens 2 4 Central Arkansas 3 (3)
2 North Florida (pen.)3 (4)
2 North Florida 3
3 Florida Gulf Coast (pen.)1 (5)3 Florida Gulf Coast 0
6 Bellarmine 1 (4)

Schedule

First Round

November 9, 2024 #4 Central Arkansas 3–2#5 Queens DeLand, FL
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Pietro Fontana Soccerball shade.svg44'
  • Tajio James Soccerball shade.svg77', 81'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg22' Cole Pumpian
  • Soccerball shade.svg81' Rodrigo Canovas
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Roberto Alvarez
Stadium: Stetson Athletic Training Center
Attendance: 0
Referee: Richonne Clark
Assistant referees: Matt Osterhouse
Assistant referees: Will Diaz Jr.
November 9, 2024 #3 Florida Gulf Coast 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
#6 Bellarmine Jacksonville, FL
7:00 p.m. EST
  • Jose Escobar Yellow card.svg 39'
  • Victor Lopes Yellow card.svg 76'
  • Addrian Knights-Browne Soccerball shade.svg89'
  • Shachar Nissim Yellow card.svg 89'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg54' (pen.) Austin Yowell
Stadium: Hodges Stadium
Attendance: 213
Referee: Mario Maric
Assistant referees: Thanas Bitro
Assistant referees: Chris Chen
Fourth official: Velmir Vejzovic
Penalties
  • Lucas Sperner Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Pablo Brimeux Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Victor Lopes Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Lucas Windschauer Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Cao Chaves Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Colin Elder
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Austin Yowell
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Cade Morgan
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Nore Summer
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Adric Rosato

Semifinals

November 11, 2024#1 Stetson 0–3 #4 Central Arkansas DeLand, FL
6:00 p.m. EST
  • Afonso Conde Yellow card.svg 54'
  • Maurice Hauser Yellow card.svg 84'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 24' Josh Baros
  • Yellow card.svg 33', Soccerball shade.svg45' Charles Brunet
  • Soccerball shade.svg68' Devonte Richards
  • Yellow card.svg 76' Franco DiGiovanni
  • Soccerball shade.svg76' Tajio James
  • Yellow card.svg 79' Pietro Fontana
Stadium: Stetson Athletic Training Center
Attendance: 369
Referee: Alejo Calume
Assistant referees: Lyubomir Sapundzhiev
Assistant referees: Corbin Goodyear
November 11, 2024 #2 North Florida 3–0#3 Florida Gulf Coast Jacksonville, FL
7:00 p.m. EST
  • Joaquin Acuna Soccerball shade.svg7', 27'
  • David Perez Soccerball shade.svg54'
  • Alex Barnett Yellow card.svg 68'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 69' Victor Lopes
Stadium: Hodges Stadium
Attendance: 461

Final

November 16, 2024 #2 North Florida 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
#4 Central Arkansas Jacksonville, FL
7:00 p.m. EST
  • Anton Khelil Soccerball shade.svg10'
  • David Perez Soccerball shade.svg39', Yellow card.svg 85'
  • Joaquin Acuna Soccerball shade.svg67', Yellow card.svg 75'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 72'
  • Tyler Prebenda Yellow card.svg 83'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg14', 22', 73' Devonte Richards
  • Yellow card.svg 53' Pharis Petrica
Stadium: Hodges Stadium
Attendance: 981
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Assistant referees: Kamil Sikora
Assistant referees: Thanas Bitro
Fourth official: Mario Maric
Penalties
  • Anton Khelil Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Tyler Prebenda Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Rafa Rios Soccerball shad check.svg
  • David Perez Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Joaquin Acuna Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Devonte Richards
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Pietro Fontana
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Yamato Fujishima
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Pharis Petrica
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Javier Ramirez

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).

4 goals

  • Devonte Richards – Central Arkansas

3 goals

  • Joaquin Acuna – North Florida
  • Tajio James – Central Arkansas

2 goals

  • David Perez – North Florida

1 goal

  • Charles Brunet – Central Arkansas
  • Rodrigo Canovas – Queens
  • Pietro Fontana – Central Arkansas
  • Anton Khelil – North Florida
  • Addrian Knights-Browne – Florida Gulf Coast
  • Cole Pumpian – Queens
  • Austin Yowell – Bellarmine

All-Tournament team

Source: [8]

PlayerTeam
Elijah Bishop Central Arkansas
Pietro Fontana
Devonte Richards
Beltran Alvarez Florida Gulf Coast
Victor Lopes
Joaquin Acuna North Florida
Anton Khelil
David Perez
Tyler Prebenda
Charles Ahl Stetson
Clarence Loriot

MVP in bold

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