2024 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

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2024 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,589
First round siteTop Seed Campus Site
Semifinals site Murphy Soccer Complex
Memphis, Tennessee
Finals siteMurphy Soccer Complex
Memphis, Tennessee
Champions Charlotte (2nd title)
Winning coach Kevin Langan (2nd title)
MVP Brighman Larsen (Offensive)
Leonard Stritter (Defensive) (Charlotte)
Broadcast ESPN+
American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
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2024 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Memphis 4 1 27 7 3
South Florida 4 3 06 6 4
Charlotte3 2 211 3 5
Florida Atlantic 3 3 17 6 3
FIU 2 2 36 6 6
Temple 2 2 35 7 5
Tulsa 2 4 13 9 3
UAB 1 4 24 6 5
As of December 17, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The American

The 2024 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held November 8 through November 17, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting while the Semifinals and Finals were hosted at Westcott Field in Dallas, Texas. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Charlotte 49ers. [1] [2] The 49ers successfully defended their tournament title, defeating the Florida International Panthers in overtime in the Final. [3] This was Charlotte's second American Athletic Conference tournament title and their fourth conference title overall. This was also the second American tournament title for head coach Kevin Langan and his third conference tournament title overall. [4] As tournament champions Charlotte earned the American Athletic Conference'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, with the top two seeds receiving byes into the Semifinals. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds in the tournament as FIU and Temple finished with identical 2–2–3 regular season conference records. The two teams drew their October 26th regular season match up 0–0. After further tiebreakers it was determined that FIU was the fifth seed and Temple was the sixth seed. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Memphis 4–1–214
2 South Florida 4–3–012
3 Charlotte 3–2–211
4 Florida Atlantic 3–3–110
5 FIU 2–2–39
6 Temple 2–2–39

Bracket

Source: [6]

First Round
November 8
Semifinals
November 14
Championship
November 17
2 South Florida 0
3 Charlotte 33 Charlotte1
6 Temple 1 3 Charlotte (a.e.t)2
5 FIU 1
1 Memphis 1
4 Florida Atlantic 0 5 FIU3
5 FIU 1

Schedule

First Round

Semifinals

November 8, 2024#4 Florida Atlantic 0–1 #5 FIU Boca Raton, FL
7:00 p.m. EST Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg11', Yellow card.svg 63' Eduardo Mustre
  • Yellow card.svg 63' Nigel Van Haveren
  • Yellow card.svg 75' Thomas Wallis
  • Yellow card.svg 75' Joackim Betina
  • Yellow card.svg 89' Diego Castillo
Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,293
Referee: Kevin Maurer
Assistant referees: Meghan Mullen
Assistant referees: John Tamayo
Fourth official: Mauro Gonzalez
November 8, 2024 #3 Charlotte 3–1#6 Temple Charlotte, NC
7:00 p.m. EST
  • Abubacarr Fofana Soccerball shade.svg3'
  • Ryan Dunn Soccerball shade.svg9', 26'
  • Filip Jauk Yellow card.svg 43'
  • Ben Fisher Yellow card.svg 71'
  • Chris Dommer Yellow card.svg 90'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 26' Team
  • Yellow card.svg 37' Lukas Egarter
  • Soccerball shade.svg85' Aaron Markowitz
  • Yellow card.svg 88' Nikolai Zapolskikh
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 680
Referee: Justin St. Pierre
Assistant referees: Robert Dail
Assistant referees: John Rush
Fourth official: Chris Zuerner

Semifinals

November 14, 2024#2 South Florida 0–1 #3 Charlotte Memphis, TN
3:30 p.m. CST
  • Mathis Haugen Yellow card.svg 22'
  • Pedro Faife Yellow card.svg 72'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 13' Elias Arsvoll
  • Soccerball shade.svg40' Filip Jauk
  • Yellow card.svg 72' Daire McCarthy
  • Yellow card.svg 89' Lasse Laursen
Stadium: Murphy Soccer Complex
Attendance: 204
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
Assistant referees: Jason Guillen
Assistant referees: David Blikstad
Fourth official: Donovan Eubank
November 14, 2024#1 Memphis 1–3 #5 FIU Memphis, TN
7:00 p.m. CST
  • Brody Conley Yellow card.svg 11'
  • Anders Bordoy Soccerball shade.svg54'
  • Team Red card.svg 76'
  • Cory Pitlik Yellow card.svg 88' Yellow-red card.svg 90'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 34' Driss Nasser
  • Soccerball shade.svg53', 73' (pen.) Eduardo Mustre
  • Soccerball shade.svg81' Michael Appiah
Stadium: Murphy Soccer Complex
Attendance: 307
Referee: Mo Kaleia
Assistant referees: John Ocampo
Assistant referees: AJ Franklin
Fourth official: Melinda Homa

Final

November 17, 2024 #3 Charlotte 2–1#5 FIU Memphis, TN
12:00 p.m. CST
  • Natsuki Ogata Soccerball shade.svg45'
  • Lasse Laursen Yellow card.svg 59'
  • Jaedon Richardson Yellow card.svg 87'
  • Brigham Larsen Soccerball shade gold.svg100'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg5' Mathys Lefebvre
  • Yellow card.svg 55' Joackim Betina
  • Yellow card.svg 77' Leo Vilchis
  • Yellow card.svg 91' Adrian Barosen
Stadium: Murphy Soccer Complex
Attendance: 105
Referee: Austin Saini
Assistant referees: Jason Guillen
Assistant referees: John Ocampo
Fourth official: David Blikstad

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 17, 2024).

3 goals

  • Eduardo Mustre – FIU

2 goals

  • Ryan Dunn – Charlotte

1 goal

  • Michael Appiah – FIU
  • Anders Bordoy – Memphis
  • Abubacarr Fofana – Charlotte
  • Filip Jauk – Charlotte
  • Brigham Larsen – Charlotte
  • Mathys Lefebvre – FIU
  • Aaron Markowitz – Temple
  • Natsuki Ogata – Charlotte

All-Tournament team

Source: [7]

PlayerTeam
Ryan Dunn Charlotte
Filip Jauk
Brighman Larsen
Lasse Laursen
Leonard Stritter
Michael Appiah FIU
Joao Domingues
Eduardo Mustre
Nigel Van Haveren
Anders Bordoy Memphis
Jemone Barclay South Florida

Offensive MVP in bold
Defensive MVP in italics

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