2024 CAA men's soccer tournament

2024 CAA men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,479
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	Hofstra (8th title)
Winning coach	Richard Nuttall (8th title)
MVP	Laurie Goddard (Hofstra)
Broadcast	FloSports
CAA men's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 Coastal Athletic Association men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Elon	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	7	–	1
Drexel	5	–	2	–	1			9	–	6	–	2
Monmouth	4	–	1	–	3			8	–	2	–	6
No. 23 Hofstra ‡	5	–	3	–	0			14	–	5	–	2
Charleston	4	–	2	–	2			10	–	6	–	2
UNCW	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	9	–	5
Campbell	3	–	4	–	1			8	–	6	–	4
William & Mary	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	10	–	1
Northeastern	2	–	4	–	2			4	–	5	–	7
Delaware	2	–	6	–	0			7	–	7	–	2
Stony Brook	0	–	6	–	2			3	–	10	–	3
‡ – 2024 CAA tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2024 NCAA tournament As of December 17, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: CAA

The 2024 CAA men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Coastal Athletic Association held from November 7 through November 16, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Hofstra Pride. ^{[1] [2]} They were able to successfully defend their title, as the fourth seed, they won three games, including a defeat of sixth seed UNC Wilmington 1–0 in the Final. ^{[3] [4]} The conference tournament title was the eighth overall for the Hofstra men's soccer program all of which have come under head coach Richard Nuttall. This was the fourth straight year that Hofstra won the CAA tournament. ^[5] As tournament champions, Hofstra earned the CAA's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2024 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 for the third and fourth seed as Hofstra and Monmouth finished tied with fifteen regular season points each. Monmouth won the regular season meeting between the teams on September 21 by a score of 2–1. Therefore, Monmouth was the third seed and Hofstra was the fourth seed. ^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Elon	6–2–0	18
2	Drexel	5–2–1	16
3	Monmouth	4–1–3	15
4	Hofstra	5–3–0	15
5	Charleston	4–2–2	14
6	UNC Wilmington	4–4–0	12

Bracket

Source: ^[7]

	First Round Thursday, November 7					Semifinals Sunday, November 10					Final Saturday, November 16
						1	Elon	0
	4	Hofstra (a.e.t)	3			4	Hofstra	2
	5	Charleston	2								4	Hofstra	1
											6	UNC Wilmington	0
						2	Drexel	0
	3	Monmouth	1 (4)			6	UNC Wilmington	2
	6	UNC Wilmington (pen.)	1 (5)

Schedule

First Round

#3 Monmouth v #6 UNC Wilmington

November 7, 2024	#3 Monmouth	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#6 UNC Wilmington	Philadelphia, PA
1:00 p.m. EST	Erik Reis 51' Patrick Osiecki  77' Jasen Bottini  103' Olle Brorsson  110'	Report	27' Team  63' Osei Gymafi  75' Cesare D'Amico 81' Christian Acevedo  90' Jack Clarkson	Stadium: Vidas Field Attendance: 273 Referee: Shaun Papperman Assistant referees: Alexander Tyshkevych Assistant referees: Juri Siskin Fourth official: Andrew LaPlante
	Penalties
	Erik Reis Olle Brorsson Bastian Hatcher Victor Andersson Eryk Dymora Arturo McConnochie Brendan Tansey		Jack Clarkson Ethan Newsome Jake Shannon Christian Acevedo Cesare D'Amico Alex Hornada Caleb Powell

#4 Hofstra v #5 Charleston

November 7, 2024	#4 Hofstra	3–2 (a.e.t.)	#5 Charleston	Elon, NC
6:00 p.m. EST	Laurie Goddard 5' Gabriel Pacheco  68' Roc Carles 72',  96' Teddy Baker 108' Team  108'	Report	33' Hogan Walker 65' Matt Lenert  73' James Barrett  76' Chris Cushing 79' Ryan Watson  83' James Watson	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 74 Referee: Richard Crowgey Assistant referees: Kevin Uitto Assistant referees: Aaron Hornets Fourth official: Harold Billings

Semifinals

#1 Elon v #4 Hofstra

November 10, 2024	#1 Elon	0–2	#4 Hofstra	Elon, NC
2:00 p.m. EST	Sumner Nenninger  63' Carlos Levy  66' Jordin Wilson  70'	Report	38' Aleksei Armas 54', 57' Laurie Goddard  72' Team	Stadium: Rudd Field Attendance: 457 Referee: Kevin Maurer Assistant referees: Robert Dail Assistant referees: Carmelo Serbio Fourth official: Jordan Castillejo

#2 Drexel v #6 UNC Wilmington

November 10, 2024	#2 Drexel	0–2	#6 UNC Wilmington	Philadelphia, PA
3:00 p.m. EST	Colin Davis  74'	Report	62' Josef Hefele 76' Osei Gyamfi 81' Cesare D'Amico	Stadium: Vidas Field Attendance: 475 Referee: Victor Borges Assistant referees: Kenny Freeman Assistant referees: Ricardo Barreto Fourth official: Marc Gottfried

Final

#4 Hofstra v #6 UNC Wilmington

November 16, 2024	#4 Hofstra	1–0	#6 UNC Wilmington	Hempstead, NY
7:00 p.m. EST	Laurie Goddard  40' Team  40' UNC Wilmington Own Goal 81'	Report	57' Bryan Miralrio  87' Ethan Newsome  89' Josef Hefele	Stadium: Hofstra Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mike DeFelice Assistant referees: Michael Andreaccio Assistant referees: Kevin Rodrigo Fourth official: Colby Johnson

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).

3 goals

• Laurie Goddard – Hofstra

1 goal

• Christian Acevedo – UNC Wilmington
• Teddy Baker – Hofstra
• Roc Charles – Hofstra
• Cesare D'Amico – UNC Wilmington
• Osei Gyamfi – UNC Wilmington
• Matt Lenert – Charleston
• Erik Reis – Monmouth
• Ryan Watson – Charleston

1 own goal

• UNC Wilmington (vs. Hofstra)

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[8]

Player	Team
Patrick Short	Drexel
Isaiah Whittaker-Francis
Mac Msabaha	Elon
Connor Mucchetti
Roc Carles	Hofstra
Laurie Goddard
Pierce Infuso
Jacob Woznicki
Jack Clarkson	UNC Wilmington
Zach Sauer
Trey Smiley

MVP in bold

References

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