2024 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

2024 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,082
Site	Oakland Soccer Field Rochester, Michigan (Semifinals & Final)
Champions	Robert Morris (1st title)
Winning coach	Jonathan Potter (1st title)
MVP	Chase Gilley (Robert Morris)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Horizon League men's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 Horizon League men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oakland	6	–	1	–	2			9	–	7	–	2
Robert Morris ‡	4	–	3	–	2			9	–	7	–	3
Milwaukee	4	–	3	–	2			9	–	5	–	5
Green Bay	4	–	3	–	2			11	–	7	–	2
Cleveland State	4	–	4	–	1			7	–	7	–	3
Purdue Fort Wayne	4	–	4	–	1			7	–	7	–	2
Detroit Mercy	2	–	3	–	4			3	–	10	–	4
Wright State	3	–	5	–	1			7	–	9	–	2
Northern Kentucky	2	–	3	–	4			3	–	6	–	7
IU Indy	2	–	6	–	1			5	–	9	–	3
‡ – 2024 Horizon tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2024 NCAA tournament As of December 17, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Horizon

The 2024 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from November 10 through November 16, 2024. 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 Green Bay Phoenix were the defending champions. ^{[1] [2]} They were unable to defend their crown. They were the fourth seed, and lost to first seed Oakland in the Semifinals. Robert Morris would finish as tournament champions after defeating top seed Oakland 1–0 in the Final. ^{[3] [4]} This was the first Horizon League title for Robert Morris and first for head coach Jonathan Potter. ^[5] It was the fourth overall title for Robert Morris, as the program won three titles in the Northeast Conference. As tournament champions, Robert Morris earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the 2024 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 resolve a three-way tie between Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Robert Morris for the second, third, and fourth seeds, as all teams finished with identical 4–3–2 regular season records. Robert Morris defeated both Milwaukee and Green Bay during the regular season on September 28, and October 20, respectively. Therefore Robert Morris earned the second seed and a bye into the Semifinals. Green Bay and Milwaukee drew their regular season match-up 1–1. Milwaukee finished with a goal differential of +5 while Green Bay finished with a goal differential of 0. Milwaukee earned the third seed while Green Bay was the fourth seed. Another tiebreaker was required as Cleveland State and Purdue Fort Wayne both finished with identical 4–4–1 regular season records. Cleveland State defeated Purdue Fort Wayne 3–0 on October 26, and was therefore the fifth seed. ^{[6] [7]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Oakland	6–1–2	20
2	Robert Morris	4–3–2	14
3	Milwaukee	4–3–2	14
4	Green Bay	4–3–2	14
5	Cleveland State	4–4–1	13
6	Purdue Fort Wayne	4–4–1	13

Bracket

Source: ^[8]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 5					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 9					Final Saturday, Nov. 11
						1	Oakland	2
	4	Green Bay	3			4	Green Bay	0
	5	Cleveland State	1								1	Oakland	0
											2	Robert Morris	1
						2	Robert Morris	1
	3	Milwaukee	1			3	Milwaukee	0
	6	Purdue Fort Wayne	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Milwaukee v #6 Purdue Fort Wayne

November 10, 2024	#3 Milwaukee	1–0	#6 Purdue Fort Wayne	Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. CST	Daiki Kumakawa 73'	Report	77' Juan Romero  83' Abe Arellano	Stadium: Engelmann Stadium Attendance: 423 Referee: Donovan Noocha Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak Assistant referees: Sean West Fourth official: Nikola Stancevic

#4 Green Bay v #5 Cleveland State

November 10, 2024	#4 Green Bay	3–1	#5 Cleveland State	Green Bay, WI
1:00 p.m. CST	Luke Nicholson 14',  74' Andrew Paolucci 34',  81' Myles Sophanavong 50' Jesus Glavan-Garica  69'	Report	54' Bojan Kolevski 77' Caleb Trowbridge  81' Marko Rimac	Stadium: Aldo Santaga Stadium Attendance: 224 Referee: Eulogio Villalpando Assistant referees: John Kennedy Assistant referees: Simeon Petrov Fourth official: David Irwin

Semifinals

#1 Oakland v #4 Green Bay

November 14, 2024	#1 Oakland	1–0	#4 Green Bay	Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. EST	Jayden Pinheiro  22', 47' Harry Phantis  64'	Report	87' Tommy Coughlin	Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field Attendance: 106 Referee: Nicholas Balcer Assistant referees: Aaron Scherer Assistant referees: Rob Ruta Fourth official: David Eberline

#2 Robert Morris v #3 Milwaukee

November 14, 2024	#2 Robert Morris	1–0	#3 Milwaukee	Rochester, MI
4:00 p.m. EST	Kai McLoughlin  22' Lucas Barsoee  53' Chase Gilley 65' Mats Bramer  75' Logan Gilley  85'	Report	43' Mesfin Roda  72' Angel Gongora	Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field Attendance: 54 Referee: Nicholas Balcer Assistant referees: Jacob Little Assistant referees: Christian Little Fourth official: Nicole Green

Final

#1 Oakland v #2 Robert Morris

November 16, 2024	#1 Oakland	0–1	#2 Robert Morris	Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. EST	Andrew Darakdjian  46'	Report	9' Victor Thompson Jr.  50' Mats Bramer  90' Logan Gilley	Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field Attendance: 275 Referee: Dimitrios Katsamingos Assistant referees: Leo Mora Assistant referees: Jas Zahirovic Fourth official: Donovan Noocha

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.6 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).

1 goal

• Chase Gilley – Robert Morris
• Daiki Kumakawa – Milwaukee
• Luke Nicholson – Green Bay
• Andrew Paolucci – Green Bay
• Jayden Pinheiro – Oakland
• Myles Sophanavong – Green Bay
• Victor Thompson Jr. – Milwaukee
• Caleb Trowbridge – Cleveland State

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[9]

Player	Team
Josh Johansen	Green Bay
Myles Sophanavong
David Cox	Milwaukee
Daniel Ibarra
Carson Ballagh	Oakland
Andrew Darakdjian
Alex Flowers
Chase Gilley	Robert Morris
Joshua Lane
Kai McLoughlin
Fabian Overkamp

MVP in bold

References

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