2024 MAAC men's soccer tournament

2024 MAAC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	2,373
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Iona (2nd title)
Winning coach	James Hamilton (2nd title)
MVP	Sergio Gonzalez Fernandez (Iona)
Broadcast	ESPN+
MAAC men's soccer tournament «2023   2025»

2024 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Iona ‡	6	–	1	–	1			11	–	5	–	3
Rider	6	–	1	–	1			14	–	5	–	1
Siena	4	–	1	–	3			7	–	5	–	6
Quinnipiac	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	9	–	1
Marist	3	–	3	–	2			7	–	9	–	2
Manhattan	3	–	3	–	2			5	–	8	–	3
Sacred Heart	3	–	3	–	2			8	–	6	–	2
Mount St. Mary's	3	–	3	–	2			3	–	11	–	4
Canisius	2	–	3	–	3			4	–	8	–	4
Fairfield	2	–	3	–	3			3	–	9	–	5
Merrimack	2	–	4	–	2			3	–	11	–	2
Saint Peter's	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	10	–	3
Niagara	0	–	7	–	1			2	–	12	–	2
‡ – 2024 MAAC tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 17, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: MAAC

The 2024 MAAC men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from November 10 through November 17, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting each match. The host for the matches was determined by seeding from regular season play. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Rider Broncs were the defending champions. ^{[1] [2]} They were unable defend their title as the second seed in the tournament. They lost in the Final to first seed Iona in overtime 1–0. ^{[3] [4]} This was Iona's second overall tournament win, both of which have come under head coach James Hamilton. ^[5] As tournament champions, Iona earned the MAAC's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top eight 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 to determine the first and second seeds in the tournament as Iona and Rider both finished with 6–1–1 regular season records. Iona defeated Rider 1–0 during the regular season, on September 28. Therefore, Iona earned the first seed. There was a four-way tie for seeds five through eight as Manhattan, Marist, Mount St. Mary's, and Sacred Heart all finished with identical 3–3–2 regular season records. All the teams did not play each other during the regular season, so the team's point totals against common opponents was used as the tiebreaker. Marist was the fifth seed, Manhattan was the sixth seed, Sacred Heart was the seventh seed, and Mount St. Mary's was the eighth seed. ^{[6] [7]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Iona	6–1–1	19
2	Rider	6–1–1	19
3	Siena	4–1–3	15
4	Quinnipiac	4–4–0	12
5	Marist	3–3–2	11
6	Manhattan	3–3–2	11
7	Sacred Heart	3–3–2	11
8	Mount St. Mary's	3–3–2	11

Bracket

Source: ^[8]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 10					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 14					Final Sunday, Nov. 17
	1	Iona	3
	8	Mount St. Mary's	0
						1	Iona	3
						5	Marist	1
	4	Quinnipiac	1
	5	Marist	2
											1	Iona (a.e.t)	1
											2	Rider	0
	3	Siena	2
	6	Manhattan	1
						3	Siena	0
						2	Rider	1
	2	Rider (a.e.t)	1
	7	Sacred Heart	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#4 Quinnipiac v #5 Marist

November 10, 2024	#4 Quinnipiac	1–2	#5 Marist	Hamden, CT
12:00 p.m. EST	Joao Pinto  36' Ramesh Delsouz 72'	Report	18' Arion Ulaj  40' Stephen Betz 58' Richard Morel  62' Gijs Verheul  68' Caio Cavaletti	Stadium: Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium Attendance: 226 Referee: Phil Benson Assistant referees: David Bork Assistant referees: Erick Piwowarczyk Fourth official: Frank Severo

#3 Siena v #6 Manhattan

November 10, 2024	#3 Siena	2–1	#6 Manhattan	Loudonville, NY
1:00 p.m. EST	Dren Dobruna 33' Mario Navarro Perez 84' Benjamin Fogarty  90'	Report	33' Thiago da Silva  54' Ensa Sanneh 58' Sebastiano Musu  85' Ziv Dahan	Stadium: Hickey Field Attendance: 355 Referee: Patrick Violette Assistant referees: William Ferris Assistant referees: Aaron Selenica Fourth official: Benjamin Russell

#1 Iona v #8 Mount St. Mary's

November 10, 2024	#1 Iona	3–0	#8 Mount St. Mary's	New Rochelle, NY
1:00 p.m. EST	Jad Benjelloun 31' Thiago Cagna 36' Alvaro Maneiro  48' Bautista Rossi 85'	Report	39' Luciano Schiaffini	Stadium: Mazzella Field Attendance: 246 Referee: Mike De Felice Assistant referees: Max Moya Assistant referees: Brendan Quinn Fourth official: Stephen Cope

#2 Rider v #7 Sacred Heart

November 10, 2024	#2 Rider	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#7 Sacred Heart	Lawrenceville, NJ
2:00 p.m. EST	Max Schrader  8' Andrew Erickson  44' Jack McGeechan  86' Bryan Akongo  98' Cole Sotack 102'	Report	4' Ivan Marques  34' Pablo Alcoba  66' Ivan Breki Sigurdsson	Stadium: Ben Cohen Field Attendance: 150 Referee: Nathaniel Hirschman Assistant referees: Hector Rueda Assistant referees: Anthony Procopio Jr. Fourth official: Michael McBride

Semifinals

#1 Iona v #5 Marist

November 14, 2024	#1 Iona	3–1	#5 Marist	New Rochelle, NY
1:00 p.m. EST	Francesco Borla 9',  90' Bautista Rossi 37',  61' Jose Silva 65' Tim Timchenko  68' Ricardo Senen Pinillos  81'	Report	43' Chris Verhuel  43' Team 68' Richard Morel  81' Joseph Daher	Stadium: Mazzella Field Attendance: 256 Referee: Cedric Cook Assistant referees: Hector Rueda Assistant referees: Adrian Rusu Fourth official: Gregory Solomon

#2 Rider v #3 Siena

November 14, 2024	#2 Rider	1–0	#3 Siena	Lawrenceville, NJ
7:00 p.m. EST	Martin Chladek  21' Momo Diop 55'	Report	39' Cole Hellert  55' Eric Svensson	Stadium: Ben Cohen Field Attendance: 520 Referee: Mike De Felice Assistant referees: Ricardo Barreto Assistant referees: David Bork Fourth official: Edin Hadzovic

Final

#1 Iona v #2 Rider

November 17, 2024	#1 Iona	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#2 Rider	New Rochelle, NY
1:00 p.m. EST	Elird Mero  29' Bautista Rossi  37', 95' Jad Benjelloun  68'  88'	Report	68' Adel Al Masude  90' Bryan Akongo	Stadium: Mazzella Field Attendance: 620 Referee: Gregory DeMello Assistant referees: Ricardo Barreto Assistant referees: Anthony McMyne Fourth official: Franco Somma

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 16 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match (as of November 17, 2024).

3 goals

• Bautista Rossi – Iona

2 goals

• Richard Morel – Marist

1 goal

• Francesco Borla – Iona
• Momo Diop – Rider
• Bautista Rossi – Iona
• Thiago Cagna – Iona
• Ramesh Delsouz – Quinnipiac
• Dren Dobruna – Siena
• Sebastiano Musu – Manhattan
• Mario Navarro Perez – Siena
• Jose Silva – Iona
• Cole Sotack – Rider
• Arion Ulaj – Marist

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[9]

Player	Team
2024 MAAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team
Thiago Cagna	Iona
Sergio Gonzalez Fernandez
Bautista Rossi
Tim Timchenko
Joseph Daher	Marist
Richard Morel
Momo Diop	Rider
Adam Salama
Cole Sotack
Tomislav Vrdoljak	Siena
Henrik Winkelmann

MVP in Bold

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