2024 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament

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2024 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Site Morgantown, WV
Huntington, WV
Champions West Virginia (1st title)
Winning coach Dan Stratford (1st title)
MVP Sergio Ors Navarro (West Virginia)
Broadcast ESPN+
Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
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2024 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 West Virginia5 0 413 2 7
No. 2 Marshall + 4 0 515 2 7
UCF 5 4 07 6 3
Kentucky 4 2 36 6 6
South Carolina 5 4 010 5 2
James Madison 3 3 38 5 6
Old Dominion 3 5 17 8 2
Georgia Southern 2 5 26 7 4
Coastal Carolina 1 5 33 10 3
Georgia State 1 5 34 8 5
As of December 17, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Sun Belt

The 2024 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament was the 29th edition of the Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament. The tournament ran from November 10 to November 17, 2024. West Virginia won the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) tournament and with it the SBC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament.

Contents

The conference announced the top two seeds would host the quarterfinals and semifinal rounds, and then the highest remaining seed in the finals would host the finals. #1 seed Marshall and #2 seed UCF earned the right to host the first two rounds of the tournament.

Seeds

Seed [1] SchoolConferencePoints
1West Virginia5–0–419
2Marshall4–0–517
3UCF5–415
4Kentucky4–2–315
5South Carolina5–415
6James Madison3–3–312
7Old Dominion3–5–110
8Georgia Southern2–5–28

Bracket

Source: [2]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 West Virginia3
8 Georgia Southern 2
West Virginia2
Kentucky 1
4 Kentucky1
5 South Carolina 0
West Virginia (p)0(6)
Marshall 0(5)
2 Marshall3
7 Old Dominion 2
Marshall1
James Madison 0
3 UCF 1
6 James Madison2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Source: [3]

#1 West Virginia Mountaineers32#8 Georgia Southern Eagles
  • Marcus Caldeira Soccerball shade.svg44'
  • Carlos Hernando Soccerball shade.svg61'
  • Sergio Ors Navarro Soccerball shade.svg81'
Report
  • Zachary Martin Soccerball shade.svg35', 36'
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium , Morgantown, WV
Attendance: 843
Referee: Kevin Fikar

#4 Kentucky Wildcats10#5 South Carolina Gamecocks
  • Logan Dorsey Soccerball shade.svg63' (pen.)
Report
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium , Morgantown, WV
Attendance: 863
Referee: Michael Nickerson

#2 Marshall Thundering Herd32#7 Old Dominion Monarchs
  • Pablo Simon Soccerball shade.svg74'
  • João Roberto Soccerball shade.svg77'
  • Rai Pinto Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report
  • Noah Madrigal Soccerball shade.svg34'
  • Evan Watt Soccerball shade.svg87'
Hoops Family Field , Huntington, WV
Attendance: 1811
Referee: David Erbacher

#3 UCF Knights12#6 James Madison Dukes
  • Javier López Sánchez Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report
  • Evan Southern Soccerball shade.svg64'
  • Kevin Larsson Soccerball shade.svg73'
Hoops Family Field , Huntington, WV
Attendance: 75
Referee: Noah Matos

Semifinals

Source: [4]

#1 West Virginia Mountaineers21#4 Kentucky Wildcats
  • Sergio Ors Navarro Soccerball shade.svg4'
  • Carlos Hernando Soccerball shade.svg53'
Report
  • Logan Dorsey Soccerball shade.svg2'
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium , Morgantown, WV
Attendance: 1210
Referee: Mario Maric

#2 Marshall Thundering Herd10#6 James Madison Dukes
  • Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos Soccerball shade.svg35'
Report
Hoops Family Field , Huntington, WV
Attendance: 2020
Referee: Amin Hadzic

Final

Source: [5]

#1 West Virginia Mountaineers0-0 (a.e.t.)#2 Marshall Thundering Herd
Report
Penalties
  • Sergio Ors Navarro Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Carlos Hernando Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Marcus Caldeira Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Dante Huckaby Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Frederik Jorgensen Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Dyon Dromers Soccerball shad check.svg
6–5
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Alexander Stjernegaard
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Taimu Okiyoshi
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Pablo Simon
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Aymane Sordo
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Haruhi Taneda
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg João Roberto
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium , Morgantown, WV
Attendance: 3162
Referee: Nickrod Fateh

Honors

All-Tournament Team

The following were recognized by the Sun Belt Conference as the All-Tournament Team. [6]

PositionPlayerSchool
FLogan DorseyKentucky
FLucca DouradoUCF
FSergio Ors NavarroWest Virginia
FLineker Rodrigues dos SantosMarshall
MRyan BaerWest Virginia
MTaimu OkiyoshiMarshall
MHarvey SarajianGeoriga Southern
DMax BroughtonWest Virginia
DLuca NikolaiJames Madison
DAnderson RosaUCF
GKSebastian ConlonJames Madison

References

  1. "2024 Men's Soccer Standings Teams". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference . Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  2. "2024 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference . Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  3. "West Virginia, Marshall, Kentucky, James Madison Advance to Sun Belt Men's Soccer Semifinal". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference . Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  4. "West Virginia, Marshall Advance to the Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference . Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  5. "West Virginia Captures First Sun Belt Men's Soccer Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference . Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  6. "Sun Belt Conference Announces 2024 Men's Soccer Awards, All-Conference Teams". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference . Retrieved November 19, 2024.