America East Conference men's soccer tournament

Last updated
America East
men's soccer tournament
America East Conference logo 2024.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference America East Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1988–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Bryant
Most championships Boston University (8)
TV partner(s) ESPN+
Official website americaeast.com/msoccer

The America East men's soccer tournament (formerly known as the North Atlantic Conference championship [n 1] ) is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the America East Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1988. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.

Contents

Winners

The following is a list of A-East tournament winners:

Finals

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team won regular season
Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueCityMVPRef.
1
1989 Vermont (1)1–0 Hartford Virtue Field Burlington, VT Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Wylie (Vermont)
2
1990 Vermont (2)1–1 (6–5 p) Boston U Nickerson Field Boston, MA Flag of the United States.svg Roberto Beall (Vermont)
3
1991 Hartford (1)
2–0
 Boston U Nickerson Field Boston, MA Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elvis Thomas (Hartford)
4
1992 Hartford (2)2–0 Vermont Nickerson Field Boston, MA Flag of the United States.svg George Kostelis (Hartford)
5
1993 Boston U (1)1–0 UNH Ohiri Field Cambridge, MA Flag of the United States.svg Tom Giatrakos (Boston U)
6
1994 Boston U (2)3–1 UNH Nickerson Field Boston, MA Flag of Norway.svg Gisle Sorli (Boston U)
7
1995 Boston U (3)3–1 Towson Vidas Field Philadelphia, PA Flag of Norway.svg Ola Olsen (Boston U)
8
1996 Boston U (4)2–1 Northeastern Hormel Stadium Medford, MA Flag of the United States.svg Nick Bone (Boston U)
9
1997 Boston U (5)
2–1
 Hofstra Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY Flag of the United States.svg Nick Bone (Boston U)
10
1998 Drexel (1)2–1 Towson Towson Field Towson, MD Flag of the United States.svg Pete Shay (Drexel)
11
1999 Hartford (3)2–0 Towson Alumni Stadium West Hartford, CT Flag of Malta.svg Cristoffer Hartmann (Hartford)
12
2000 Vermont (3)2–1 Hofstra Virtue Field Burlington, VT Flag of the United States.svg Mike Dias (Vermont)
13
2001 Towson (1)1–0 Northeastern Towson Field Towson, MD Flag of the United States.svg Chris Hurley (Towson)
14
2002 Northeastern (1)2–1 Vermont Parsons Field Brookline, MA Flag of Greece.svg Atha Kirkopolous (Northeastern)
15
2003 Binghamton (1)1–1 (3–2 p) Northeastern Bearcats Complex Binghamton, NY Flag of Scotland.svg Stefan Gonet (Binghamton)
16
2004 Boston U (6)2–2 (5–3 p) Binghamton Nickerson Field Boston, MA Flag of the United States.svg Federico Bianchi (Boston U)
17
2005 Stony Brook (1)1–1 (4–2 p) Binghamton Kenneth LaValle Stony Brook, NY Flag of Ecuador.svg Douglas Narvaez (Stony Brook)
18
2006 Binghamton (2)
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Vermont Bearcats Complex Binghamton, NY Flag of Scotland.svg Barry Neville (Binghamton)
19
2007 Vermont (4)
1–0
 Binghamton Bearcats Complex Binghamton, NY Flag of the United States.svg Roger Scully (Vermont)
20
2008 Boston U (8)1–0 Binghamton Nickerson Field Boston, MA Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jin Oh (Boston U)
21
2009 Stony Brook (2)2–0 UMBC Kenneth LaValle Stony Brook, NY Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Rogic (Stony Brook)
22
2010 UMBC 0–0 (5–4 p) UNH Retriever Park Baltimore, MD Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Levi Houapeu (UMBC)
23
2011 Stony Brook (3)
4–2
 Hartford Kenneth LaValle Stony Brook, NY Flag of Brazil.svg Leo Fernandes (Stony Brook)
24
2012 UMBC (2)0–0 (4–2 p) UNH Retriever Park Baltimore, MD Flag of the United States.svg Phil Saunders (UMBC) [2]
25
2013 UMBC (3)
4–0
 Hartford Retriever Park Baltimore, MD Flag of the United States.svg Pete Caringi III (UMBC) [3]
26
2014 UMBC (4)
2–1
 Hartford Retriever Park Baltimore, MD Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hauck (UMBC) [4]
27
2015 Vermont (5)
1–0
 Binghamton Virtue Field Burlington, VT Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Wright (Vermont) [5]
28
2016 Albany (1) [n 2]
1–0
 Hartford Bob Ford Field Albany, NY Flag of Brazil.svg Bernardo Mattos (Albany)
29
2017 Albany (2)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) UMass Lowell Cushing Field Lowell, MA Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Daniel Krutzen (Albany) [8]
30
 2018 UNH (1)
5–0
 UMBC Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Flag of the United States.svg Josh Bauer (UNH) [9]
31
 2019 UNH (2)
1–0
 Hartford Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Flag of the United States.svg Josh Bauer (UMH) [10]
32
 2020 UNH (3)
2–0
 Vermont Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Flag of France.svg Victor Menudier (UNH) [11]
33
 2021 Vermont (6)
1–0
 UNH Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Schulze (Vermont) [12]
34
 2022 UNH (4)
2–0
 Albany Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Jassem Koleilat (UNH) [13]
35
 2023 Bryant (1)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) UNH Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Flag of Cyprus.svg Antreas Hadjigavriel (Bryant) [14]

Championships by School

SchoolTitlesWinning years
Boston [n 3]
8
1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2008
Vermont
7
1989, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2021, 2024
Hartford
4
1989, 1991, 1992, 1999
UMBC
4
2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
UNH
4
2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Stony Brook
3
2005, 2009, 2011
Albany
2
2016, 2017
Binghamton
2
2003, 2006
Bryant
1
2023
Drexel [n 3]
1
1998
Northeastern [n 3]
1
2002
Towson [n 3]
1
2001
Notes
  1. ↑ The tournament was specifically called the "North Atlantic Conference championship" from 1989 until 1996. [1]
  2. ↑ Albany was the first overall seed in the tournament. However, the regular season was won by UMass Lowell. [6] UMass Lowell was ineligible for postseason play due to transitioning from Division II to Division I. [7]
  3. 1 2 3 4 Former member of the America East.

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