America East Conference men's soccer tournament

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America East men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
America East Conference logo.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/mens-soccer

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:

Key

(2)Title number
*Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season
^Winning team reached College Cup
Winning team lost National Championship
Winning team won National Championship

Finals

YearChampionScoreRunner-upSiteMost valuable playerRef.
1989 Vermont 1–0 Hartford Virtue FieldBurlington, Vermont Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Wylie, Vermont
1990 Vermont (2)1–1†
(6–5 pen.)
Boston U Nickerson FieldBoston, Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Roberto Beall, Vermont
1991 Hartford 2–0 Boston U Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elvis Thomas, Hartford
1992 Hartford (2)2–0 Vermont Flag of the United States.svg George Kostelis, Hartford
1993 Boston U 1–0 New Hampshire Ohiri FieldCambridge, Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Tom Giatrakos, Boston U
1994 Boston U (2)3–1 New Hampshire Nickerson FieldBoston, Massachusetts Flag of Norway.svg Gisle Sorli, Boston U
1995 Boston U (3)3–1 Towson Vidas FieldPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Flag of Norway.svg Ola Olsen, Boston U
1996 Boston U (4)2–1 Northeastern Hormel StadiumMedford, Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Nick Bone, Boston U
1997 Boston U (5)2–1 Hofstra Shuart StadiumHempstead, New York
1998 Drexel 2–1 Towson Tiger Soccer ComplexTowson, Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Pete Shay, Drexel
1999 Hartford (3)2–0 Towson Al-Marzook Field at Alumni StadiumWest Hartford, Connecticut Flag of Malta.svg Cristoffer Hartmann, Hartford
2000 Vermont (3)2–1 Hofstra Virtue FieldBurlington, Vermont Flag of the United States.svg Mike Dias, Vermont
2001 Towson 1–0 Northeastern Tiger Soccer ComplexTowson, Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Chris Hurley, Towson
2002 Northeastern 2–1 Vermont Parsons FieldBrookline, Massachusetts Flag of Greece.svg Atha Kirkopolous, Northeastern
2003 Binghamton 1–1†
(3–2 pen.)
Northeastern Bearcats Sports ComplexBinghamton, New York Flag of Scotland.svg Stefan Gonet, Binghamton
2004 Boston U (6)2–2†
(5–3 pen.)
Binghamton Nickerson FieldBoston, Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Federico Bianchi, Boston U
2005 Stony Brook 1–1†
(4–2 pen.)
Binghamton Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, New York Flag of Ecuador.svg Douglas Narvaez, Stony Brook
2006 Binghamton (2)1–0* Vermont Bearcats Sports ComplexBinghamton, New York Flag of Scotland.svg Barry Neville, Binghamton
2007 Vermont (4)1–0 Binghamton Flag of the United States.svg Roger Scully, Vermont
2008 Boston U (8)1–0 Binghamton Nickerson FieldBoston, Massachusetts Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jin Oh, Boston U
2009 Stony Brook (2)2–0 UMBC Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, New York Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Rogic, Stony Brook
2010 UMBC 0–0†
(5–4 pen.)
New Hampshire Retriever Soccer ParkBaltimore, Maryland Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Levi Houapeu, UMBC
2011 Stony Brook (3)4–2 Hartford Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, New York Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo Fernandes, Stony Brook
2012 UMBC (2)0–0†
(4–2 pen.)
New Hampshire Retriever Soccer ParkBaltimore, Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Phil Saunders, UMBC [2]
2013 UMBC (3)4–0 Hartford Flag of the United States.svg Pete Caringi III, UMBC [3]
2014 UMBC^(4)2–1 Hartford Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hauck, UMBC [4]
2015 Vermont (5)1–0 Binghamton Virtue FieldBurlington, Vermont Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Wright, Vermont [5]
2016 Albany (1)1–0 Hartford Bob Ford FieldAlbany, New York Flag of Brazil.svg Bernardo Mattos, Albany [n 2]
2017 Albany (2)1–0* UMass Lowell Cushing Field Complex • Lowell, Massachusetts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Daniel Krutzen, Albany [8]
2018 New Hampshire 5–0 UMBC Wildcat StadiumDurham, New Hampshire Flag of the United States.svg Josh Bauer, New Hampshire [9]
2019 New Hampshire (2)1–0 Hartford [10]
2020 New Hampshire (3)2–0 Vermont Flag of France.svg Victor Menudier, New Hampshire [11]
2021 Vermont (6)1–0 New Hampshire Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Schulze Solano, Vermont [12]
2022 New Hampshire (4)2–0 Albany Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Jassem Koleilat, New Hampshire [13]
2023 Bryant 1–0* New Hampshire Flag of Cyprus.svg Antreas Hadjigavriel, Bryant [14]

Tournament Championships by School

SchoolChampionshipsYears
Boston81990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2008
Vermont61989, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2021
Hartford41989, 1991, 1992, 1999
UMBC42010, 2012, 2013, 2014
New Hampshire42018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Stony Brook32005, 2009, 2011
Albany22016, 2017
Binghamton22003, 2006
Bryant12023
Drexel11998
Northeastern12002
Towson12001

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]

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