America East men's soccer tournament

America East men's soccer tournament
Sport	College soccer
Conference	America East Conference
Number of teams	6
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Played	1988–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	Vermont (7th. title)
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.

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
•   – Winning team won National championship

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue	City	MVP	Ref.
1	1989	Vermont (1)	1–0	Hartford	Virtue Field	Burlington, VT	Kevin Wylie (Vermont)
2	1990	Vermont (2)	1–1 (6–5 p)	Boston U	Nickerson Field	Boston, MA	Roberto Beall (Vermont)
3	1991	Hartford (1)	2–0	Boston U	Nickerson Field	Boston, MA	Elvis Thomas (Hartford)
4	1992	Hartford (2)	2–0	Vermont	Nickerson Field	Boston, MA	George Kostelis (Hartford)
5	1993	Boston U (1)	1–0	UNH	Ohiri Field	Cambridge, MA	Tom Giatrakos (Boston U)
6	1994	Boston U (2)	3–1	UNH	Nickerson Field	Boston, MA	Gisle Sorli (Boston U)
7	1995	Boston U (3)	3–1	Towson	Vidas Field	Philadelphia, PA	Ola Olsen (Boston U)
8	1996	Boston U (4)	2–1	Northeastern	Hormel Stadium	Medford, MA	Nick Bone (Boston U)
9	1997	Boston U (5)	2–1	Hofstra	Shuart Stadium	Hempstead, NY	Nick Bone (Boston U)
10	1998	Drexel (1)	2–1	Towson	Towson Field	Towson, MD	Pete Shay (Drexel)
11	1999	Hartford (3)	2–0	Towson	Alumni Stadium	West Hartford, CT	Cristoffer Hartmann (Hartford)
12	2000	Vermont (3)	2–1	Hofstra	Virtue Field	Burlington, VT	Mike Dias (Vermont)
13	2001	Towson (1)	1–0	Northeastern	Towson Field	Towson, MD	Chris Hurley (Towson)
14	2002	Northeastern (1)	2–1	Vermont	Parsons Field	Brookline, MA	Atha Kirkopolous (Northeastern)
15	2003	Binghamton (1)	1–1 (3–2 p)	Northeastern	Bearcats Complex	Binghamton, NY	Stefan Gonet (Binghamton)
16	2004	Boston U (6)	2–2 (5–3 p)	Binghamton	Nickerson Field	Boston, MA	Federico Bianchi (Boston U)
17	2005	Stony Brook (1)	1–1 (4–2 p)	Binghamton	Kenneth LaValle	Stony Brook, NY	Douglas Narvaez (Stony Brook)
18	2006	Binghamton (2)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Vermont	Bearcats Complex	Binghamton, NY	Barry Neville (Binghamton)
19	2007	Vermont (4)	1–0	Binghamton	Bearcats Complex	Binghamton, NY	Roger Scully (Vermont)
20	2008	Boston U (8)	1–0	Binghamton	Nickerson Field	Boston, MA	Jin Oh (Boston U)
21	2009	Stony Brook (2)	2–0	UMBC	Kenneth LaValle	Stony Brook, NY	Anthony Rogic (Stony Brook)
22	2010	UMBC	0–0 (5–4 p)	UNH	Retriever Park	Baltimore, MD	Levi Houapeu (UMBC)
23	2011	Stony Brook (3)	4–2	Hartford	Kenneth LaValle	Stony Brook, NY	Leo Fernandes (Stony Brook)
24	2012	UMBC (2)	0–0 (4–2 p)	UNH	Retriever Park	Baltimore, MD	Phil Saunders (UMBC)	[2]
25	2013	UMBC (3)	4–0	Hartford	Retriever Park	Baltimore, MD	Pete Caringi III (UMBC)	[3]
26	2014	UMBC (4)	2–1	Hartford	Retriever Park	Baltimore, MD	Greg Hauck (UMBC)	[4]
27	2015	Vermont (5)	1–0	Binghamton	Virtue Field	Burlington, VT	Brian Wright (Vermont)	[5]
28	2016	Albany (1) [n 2]	1–0	Hartford	Bob Ford Field	Albany, NY	Bernardo Mattos (Albany)
29	2017	Albany (2)	1–0 ( a.e.t. )	UMass Lowell	Cushing Field	Lowell, MA	Daniel Krutzen (Albany)	[8]
30	2018	UNH (1)	5–0	UMBC	Wildcat Stadium	Durham, NH	Josh Bauer (UNH)	[9]
31	2019	UNH (2)	1–0	Hartford	Wildcat Stadium	Durham, NH	Josh Bauer (UMH)	[10]
32	2020	UNH (3)	2–0	Vermont	Wildcat Stadium	Durham, NH	Victor Menudier (UNH)	[11]
33	2021	Vermont (6)	1–0	UNH	Wildcat Stadium	Durham, NH	Adrian Schulze (Vermont)	[12]
34	2022	UNH (4)	2–0	Albany	Wildcat Stadium	Durham, NH	Jassem Koleilat (UNH)	[13]
35	2023	Bryant (1)	1–0 ( a.e.t. )	UNH	Wildcat Stadium	Durham, NH	Antreas Hadjigavriel (Bryant)	[14]
36	2024	Vermont (7)	2–1	Bryant	Virtue Field	Burlington, VT	Zach Barrett (Vermont)	[15]

Championships by School

School	Titles	Winning 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

2024 NCAA Championship win by the Vermont Catamounts

On December 16th 2024, the University of Vermont Catamounts Men's Soccer team defeated the Marshall University Thundering Herd in the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament championship game to claim the 2024 College Cup. This marks the first national championship by any America East Conference team in league history. ^[16]

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. Former member of the America East.

References

1. "2016-17 America East Record Book: Men's Soccer" (PDF). static.americaeast.com. August 15, 2016. pp. 5–6. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
2. "Soccer Box Score (Final) - #5 New Hampshire vs #2 UMBC". umbcretrievers.com. November 9, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
3. Lee, Edward (October 22, 2013). "UMBC men's soccer thriving in one-goal decisions in 2013". The Baltimore Sun . tronc . Retrieved December 10, 2017.
4. Goff, Steven (December 9, 2014). "Who is UMBC? College Cup semifinalists, that's who". The Washington Post . Nash Media, LLC . Retrieved December 10, 2017.
5. Commo, George (November 15, 2015). "Vermont Wins America East, Tops Binghamton 1-0". Northeast Sports Network. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
6. "River Hawks Capture AE Regular Season Title on Senior Night". goriverhawks.com. November 2, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
7. "Men's Soccer Wins First America East Title". Albany Great Danes . ualbanysports.com. November 13, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
8. Gramling, Dave (November 13, 2017). "UMass Lowell falls in title game, not able to net an NCAA Tournament invite (SLIDESHOW)". The Sun . MediaNews Group . Retrieved December 10, 2017.
9. Pike, Al. "WILDCATS 5, RETRIEVERS 0: UNH finishes it!". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
10. "2019 America East Men's Soccer Championship - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
11. "3-Peat! UNH Wins Third-Straight #AEMSOC Championship". americaeast.com.
12. "Giant Killer: Vermont Upends #6 UNH to Claim #AEMSOC Title". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 14, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
13. "Back on Top, UNH Captures Fourth #AEMSOC Championship!". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
14. "2023 #AEMSOC Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference . Retrieved February 1, 2024.
15. Champs Again! Vermont Claims 7th #AEMSOC Crown on americaeast.com, 17 Nov 2024
16. "Vermont Men's Soccer Wins National Championship 2-1 in Overtime!!". americaeast.com. 2024-12-16. Retrieved 2024-12-18.

External links

• America East Men's Soccer Record Book