American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |
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Sport | College soccer |
Conference | American Athletic Conference |
Number of teams | 4 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Rotates; semifinals and final hosted by regular-season champion |
Played | 2013–present |
Last contest | 2023 |
Current champion | Charlotte (1st title) |
Most championships | Tulsa (5 titles) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN+ |
Official website | theamerican.org/msoc |
The American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the American Athletic Conference (the American). The tournament has been held every year since the split from the Big East Conference in 2013. 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.
Since the creation of the AAC in 2013, the tournament was structured as follows. The teams are seeded based on the order of finish in the conference's round robin regular season. Tiebreakers begin with the result of the head-to-head matchup. The teams are then placed in a single-elimination bracket, with the top seed playing the lowest seed, until meeting in a final championship game. After two overtime periods, ties are broken by shootout rounds, with the winner of the shootout advancing.
Opening round games are held at campus sites with the higher seed hosting, while the semifinals and final are held at a predetermined campus location, specifically the home field of The American's regular-season champion.
For the 2016 and 2017 seasons the tournament was reduced to just the top 4 teams in the conference. Since 2018 the tournament was expanded to the top 6 teams.
Ed. | Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | City | MOP (offense) | Ref. |
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1 | 2013 | USF (1) | 0–0 (6–5 p) | UConn | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX | Edwin Moalosi (USF) | [1] |
2 | 2014 | Tulsa (1) | 0–0 (6–5 p) | USF | Morrone Stadium | Storrs, CT | Abe Matamoros (Tulsa) | [2] |
3 | 2015 | Tulsa (2) | 1–1 (4–3 p) | UConn | Corbett Soccer Stadium | Tampa, FL | Lesley Nchanji (Tulsa) | |
4 | 2016 | Tulsa (3) | 1–1 (4–2 p) | USF | Corbett Soccer Stadium | Tampa, FL | Juan Sánchez (Tulsa) | |
5 | 2017 | SMU (1) | 2–1 | UCF | Westcott Field | Dallas, TX | Emil Cuello (SMU) | [3] |
6 | 2018 | SMU (2) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | SMU | UCF Soccer Stadium | Orlando, FL | Emil Cuello (SMU) | [4] |
7 | 2019 | SMU (3) | 1–0 | UCF | UCF Soccer Stadium | Orlando, FL | Eddie Munjoma (SMU) | [5] |
8 | 2020 | UCF (1) | 1–0 | Tulsa | UCF Soccer Stadium | Orlando, FL | Lucca Dourado (UCF) | |
9 | 2021 | Tulsa (4) | 2–1 | UCF | Hurricane Soccer Stadium | Tulsa, OK | Gino Vivi (UCF) | [6] |
10 | 2022 | FIU (1) | 2–0 | USF | FIU Soccer Stadium | Westchester, FL | Stephen Afrifa (FIU) | |
11 | 2023 | Charlotte (1) | 2–1 | SMU | Westcott Field | Dallas, TX | Jelldirk Dallmann (SMU) | [7] |
12 | 2024 | Charlotte (2) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | FIU | Billy Murphy Complex | Memphis, TN | [8] |
This table of championship statistics is updated after each event. [9]
School | App. | W | L | T | Pct. | Titles | Winning years |
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Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1 | 2023, 2024 |
Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | – |
FIU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1 | 2022 |
Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0 | – |
Louisville | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | – |
Memphis | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .273 | 0 | – |
Rutgers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0 | – |
SMU | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .594 | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
USF | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | .588 | 1 | 2013 |
Temple | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .188 | 0 | – |
Tulsa | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .615 | 4 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 |
UCF | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 1 | 2020 |
UConn | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .577 | 0 | – |
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