American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

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American Athletic Conference
men's soccer tournament
American Athletic Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference American Athletic Conference
Number of teams4
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumRotates; semifinals and final hosted by regular-season champion
Played2013–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.

Contents

Format

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.

Champions

Finals

Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueCityMOP (offense)Ref.
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 StadiumTampa, FL Juan Sánchez (Tulsa)
5
2017 SMU (1)
2–1
UCF Westcott Field University Park, TX [a] Emil Cuello (SMU) [3]
6
2018 SMU (2)
1–1 (5–4 p)
SMU UCF Soccer Stadium Orlando, FL [b] Emil Cuello (SMU) [4]
7
2019 SMU (3)
1–0
UCF UCF Soccer StadiumOrlando, FL [b] Eddie Munjoma (SMU) [5]
8
2020 UCF (1)
1–0
Tulsa UCF Soccer StadiumOrlando, FL [b] 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 [c] Stephen Afrifa (FIU)
11
2023 Charlotte (1)
2–1
SMU Westcott Field University Park, TX [a] Jelldirk Dallmann (SMU) [7]
12
2024 Charlotte (2)
2–1 (a.e.t.)
FIU Billy Murphy Complex Memphis, TN [8]
  1. 1 2 The stadium is in University Park, but has a Dallas mailing address.
  2. 1 2 3 The stadium has an Orlando mailing address, but is in unincorporated Orange County.
  3. The stadium has a Miami mailing address.

By school

This table of championship statistics is updated after each event. [9]

SchoolApp.WLTPct.TitlesWinning years
Charlotte 3210.75012023, 2024
Cincinnati 3030.0000
FIU 2210.66712022
Florida Atlantic 1110.5000
Louisville 1010.0000
Memphis 8380.2730
Rutgers 1210.6670
SMU 10853.59432017, 2018, 2019
USF 8854.58812013
Temple 7161.1880
Tulsa 6526.61542014, 2015, 2016, 2021
UCF 9663.50012020
UConn 7643.5770

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References

  1. Charlotte Repeats as American Men’s Soccer Champions in 2-1 Overtime Win Over FIU
  2. "2020 American Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. 20 Apr 2020. Retrieved 7 Jul 2020.