Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament

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Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Atlantic 10 Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Number of teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1987–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Dayton
Most championships Rhode Island (8)
TV partner(s) ESPN+
Official website atlantic10.com/msocc

The Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's soccer for the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The tournament has been held every year since 1987. 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 men's soccer tournament.

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Champions

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

YearWinnerScoreOpponentMVPVenueCity
1987 Penn State 1–0 Rutgers Steve Frantz Yurcak Field Piscataway, New Jersey
1988 Penn State (2)2–0 Rutgers Steve FrantzYurcak FieldPiscataway, New Jersey
1989 Penn State (3)2–1* Rutgers^ Danny Kelly Jeffrey Field State College, Pennsylvania
1990 Rutgers 3–1* Penn State Steve Rammel Yurcak FieldPiscataway, New Jersey
1991 Rutgers (2)6–0 Rhode Island Lino DiCuollo Meade Stadium Kingston, Rhode Island
1992 West Virginia 0–0 UMass Mark ThienelYurcak FieldPiscataway, New Jersey
1993 Rutgers (3)3–0 St. Joseph's Pedro Lopes Yurcak FieldPiscataway, New Jersey
1994 Rutgers^ (4)4–3 UMass Ian ChecchioYurcak FieldPiscataway, New Jersey
1995 Rhode Island 5–2 UMass Andrew WilliamsMeade StadiumKingston, Rhode Island
1996 Fordham 2–1 Rhode Island Jim Grandinetti Baujan Field Dayton, Ohio
1997 Dayton 1–0 La Salle Shawn Rockey United German Hungarian Club Oakford, Pennsylvania
1998 Dayton (2)1–0* Virginia Tech Mark Schulte URI Soccer Complex Kingston, Rhode Island
1999 Rhode Island (2)7–0 Duquesne Nicholas McCreath Baujan FieldDayton, Ohio
2000 Rhode Island (3)5–1 Dayton Nicholas McCreath URI Soccer ComplexKingston, Rhode Island
2001 UMass 0–0 Richmond J.R. Pouncey Baujan FieldDayton, Ohio
2002 George Washington 3–2 Duquesne Arnar Johannsson City Stadium Richmond, Virginia
2003 Rhode Island (4)3–1 Temple Perek BellehCity StadiumRichmond, Virginia
2004 George Washington (2)2–0 Temple Derek Biss Vernon Field Washington, D.C.
2005 Rhode Island (5)2–2 Saint Louis Simon Gatti Hermann Stadium St. Louis, Missouri
2006 Rhode Island (6)2–0 Saint Louis Danleigh Borman Transamerica Field Charlotte, North Carolina
2007 UMass^ (2)2–0 Charlotte Zack Simmons Baujan FieldDayton, Ohio
2008 Dayton (3)1–0 UMass Florian DeCamps Rooney Field Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2009 Saint Louis 2–0 Dayton Mike Roach URI Soccer ComplexKingston, Rhode Island
2010 Xavier 2–0 La Salle Justin Marshall Transamerica FieldCharlotte, North Carolina
2011 Xavier (2)2–1* George Washington Adar Cohen Hermann StadiumSt. Louis, Missouri
2012 Saint Louis (2)3–0 VCU Kingsley Bryce Transamerica FieldCharlotte, North Carolina
2013 George Mason 1–0 Saint Louis Timi Mulgrew Alter Stadium Kettering, Ohio
2014 Fordham (2)1–0 Rhode Island János Löbe Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, Virginia
2015 Dayton (4)4–1 VCU Amass Amankona George Mason Stadium Fairfax, Virginia
2016 Fordham (3)0–0* VCU Rashid Nuhu Alumni Soccer Stadium Davidson, North Carolina
2017 UMass (3)3–1 VCU Matthew MooneyBaujan FieldDayton, Ohio
2018 Rhode Island (7)2–0 George Mason Tyler DicksonHermann StadiumSt. Louis, Missouri
2019 Rhode Island (8)1–0 Dayton Ludvik Banco Coffey Field The Bronx, New York
2020 Fordham (4)2–0 George Washington Matt SloanBaujan FieldDayton, Ohio
2021 Saint Louis (3)2–1 Duquesne Patrick Schulte Hermann StadiumSt. Louis, Missouri
2022 Saint Louis (4)0–0 Loyola-Chicago Carlos TofernHermann StadiumSt. Louis, Missouri
2023 Dayton (5)2–1 VCU Kenji Mboma DemSports Backers StadiumRichmond, Virginia

By school

School# of Tournament ChampionshipsLast Tournament Championship
Rhode Island 82019
Dayton 52023
Rutgers 41994
Fordham 42020
Saint Louis 42022
Penn State 31989
UMass 32017
George Washington 22004
Xavier 22011
George Mason 12013
West Virginia 11992
Butler 0
Charlotte 0
Davidson 0
Duquesne 0
East Carolina 0
La Salle 0
Richmond 0
Saint Joseph's 0
St. Bonaventure 0
Temple 0
VCU 0
Virginia Tech 0

Bibliography

"Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic 10 Conference . Atlantic10.com. pp. 1–11. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

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