MAAC men's soccer tournament

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MAAC men's soccer tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
men's soccer championship
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination
Played1988–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Rider
Most championships Loyola Maryland (12)
Official website maacsports.com/msoc

The MAAC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1988. It is played on a single-elimination format 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

In 2012, the tournament changed from a ten-team to a four-team tournament. In 2016, the tournament moved to a six-team, three-round tournament with the top two seeds receiving first round byes.

Loyola Maryland is the most winning team of the competition with 12 titles.

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
Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueCityTournament MVP
1
1988 Army (1) La Salle John Brence, Army
2
1989 Loyola Maryland (1)3–0 La Salle Vince Moskunas, Loyola
3
1990 Loyola Maryland (2)3–0 La Salle Doug Miller, Loyola
4
1991 Loyola Maryland (3)2–0 Fairfield Tom Donahue, Loyola
5
1992 Loyola Maryland (4)3–0 Fairfield Jim Garvey, Loyola
6
1993 Loyola Maryland (5)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Fairfield Anthony Novello, Fairfield
7
1994 Loyola Maryland (6)4–0 Manhattan Doug Willey, Loyola
8
1995 Loyola Maryland (7)6–1 Iona Mike Barger, Loyola
9
1996 Loyola Maryland (8)2–0 Fairfield J. T. Dorsey, Loyola
10
1997 Rider (1)2–0 ( a.e.t. ) Loyola Maryland Mark Bennett, Rider
11
1998 Rider (2)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Fairfield Craig Wicken, Rider
12
1999 Fairfield (1)2–1 Loyola Maryland David Mancini, Fairfield
13
2000 Marist (1)3–2 ( a.e.t. ) Fairfield Sean Murphy, Marist
14
2001 Loyola Maryland (9)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Fairfield Graham Marchant, Loyola
15
2002 Loyola Maryland (10)2–1 Marist Steven Coleman, Loyola
16
2003 Saint Peter's (1)2–1 Loyola Maryland Rinaldo Chambers, St. Peter's
17
2004 Marist (2)2–0 Rider Keith Detelj, Marist
18
2005 Marist (3)2–1 Fairfield Keith Detelj, Marist
19
2006 Fairfield (2)1–0 Saint Peter's Lessing Field Fairfield, CT Alex Cunliffe, Fairfield
20
2007 Loyola Maryland (11)1–0 Saint Peter's Wide World of Sports Lake B. Vista, FL Miloš Kočić, Loyola
21
2008 Fairfield (3)1–0 Loyola Maryland Tenney Stadium Poughkeepsie, NY Christian Uy, Fairfield
22
2009 Loyola Maryland (12)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Niagara Lessing Field Fairfield, CT Tennant McVea, Loyola
23
2010 Saint Peter's (2)2–1 Iona Geppi-Aikens Field Baltimore, MD Lebogang Pila, St. Peter's
24
2011 Fairfield (4)3–1 Manhattan Sports Complex Lake B. Vista, FL Jack Burridge, Fairfield
25
2012 Niagara (1)1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Loyola Maryland Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY Rene De Zorzi, Niagara
26
2013 Quinnipiac (1)0–0 (4–3 p) Monmouth Lessing Field Fairfield, CT Borja Angoitia, Quinnipiac
27
2014 Monmouth (1)2–1 ( a.e.t. ) Fairfield Quinnipiac Field Hamden, CT Emmanuel Senyah, Monmouth
28
2015 Rider (3)3–2 Monmouth Sports ComplexLake B. Vista, FLElliot Otmani, Rider
29
2016 Rider (4)3–1 Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Field Hamden, CT Ryan Baird, Rider
30
2017 Fairfield (5)1–0 Rider Lessing FieldFairfield, CTAngus Hastings, Fairfield
31
2018 Rider (5)1–0 Quinnipiac Quinnipiac StadiumHamden, CTElliott Otmani, Rider
32
2019 Iona (1)3–2 ( a.e.t. ) Saint Peter's Jaroschak Field Jersey City, NJ Josh Plimpton, Iona
33
2020 Monmouth (2)1–0 Quinnipiac Quinnipiac StadiumHamden, CTJulian Gomez, Monmouth
34
2021 Marist (4)2–2 (5–3 p) Rider Tenney Stadium Poughkeepsie, NY Kyle Galloway, Marist
35
2022 Quinnipiac (2)3–2 Iona Quinnipiac StadiumHamden, CTKarl Netzell, Quinnipiac
36
2023 Rider (6)2–1 Iona Mazzella Field New Rochelle, NY Momo Diop, Rider

Championships by school

TeamTitles
Loyola Maryland12
Rider6
Fairfield5
Marist3
Monmouth2
Saint Peter's2
Quinnipiac2
Army1
Iona1
Niagara1

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