Summit League men's soccer tournament

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The Summit League
men's soccer tournament
Summit League logo.svg
Sport College soccer
Conference Summit League
Number of teams4 (2 in 2024)
Format Single-elimination
Current stadiumCase Soccer Complex
Current location Tulsa, OK
Played1994–present
Last contest2024
Current champion Kansas City (4)
Most championships Denver (8)
TV partner(s) ESPN3
Official website thesummitleague.org/msoc

The Summit League men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Summit League. The tournament has been held every year since 1994.

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It is played under 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.

In 2024, the tournament will not be played and will instead be replaced by a championship game including the top two finishing teams in conference play.

Denver is the most winning team of the competition with 8 titles.

Champions

Finals

Source: [1]

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team won regular season

Details

Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueCityTournament MVP
1
1994 Central Connecticut (1)2–0 Buffalo UB Stadium Buffalo, NY Everton Barrington (CCSU)
2
1995 Central Connecticut (2)3–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie Field Macomb, IL Stephen Yanosy (CCSU)
3
1996 Valparaiso (1)4–2 Central Connecticut Greene Stadium Washington, DC Tony Dal Santo (VALPO)
4
1997 Howard (1)2–1 Central Connecticut n/i Valparaiso, IN Mike Lawrence (HOW)
5
1998 Howard (2)4–1 Kansas City n/iValparaiso, IN Greg Simmonds (HOW)
6
1999 Oral Roberts (1)2–1 ( a.e.t. ) IU Indy Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN Trey Vaut (ORU)
7
2000 IU Indy (1)2–1 ( a.e.t. ) Oakland MacKenzie FieldMacomb, ILArmando Femia (IU)
8
2001 Kansas City (1)2–1 IU Indy ORU Soccer Field Tulsa, OK Beau Williams (KC)
9
2002 Oakland (1)3–0 Western Illinois Oakland Field Rochester, MI not awarded
10
2003 Kansas City (2)2–1 Oakland Oakland FieldRochester, MInot awarded
11
2004 Western Illinois (1)4–0 Oral Roberts MacKenzie FieldMacomb, ILNowaf Jaman (WIU)
12
2005 Western Illinois (2)4–3 ( a.e.t. ) Oakland Durwood Stadium Kansas, MO Nick Bohnenkamp (WIU)
13
2006 Western Illinois (3)2–0 Kansas City Oakland FieldRochester, MIMatt Wieclaw (WIU)
14
2007 Oakland (2)2–0 IU Indy Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN Michael Reyes (OU)
15
2008 Kansas City (3)1–1 (4–3 p) Oakland Oakland FieldRochester, MIKen Cooper (KC)
16
2009 Western Illinois (4)1–0 Kansas City Oakland FieldRochester, MIStephen Paterson (WIU)
17
2010 Oakland (3)2–0 Oral Roberts Oakland FieldRochester, MIJon Evans (OU)
18
2011 Western Illinois (5)2–1 Oral Roberts Durwood StadiumKansas, MO Charlie Bales (WIU)
19
2012 Western Illinois (6)3–1 Oakland MacKenzie FieldMacomb, ILNathan Bruinsma (WIU)
20
2013 Denver (1)1–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie FieldMacomb, ILReid Hukari (DU)
21
2014 Denver (2)3–1 Western Illinois CIBER Field Denver, CO Taylor Hunter (DU)
22
2015 Denver (3)2–0 Oral Roberts CIBER FieldDenver, CODan Jackson (DU)
23
2016 Denver (4)2–1 Omaha CIBER FieldDenver, CO Andre Shinyashiki (DU)
24
2017 Omaha (1)1–1 (9–8 p) Denver Caniglia Field Omaha, NE Emmanuel Hamzat (UNO)
25
2018 Denver (5)1–0 Omaha CIBER FieldDenver, COScott DeVoss (DU)
26
2019 Denver (6)1–0 Omaha CIBER FieldDenver, COPreston Judd (DU)
2020(No tournament held due to COVID-19 pandemic) [2]
27
2021 Denver (7)1–1 (3–2 p) Oral Roberts MacKenzie FieldMacomb, ILKobe Gray (DU)
28
2022 Denver (8)3–0 Kansas City CIBER FieldDenver, COIsaac Nehme (DU)
29
2023 Omaha 2–0 Kansas City Case Soccer ComplexTulsa, OKNathanel Sallah (UNO)
30
2024 [a] Kansas City (4)
2–1
Denver CIBER FieldDenver, COJulien Le Bourdoulous (KC)
  1. The 2024 tournament was only held as a title match, since only 5 teams participated in league play. [3]

Performance by school

SchoolTitlesWinning years
Denver
8
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Western Illinois
6
2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012
Oakland
3
2002, 2007, 2010
Kansas City [a]
4
2001, 2003, 2008, 2024
Central Connecticut
2
1994, 1995
Howard
2
1997, 1998
Omaha 22017, 2023
IUPUI
1
2000
Oral Roberts
1
1999
Valparaiso 1
1
1996
Total (all schools)
30
Notes
  1. On July 1, 2019, the University of Missouri–Kansas City's athletic program rebranded under the new name Kansas City Roos

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References

  1. 2022 Men's Soccer Book on Summit League
  2. "2020 Summit League Men's Soccer Championship". thesummitleague.com. Summit League . Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  3. "Summit League announces 2024 Fall Schedules". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.