2012 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
| Country |
 United States | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Champions | Tulsa | ||
| Runners-up | SMU | ||
| Matches played | 5 | ||
| Goals scored | 15 (3 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) | Chase Wickham (2) | ||
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The 2012 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the 18th postseason tournament to decide the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was held at West Campus field in downtown Birmingham, Alabama on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).[1]
The defending champions were the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Mustangs, who defeated the Marshall University Thundering Herd 4–3 in the championship.[2][3]
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane won the tournament, thrashing SMU 5–0 in the championship game.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||||
| 1 | SMU | 2(4) | |||||||||||
| 5 | Kentucky | 1 | 5 | Kentucky | 2(1) | ||||||||
| 4 | Memphis | 0 | 1 | SMU | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | Tulsa | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Tulsa (2OT) | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UCF | 1 | 6 | UAB | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | UAB | 3 | |||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 7, 2012 | Kentucky | 1–0 | Memphis | Hoover, AL | ||
| 17:00 EST | Kemper  75' |
Report | Keely  55' |
Stadium: Regions Park Attendance: 357 Referee: Rizal Milliken | ||
| November 7, 2012 | UAB | 3–1 | UCF | Hoover, AL | ||
| 19:30 EST | Wickham 18', 42' Navarrete 53'Alabi 64' |
Report | Lamberta 45' |
Stadium: Regions Park Attendance: 357 Referee: Shane Butler | ||
Semifinals
| November 9, 2012 | Kentucky | 2–2 (aet) (1–4 p) |
SMU | Hoover, AL | ||
| 17:00 EST | Wilder 3' Lodge 28'Conelian 61' |
Report | Morales 28' 81' Castillo 75'Nelson 86'Ponce 107' |
Stadium: Regions Park Attendance: 440 Referee: Misali Tsapos | ||
| Penalties | ||||||
Pettys  Lodge  Bordon |
Lujano Puskarich Morales King |
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| November 9, 2012 | UAB | 0–1 (aet) | Tulsa | Hoover, AL | ||
| 19:30 ET | Chester 87' |
Report | Wright  107' |
Stadium: Regions Park Attendance: 440 Referee: Jorge Luna | ||
Championship
| November 11, 2012 | Tulsa | 5–0 | SMU | Hoover, AL | ||
| 13:00 ET | Stadium: Regions Park | |||||
References
- ↑ "C-USA Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Conference USA. CSTV.com. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
- ↑ Robertson, Daniel (November 13, 2011). "SMU Wins Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament". SB Nation – Big D Soccer. BigDSoccer.com. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Mustangs Win Conference USA Title". Southern Methodist University. SMU.edu. November 15, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
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