American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Conference Soccer Championship
Sport College soccer
Conference American Athletic Conference
Number of teams 8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Corbett Soccer Stadium
Current location Tampa, Florida
Played 2013–present
Current champion Tulsa

The American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the American Athletic Conference. 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 Men's Division I Soccer Championship.

Format

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 period, 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.

Champions

By year

Year Champion Site MOP (Offense) MOP (Defense)
2013 South Florida Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX Edwin Moalosi, South Florida Brentton Muhammad, South Florida
2014 Tulsa Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT Abe' Matamoros, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa
2015 Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL

By school

This table of championship statistics is updated after each event. It is current as of the end of the 2014 Tournament.[1]

School Appearances W L T Pct. No. of Titles Years
Cincinnati 2 0 2 0 .000 0
Connecticut 2 3 0 2 .800 0
Louisville 1 0 1 0 .000 0
Memphis 2 0 2 0 .000 0
Rutgers 1 2 1 0 .667 0
SMU 2 1 2 0 .333 0
South Florida 2 2 0 3 .700 1 2013
Temple 2 0 2 0 .000 0
Tulsa 1 2 0 1 .833 1 2014
UCF 2 1 2 0 .333 0

Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the American.

References

  1. ↑ 2015 Men's Soccer Media Guide (PDF). The American. p. 42. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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