2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
The 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament is the 4th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decides the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The semifinals and finals were played at Corbett Soccer Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, FL on November 11 & 13.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
| 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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 Tournament Logo | |||||
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 4 | ||||
| Matches | 3 | ||||
| Site | Corbett Stadium Tampa, Florida | ||||
| Champions | Tulsa (8th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Tom McIntosh (7th title) | ||||
| Broadcast | American Digital Network ESPN2, ESPNU | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa ‡ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from NSCAA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. The top four teams qualify for the event.
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed |
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| South Florida | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1 |
| Tulsa | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | 2 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 3 |
| UCF | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 4 |
Bracket
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | South Florida | 2** | |||||||
| 4 | UCF | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | South Florida | 1 (2) | |||||||
| 2 | Tulsa (pen.) | 1 (4)** | |||||||
| 2 | Tulsa | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Connecticut | 0 | |||||||
Note: * denotes overtime period(s).
Results
Semifinals
| November 11, 2016 | Tulsa | 2–0 | Connecticut | Tampa, Florida |
| 4:30 p.m. | Sánchez  11'Puig 62' |
Report | Stadium: Corbett Stadium |
| November 11, 2016 | South Florida | 2–1 | UCF | Tampa, Florida |
| 7:00 p.m. | Bartman 77' Epps  101' |
Report | Colombo 61' |
Stadium: Corbett Stadium |
All-Tournament team
- Jesus Colombo, UCF
- Abdou Mbacke Thiam, Connecticut
- Prosper Figbe, South Florida
- Marcus Epps, South Florida
- Nazeem Bartman, South Florida
- Spasoje Stefanovic, South Florida
- Quinton Duncan, Tulsa
- Juan Sánchez, Tulsa (most outstanding offensive player)
- Ray Saari, Tulsa
- Rollie Rocha, Tulsa
- Jake McGuire, Tulsa (most outstanding defensive player)
Television/internet coverage
The semifinals were streamed live on the American Digital Network. The final was carried live on ESPN2 and 4 hours later on ESPNU.[1]
References
- "2016 Men's Soccer Championship Central". The American. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- "UConn Men's Soccer Team Faces Another Must-Win Game - Hartford Courant". Courant.com. August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- McGrath, Shawn (November 11, 2016). "UConn Men's Soccer Drops AAC Tournament Semifinal to Tulsa". The UConn Blog. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- Trutor, Clayton (November 23, 2016). "Bearcats Men's Soccer: Season in Review". Down The Drive. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- McGrath, Shawn (November 9, 2016). "UConn Men's Soccer: Conference Tournament Preview". The UConn Blog. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- "TU tops in the AAC for Learfield". Tulsa Beacon. July 13, 2017. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- Zee, Carl (November 13, 2016). "Men's Soccer Beats UCF in Double Overtime, Advances To American Championship Game". The Daily Stampede. Retrieved August 14, 2017.