American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

The American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the American Athletic Conference (the American). 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 Division I men's soccer championship.

American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Number of teams4
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumRotates; semifinals and final hosted by regular-season champion
Played2013–present
Last contest2022
Current championFIU (1st title)
Most championshipsTulsa
(5 titles)
TV partner(s)ESPN+
Official websitetheamerican.org/msoc

Format

Since the creation of the AAC in 2013, the tournament was structured as follows. 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, specifically the home field of The American's regular-season champion.

For the 2016 and 2017 seasons the tournament was reduced to just the top 4 teams in the conference. Since 2018 the tournament was expanded to the top 6 teams.

Champions

By year
YearChampionSiteMOP (Offense)MOP (Defense)
2013South FloridaToyota Stadium • Frisco, TXEdwin Moalosi, South FloridaBrentton Muhammad, South Florida
2014TulsaMorrone Stadium • Storrs, CTAbe Matamoros, TulsaJake McGuire, Tulsa
2015TulsaCorbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FLLesley Nchanji, TulsaBradley Bourgeois, Tulsa
2016TulsaCorbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FLJuan Sánchez, TulsaJake McGuire, Tulsa
2017SMUWestcott Field • Dallas, TXEmil Cuello, SMUJordan Cano, SMU
2018SMUUCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FLEmil Cuello, SMUGrant Makela, SMU
2019SMUUCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FLEddie Munjoma, SMUGrant Makela, SMU
2020UCFUCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FLLucca Dourado, UCFYannik Oettl, UCF
2021TulsaHurricane Soccer & Track Stadium • Tulsa, OKGino Vivi, UCFTil Zinnhardt, Tulsa
2022FIUFIU Soccer Stadium • Westchester, FLStephen Afrifa, FIUDavid Carcia, FIU

By school

This table of championship statistics is updated after each event.[1]

SchoolAppearancesWLTPct.No. of TitlesYears
Charlotte1010.0000
Cincinnati3030.0000
FIU12001.00012022
Louisville1010.0000
Memphis7270.2220
Rutgers1210.6670
SMU9743.60732017, 2018, 2019
South Florida7844.62512013
Temple7161.1880
Tulsa6526.61542014, 2015, 2016, 2021
UCF9663.50012020
UConn7643.5770
  • Teams in italics no longer sponsor men's soccer in The American.
  • Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, and UAB are playing their first American Conference seasons in 2022.

References
  1. "2020 American Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. 20 Apr 2020. Retrieved 7 Jul 2020.
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