The 2022 America East Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from November 5 through November 13, 2022. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Vermont Catamounts,[1] who were unable to defend their title, losing in the Semifinals to Albany. New Hampshire went on to win the tournament after a 2–0 victory in the final over Albany.[2] It was the fourth victory for the New Hampshire Wildcats soccer program, all of which have come under Head Coach Marc Hubbard. This was New Hampshire's fourth tournament victory in the last five years.[3] As tournament champions, New Hampshire earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
| 2022 America East men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 6,490 | ||||
| Site | Campus Sites (Higher Seed) | ||||
| Champions | New Hampshire (4th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Marc Hubbard (4th title) | ||||
| MVP | Jassem Koleilat (New Hampshire) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 New Hampshire‡ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 15 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Vermont+ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 16 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 3 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NJIT | 1 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell | 0 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryant | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: America East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding edit
The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament, with the top two seeds receiving byes into the Semifinals. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Albany and UMBC both finished with twelve regular season points. Albany was awarded the third seed by virtue of their 1–0 regular season victory over UMBC on September 24.[4]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | New Hampshire | 6–1–0 | 18 |
| 2 | Vermont | 5–1–1 | 16 |
| 3 | Albany | 3–1–3 | 12 |
| 4 | UMBC | 4–3–0 | 12 |
| 5 | Binghamton | 3–2–2 | 11 |
| 6 | NJIT | 1–4–2 | 5 |
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 5 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 10 | Final Sunday, Nov. 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Hampshire | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UMBC | 2 | 5 | Binghamton | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Binghamton (a.e.t) | 3 | 1 | New Hampshire | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 1 | 3 | Albany | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | NJIT | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule edit
Quarterfinals edit
| November 5 | #3 Albany | 2–0 | #6 NJIT | Albany, NY |
| 4:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: Casey Stadium Attendance: 201 Referee: Greg DeMello Assistant referees: Victor Matheson Wilmer Melendez Fourth official: Hao Zhong |
| November 5 | #4 UMBC | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | #5 Binghamton | Baltimore, MD |
| 7:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: Retriever Soccer Park Attendance: 1,623 |
Semifinals edit
| November 10 | #1 New Hampshire | 3–0 | #5 Binghamton | Durham, NH |
| 6:00 p.m. ET |
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Report |
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Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Attendance: 1,694 Referee: Kevin Morrison Assistant referees: Mounir Idmalak Ruben Seyde Fourth official: John Luk |
| November 10 | #2 Vermont | 0–1 | #3 Albany | Burlington, VT |
| 7:00 p.m. ET | Report |
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Stadium: Virtue Field Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Luis Reis Assistant referees: Jamie Labarge Anthony Pedolsky Fourth official: Larry Bechard |
Final edit
| November 13 | #1 New Hampshire | 2–0 | #3 Albany | Durham, NH |
| 2:00 p.m. ET |
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Report | Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Attendance: 1,440 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick Assistant referees: John Luk Mounir Idmalak Fourth official: Ron Libby |
Statistics edit
Goalscorers edit
There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 13, 2022).
2 goals
- Eli Goldman – New Hampshire
1 goal
- Pantelis Panteli – Albany
- Mohamed Soumah – Albany
- Jeff Thielmann – Albany
- Anthony Lazaridis – Binghamton
- Will Noecker – Binghamton
- Markos Touroukis – Binghamton
- Moïse Bombito – New Hampshire
- Paul Mayer – New Hampshire
- Tola Showunmi – New Hampshire
- Lasse Kelp – UMBC
- Ismailcan Usta – UMBC
All-Tournament team edit
Source:[5]
| Player | Team |
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| Jamie Davis | New Hampshire |
| Eli Goldman | |
| Jassem Koleilat | |
| Johann Von Knebel | |
| Tiago Dias | Albany |
| Elias Ehlin | |
| Neophytos Scottis | |
| Carter Beaulieu | Binghamton |
| Will Noecker | |
| Noah Egan | Vermont |
| Joe Morrison | |
| Taylor Calheira | UMBC |
| Maximus Barboto | NJIT |
MVP in bold
References edit
- ^ "2021 #AEMSOC Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ "2022 #AEMSOC Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "America East Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "UNH Claims Top Seed as #AEMSOC Championship Bracket is Set!". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 1, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "Back on Top, UNH Captures Fourth #AEMSOC Championship!". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 12, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2023.