2018 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

The 2018 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the 31st edition of the tournament. The tournament will decide the Horizon League champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will be begin on November 5 and conclude on November 10.

2018 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Quarterfinals siteAldo Santaga Stadium
OU Soccer Field
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Rochester, Michigan
Semifinals siteAlumni Field
Dayton, Ohio
Finals siteAlumni Field
Dayton, Ohio
ChampionsUIC (6th title)
Winning coachSean Phillips (3rd title)
MVPJacob Graiber (UIC)
BroadcastESPN+
Horizon League men's soccer tournament
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2018 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wright State 6 1 1 13 3 3
UIC 5 2 1 12 6 2
Oakland 5 3 0 9 7 3
Green Bay 4 3 1 8 6 2
IUPUI 4 3 1 5 10 4
Milwaukee 3 4 1 9 7 3
Northern Kentucky 3 5 0 10 7 0
Cleveland State 1 4 3 4 8 3
Detroit Mercy 0 6 2 1 14 3
As of November 30, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

UIC are the defending champions.[1][2][3]

UIC successfully defended their championship, beating Wright State 3–1 in the final.[4]

Seeds

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Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Wright State 6–1–1
2 UIC 5–2–1
3 Oakland 5–3–0
4 Green Bay 4–3–1 Green Bay 1–0 vs. IUPUI
5 IUPUI 4–3–1 IUPUI 0–1 vs.Green Bay
6 Milwaukee 3–4–1

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Nov. 5
Semifinals
Nov. 8
Final
Nov. 10
1 Wright State (pen.) 1 (4)
3 Oakland 0 6 Milwaukee 1 (3)
6 Milwaukee 1 1 Wright State 1
2 UIC 3
2 UIC (pen.) 1 (4)
4 Green Bay 2 5 IUPUI 1 (2)
5 IUPUI (OT) 3

Results

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First round

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No. 3 Oakland0–1No. 6 Milwaukee
Report Latinovich   54'

No. 4 Green Bay2–3 (a.e.t.)No. 5 IUPUI
Report

Semifinals

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No. 2 UIC1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 5 IUPUI
Report
Penalties
4–2

No. 1 Wright State1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 6 Milwaukee
  • Corfe   37'
Report
Penalties
  •   Suad Suljic
  •   Henrik Fennefoss
  •   Vuk Latinovich
  •   Sean Holmes
  •   Evan Conway
4–3
  •   Deri Corfe
  •   Stefan Rokvic
  •   Harvey Slade
  •   Dan Bent
  •   Jackson Dietrich
Attendance: 392
Referee: Josh Kelly

Final

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No. 1 Wright State1–3No. 2 UIC
  • Tajak Dominik   81'
Report
  •   4,88' Josiah Ash
  •   35' Pau Mateo
Attendance: 623
Referee: Calin Radosav

Statistics

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Goals

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Rank Player College Goals
1 Josiah Ash UIC 2
Sean Siasia IUPUI
2 Michael Carreon Green Bay 1
Deri Corfe Wright State
Evan Conway Milwaukee
Tajak Dominik Wright State
Corey Goede IUPUI
Óscar González UIC
Vuk Latinovich Milwaukee
Adam Mansa Green Bay
Pau Mateo UIC
Yan Souza IUPUI

All Tournament Team

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2018 Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[5]
  • Jacob Graiber, UIC
  • Josiah Ash, UIC
  • Nestor Garcia, UIC
  • Oscar Gonzalez, UIC
  • Deri Corfe, Wright State
  • Harvey Slade, Wright State
  • Joel Sundell, Wright State
  • Alan Aguilar, IUPUI
  • Sean Siasia, IUPUI
  • Evan Conway, Milwaukee
  • Vuk Latinovich, Milwaukee
MVP in Bold

References

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  1. ^ "Badgers men's soccer: Tom Barlow's goals help Wisconsin advance in NCAA". Wisconsin State Journal. Lee Enterprises. November 17, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Gamel, McKaylin (November 16, 2017). "Badgers get revenge on UIC, advance to next round of NCAA Tournament after 4-1 victory". The Daily Cardinal. Daily Cardinal Media Corporation. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Hurley, Tim (November 17, 2017). "Flames Succumb to Wisconsin in NCAA Tournament". uicflames.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship". horizonleague.org. The Horizon League. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "UIC Claims 2018 #HLMSOC Championship". horizonleague.org. The Horizon League. November 10, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
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