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The 2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the ninth edition of the conference tournament, the annual college soccer championship contested by the members of the American Athletic Conference and guaranteed representative into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament, hosted by Tulsa, began on November 10, 2021, and concluded on November 14, 2021.[1]
2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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Classification | Division I | ||||
Teams | 4 | ||||
Matches | 3 | ||||
Site | Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||||
Champions | Tulsa (4th title) | ||||
Winning coach | Tom McIntosh (4th title) | ||||
MVP | Off: Gino Vivi (UCF) Def: Til Zinnhardt (Tulsa) | ||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Tulsa ‡ | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 15 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The American |
Format edit
The tournament took place in November 2021 and was contested by the top four teams in the regular season standing.
Qualified teams edit
Seed | Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Previous NCAA appearance(s) (last) |
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1 | Tulsa (hosts) | 5th | 2020 | Winners (2014, 2015, 2016) | 11 (2016) |
2 | UCF (title holders) | 9th | 2020 | Winners (2020) | 8 (2020) |
3 | Memphis | 6th | 2019 | Semifinals (2018) | 2 (2004) |
4 | SMU | 8th | 2020 | Winners (2017, 2018, 2019) | 33 (2019) |
Bracket edit
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
1 | Tulsa | 2 | |||||||
4 | SMU | 0 | |||||||
1 | Tulsa | 2 | |||||||
2 | UCF | 1 | |||||||
2 | UCF | 6 | |||||||
3 | Memphis | 0 |
Matches edit
Semifinals edit
November 10, 2021 | UCF | 6–0 | Memphis | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
4:30 p.m. CST |
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Report | Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium |
November 11, 2021 | Tulsa | 2–0 | SMU | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
4:00 p.m. CST |
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Report | Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium |
Final edit
November 14, 2021 | Tulsa | 2–1 | UCF | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
12:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium |
Goalscorers edit
There were 11 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.
3 goals
1 goal
- Mariano Fazio – Tulsa
- Marcos Moreno – Tulsa
- Tom Protzek – Tulsa
- Alvaro Torrijos – Tulsa
- Rainer De Jesus – UCF
- Lucca Dourado – UCF
- Yanis Leerman – UCF
- Nick Taylor – UCF
All-Tournament team edit
Player | Team |
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JP Jordan | SMU |
Mads Westergren | |
Gino Vivi | UCF |
Lucca Dourado | |
Rainer De Jesus | |
Yanis Leerman | |
Til Zinnhardt | Tulsa |
Alvaro Torrijos | |
Mariano Fazio | |
Marcus Moreno | |
Mitchell Cashion |
References edit