2019 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
American college soccer tournament
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The 2019 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the 32nd edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the Horizon League champion and guaranteed representative into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began on November 11 and concluded on November 16, 2019.
Aldo Santaga Stadium
Detroit, Michigan
Green Bay, Wisconsin
| 2019 Horizon League men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Quarterfinals site | Titan Field Aldo Santaga Stadium Detroit, Michigan Green Bay, Wisconsin | ||||
| Semifinals site | Flames Field Chicago, IL | ||||
| Finals site | Flames Field Chicago, IL | ||||
| Champions | Wright State (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Jake Slemker (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Joel Sundell (Wright State) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Mercy | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Bay | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State ‡ | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Kentucky | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IUPUI | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wright State won their first Horizon League championship, defeating Milwaukee 4–3 in penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw in regulation time and extra time. It was Wright State's first ever Horizon League tournament championship. Three-time defending champions, UIC, were eliminated in the semifinals by Milwaukee. Wright State second year head coach, Jake Slemker, won his first title with the Raiders.
Joel Sundell of Wright State won the Horizon League Tournament Most valuable player.
With the victory, Wright State earned the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, which marked Wright State's first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.[1] In the opening round, Wright State upset Notre Dame 3–2 in the first round,[2] before losing on penalty kicks to Michigan in the second round.[3]
Seeds
Bracket
Results
First round
| No. 3 Oakland | 0–1 | No. 6 Milwaukee |
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| Report | Latinovich  54' |
Semifinals
Final
| No. 1 Wright State | 1–3 | No. 2 UIC |
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Report |
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Statistics
Goals
All-Tournament team
Following the championship game, the Horizon League All-Tournament team was announced.
| Player | Team |
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| Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[5] | |
| Joel Sundell (MVP) | Wright State |
| Deri Corfe | |
| Jackson Dietrich | |
| Ids Hannema | |
| Evan Conway | Milwaukee |
| Vuk Latinovich | |
| Freddy Lorezen | |
| Jacob Graiber | UIC |
| Jesus Perez | |
| Luke Morrell | Oakland |
| Charlie Braithwaite | |