2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
American college soccer tournament
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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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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
The tournament took place in November 2021 and was contested by the top four teams in the regular season standing.
Qualified teams
| 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
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Tulsa | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | SMU | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Tulsa | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | UCF | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | UCF | 6 | |||||||
| 3 | Memphis | 0 | |||||||
Matches
Semifinals
| 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
| 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
There were 11 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.
3 goals
Gino Vivi – UCF
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
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| 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 |
