2024 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
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| 2024 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Attendance | 2,589 | ||||
| First round site | Top Seed Campus Site | ||||
| Semifinals site | Murphy Soccer Complex Memphis, Tennessee | ||||
| Finals site | Murphy Soccer Complex Memphis, Tennessee | ||||
| Champions | Charlotte (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Kevin Langan (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Brighman Larsen (Offensive) Leonard Stritter (Defensive) (Charlotte) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte ‡ | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 2 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 2 | – | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 1 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference, held November 8 through November 17, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting while the Semifinals and Finals were hosted at Westcott Field in Dallas, Texas. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Charlotte 49ers.[1][2] The 49ers successfully defended their tournament title, defeating the Florida International Panthers in overtime in the Final.[3] This was Charlotte's second American Athletic Conference tournament title and their fourth conference title overall. This was also the second American tournament title for head coach Kevin Langan and his third conference tournament title overall.[4] As tournament champions Charlotte earned the American's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
This was the last conference tournament held under the "American Athletic Conference" name. On July 21, 2025, the conference dropped the word "Athletic" from its name, becoming simply the American Conference.[5]
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 fifth and sixth seeds in the tournament as FIU and Temple finished with identical 2–2–3 regular season conference records. The two teams drew their October 26th regular season match up 0–0. After further tiebreakers it was determined that FIU was the fifth seed and Temple was the sixth seed.[6]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Memphis | 4–1–2 | 14 |
| 2 | South Florida | 4–3–0 | 12 |
| 3 | Charlotte | 3–2–2 | 11 |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic | 3–3–1 | 10 |
| 5 | FIU | 2–2–3 | 9 |
| 6 | Temple | 2–2–3 | 9 |
Bracket
Source:[7]
| First Round November 8 | Semifinals November 14 | Championship November 17 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | South Florida | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Charlotte | 3 | 3 | Charlotte | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Temple | 1 | 3 | Charlotte (a.e.t) | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | FIU | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Memphis | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Florida Atlantic | 0 | 5 | FIU | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | FIU | 1 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
First Round
Semifinals
| November 8, 2024 | #4 Florida Atlantic | 0–1 | #5 FIU | Boca Raton, FL |
| 7:00 p.m. EST | Report |
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Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,293 Referee: Kevin Maurer Assistant referees: Meghan Mullen John Tamayo Fourth official: Mauro Gonzalez |
| November 8, 2024 | #3 Charlotte | 3–1 | #6 Temple | Charlotte, NC |
| 7:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Transamerica Field Attendance: 680 Referee: Justin St. Pierre Assistant referees: Robert Dail John Rush Fourth official: Chris Zuerner |
Semifinals
| November 14, 2024 | #2 South Florida | 0–1 | #3 Charlotte | Memphis, TN |
| 3:30 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Murphy Soccer Complex Attendance: 204 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic Assistant referees: Jason Guillen David Blikstad Fourth official: Donovan Eubank |
| November 14, 2024 | #1 Memphis | 1–3 | #5 FIU | Memphis, TN |
| 7:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Murphy Soccer Complex Attendance: 307 Referee: Mo Kaleia Assistant referees: John Ocampo AJ Franklin Fourth official: Melinda Homa |
Final
| November 17, 2024 | #3 Charlotte | 2–1 | #5 FIU | Memphis, TN |
| 12:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Murphy Soccer Complex Attendance: 105 Referee: Austin Saini Assistant referees: Jason Guillen John Ocampo Fourth official: David Blikstad |
