America East men's soccer tournament
Collegiate soccer tournament
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The America East men's soccer tournament (formerly known as the North Atlantic Conference championship[n 1]) is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the America East Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1988. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.
| America East men's soccer tournament | |
|---|---|
| |
| Sport | College soccer |
| Conference | America East Conference |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Played | 1988–present |
| Last contest | 2025 |
| Current champion | Vermont (8th. title) |
| Most championships | Vermont (8 titles) |
| TV partner | ESPN+ |
| Official website | americaeast.com/msoccer |
On December 16th 2024, the University of Vermont Catamounts team defeated the Marshall University Thundering Herd in the NCAA tournament championship game to claim the 2024 College Cup. This marked the first national championship by any America East Conference team in league history.[2] Vermont also stands as the most winning conference team with eight tournaments won.
Winners
The following is a list of A-East tournament winners:
Finals
Source:[3]
- Key
- (1) – Title number
- a.e.t. – Match went to extra time
- p – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
- – Winning team won regular season
- – Winning team won National championship
| Ed. | Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | City | MVP | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1989 | Vermont (1) | 1–0 | Hartford | Virtue Field | Burlington, VT |  Kevin Wylie (Vermont) | |
2 | 1990 | Vermont (2) | 1–1 (6–5 p) |
Boston U | Nickerson Field | Boston, MA | Roberto Beall (Vermont) | |
3 | 1991 | Hartford (1) | 2–0 |
Boston U | Nickerson Field | Boston, MA |  Elvis Thomas (Hartford) | |
4 | 1992 | Hartford (2) | 2–0 | Vermont | Nickerson Field | Boston, MA | George Kostelis (Hartford) | |
5 | 1993 | Boston U (1) | 1–0 |
UNH | Ohiri Field | Cambridge, MA | Tom Giatrakos (Boston U) | |
6 | 1994 | Boston U (2) | 3–1 |
UNH | Nickerson Field | Boston, MA |  Gisle Sorli (Boston U) | |
7 | 1995 | Boston U (3) | 3–1 |
Towson | Vidas Field | Philadelphia, PA | Ola Olsen (Boston U) | |
8 | 1996 | Boston U (4) | 2–1 |
Northeastern | Hormel Stadium | Medford, MA | Nick Bone (Boston U) | |
9 | 1997 | Boston U (5) | 2–1 |
Hofstra | Shuart Stadium | Hempstead, NY | Nick Bone (Boston U) | |
10 | 1998 | Drexel (1) | 2–1 | Towson | Towson Field | Towson, MD | Pete Shay (Drexel) | |
11 | 1999 | Hartford (3) | 2–0 | Towson | Alumni Stadium | West Hartford, CT |  Cristoffer Hartmann (Hartford) | |
12 | 2000 | Vermont (3) | 2–1 | Hofstra | Virtue Field | Burlington, VT | Mike Dias (Vermont) | |
13 | 2001 | Towson (1) | 1–0 | Northeastern | Towson Field | Towson, MD | Chris Hurley (Towson) | |
14 | 2002 | Northeastern (1) | 2–1 | Vermont | Parsons Field | Brookline, MA |  Atha Kirkopolous (Northeastern) | |
15 | 2003 | Binghamton (1) | (3–2 p) |
Northeastern | Bearcats Complex | Binghamton, NY |  Stefan Gonet (Binghamton) | |
16 | 2004 | Boston U (6) | 2–2 (5–3 p) |
Binghamton | Nickerson Field | Boston, MA | Federico Bianchi (Boston U) | |
17 | 2005 | Stony Brook (1) | 1–1 (4–2 p) |
Binghamton | Kenneth LaValle | Stony Brook, NY |  Douglas Narvaez (Stony Brook) | |
18 | 2006 | Binghamton (2) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
Vermont | Bearcats Complex | Binghamton, NY | Barry Neville (Binghamton) | |
19 | 2007 | Vermont (4) | 1–0 |
Binghamton | Bearcats Complex | Binghamton, NY | Roger Scully (Vermont) | |
20 | 2008 | Boston U (7) | 1–0 |
Binghamton | Nickerson Field | Boston, MA |  Jin Oh (Boston U) | |
21 | 2009 | Stony Brook (2) | 2–0 | UMBC | Kenneth LaValle | Stony Brook, NY | Anthony Rogic (Stony Brook) | |
22 | 2010 | UMBC | 0–0 (5–4 p) |
UNH | Retriever Park | Baltimore, MD |  Levi Houapeu (UMBC) | |
23 | 2011 | Stony Brook (3) | 4–2 |
Hartford | Kenneth LaValle | Stony Brook, NY |  Leo Fernandes (Stony Brook) | |
24 | 2012 | UMBC (2) | 0–0 (4–2 p) |
UNH | Retriever Park | Baltimore, MD | Phil Saunders (UMBC) |
[4] |
25 | 2013 | UMBC (3) | 4–0 |
Hartford | Retriever Park | Baltimore, MD | Pete Caringi III (UMBC) |
[5] |
26 | 2014 | UMBC (4) | 2–1 |
Hartford | Retriever Park | Baltimore, MD | Greg Hauck (UMBC) |
[6] |
27 | 2015 | Vermont (5) | 1–0 |
Binghamton | Virtue Field | Burlington, VT | Brian Wright (Vermont) |
[7] |
28 | 2016 | Albany (1)[n 2] | 1–0 |
Hartford | Bob Ford Field | Albany, NY | Bernardo Mattos (Albany) |
|
29 | 2017 | Albany (2) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
UMass Lowell | Cushing Field | Lowell, MA |  Daniel Krutzen (Albany) |
[10] |
30 | 2018 | UNH (1) | 5–0 |
UMBC | Wildcat Stadium | Durham, NH | Josh Bauer (UNH) |
[11] |
31 | 2019 | UNH (2) | 1–0 |
Hartford | Wildcat Stadium | Durham, NH | Josh Bauer (UMH) |
[12] |
32 | 2020 | UNH (3) | 2–0 |
Vermont | Wildcat Stadium | Durham, NH |  Victor Menudier (UNH) |
[13] |
33 | 2021 | Vermont (6) | 1–0 |
UNH | Wildcat Stadium | Durham, NH |  Adrian Schulze (Vermont) |
[14] |
34 | 2022 | UNH (4) | 2–0 |
Albany | Wildcat Stadium | Durham, NH |  Jassem Koleilat (UNH) |
[15] |
35 | 2023 | Bryant (1) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
UNH | Wildcat Stadium | Durham, NH |  Antreas Hadjigavriel (Bryant) |
[16] |
36 | 2024 | Vermont (7) | 2–1 | Bryant | Virtue Field | Burlington, VT | Zach Barrett (Vermont) | [17] |
37 | 2025 | Vermont (8) | 2–0 | Bryant | Virtue Field | Burlington, VT | David Ismail (Vermont) | [18] |
Championships by School
| School | Titles | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 8 |
1989, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2021, 2024, 2025 |
| Boston [n 3] | 7 |
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2008 |
| Hartford | 4 |
1989, 1991, 1992, 1999 |
| UMBC | 4 |
2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| UNH | 4 |
2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 |
| Stony Brook | 3 |
2005, 2009, 2011 |
| Albany | 2 |
2016, 2017 |
| Binghamton | 2 |
2003, 2006 |
| Bryant | 1 |
2023 |
| Drexel [n 3] | 1 |
1998 |
| Northeastern [n 3] | 1 |
2002 |
| Towson [n 3] | 1 |
2001 |
- Notes
- Albany was the first overall seed in the tournament. However, the regular season was won by UMass Lowell.[8] UMass Lowell was ineligible for postseason play due to transitioning from Division II to Division I.[9]
- Former member of the America East.
