MAAC men's soccer tournament explained
The MAAC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). 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.
In 2012, the tournament changed from a ten-team to a four-team tournament. In 2016, the tournament moved to a six-team, three-round tournament with the top two seeds receiving first round byes.
Key
| (2) | Title number |
| Match went to extra time |
| † | Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time |
| Bold | Winning team won regular season |
| ^ | Winning team reached College Cup |
| Winning team lost National Championship |
| Winning team won National Championship | |
Finals
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | Tournament MVP |
|---|
| 1988 | Army | | La Salle | | John Brence, Army |
| 1989 | Loyola Maryland | 3–0 | La Salle | | Vince Moskunas, Loyola |
| 1990 | Loyola Maryland | 3–0 | La Salle | | Doug Miller, Loyola |
| 1991 | Loyola Maryland | 2–0 | Fairfield | | Tom Donahue, Loyola |
| 1992 | Loyola Maryland | 3–0 | Fairfield | | Jim Garvey, Loyola |
| 1993 | Loyola Maryland | 1–0* | Fairfield | | Anthony Novello, Fairfield |
| 1994 | Loyola Maryland | 4–0 | Manhattan | | Doug Willey, Loyola |
| 1995 | Loyola Maryland | 6–1 | Iona | | Mike Barger, Loyola |
| 1996 | Loyola Maryland | 2–0 | Fairfield | | J. T. Dorsey, Loyola |
| 1997 | Rider | 2–0* | Loyola Maryland | | Mark Bennett, Rider |
| 1998 | Rider | 1–0* | Fairfield | | Craig Wicken, Rider |
| 1999 | Fairfield | 2–1 | Loyola Maryland | | David Mancini, Fairfield |
| 2000 | Marist | 3–2* | Fairfield | | Sean Murphy, Marist |
| 2001 | Loyola Maryland | 1–0* | Fairfield | | Graham Marchant, Loyola |
| 2002 | Loyola Maryland | 2–1 | Marist | | Steven Coleman, Loyola |
| 2003 | Saint Peter's | 2–1 | Loyola Maryland | | Rinaldo Chambers, Saint Peter's |
| 2004 | Marist | 2–0 | Rider | | Keith Detelj, Marist |
| 2005 | Marist | 2–1 | Fairfield | | Keith Detelj, Marist |
| 2006 | Fairfield | 1–0 | Saint Peter's | Lessing Field (Fairfield, CT) | Alex Cunliffe, Fairfield |
| 2007 | Loyola Maryland | 1–0 | Saint Peter's | Disney's Wide World of Sports (Lake Buena Vista, FL) | Miloš Kočić, Loyola |
| 2008 | Fairfield | 1–0 | Loyola Maryland | Tenney Stadium (Poughkeepsie, NY) | Christian Uy, Fairfield |
| 2009 | Loyola Maryland | 1–0* | Niagara | Lessing Field (Fairfield, CT) | Tennant McVea, Loyola |
| 2010 | Saint Peter's | 2–1 | Iona | Diane Geppi-Aikens Field (Baltimore, MD) | Lebogang Pila, Saint Peter's |
| 2011 | Fairfield | 3–1 | Manhattan | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (Lake Buena Vista, FL) | Jack Burridge, Fairfield |
| 2012 | Niagara | 1–0* | Loyola Maryland | Leonidoff Field (Poughkeepsie, NY) | Rene De Zorzi, Niagara |
| 2013 | Quinnipiac | 0–0† | Monmouth | Lessing Field (Fairfield, CT) | Borja Angoitia, Quinnipiac |
| 2014 | Monmouth | 2–1* | Fairfield | Quinnipiac Field (Hamden, Connecticut) | Emmanuel Senyah Agyemang, Monmouth |
| 2015 | Rider | 3–2 | Monmouth | ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex (Lake Buena Vista, FL) | Elliot Otmani, Rider |
| 2016 | Rider | 3–1 | Quinnipiac | Quinnipiac Field (Hamden, Connecticut) | Ryan Baird, Rider |
| 2017 | Fairfield | 1–0 | Rider | Lessing Field (Fairfield, Connecticut) | Angus Hastings, Fairfield |
| 2018 | Rider | 1–0 | Quinnipiac | Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium (Hamden, Connecticut) | Elliott Otmani, Rider |
| 2019 | Iona | 3–2* | Saint Peter's | Jaroschak Field (Jersey City, New Jersey) | Josh Plimpton, Iona |
| 2020 | Monmouth | 1–0 | Quinnipiac | Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium (Hamden, Connecticut) | Julian Gomez, Monmouth |
| 2021 | Marist | 2–2† | Rider | Tenney Stadium (Poughkeepsie, New York) | Kyle Galloway, Marist |
| 2022 | Quinnipiac (2) | 3–2 | Iona | Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium (Hamden, Connecticut) | Karl Netzell, Quinnipiac |
| 2023 | Rider (6) | 2–1 | Iona | Mazzella Field (New Rochelle, New York) | Momo Diop, Rider | |
Championships by school
| Team | Titles |
|---|
| Loyola Maryland | 12 |
| Rider | 6 |
| Fairfield | 5 |
| Marist | 3 |
| Monmouth | 2 |
| Saint Peter's | 2 |
| Quinnipiac | 2 |
| Army | 1 |
| Iona | 1 |
| Niagara | 1 | |
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