2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament explained
| Year: | 2016 |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Gender: | men's |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Matches: | 3 |
| Venue: | Corbett Stadium |
| City: | Tampa, Florida |
| Champions: | Tulsa |
| Titlecount: | 8th |
| Coach: | Tom McIntosh |
| Coachcount: | 7th |
| Broadcast: | American Digital Network ESPN2, ESPNU |
The 2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament is the 4th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decides the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The semifinals and finals were played at Corbett Soccer Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, FL on November 11 & 13.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Seeding and format
The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. The top four teams qualify for the event.
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed |
|---|
| South Florida | 6 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Tulsa | 4 | 2 | 1 | | |
| Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 1 | | |
| UCF | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | |
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime period(s).
Results
Final
All-Tournament team
- Jesus Colombo, UCF
- Abdou Mbacke Thiam, Connecticut
- Prosper Figbe, South Florida
- Marcus Epps, South Florida
- Nazeem Bartman, South Florida
- Spasoje Stefanovic, South Florida
- Quinton Duncan, Tulsa
- Juan Sánchez, Tulsa (most outstanding offensive player)
- Ray Saari, Tulsa
- Rollie Rocha, Tulsa
- Jake McGuire, Tulsa (most outstanding defensive player)
Television/internet coverage
The semifinals were streamed live on the American Digital Network. The final was carried live on ESPN2 and 4 hours later on ESPNU.[1]
Notes and References
- Web site: 2016 Men's Soccer Championship Central. The American. November 5, 2016.
- Web site: UConn Men's Soccer Team Faces Another Must-Win Game - Hartford Courant . Courant.com . 2017-08-07 . 2017-08-14.
- Web site: McGrath . Shawn . UConn Men’s Soccer Drops AAC Tournament Semifinal to Tulsa . The UConn Blog . 2016-11-11 . 2017-08-14.
- Web site: Trutor . Clayton . Bearcats Men’s Soccer: Season in Review . Down The Drive . 2016-11-23 . 2017-08-14.
- Web site: McGrath . Shawn . UConn Men’s Soccer: Conference Tournament Preview . The UConn Blog . 2016-11-09 . 2017-08-14.
- Web site: TU tops in the AAC for Learfield . Tulsa Beacon . 2017-07-13 . 2017-08-14 . 2017-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170814061733/http://tulsabeacon.com/tu%E2%80%88tops-in-the-aac-for-learfield/ . dead .
- Web site: Zee . Carl . Men’s Soccer Beats UCF in Double Overtime, Advances To American Championship Game . The Daily Stampede . 2016-11-13 . 2017-08-14.
