Year: | 2019 |
Conference: | WAC |
Gender: | men's |
Teams: | 7 |
Matches: | 6 |
Venue: | Cadet Soccer Stadium |
City: | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Champions: | Seattle U |
Titlecount: | 4th |
Coach: | Pete Fewing |
Coachcount: | 4th |
Mvp: | Akili Kasim |
Mvpteam: | Seattle U |
Broadcast: | WAC Digital Network |
The 2019 WAC men's soccer tournament was the 12th edition of the tournament. It determined the Western Athletic Conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began on November 13 and concluded on November 17.
Grand Canyon were the defending champions, beating Seattle U last year. The Seattle U Redhawks won the title, earning their fourth ever WAC Championship, and their fourth ever appearance into the NCAA Tournament. Seattle's sophomore goalkeeper, Akili Kasim, won the Tournament MVP honors.[1]
See main article: 2019 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season and 2018 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament.
Grand Canyon Antelopes, who won the tournament after a 1–0 victory over San Jose State in the final.[2] This was the first WAC men's soccer title for Grand Canyon, and the first for coach Schellas Hyndman.[3]
The top seven teams qualified for the tournament.
Seed | School | Conf. Record | Points |
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1 | Seattle U | 10–0–1 | 31 |
2 | Utah Valley | 8–3–0 | 24 |
3 | Air Force | 6–5–0 | 18 |
4 | Cal State Bakersfield | 6–5–0 | 18 |
5 | San Jose State | 5–4–2 | 17 |
6 | Houston Baptist | 5–6–0 | 15 |
7 | Kansas City | 5–6–0 | 15 |
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Player | Team |
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WAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team | |
Detre Bell | Cal State Bakersfield |
Niklas Korber | |
Kainoa Likewise | Air Force |
Nick Blessing | |
Alec Felix | Utah Valley |
Mitch Jensen | |
Ahmed Longmire | |
Julian Avila-Good | Seattle U |
Declan McGlynn | |
Nkosi Burgess | |
Akili Kasim |