2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Gender:men's
Teams:4
Matches:3
Venue:Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium
City:Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions:Tulsa
Titlecount:4th
Coach:Tom McIntosh
Coachcount:4th
Mvp:Off: Gino Vivi
Def: Til Zinnhardt
Mvpteam:Tulsa

The 2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the ninth edition of the conference tournament, the annual college soccer championship contested by the members of the American Athletic Conference and guaranteed representative into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament, hosted by Tulsa, began on November 10, 2021, and concluded on November 14, 2021.[1]

Format

The tournament took place in November 2021 and was contested by the top four teams in the regular season standing.

Qualified teams

SeedTeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performancePrevious NCAA appearance(s) (last)
1style= 5th2020Winners (2014, 2015, 2016)11 (2016)
2style= 9th2020Winners (2020)8 (2020)
3style=6th2019Semifinals (2018)2 (2004)
4style=8th2020Winners (2017, 2018, 2019)33 (2019)

Matches

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Player Team
JP JordanSMU
Mads Westergren
Gino ViviUCF
Lucca Dourado
Rainer De Jesus
Yanis Leerman
Til ZinnhardtTulsa
Alvaro Torrijos
Mariano Fazio
Marcus Moreno
Mitchell Cashion

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top-Seeded Tulsa Welcomes A Talented Field For The 2021 American Men’s Soccer Championship. theamerican.org.