| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 4 |
| Matches: | 3 |
| Attendance: | 1,011 |
| Venue: | NIU Soccer Complex |
| City: | DeKalb, Illinois |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Ryan Swan |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Broadcast: | None |
| Mvp: | Nick Markanich |
| Different Previous: | 2019 |
The 2021 Mid-American Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Mid-American Conference held from November 11 through November 14, 2021. The tournament took place at the NIU Soccer Complex in DeKalb, Illinois, home of the Northern Illinois Huskies, the regular season conference champions. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The West Virginia were the defending champions after having won the title in 2019. There was no tournament in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the 2019 champions were considered the defending champions.[1] West Virginia was unable to defend its title, losing to in the Semifinals. would go on to beat Georgia State in the final 2–1 in overtime.[2] The title was the third for the Northern Illinois men's soccer program and the first of which came under head coach Ryan Swan.[3] As tournament champions, Northern Illinois earned the Mid-American's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.
Four of the seven Mid-American men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. No tiebreakers were required as each of the top four teams finished with unique records.[4]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4–0–2 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 4–1–1 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 3–3–0 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2–2–2 | 8 |
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| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Nick Markanich | Northern Illinois |
| Pepe Martinez | |
| Anthony Markanich | |
| Roque Viegas | |
| Ramon Munoz | Georgia State |
| Gunther Rankenburg | |
| Logan Luque | |
| Jaker Erlandson | Bowling Green |
| Zach Buescher | |
| Ryan Baer | West Virginia |
| Bjarne Thiesen |