2021 Patriot League men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Patriot League
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:2,777
Venue:Campus Sites, Higher seed
Champions:Loyola (MD)
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Steve Nichols
Coachcount:1st
Broadcast:ESPN+
Mvp:Chase Vosvick
Mvpteam:Loyola (MD)

The 2021 Patriot League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Patriot League held from November 6 through November 13, 2021. The tournament was held at campus sites, with the higher seeded team hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the American Eagles.[1] They were unable to defend their crown, after losing to Loyola (MD) in the Final.[2] The conference championship was the first for the Loyla men's soccer program, and the first for head coach Steve Nichols.[3] As tournament champions, Loyola earned the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Six of the ten Patriot League 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. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds for the tournament as Lehigh and Navy finished with identical 5–4–0 records. Lehigh earned the fourth seed by virtue of their 3–2 overtime victory over Navy on October 23. Navy was the fifth seed for the tournament.[4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Loyola (MD)7–2–021
2American6–2–119
3Holy Cross5–3–116
4Lehigh5–4–015
5Navy5–4–015
6Army4–4–113

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[5]

Player Team
Chase VosvickLoyola (MD)
Justin Ingram
Jordy Luchies
Kelan Swales
Nicholas BlassouAmerican
David Coly
Mattias Cooper
Oscar PereiraArmy
Jacob Suppiah
Matt NocitaNavy
Jacob Williams
MVP in bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-21 Men's Soccer Championship. February 24, 2022. Patriot League. patriotleague.org.
  2. Web site: 2021 Men's Soccer Championship. February 24, 2022. Patriot League. patriotleague.org.
  3. Web site: 2021 Patriot League Men’s Soccer Record Book. February 24, 2022. Patriot League. patriotleague.org.
  4. Web site: 2021 Patriot League Men’s Soccer Championship Field Set (11.3.21). patriotleague.org. Patriot League. November 3, 2021. February 24, 2022.
  5. Web site: No. 1 Loyola Maryland Named 2021 Patriot League Men’s Soccer Champions (11.13.21). patriotleague.org. Patriot League. November 13, 2021. February 24, 2022.