American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament explained

American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference soccer championship
Sport:College soccer
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Number Of Teams:8
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Years:2013–present
Most Recent:2023
Current Champion:Memphis
Most Championships:Memphis (4)
Television:ESPN+

The American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the American Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held every year since the split from the Big East Conference in 2013. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship.

Format

The teams are seeded based on the order of finish in the conference's round robin regular season. Tiebreakers begin with the result of the head-to-head matchup. The teams are then placed in a single-elimination bracket, with the top seed playing the lowest seed, until meeting in a final championship game. After two overtime period, ties are broken by shootout rounds, with the winner of the shootout advancing.

Champions

Key

(2) Title number
Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season
^Winning team reached College Cup
Winning team lost National Championship
Winning team won National Championship

By year

Year Champion Score Runner-Up Site MOP (offense) MOP (defense)
UCF (1) 0–0†
Tatiana Coleman, UCF Jessica Janosz, Rutgers
Connecticut (1) 0–0†
Rachel Hill, Connecticut Emily Armstrong, Connecticut
Cincinnati (1) 1–1†
Jaycie Brown, Cincinnati Vanessa Gilles, Cincinnati
Connecticut (2) 1–0 Rachel Hill, Connecticut Toriana Paterson, Connecticut
South Florida (1) 0–0†
Evelyne Viens, South Florida Kat Elliott, South Florida
Memphis (1) 3–0 Clarissa Larise, Memphis Chanel Hudson-Marks, Memphis
South Florida (2) 2–1 Evelyne Viens, South Florida Sydney Martinez, South Florida
2020South Florida (3)4–0CincinnatiCorbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FLSydny Nasello, South FloridaSydney Martinez, South Florida
2021 (2)0–0†
Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FLSaorla Miller, MemphisElizabeth Moberg, Memphis
2022 (3)1–0*(2OT)UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FLShae Taylor, MemphisClaire Wyville, Memphis
2023 (4)2–1Premier Sports Campus • Lakewood Ranch, FLMya Jones, MemphisSarah Hagg, Memphis

By school

This table of championship statistics is updated after each event. It is current as of the end of the 2022 Tournament.[1]

School Appearances W L T Pct. Finals Titles Years
1 1 1 0 0 0
Cincinnati 8 3 6 2 2 1 2015
Connecticut 5 5 3 1 2 2 2014, 2016
7 2 7 1 0 0
1 1 1 0 0 0
Houston 3 0 3 0 0 0
Louisville 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 14 6 2 5 4 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Rutgers 1 1 0 2 1 0
9 10 7 2 3 0
11 12 5 5 6 3 2017, 2019, 2020
4 0 4 0 0 0
3 0 3 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0
UCF 9 6 5 5 3 1 2013
Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the American.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 American Women's Soccer Record Book . . 3 Apr 2020 . theamerican.org . . 7 Jul 2020 .