WAC men's soccer tournament explained

WAC men's soccer tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference soccer championship
Sport:College soccer
Conference:Western Athletic Conference
Number Of Teams:6
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Current Stadium:CBU Soccer Field
Current Location:Seattle, Washington
Years:1996–1999; 2013–present
Most Recent:2023
Current Champion:California Baptist
Most Championships:Seattle U (5)
Sponsors:Geico, Under Armour, Gatorade, Molton, Gearboss

The WAC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Western Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 2013. Previously it was held every year between 1996 and 1999 before the sport was discontinued by the conference for 14 years. 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 men's soccer championship.

Champions

Key

(2) Title number
Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
BoldWinning team won regular season

Finals

YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueTournament MVP
1996Fresno State2–0Air ForcePete Beiden FieldFresno, CACraig Tomlinson (FSU)
1997SMU4–0TulsaPeter Johann Soccer Field • Las Vegas, NVDaniel Hernández (SMU)
1998align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0†
TulsaPete Beiden FieldFresno, CARobbie Aristodemo (TUL)
1999no tournament
2000–2012WAC did not sponsor men's soccer
2013Seattle U2–1San Jose StateUSAFA Soccer Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO
2014UNLValign=center style="background-color:#cedff2"1–1†
CSU BakersfieldChampionship Field • Seattle, WA
2015Seattle U align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"1–1†
Utah ValleyDurwood Soccer StadiumKansas City, MODavid Olsen
20162–1Air ForceClyde Field • Orem, UT
20172–1San Jose StatePeter Johann FieldLas Vegas, NVJosh Adachi
2018Grand Canyon1–0San Jose StateChampionship FieldSeattle, WAGeorge Tasouris
2019Seattle U align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"1–1†
Utah ValleyCadet Soccer StadiumColorado Springs, COAkili Kasim
2020Air Forcealign=center 3–0Grand CanyonPeter Johann FieldLas Vegas, NVQuinn Matulis
2021align=center style="background-color:#cedff2"2–2†
Grand CanyonGCU StadiumPhoenix, AZNoe Meza
2022California Baptistalign=center style="background-color:#cedff2"0–0†
CBU Soccer FieldRiverside, CANolan Premack
2023align=center 2–1UNLVLas Vegas, NVLuis Mueller

Performance by school

School Championships Winning years
Seattlealign=center 52013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
California Baptistalign=center 22022, 2023
UNLValign=center 22014, 2016
Fresno Statealign=center 21996, 1998
Air Forcealign=center 12020
SMUalign=center 11997
Grand Canyonalign=center 12018
TOTALalign=center 14

Italics indicate a school that is no longer a conference member

† No longer sponsor men's soccer

References