2019 America East men's soccer tournament


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The 2019 America East Men's Soccer Tournament was the 31st edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the America East Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament began on November 9 and concluded on November 16.

2019 America East Men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHigher seeds
Finals siteWildcat Stadium
Durham, New Hampshire
ChampionsNew Hampshire (2nd title)
Winning coachMarc Hubbard (2nd title)
MVPJosh Bauer (New Hampshire)
BroadcastAETV, ESPN+
America East Men's soccer tournament
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2019 America East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 22 New Hampshire 5 1 1 15 2 3
Vermont 5 1 1 11 6 1
Hartford 4 2 1 12 5 4
Albany 4 3 0 9 7 1
UMass Lowell 3 4 0 9 8 1
Binghamton 3 4 0 6 9 3
UMBC 1 5 1 6 9 1
Stony Brook 1 6 0 4 11 1
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Defending champion, New Hampshire, was the number one seed coming into the tournament. New Hampshire was seeking a consecutive tournament win since UMBC 2013-2015 seasons. In the final round of the tournament, New Hampshire played #3 seed Hartford, and the first and only goal of the game was kicked in by New Hampshire 3:27 into the game.[1] This was New Hampshire's second America East conference title in school history.

New Hampshire was the conference's lone bid into the NCAA Tournament. They hosted Fairleigh-Dickinson in the first round, defeating Fairleigh-Dickinson 1-0 at home. They would then travel to 10 seed Virginia Tech where they fell 1-4. This was New Hampshire's fourth appearance in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament.[2]

Seeds

Seed[3] School Conference Tiebreaker
1 New Hampshire 5–1–1 UNH 1-1 vs. UVM, won both games against #3 Hartford
2 Vermont 5–1–1 UVM 1-1 vs. UNH, split games against #3 Hartford
3 Hartford 4–2-1
4 Albany 4–3
5 UMass-Lowell 3-4
6 Binghamton 3–4

Bracket

First round
Nov. 9
Semifinals
Nov. 13
Final
Nov. 16
2 Vermont 2
3 Hartford 2 3 Hartford 3 (OT)
6 Binghamton 0 1 New Hampshire 1
3 Hartford 0
1 New Hampshire 3
4 Albany 0 5 UMass Lowell 0
5 UMass Lowell 1

Results

First round


Semifinals


Final

Awards and honors

  • Tournament MVP: Josh Bauer, New Hampshire

All-Tournament Team: [4]

  • Reide Conde, Albany
  • Andrew McDonnell, Binghamton
  • Alejandro Osorio, UMass-Lowell
  • Patrik Gujic, UMass-Lowell
  • Garrett Lillie, Vermont
  • Jon Arnar-Barodal, Vermont
  • Altor Elena, Hartford
  • Sergi Martinez, Hartford
  • Jimmy Slayton, Hartford
  • Josh Bauer, New Hampshire
  • Antonio Colacci, New Hampshire
  • Rory O'Driscoll, New Hampshire
  • Jonny Wolf, New Hampshire

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bauer Leads UNH to Second-Straight #AEMSOC Title". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  2. ^ "2019 Division I Men's Soccer Official Bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  3. ^ "Stony Brook Earns #AEMSOC Regular-Season Title; Championship Details Set". americaeast.com. October 31, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  4. ^ "2019 America East Men's Soccer Championship - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.