American college soccer tournament
| 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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 Tournament Logo | |||||
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium Orlando, Florida | ||||
| Champions | SMU (3rd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Kevin Hudson (3rd title) | ||||
| MVP | Offensive: Eddie Munjoma (SMU) Defensive: Grant Makela (SMU) | ||||
| Broadcast | American Digital Network, ESPN3 | ||||
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| No. 10 UCF + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 15 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 SMU ‡ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 18 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the 7th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the American Athletic 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. For the first time in tournament history the six teams in the field were identical to the same teams that played in the previous year's tournament.
Two-time defending champions, SMU, successfully three-peated in the AAC Tournament, defeating UCF 1–0 in the championship.
Seeds
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | UCF | 6–0–1 | |
| 2 | SMU | 5–1–1 | |
| 3 | South Florida | 4–3–0 | 1–0 vs. Memphis |
| 4 | Memphis | 4–3–0 | 0–1 vs. South Florida |
| 5 | Temple | 3–2–2 | |
| 6 | UConn | 2–5–0 |
Bracket
| First round November 9 | Semifinals November 13 | Final November 16 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UCF | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Memphis | 1 | 5 | Temple | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Temple | 2 | 1 | UCF | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | SMU | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | SMU (2OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | South Florida | 1 | 3 | South Florida | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | UConn | 0 | ||||||||||||
Results
First round
| No. 3 South Florida | 1–0 | No. 6 UConn |
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51'| No. 4 Memphis | 1–2 | No. 5 Temple |
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103'Semifinals
| No. 2 SMU | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | No. 3 South Florida |
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| No. 1 UCF | 5–0 | No. 5 Temple |
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Final
| No. 1 UCF | 0–1 | No. 2 SMU |
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Statistics
Top goalscorers
- 3 Goals
Cal Jennings – UCF
- 2 Goals
Adrian Billhardt – South Florida
- 1 Goal
Sam Ashton – Memphis
Jalen Campbell – Temple
Itzik Efraim – UCF- Nicky Hernandez – SMU
- Eddie Munjoma – SMU
Esteban Suarez – Temple- Brandon Terwege – SMU
Mauricio Villalobos – UCF
Awards and honors
All-Tournament team:
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References
- ^ "SMU Claims Third-Straight American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship Crown". theamerican.org. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
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