2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
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| 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| 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.[1]
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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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
Statistics
Top goalscorers
- 3 Goals
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Cal Jennings – UCF
- 2 Goals
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Billhardt – South Florida
- 1 Goal
- File:Flag of England.svg Sam Ashton – Memphis
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jalen Campbell – Temple
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Itzik Efraim – UCF
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Nicky Hernandez – SMU
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Munjoma – SMU
- File:Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Suarez – Temple
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Terwege – SMU
- File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Mauricio Villalobos – UCF
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Awards and honors
All-Tournament team:[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "SMU Claims Third-Straight American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship Crown". theamerican.org. Retrieved November 16, 2019.