2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
File:2019 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Logo.png 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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2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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
‡ – 2019 American Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

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
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

November 9

7:00 p.m. EDT

No. 3 South Florida	1–0	No. 6 UConn
Billhardt File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Report

Corbett Soccer Stadium, Tampa

Attendance: 527

Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh

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November 9

8:00 p.m. EDT

No. 4 Memphis	1–2	No. 5 Temple
Ashton File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'	Report	Suarez File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Campbell gold-colored soccer ball 103'

Mike Rose Soccer Complex, Memphis

Referee: Richonne Clark

Semifinals

November 13

4:30 p.m. EDT

No. 2 SMU	2–1 (a.e.t.)	No. 3 South Florida
Hernandez File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Terwege gold-colored soccer ball 106'	Report	Billhardt File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'

UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 711

Referee: Cassio Ribeiro

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November 13

7:00 p.m. EDT

No. 1 UCF	5–0	No. 5 Temple
Efraim File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Jennings File:Soccerball shade.svg 30', 68', 73' Villalobos File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'	Report

UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 711

Referee: Carlos Fernandes

Final

November 16

7:00 p.m. EDT

No. 1 UCF	0–1	No. 2 SMU
	Report	Munjoma File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'

UCF Soccer and Track Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 1,237

Referee: Richonne Clark

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

• Tournament Offensive MVP: Eddie Munjoma
• Tournament Defensive MVP: Grant Makela

All-Tournament team:

• Adrian Billhardt, South Florida
• Pierre Cayet, Temple
• Cal Jennings, UCF
• Yannik Oettl, UCF
• Louis Perez, UCF
• Gino Vivi, UCF

• Gabriel Costa, SMU
• Grant Makela, SMU
• Eddie Munjoma, SMU
• Brandon Terwege, SMU
• Nicky Hernandez, SMU

External links

• 2019 AAC Men's Soccer Championship Central