2015 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
The 2015 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the 3rd edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. First round matchups were held at campus sites on Saturday, November 7, while the semifinals were played at Corbett Soccer Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, FL.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| 2015 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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 Tournament Logo | |||||
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Matches | 7 | ||||
| Site | Corbett Stadium Tampa, Florida | ||||
| Champions | Tulsa (7th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Tom McIntosh (6th title) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPNU | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 SMU + | 7 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 15 | – | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 South Florida + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa ‡ | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 1 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from NSCAA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. All eight teams qualify for the event. Connecticut claimed the third seed over Tulsa based on its win over second seeded South Florida. UConn and Tulsa tied in the regular season, and both lost to top seeded SMU. Memphis took the seventh seed based on its head to head win over Cincinnati.[7]
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed |
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| SMU | 7 | 0 | 1 | .938 | 1 |
| South Florida | 5 | 1 | 2 | .750 | 2 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 3 |
| Tulsa | 3 | 3 | 2 | .500 | 4 |
| UCF | 3 | 4 | 1 | .438 | 5 |
| Temple | 2 | 6 | 0 | .250 | 6 |
| Memphis | 1 | 4 | 3 | .313 | 7 |
| Cincinnati | 1 | 4 | 3 | .313 | 8 |
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | SMU | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Cincinnati | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | SMU | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tulsa (pen.) | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tulsa (pen.) | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UCF | 2 (2) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tulsa (pen.) | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Connecticut | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Connecticut | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Temple | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | South Florida | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | South Florida | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Memphis | 0 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament team
- Kwame Awuah, Connecticut
- Abdou Mbacke Thiam, Connecticut
- Tyler Leeman, Connecticut
- Scott Levene, Connecticut
- John Lujano, SMU
- Nazeem Bartman, South Florida
- Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa (most outstanding defensive player)
- Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa
- Jake McGuire, Tulsa
- Lesley Nchanji, Tulsa (most outstanding offensive player)
- Miguel Velazquez, Tulsa
References
- "2015 Men's Soccer Championship". The American. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- "Men's Soccer: UConn hosts Temple in conference quarterfinals — The Daily Campus". Dailycampus.com. November 6, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- "Men's Soccer: UConn advances to conference semifinal — The Daily Campus". Dailycampus.com. November 8, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- "Men's Soccer Honored with Three All-Conference Selections - Temple University Athletics". Owlsports.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- "Bearcats Open American Men's Soccer Tournament at SMU - University of Cincinnati Official Athletic Site". Gobearcats.com. November 2, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- "UConn Men's Soccer Playing in American Conference Championship Game on ESPNU". The UConn Blog. November 15, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- "Pairings Announced for 2015 American Men's Soccer Championship". The American. Retrieved November 2, 2015.