2019 ASUN men's soccer tournament

The 2019 ASUN men's soccer tournament, the 41st edition of the ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament, determined the ASUN Conference's automatic berth for the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began on November 8 and concluded on November 16.

2019 ASUN men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Quarterfinals siteTop two seeds
Semifinals siteTop two seeds
Finals siteJ. Malcolm Simon Stadium
Newark, New Jersey
ChampionsNJIT (1st title)
Winning coachFernando Barboto (1st title)
MVPRegsan Watkins (NJIT)
BroadcastESPN+, Facebook Live
ASUN men's soccer tournament
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2019 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
NJIT ‡ 5 –1 –010 –5 –4
Florida Gulf Coast 4 –1 –19 –8 –2
Stetson 3 –2 –18 –10 –2
North Florida 3 –2 –16 –8 –2
Lipscomb 3 –3 –05 –9 –2
Liberty 1 –5 –05 –13 –0
Jacksonville 0 –5 –15 –7 –2
As of 22 November 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

NJIT, the ASUN regular season champion, won the tournament for the first and only time in program history; the Highlanders would join the America East Conference on July 1, 2020.[1] They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the finals, 2–1.[2] NJIT earned their first-ever berth to the NCAA Tournament, where they were defeated in the first round by Providence.[3]

Seeds
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 NJIT 5–1–0
2 Florida Gulf Coast 4–1–1
3 North Florida 3–2–1 UNF 2–1 vs. STET
4 Stetson 3–2–1 STET 1–2 vs. UNF
5 Lipscomb 3–3–0
6 Liberty 1–5–0

Bracket
First round
Nov. 8 		Semifinals
Nov. 10 		Final
Nov. 16
1 NJIT 3
4 Stetson 2 4 Stetson 2
5 Lipscomb 1 1 NJIT 2
2 FGCU 1
2 FGCU 2
3 North Florida (OT) 3 3 North Florida 1
6 Liberty 2

Results

First round
No. 3 North Florida3–2 (a.e.t.)No. 6 Liberty
  • Estes Yellow card 80'
  • Went 88'
  • Bubb 90'
  • Hawker Yellow card 94' gold-colored soccer ball 99'
Report
  • Borutskie 4'
  • Welch 45'
  • Dutey Yellow card 75'
  • Garcia Yellow card 99'
  • Valdez Yellow card 99'
Attendance: 79
Referee: Esteban Rosano
No. 4 Stetson2–1No. 5 Lipscomb
  • Degance 49'
  • Chalbaud 90'
 Report
  • Wynia 59'

Semifinals
No. 2 FGCU2–1No. 3 North Florida
  • Rosales 5'
  • Perez Yellow card 31'
  • Clement Yellow card 32'
  • Medilah Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 86'
  • Mullings 70'
  • TEAM Yellow card 84'
 Report
  • DeLeon, Jr. 12'
  • Everett Yellow card 17' Yellow-red card 87'
  • Abreu Yellow card 41'
  • Hawker Yellow card 84'
Attendance: 278
Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn
No. 1 NJIT3–2No. 4 Stetson
  • Rabell 19'
  • White 48'
  • Nino Yellow card 64'
  • Reisgys Yellow card 71'
  • Watkins 81'
 Report
  • McCauley Yellow card 15'
  • Clark Yellow card 35'
  • Scattergood 49'
  • Busmann Yellow card 80'
  • Chalbaud 89'
Attendance: 591
Referee: Lorant Varga

Final
No. 1 NJIT2–1No. 2 FGCU
  • Nino Yellow card 4'
  • TEAM Yellow card 51'
  • Rabell 70'
  • Alvarez Yellow card 83'
  • Watkins 86'
 Report
  • Bushey 45'
  • Rosales Yellow card 52'
Attendance: 735

Statistics

Top goalscorers
2 Goals
1 Goal

All Tournament Team
2019 ASUN Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[4]

Regsan Watkins, NJIT
Shak Adams, FGCU
Thomas Delplace, FGCU
O'Vonte Mullings, FGCU
Ivan Rosales, FGCU
Noah Gulden, Lipscomb
Ben Locke, Lipscomb
Alejandro Rabell, NJIT
Thomas Radon, NJIT
Rene White, NJIT
Sebastian Chalbaud, Stetson

MVP in Bold

References
  1. "NJIT to Join America East Conference as 10th Member Institution" (Press release). NJIT Highlanders. June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  2. "Men's Soccer Captures First ASUN Conference Tournament Title". njit.edu. NJIT News. November 17, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. Scandura, Mike (November 21, 2019). "PC men's soccer team beats NJIT, 2-0, advances to 2nd round". providencejournal.com. The Providence Journal. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  4. "NJIT Secures First Men's @ASUNSoccer Championship Title". asunsports.org. November 16, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
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