2019 America East men's soccer tournament

The 2019 America East men's soccer tournament was the 31st edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the America East 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.

2019 America East men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHigher seeds
Finals siteWildcat Stadium
Durham, New Hampshire
ChampionsNew Hampshire (2nd title)
Winning coachMarc Hubbard (2nd title)
MVPJosh Bauer (New Hampshire)
BroadcastAETV, ESPN+
America East men's soccer tournament
«2018  2020»
2019 America East Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 22 New Hampshire ‡ 5 –1 –115 –2 –3
Vermont 5 –1 –111 –6 –1
Hartford 4 –2 –112 –5 –4
Albany 4 –3 –09 –7 –1
UMass Lowell 3 –4 –09 –8 –1
Binghamton 3 –4 –06 –9 –3
UMBC 1 –5 –16 –9 –1
Stony Brook 1 –6 –04 –11 –1
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Defending champion, New Hampshire, was the number one seed coming into the tournament. Both New Hampshire and Vermont were statistically tied for first place in the conference. New Hampshire broke the tie by defeating Hartford twice, while Vermont split their games with Hartford. New Hampshire was seeking a consecutive tournament win since UMBC 2013–2015 seasons. In the final round of the tournament, New Hampshire played #3 seed Hartford, and the first and only goal of the game was kicked in by New Hampshire 3:27 into the game.[1] This was New Hampshire's second America East conference title in school history.

New Hampshire was the conference's lone bid into the NCAA Tournament. They hosted Fairleigh-Dickinson in the first round, defeating Fairleigh-Dickinson 1–0 at home. They then traveled to 10-seed #13 Virginia Tech where they fell 1–4. This was New Hampshire's fourth appearance in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament.[2] New Hampshire finished the season nationally ranked 22nd by the United Soccer Coaches.

Seeds
Seed[3] School Conference Tiebreaker
1 New Hampshire 5–1–1 UNH 1–1 vs. UVM, won both games against #3 Hartford
2 Vermont 5–1–1 UVM 1–1 vs. UNH, split games against #3 Hartford
3 Hartford 4–2–1
4 Albany 4–3
5 UMass-Lowell 3–4
6 Binghamton 3–4

Bracket
First round
Nov. 9 		Semifinals
Nov. 13 		Final
Nov. 16
2 Vermont 2
3 Hartford 2 3 Hartford 3 (OT)
6 Binghamton 0 1 New Hampshire 1
3 Hartford 0
1 New Hampshire 3
4 Albany 0 5 UMass Lowell 0
5 UMass Lowell 1

Results

Quarterfinals
No. 3 Hartford2–0No. 6 Binghamton
  • Aitor Elana 28'
  • Sergi Martinez 36'
 Report
Attendance: 289
Referee: Wilmer Melendez
No. 4 Albany0–1No. 5 UMass Lowell
Report
  • Alejandro Osorio 62'
Attendance: 106

Semifinals
No. 2 Vermont2–3 (OT)No. 3 Hartford
  • Jon Arnar-Barodal 43'
  • Garrett Lillie 78'
 Report
  • Jovante Etienne 19'
  • Sergi Martinez 40'
  • Nyrik Antoine 97'
Attendance: 234
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
No. 1 New Hampshire3–0No. 5 UMass Lowell
  • Rory O'Driscoll 43'
  • Bilal Kamal 62'
  • Antonio Colacci 76'
 Report
Attendance: 758
Referee: Patrick Violette

Final
No. 1 New Hampshire1–0No. 3 Hartford
  • Josh Bauer 3'
 Report
Attendance: 1,782
Referee: Jay Vallieres

Awards and honors
  • Tournament MVP: Josh Bauer, New Hampshire

All-Tournament team: [4]

See also

References
  1. "Bauer Leads UNH to Second-Straight #AEMSOC Title". americaeast.com. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  2. "2019 Division I Men's Soccer Official Bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  3. "Stony Brook Earns #AEMSOC Regular-Season Title; Championship Details Set". americaeast.com. October 31, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  4. "2019 America East Men's Soccer Championship - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
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