2019 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament

The 2019 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament, was the 22nd edition of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It determined the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament was be held from November 9 to November 17, 2019. The semifinal and finals will be hosted by Fordham University with matches being played at Coffey Field in The Bronx, New York.[1]

2019 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteCoffey Field
Bronx, NY
Finals siteCoffey Field
Bronx, NY
ChampionsRhode Island (8th title)
Winning coachGareth Elliott (2nd title)
MVPLudvik Benco (Rhode Island)
BroadcastESPN+
Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
«2018  2020»
2019 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rhode Island ‡ 7 –1 –014 –4 –3
VCU 6 –1 –17 –8 –3
Dayton 6 –2 –013 –8 –0
Saint Louis 6 –2 –010 –7 –0
Fordham 5 –2 –17 –10 –3
La Salle 4 –4 –08 –9 –1
Duquesne 3 –5 –08 –8 –1
UMass 3 –5 –07 –10 –0
George Washington 3 –5 –05 –11 –1
George Mason 3 –5 –04 –12 –2
Davidson 3 –5 –03 –11 –2
Saint Joseph's 1 –7 –05 –12 –1
St. Bonaventure 1 –7 –05 –11 –0
As of 22 November 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Rhode Island are the defending tournament champions, and successfully defended their title, beating Dayton, 1–0, in the championship.[2] Rhode Island would go on to be eliminated by Syracuse in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.[3]

Seeds
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Rhode Island 7–1–0
2 VCU 6–1–1
3 Dayton 6–2–0 DAY 2–1 vs. STL
4 Saint Louis 6–2–0 STL 1–2 vs. DAY
5 Fordham 5–2–1
6 La Salle 4–4–0
7 George Mason 3–5–0 2–0 vs. tied teams
8 Davidson 3–5–0 2–1 vs. tied teams (excludes George Mason)

After the regular season games concluded, five teams were in a tie for seventh place in the conference, all with 3-5 records. A series of tiebreakers involving wins and loss records in matches played among the subgroup determined the last two bids into the A10 Tournament as George Mason and Davidson.

Bracket
Quarterfinals
November 9–10 		Semifinals
November 15 		Final
November 17
         
1 Rhode Island 7
8 Davidson 3
1 Rhode Island (p)  0 (7) 
5 Fordham 0 (6)
4 Saint Louis 0
5 Fordham 1
1 Rhode Island 1
3 Dayton 0
2 VCU (p)  2 (4) 
7 George Mason 2 (3)
2 VCU 0
3 Dayton 1
3 Dayton 4
6 La Salle 0

Results

Quarterfinals
No. 4 Saint Louis0–1No. 5 Fordham
Report
  • Ricupati 87'
Attendance: 752
Referee: William DeLois
No. 1 Rhode Island7–3No. 8 Davidson
  • Karterud 2'
  • Tamburini 27'
  • Kristiansen 32'
  • Booth 49'
  • Zarokostas 51'
  • Middrup 61'
  • Kolakofsky 68'
 Report
  • DiLuzio 59'
  • Alzate 85'
  • Morrissett 87'
Attendance: 1,539
Referee: Patrick Violette
No. 2 VCU2–2 (a.e.t.)No. 7 George Mason
 Report
Penalties
  • Edvarsen soccer ball with check mark
  • Pompeu soccer ball with red X
  • Fitch soccer ball with check mark
  • Sewell soccer ball with check mark
  • Valdes soccer ball with check mark
 4–3
Attendance: 340
No. 3 Dayton4–0No. 6 La Salle
 Report
Attendance: 403
Referee: Eric Tattersall

Semifinals
No. 2 VCU0–1No. 3 Dayton
Report
Attendance: 602
Referee: Bahij Salman
No. 1 Rhode Island0–0 (a.e.t.)No. 5 Fordham
Penalties
  • Akselsen soccer ball with check mark
  • Zarokostas soccer ball with check mark
  • Kristiansen soccer ball with red X
  • Tamburini soccer ball with check mark
  • Kolakofsky soccer ball with check mark
  • Middrup soccer ball with check mark
  • Schmidt soccer ball with red X
  • Benco soccer ball with check mark
  • Trcka soccer ball with check mark
 7–6
  • soccer ball with red X Ricupati
  • soccer ball with check mark Dziedzic
  • soccer ball with check mark Bohm
  • soccer ball with check mark Fathazada
  • soccer ball with check mark Sluys
  • soccer ball with check mark McNamara
  • soccer ball with red X Shkreli
  • soccer ball with check mark Zloczower
  • soccer ball with red X Murphy
Attendance: 602
Referee: Noel Cotterell

A10 Championship
No. 1 Rhode Island1–0No. 3 Dayton
  • Akselsen 51'
 Report
Attendance: 606
Referee: Mark Gorak

Statistics

Goalscorers
2 Goals
1 Goal

References
  1. "Men's Soccer Schedule - 2019 Atlantic 10 Tournament". slubillikens.com.
  2. "Rhode Island Repeats as #A10MSOC Champions". atlantic10.com. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  3. "Syracuse knocks URI out of NCAA Soccer Tournament, 3-2". Providence Journal. November 21, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
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