2021 America East men's soccer tournament

The 2021 America East Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from November 6 through November 14, 2021. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the New Hampshire, who were unable to defend their title, losing in the Final. Vermont won their first tournament in program history after a 1–0 victory in the final over New Hampshire.[1] It was the sixth victory for the Vermont Catamounts soccer program and the first for Head Coach Rob Dow.[2] As tournament champions, Vermont earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 America East men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance7,362
SiteCampus Sites (Higher Seed)
ChampionsVermont (6th title)
Winning coachRob Dow (1st title)
MVPAdrian Schulze Solano (Vermont)
BroadcastAmerica East TV
America East men's soccer tournament
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2021 America East Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 New Hampshire + 7 –0 –117 –2 –2
Vermont ‡ 6 –1 –113 –5 –2
Albany 4 –3 –110 –7 –1
Stony Brook 4 –4 –08 –6 –1
UMBC 3 –4 –18 –8 –3
NJIT 3 –5 –06 –12 –1
UMass Lowell 3 –5 –04 –11 –1
Binghamton 2 –6 –07 –9 –1
Hartford 2 –6 –04 –10 –3
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: America East

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament, with the top two seeds receiving byes into the Semifinals. NJIT and UMass Lowell finished the regular season tied for the sixth and final tournament spot, with a conference record of 3–5–0. NJIT qualified for the tournament by virtue of their 2–1 overtime win over UMass Lowell on September 18.[3]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 New Hampshire 7–0–1 22
2 Vermont 6–1–1 19
3 Albany 4–3–1 13
4 Stony Brook 4–4–0 12
5 UMBC 3–4–1 10
6 NJIT 3–5–0 9

Bracket
Quarterfinals
Saturday, Nov. 6 		Semifinals
Wednesday, Nov. 10 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 14
1 New Hampshire 4
4 Stony Brook 1 (7) 5 UMBC 0
5 UMBC (pen.) 1 (8) 1 New Hampshire 0
2 Vermont 1
2 Vermont 3
3 Albany 1 6 NJIT 2
6 NJIT 2

Schedule

Quarterfinals
November 6, 2021 #4 Stony Brook 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(7–8 p)		 #5 UMBC Stony Brook, NY
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Rondell Payne Yellow card 17'
  • UMBC Own Goal 55' (o.g.)
  • Kori Cupid Yellow card 56'
 Report
  • 54' (pen.), Yellow card 85' Julian Conze
 Stadium: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jan Halaska
Assistant referees: Keith Fisher
Assistant referees: Greg Muhs
Fourth official: Stephen Danisi
Penalties
  • Kori Cupid soccer ball with check mark
  • Gabriel Fernandes soccer ball with check mark
  • Jonas Bickus soccer ball with check mark
  • Aki Solvason soccer ball with check mark
  • Selcuk Kahveci soccer ball with check mark
  • Trevor Harrison soccer ball with check mark
  • Sebastian Rojek soccer ball with check mark
  • Bas Beckhoven soccer ball with red X
  • soccer ball with check mark Julian Conze
  • soccer ball with check mark Jackson Becher
  • soccer ball with check mark Ryan Becher
  • soccer ball with check mark Hans Nesheim
  • soccer ball with check mark Taylor Calheira
  • soccer ball with check mark Nik Steiner
  • soccer ball with check mark William Forby
  • soccer ball with check mark Qantrell Jones
November 6, 2021 #3 Albany 1–2 #6 NJIT Albany, NY
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Bjarki Leosson 44' (pen.)
  • Austin DaSilva Yellow card 72'
 Report
  • 43' Alejandro Rabell
  • 58' Goncalo Franco
  • Yellow card 71' Alejandro Flores Valentin
  • Yellow card 72' Joao Costa
 Stadium: Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Matt Stein
Assistant referees: Mark Barile
Assistant referees: Christopher Crocker
Fourth official: Yevgeniy Mednikov

Semifinals
November 10, 2021 #1 New Hampshire 4–0 #5 UMBC Durham, NH
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Johann von Knebel 4'
  • Paul Mayer 32'
  • Rory O'Driscoll 53'
  • Linus Fallberg 64'
  • Yannick Bright Yellow card 65'
 Report
  • Yellow card 41' Mackie Sacarellos
  • Yellow card 87' Jago Lott
 Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Attendance: 2,455
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
Assistant referees: Risto Gjeorgiev
Assistant referees: Michael Kelley
Fourth official: Ron Libby
November 10, 2021 #2 Vermont 3–2 #6 NJIT Burlington, VT
6:00 p.m. ET
  • Yves Borie 39'
  • Adrian Solano Yellow card 52'
  • Joe Morrison 61'
  • Jacob Vitale 78'
 Report
  • Yellow card 31' Joao Costa
  • Yellow card 57' Jose Adames
  • 86' Asembo Augo
  • 88' Regsan Watkins
 Stadium: Virtue Field
Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Mounir Idmalak
Assistant referees: Larry Bechard
Assistant referees: Jim Myers
Fourth official: Jay Valliers

Final
November 14, 2021 #1 New Hampshire 0–1 #2 Vermont Durham, NH
2:00 p.m. ET Report
  • Yellow card 20' Garrett Lillie
  • 68' Yves Borie
  • Yellow card 87' Adrian Solano
 Stadium: Wildcat Stadium
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Carlos Fernandes
Assistant referees: Sean Regan
Assistant referees: John Luk
Fourth official: John Jordan

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

2 goals

  • Yves Borie – Vermont

1 goal

  • Bjarki Leosson – Albany
  • Linus Fallberg – New Hampshire
  • Johann von Knebel – New Hampshire
  • Paul Mayer – New Hampshire
  • Rory O'Driscoll – New Hampshire
  • Asembo Augo – NJIT
  • Goncalo Franco – NJIT
  • Alejandro Rabell – NJIT
  • Regsan Watkins – NJIT
  • Julian Conze – UMBC
  • Joe Morrison – Vermont
  • Jacob Vitale – Vermont

1 own goal

  • UMBC (against Stony Brook)

All-Tournament team

Source:[4]

PlayerTeam
Adrian Schulze Solano Vermont
Yves Borie
Noah Egan
Nate Silveira
Bridger Hansen New Hampshire
Bilal Kamal
Johann von Knebel
Hans Nesheim UMBC
Julian Conze
Regsan Watkins NJIT
Rene White
Austin DaSilva Albany
Kori Cupid Stony Brook

MVP in bold

References
  1. "2021 #AEMSOC Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  2. "America East Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  3. "Three Peat! #6 UNH Wins 3rd Straight #AEMSOC Regular-Season Title, Tourney Bracket Set". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 1, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  4. "Giant Killer: Vermont Upends #6 UNH to Claim #AEMSOC Title". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 14, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
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