2021 Summit League men's soccer tournament

The 2021 Summit League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Summit League held on November 11 and 13, 2021. The three-match tournament took place at MacKenzie Alumni Field in Macomb, Illinois. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Denver Pioneers were the defending champions after no tournament was held in 2020. Denver were champions in 2019.[1] Denver successfully defended their title, defeating Oral Roberts in the final in a penalty shoot-out.[2] The tournament win was Denver's seventh as a member of the conference, and the title was the fourth for head coach Jamie Franks. Denver has now won seven of the past eight Summit League tournaments.[3] As tournament champions, Denver earned the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 Summit League men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance295
SiteMacKenzie Alumni Field
Macomb, Illinois
ChampionsDenver (7th title)
Winning coachJamie Franks (4th title)
MVPKobe Gray (Denver)
BroadcastESPN+
Summit League men's soccer tournament
«2019 2022»
2021 Summit League men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oral Roberts 4 –1 –111 –2 –2
Denver ‡ 4 –1 –110 –4 –5
Omaha 4 –2 –06 –10 –1
Kansas City 2 –2 –23 –7 –5
Western Illinois 2 –4 –02 –13 –1
St. Thomas # 2 –4 –03 –11 –2
Eastern Illinois 1 –5 –02 –12 –1
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Summit

Seeding

Four of the seven Summit League men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. The first tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seed as Denver and Oral Roberts finished with identical 4–1–1 regular season records. Denver was awarded the first seed based on their 1–0 victory over Oral Roberts on October 30. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Omaha and Kansas City both finished with identical 4–2–0 regular season records. Omaha earned the third seed based on their 2–0 victory over Kansas City on October 2.[4]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Denver 4–1–1 13
2 Oral Roberts 4–1–1 13
3 Omaha 4–2–0 12
4 Kansas City 4–2–0 12

Bracket

Source:[5]

Semifinals
Thursday, November 11 		Final
Saturday, November 13
      
1 Denver (pen.) 0 (4)
4 Kansas City 0 (3)
1 Denver (pen.) 1 (3)
2 Oral Roberts 1 (2)
2 Oral Roberts 2
3 Omaha 1

Schedule

Semifinals
November 11, 2021 #1 Denver 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 #4 Kansas City Macomb, IL
11:00 a.m. CT
  • Eli Mereness Yellow card 18'
 Report
  • Yellow card 27' Hugo Von Reis
  • Yellow card 60' Carson Lindsey
 Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field
Attendance: 30
Penalties
  • Eli Mereness soccer ball with check mark
  • Kengo Ohira soccer ball with red X
  • Sam Bassett soccer ball with check mark
  • Aidan O'Toole soccer ball with check mark
  • Lucas Russo soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with check mark Cooper Clark
  • soccer ball with check mark Joan Castells
  • soccer ball with red X Kotaro Hirokawa
  • soccer ball with check mark Seth Kacich
  • soccer ball with red X Edson Murguia
November 11, 2021 #2 Oral Roberts 2–1 #3 Omaha Macomb, IL
2:15 p.m. CT
  • Juan Arias 38', 75'
 Report
  • 54' Kenji Mboma Dem
  • Yellow card 74' Ed Port
 Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field
Attendance: 55

Final
November 13, 2021 #1 Denver 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		 #2 Oral Roberts Macomb, IL
1:00 p.m. CT
  • Trevor Wright 3'
  • Stefan DeLeone Yellow card 23'
  • Ben Smith Yellow card 48'
 Report
  • 21' (pen.), Yellow card 52' Dante Brigida
  • Yellow card 44' Francisco Lopes
 Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field
Attendance: 213
Penalties
  • Sam Bassett soccer ball with red X
  • Eli Mereness soccer ball with red X
  • Griffin Meyer soccer ball with check mark
  • Aidan O'Toole soccer ball with red X
  • Lucas Russo soccer ball with check mark
  • Destan Norman soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with red X Dante Brigida
  • soccer ball with check mark Felipe Medina
  • soccer ball with red X Joe Ruiz
  • soccer ball with check mark Juan Arias
  • soccer ball with red X Miles Motakef
  • soccer ball with red X Vinicius Oliveira

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 5 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

2 goals

  • Juan Arias – Oral Roberts

1 goal

  • Trevor Wright – Denver
  • Kenji Mboma Dem – Omaha
  • Dante Brigida – Oral Roberts

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

PlayerTeam
Kobe Gray Denver
Destan Norman
Trevor Wright
Liam Johnson
Dante Brigida Oral Roberts
Juan Arias
Joe Ruiz
Cooper Clark Kansas City
Mario Sandoval
Kenji Mboma Dem Omaha
Ed Gordon

MVP in bold

References
  1. "2020 Summit League Men's Soccer Championship". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  2. "2021 Summit League Men's Soccer Championship". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  3. "Summit League Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  4. "2021 #SummitMSOC Championship Bracket Released". thesummitleague.org. Summit League. November 6, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  5. "2021 Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  6. "Top-seeded Denver wins #SummitMSOC Championship on penalty kicks". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. November 13, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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