American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament

The American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the American Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held every year since the split from the Big East Conference in 2013. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship.

American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played2013–present
Last contest2022
Current championMemphis
Most championshipsMemphis & South Florida (3)
TV partner(s)ESPN+

Format

The teams are seeded based on the order of finish in the conference's round robin regular season. Tiebreakers begin with the result of the head-to-head matchup. The teams are then placed in a single-elimination bracket, with the top seed playing the lowest seed, until meeting in a final championship game. After two overtime period, ties are broken by shootout rounds, with the winner of the shootout advancing.

Champions

By year
YearChampionSiteMOP (offense)MOP (defense)
2013UCFUCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FLTatiana Coleman, UCFJessica Janosz, Rutgers
2014ConnecticutCorbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FLRachel Hill, ConnecticutEmily Armstrong, Connecticut
2015CincinnatiWestcott Field • Dallas, TXJaycie Brown, CincinnatiVanessa Gilles, Cincinnati
2016ConnecticutMorrone Stadium • Storrs, CTRachel Hill, ConnecticutToriana Paterson, Connecticut
2017South FloridaUCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FLEvelyne Viens, South FloridaKat Elliott, South Florida
2018MemphisCorbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FLClarissa Larise, MemphisChanel Hudson-Marks, Memphis
2019South FloridaBilly J. Murphy Track & Soccer Complex • Memphis, TennesseeEvelyne Viens, South FloridaSydney Martinez, South Florida
2020 South Florida Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL Sydny Nasello, South Florida Sydney Martinez, South Florida
2021 Memphis Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL Saorla Miller, Memphis Elizabeth Moberg, Memphis
2022 Memphis UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL Shae Taylor, Memphis Claire Wyville, Memphis

By school

This table of championship statistics is updated after each event. It is current as of the end of the 2022 Tournament.[1]

SchoolAppearancesWLTPct.No. of TitlesYears
Cincinnati8362.36412015
Connecticut5531.61122014, 2016
East Carolina6261.2780
Houston3030.0000
Louisville1010.0000
Memphis101162.63232018, 2021, 2022
Rutgers1102.6670
SMU8862.5630
South Florida101245.69032017, 2019, 2020
Temple4040.0000
Tulsa2020.0000
UCF9655.53112013

Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the American.

References
  1. "2020 American Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. 3 Apr 2020. Retrieved 7 Jul 2020.
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