2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

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2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Logo.svg
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
SiteCorbett Stadium
Tampa, Florida
ChampionsTulsa (8th title)
Winning coachTom McIntosh (7th title)
BroadcastAmerican Digital Network ESPN2, ESPNU
American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
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2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
South Florida + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 6 – 4
Tulsa ‡ 4 – 2 – 1 10 – 5 – 5
Connecticut 3 – 3 – 1 11 – 7 – 1
Cincinnati 3 – 4 – 0 9 – 7 – 1
UCF 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 11 – 0
Temple 2 – 3 – 2 10 – 6 – 2
Memphis 2 – 4 – 1 8 – 8 – 1
SMU 2 – 4 – 1 6 – 9 – 1
As of 13 December 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the 4th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decides the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The semifinals and finals were played at Corbett Soccer Stadium on the campus of South Florida in Tampa, FL on November 11 & 13.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Seeding and format[]

The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. The top four teams qualify for the event.

Team W L T Pct Seed
South Florida 6 1 0 .857
1
Tulsa 4 2 1 .643
2
Connecticut 3 3 1 .500
3
UCF 3 4 0 .429
4

Bracket[]

Semifinals Finals
      
1 South Florida 2**
4 UCF 1
1 South Florida 1 (2)
2 Tulsa (pen.) 1 (4)**
2 Tulsa 2
3 Connecticut 0

Note: * denotes overtime period(s).

Results[]

Semifinals[]

November 11, 2016 Tulsa 2–0 Connecticut Tampa, Florida
4:30 p.m. Sánchez 11'
Puig 62'		 Report Stadium: Corbett Stadium
November 11, 2016 South Florida 2–1 UCF Tampa, Florida
7:00 p.m. Bartman 77'
Epps gold-colored soccer ball 101' 		Report Colombo 61' Stadium: Corbett Stadium

Final[]

November 13, 2016 Tulsa 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 South Florida Tampa, Florida
12:00 p.m. Sánchez 72' Report Bartman 52' Stadium: Corbett Stadium
Penalties
Duncan soccer ball with check mark
Puig soccer ball with check mark
Raranje soccer ball with red X
Stavrou soccer ball with check mark
Saari soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with red X Smith
soccer ball with check mark Gomez
soccer ball with red X Rodriguez
soccer ball with red X Epps

All-Tournament Team[]

Television/internet coverage[]

The semifinals were streamed live on the American Digital Network. The final was carried live on ESPN2 and 4 hours later on ESPNU.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2016 Men's Soccer Championship Central". The American. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "UConn Men's Soccer Team Faces Another Must-Win Game - Hartford Courant". Courant.com. 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  3. ^ McGrath, Shawn (2016-11-11). "UConn Men's Soccer Drops AAC Tournament Semifinal to Tulsa". The UConn Blog. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  4. ^ Trutor, Clayton (2016-11-23). "Bearcats Men's Soccer: Season in Review". Down The Drive. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  5. ^ McGrath, Shawn (2016-11-09). "UConn Men's Soccer: Conference Tournament Preview". The UConn Blog. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  6. ^ "TU tops in the AAC for Learfield". Tulsa Beacon. 2017-07-13. Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  7. ^ Zee, Carl (2016-11-13). "Men's Soccer Beats UCF in Double Overtime, Advances To American Championship Game". The Daily Stampede. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
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