2024 ASUN men's soccer tournament

2024 ASUN men's soccer tournament
2024 ASUN men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,024
Site	Campus Sites
Champions	North Florida (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jamie Davies (1st title)
MVP	Joaquin Acuna (North Florida)
Broadcast	ESPN+
ASUN men's soccer tournament
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2024 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
North Florida ‡	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	8	–	4
Stetson	3	–	0	–	4	4	–	6	–	6
Florida Gulf Coast	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	10	–	3
Central Arkansas	3	–	3	–	1	8	–	7	–	3
Queens ^#	2	–	2	–	3	5	–	10	–	3
Jacksonville	2	–	3	–	2	4	–	6	–	5
Bellarmine	2	–	3	–	2	5	–	6	–	5
Lipscomb	1	–	4	–	2	3	–	8	–	5


‡ – 2024 ASUN tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2024 NCAA tournament ^# – Ineligible for post-season (In transition) As of December 16, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: ASUN

The 2024 ASUN men's soccer tournament was the 46th edition of the postseason men's soccer tournament for the ASUN Conference, held from November 9 through November 16, 2024. All rounds of the tournament were hosted at the first and second seeds home stadiums, with the #1 seed Stetson, hosting the Final. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Lipscomb Bison were the defending tournament champions,^[1]^[2] and were unsuccessful in defending their title, as they finished eighth during the conference regular season and did not qualify for the tournament. The North Florida Ospreys would go on to win the title, defeating Central Arkansas in a penalty shootout in the Final.^[3]^[4] The second title for the North Florida men's soccer program and the first under head coach Jamie Davies.^[5] As tournament champions, North Florida earned the ASUN's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seeds after North Florida and Stetson both finished the regular season with thirteen points in conference play. Stetson defeated North Florida 2–1 on September 21, and therefore earned the first seed. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Central Arkansas and Florida Gulf Coast finished with identical 3–3–1 regular season records. Florida Gulf Coast defeated Central Arkansas 2–1 on October 25, to earn the third seed. A final tiebreaker was required for the sixth and final seed as Bellarmine and Jacksonville finished with identical 2–3–2 records during regular season play. Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville 2–1 on October 26 to earn the sixth seed.^[6]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Stetson	3–0–4	13
2	North Florida	4–2–1	13
3	Florida Gulf Coast	3–3–1	10
4	Central Arkansas	3–3–1	10
5	Queens	2–2–3	9
6	Bellarmine	2–3–2	8

Bracket

Source:^[7]

First round Saturday, Nov. 9			Semifinals Monday, Nov. 11			Final Saturday, Nov. 16

			1	Stetson	0
4	Central Arkansas	3	4	Central Arkansas	3
5	Queens	2				4	Central Arkansas	3 (3)
						2	North Florida (pen.)	3 (4)
			2	North Florida	3
3	Florida Gulf Coast (pen.)	1 (5)	3	Florida Gulf Coast	0
6	Bellarmine	1 (4)

Schedule

First Round

November 9, 2024	#4 Central Arkansas	3–2	#5 Queens	DeLand, FL
6:00 p.m. EST	Pietro Fontana 44' Tajio James 77', 81'	Report	22' Cole Pumpian 81' Rodrigo Canovas 88' Roberto Alvarez	Stadium: Stetson Athletic Training Center Attendance: 0 Referee: Richonne Clark Assistant referees: Matt Osterhouse Assistant referees: Will Diaz Jr.

November 9, 2024	#3 Florida Gulf Coast	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	#6 Bellarmine	Jacksonville, FL
7:00 p.m. EST	Jose Escobar 39' Victor Lopes 76' Addrian Knights-Browne 89' Shachar Nissim 89'	Report	54' (pen.) Austin Yowell	Stadium: Hodges Stadium Attendance: 213 Referee: Mario Maric Assistant referees: Thanas Bitro Assistant referees: Chris Chen Fourth official: Velmir Vejzovic
	Penalties
	Lucas Sperner Pablo Brimeux Victor Lopes Lucas Windschauer Cao Chaves		Colin Elder Austin Yowell Cade Morgan Nore Summer Adric Rosato

Semifinals

November 11, 2024	#1 Stetson	0–3	#4 Central Arkansas	DeLand, FL
6:00 p.m. EST	Afonso Conde 54' Maurice Hauser 84'	Report	24' Josh Baros 33', 45' Charles Brunet 68' Devonte Richards 76' Franco DiGiovanni 76' Tajio James 79' Pietro Fontana	Stadium: Stetson Athletic Training Center Attendance: 369 Referee: Alejo Calume Assistant referees: Lyubomir Sapundzhiev Assistant referees: Corbin Goodyear

November 11, 2024	#2 North Florida	3–0	#3 Florida Gulf Coast	Jacksonville, FL
7:00 p.m. EST	Joaquin Acuna 7', 27' David Perez 54' Alex Barnett 68'	Report	69' Victor Lopes	Stadium: Hodges Stadium Attendance: 461

Final

November 16, 2024	#2 North Florida	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#4 Central Arkansas	Jacksonville, FL
7:00 p.m. EST	Anton Khelil 10' David Perez 39', 85' Joaquin Acuna 67', 75' Team 72' Tyler Prebenda 83'	Report	14', 22', 73' Devonte Richards 53' Pharis Petrica	Stadium: Hodges Stadium Attendance: 981 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic Assistant referees: Kamil Sikora Assistant referees: Thanas Bitro Fourth official: Mario Maric
	Penalties
	Anton Khelil Tyler Prebenda Rafa Rios David Perez Joaquin Acuna		Devonte Richards Pietro Fontana Yamato Fujishima Pharis Petrica Javier Ramirez

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).

4 goals

Devonte Richards – Central Arkansas

3 goals

Joaquin Acuna – North Florida
Tajio James – Central Arkansas

2 goals

David Perez – North Florida

1 goal

Charles Brunet – Central Arkansas
Rodrigo Canovas – Queens
Pietro Fontana – Central Arkansas
Anton Khelil – North Florida
Addrian Knights-Browne – Florida Gulf Coast
Cole Pumpian – Queens
Austin Yowell – Bellarmine

All-Tournament team

Source:^[8]

Player	Team
Elijah Bishop	Central Arkansas
Pietro Fontana
Devonte Richards
Beltran Alvarez	Florida Gulf Coast
Victor Lopes	Florida Gulf Coast
Joaquin Acuna	North Florida
Anton Khelil
David Perez
Tyler Prebenda
Charles Ahl	Stetson
Clarence Loriot	Stetson

MVP in bold

References

^ "2022 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
^ Layman, Steve (November 15, 2023). "Lipscomb is headed to the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament". newschannel5.com. WTVF. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
^ "2024 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ Smits, Garry (November 17, 2024). "UNF Ospreys complete worst-to-first season by winning ASUN men's soccer championship". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "2024 Men's Soccer Championship Seeding Determined". asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. November 2, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "2024 ASUN Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
^ "UNF Gets Past UCA to Claim 2024 ASUN Championship". asunsports.com. ASUN Conference. November 16, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[1] "2022 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

[2] Layman, Steve (November 15, 2023). "Lipscomb is headed to the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament". newschannel5.com. WTVF. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

[3] "2024 ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[4] Smits, Garry (November 17, 2024). "UNF Ospreys complete worst-to-first season by winning ASUN men's soccer championship". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[5] "ASUN Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[6] "2024 Men's Soccer Championship Seeding Determined". asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. November 2, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[7] "2024 ASUN Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[8] "UNF Gets Past UCA to Claim 2024 ASUN Championship". asunsports.com. ASUN Conference. November 16, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

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