2024 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
The 2024 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held November 8 through November 17, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting while the Semifinals and Finals were hosted at Westcott Field in Dallas, Texas. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Charlotte 49ers.[1][2] The 49ers successfully defended their tournament title, defeating the Florida International Panthers in overtime in the Final.[3] This was Charlotte's second American Athletic Conference tournament title and their fourth conference title overall. This was also the second American tournament title for head coach Kevin Langan and his third conference tournament title overall.[4] As tournament champions Charlotte earned the American Athletic Conference's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. SeedingThe top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament, with the top two seeds receiving byes into the Semifinals. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds in the tournament as FIU and Temple finished with identical 2–2–3 regular season conference records. The two teams drew their October 26th regular season match up 0–0. After further tiebreakers it was determined that FIU was the fifth seed and Temple was the sixth seed.[5]
BracketSource:[6]
ScheduleFirst RoundSemifinals
Semifinals
Final
StatisticsGoalscorersThere were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 17, 2024). 3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
All-Tournament teamSource:[7]
Offensive MVP in bold References
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