2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
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The 2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the 5th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decides the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was played at Westcott Field on the campus of SMU in Dallas on November 10 and 12.[1]
| 2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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 Tournament Logo | |||||
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 4 | ||||
| Matches | 3 | ||||
| Site | Westcott Field Dallas, Texas | ||||
| Champions | SMU (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Kevin Hudson (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Emil Cuello (Offensive) (SMU) Jordan Cano (Defensive) (SMU) | ||||
| Broadcast | American Digital Network, ESPNU | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 SMU ‡ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 17 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format edit
The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. The top four teams qualify for the event.
| Seed | Team | W | L | T | Pct | Pts |
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| 1 | SMU | 5 | 1 | 1 | .786 | 16 |
| 2 | UCF | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | 13 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 12 |
| 4 | Temple | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 12 |
Bracket edit
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | SMU | 4 | |||||||
| 4 | Temple | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | SMU | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | UCF | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | UCF | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Connecticut | 0 | |||||||
Results edit
Semifinals edit
| No. 2 UCF Knights | 1–0 | No. 3 Connecticut Huskies |
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Pyysalo  42'Sorokin  73'Stiegwardt 80' |
Report | Burnett 42' |
| No. 1 SMU Mustangs | 4–0 | No. 4 Temple Owls |
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| Cuello 3' Cano 5'Ponder 53'Hernandez 59'Williams, Jr. 85' |
Sigthórsson 5'  35'Grasella 53' |
Championship edit
| No. 1 SMU Mustangs | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | No. 2 UCF Knights |
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| Cano 77' Cuello 80'  96' |
Report | Steineger 66' Jennings  86'Ponder 87' (o.g.) |
Broadcasting edit
The semifinals were streamed live on the American Digital Network. The final was carried live on ESPNU.
Statistics edit
Goals edit
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Assists edit
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Shutouts edit
Awards editMost valuable players edit
All-Tournament team editThe following 11 players were named to the American Athletic Conference's All-Tournament team. A record six players from SMU were selected for the team.[4]
See also editReferences edit
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