2019 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

The 2019 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the 32nd edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the Horizon League champion and guaranteed representative into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began on November 11 and concluded on November 16, 2019.

2019 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Quarterfinals siteTitan Field
Aldo Santaga Stadium
Detroit, Michigan
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Semifinals siteFlames Field
Chicago, IL
Finals siteFlames Field
Chicago, IL
ChampionsWright State (1st title)
Winning coachJake Slemker (1st title)
MVPJoel Sundell (Wright State)
BroadcastESPN+
Horizon League men's soccer tournament
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2019 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
UIC 6 2 0 12 5 1
Oakland 4 2 2 7 9 3
Detroit Mercy 4 3 1 7 11 1
Green Bay 4 4 0 6 8 2
Wright State 4 4 0 11 8 4
Milwaukee 3 3 2 10 6 4
Cleveland State 3 5 0 7 7 1
Northern Kentucky 3 5 0 7 10 1
IUPUI 2 5 1 4 10 3
As of 25 November 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Wright State won their first Horizon League championship, defeating Milwaukee 4–3 in penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw in regulation time and extra time. It was Wright State's first ever Horizon League tournament championship. Three-time defending champions, UIC, were eliminated in the semifinals by Milwaukee. Wright State second year head coach, Jake Slemker, won his first title with the Raiders.

Joel Sundell of Wright State won the Horizon League Tournament Most valuable player.

With the victory, Wright State earned the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, which marked Wright State's first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.[1] In the opening round, Wright State upset Notre Dame 3–2 in the first round,[2] before losing on penalty kicks to Michigan in the second round.[3]

Seeds

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Seed School Conference Points Tiebreaker
1 UIC 6–2–0 18
2 Oakland 4–2–2 14
3 Detroit Mercy 4–3–1 13
4 Green Bay 4–4–0 12 Green Bay 1–0 vs. Wright State[4]
5 Wright State 4–4–0 12 Wright State 0–1 vs.Green Bay[4]
6 Milwaukee 3–3–2 11

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Nov. 11
Semifinals
Nov. 14
Final
Nov. 16
1 UIC 0 (0)
3 Detroit Mercy 0 6 Milwaukee (pen.) 0 (3)
6 Milwaukee 2 6 Milwaukee 1 (3)
5 Wright State (pen.) 1 (4)
2 Oakland 1
4 Green Bay 2 5 Milwaukee 4
5 Wright State 1

Results

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First round

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No. 3 Oakland0–1No. 6 Milwaukee
Report Latinovich   54'

No. 4 Green Bay2–3 (a.e.t.)No. 5 IUPUI
Report

Semifinals

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No. 2 UIC1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 5 IUPUI
Report
Penalties
4–2

No. 1 Wright State1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 6 Milwaukee
  • Corfe   37'
Report
Penalties
  •   Suad Suljic
  •   Henrik Fennefoss
  •   Vuk Latinovich
  •   Sean Holmes
  •   Evan Conway
4–3
  •   Deri Corfe
  •   Stefan Rokvic
  •   Harvey Slade
  •   Dan Bent
  •   Jackson Dietrich
Attendance: 392
Referee: Josh Kelly

Final

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No. 1 Wright State1–3No. 2 UIC
  • Tajak Dominik   81'
Report
  •   4,88' Josiah Ash
  •   35' Pau Mateo
Attendance: 623
Referee: Calin Radosav

Statistics

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Goals

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All-Tournament team

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Following the championship game, the Horizon League All-Tournament team was announced.

Player Team
Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[5]
Joel Sundell (MVP) Wright State
Deri Corfe
Jackson Dietrich
Ids Hannema
Evan Conway Milwaukee
Vuk Latinovich
Freddy Lorezen
Jacob Graiber UIC
Jesus Perez
Luke Morrell Oakland
Charlie Braithwaite

References

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  1. ^ Harris, Doug (November 18, 2019). "Wright State soccer: Raiders to make NCAA Tournament debut vs. Notre Dame". daytondailynews. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Phol, Jack (November 22, 2019). "WSU earns first NCAA soccer tournament win". WDTN. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Michigan men's soccer downs Wright State on PKs, advances to NCAA third round". Detroit News. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Wright State falls on Senior Night". Wright State University Athletics. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team". Conference USA. November 17, 2019. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
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