2021 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

The 2021 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from November 7 through November 13, 2021. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Oakland Soccer Field in Rochester, Michigan. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Milwaukee Panthers were the defending champions. They were unable to defend their crown, falling to Cleveland State in the Semifinals. Oakland finished as tournament champions after defeating Cleveland State 3–1 in the Final. This was the third overall title for Oakland, all of which have come under head coach Eric Pogue. As tournament champions, Oakland earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,198
Site	Oakland Soccer Field Rochester, Michigan (Semifinals & Final)
Champions	Oakland (3rd title)
Winning coach	Eric Pogue (3rd title)
MVP	Noah Jensen (Oakland)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Horizon League men's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 Horizon League men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oakland ‡	8	–	1	–	1			12	–	7	–	2
Cleveland State	8	–	2	–	0			10	–	8	–	0
Milwaukee	6	–	3	–	1			9	–	8	–	1
UIC	6	–	4	–	0			9	–	8	–	2
Detroit Mercy	4	–	3	–	3			5	–	7	–	5
Wright State	4	–	5	–	1			5	–	10	–	1
Robert Morris	4	–	5	–	1			5	–	11	–	1
Northern Kentucky	4	–	6	–	0			6	–	11	–	0
Purdue Fort Wayne	3	–	6	–	1			5	–	9	–	2
IUPUI	2	–	8	–	0			3	–	12	–	1
Green Bay	1	–	7	–	2			2	–	10	–	4
‡ – 2021 Horizon Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Horizon

Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. The top two seeds received byes to the Semifinals and the number one seed hosted the Semifinals and Final. A tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and final seed of the tournament as Robert Morris and Wright State both finished with 4–5–1 conference records. Robert Morris earned the sixth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over Wright State on October 2.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Oakland	8–1–1	25
2	Cleveland State	8–2–0	24
3	Milwaukee	6–3–1	19
4	UIC	6–4–0	18
5	Detroit Mercy	4–3–3	15
6	Robert Morris	4–5–1	13

Bracket

Source:

	Quarterfinals Monday, Nov. 7					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 11					Final Saturday, Nov. 13
						1	Oakland	3
	4	UIC (a.e.t.)	2			4	UIC	1
	5	Detroit Mercy	1								1	Oakland	3
											2	Cleveland State	1
						2	Cleveland State	2
	3	Milwaukee	1			3	Milwaukee	1
	6	Robert Morris	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Milwaukee v #6 Robert Morris

November 7, 2021	#3 Milwaukee	1–0	#6 Robert Morris	Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. ET	Raul Medina  68' Paolo Gratton 86'	Report		Stadium: Engelmann Field Attendance: 191 Referee: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Gary Klump Assistant referees: Christian Little Fourth official: Alex Hoefstetter

#4 UIC v #5 Detroit Mercy

November 7, 2021	#4 UIC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#5 Detroit Mercy	Chicago, IL
1:00 p.m. ET	Bukola Abdulwahab 4' Pau Mateo  105'	Report	10' Daniel Iyok 71' (pen.),  90' Kyle Bandyk	Stadium: Flames Field Attendance: 433 Referee: Kevin Fikar Assistant referees: Vitali Hantsevich Assistant referees: James Duling Fourth official: Kevin Cavalcanti

Semifinals

#1 Oakland v #4 UIC

November 11, 2021	#1 Oakland	3–1	#4 UIC	Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET	Noah Jensen 19', 72' (pen.) Mikey Ketteman 69' (pen.) Charlie Braithwaite  81'	Report	64' Eduardo Garcia  72' Manny Cerritos	Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Quinton McFarlen Assistant referees: Shane Richards Fourth official: Ted Grigorou

#2 Cleveland State v #3 Milwaukee

November 11, 2021	#2 Cleveland State	2–1	#3 Milwaukee	Rochester, MI
4:00 p.m. ET	Team  18' Thomas M'Barek  45' Albert Portas 50',  59' Andrew Nicholas 57'	Report	29' Paolo Gratton  48' Andreas Soerensen  58' Shawn Azcueta  74' Team	Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Heber Estrada Assistant referees: Christian Little Assistant referees: Jacob Little Fourth official: Ted Grigorou

Final

#1 Oakland v #2 Cleveland State

November 13, 2021	#1 Oakland	3–1	#2 Cleveland State	Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET	Noah Jensen 1' Charlie Braithwaite  17' Sebastian Nuzzo 42' Dylan Borczak 48' Mikey Ketteman  90'	Report	11' Saahb Kular  18' Cameron Wilde 41' Pablo Kawecki  58' Albert Portas  89' Ryan Kolonick	Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field Attendance: 574 Referee: Dimitrios Katsimingos Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando Fourth official: Michael Allie

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 13, 2021).

3 goals

• Noah Jensen – Oakland

2 goals

• Paolo Gratton – Milwaukee

1 goal

• Pablo Kawecki – Cleveland State
• Andrew Nicholas – Cleveland State
• Albert Portas – Cleveland State
• Kyle Bandyk – Detroit Mercy
• Dylan Borczak – Oakland
• Mikey Ketteman – Oakland
• Sebastian Nuzzo – Oakland
• Bukola Abdulwahab – UIC
• Eduardo Garica – UIC
• Pau Mateo – UIC

All-Tournament team

Source:

Player	Team
Noah Jensen	Oakland
Finn Jurak
Adam McAleenan
Kieran Hayes
Thomas M'Barek	Cleveland State
Jannis Schmidt
Pablo Kawecki
Paolo Gratton	Milwaukee
Shawn Azcueta
Eduardo Garcia	UIC
Christian Crespo

MVP in bold