2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

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
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
SiteWestcott Field
Dallas, Texas
ChampionsSMU (1st title)
Winning coachKevin Hudson (1st title)
MVPEmil Cuello (Offensive) (SMU)
Jordan Cano (Defensive) (SMU)
BroadcastAmerican Digital Network, ESPNU
American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
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2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
As of December 13, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Seeding and format

The teams are seeded based on their performance in the conference's round-robin regular season. The top four teams qualify for the event.

SeedTeamWLTPctPts
1 SMU511.78616
2 UCF421.64313
3 Connecticut430.57112
4 Temple430.57112

Bracket

Semifinals Finals
      
1 SMU 4
4 Temple 0
1 SMU 2
2 UCF 1
2 UCF 1
3 Connecticut 0

Results

Semifinals

No. 2 UCF Knights1–0No. 3 Connecticut Huskies
Pyysalo  42'
Sorokin  73'
Stiegwardt  80'
Report Burnett  42'
Attendance: 264
Referee: Jorge Luna Hernandez

No. 1 SMU Mustangs4–0No. 4 Temple Owls
Cuello  3'
Cano  5'
Ponder  53'
Hernandez  59'
Williams, Jr.  85'
Sigthórsson  5'  35'
Grasella  53'
Attendance: 512
Referee: Mark Allatin

Championship

No. 1 SMU Mustangs2–1 (a.e.t.)No. 2 UCF Knights
Cano  77'
Cuello  80'  96'
Report Steineger  66'
Jennings  86'
Ponder  87' (o.g.)
Attendance: 647
Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh

Broadcasting

The semifinals were streamed live on the American Digital Network. The final was carried live on ESPNU.

Statistics

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