America East men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Played1988–present
Current championNew Hampshire
Most championshipsBoston University (8)
Official websiteamericaeast.com/mens-soccer

The America East men's soccer tournament (formerly known as the North Atlantic Conference championship[n 1]) is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the America East Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1988. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.

Winners

The following is a list of A-East tournament winners:

Key

(2) Title number
* Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold Winning team won regular season
^ Winning team reached College Cup
Winning team lost National Championship
Winning team won National Championship

Finals

Year Champion Score Runner-up Site Most valuable player Ref.
1989 Vermont 1–0 Hartford Virtue FieldBurlington, Vermont United States Kevin Wylie, Vermont
1990 Vermont (2) 1–1†
(6–5 pen.)
Boston U Nickerson FieldBoston, Massachusetts United States Roberto Beall, Vermont
1991 Hartford 2–0 Boston U Canada Elvis Thomas, Hartford
1992 Hartford (2) 2–0 Vermont United States George Kostelis, Hartford
1993 Boston U 1–0 New Hampshire Ohiri FieldCambridge, Massachusetts United States Tom Giatrakos, Boston U
1994 Boston U (2) 3–1 New Hampshire Nickerson FieldBoston, Massachusetts Norway Gisle Sorli, Boston U
1995 Boston U (3) 3–1 Towson Vidas Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Norway Ola Olsen, Boston U
1996 Boston U (4) 2–1 Northeastern Hormel Stadium • Medford, Massachusetts United States Nick Bone, Boston U
1997 Boston U (5) 2–1 Hofstra Shuart StadiumHempstead, New York
1998 Drexel 2–1 Towson Tiger Soccer ComplexTowson, Maryland United States Pete Shay, Drexel
1999 Hartford (3) 2–0 Towson Al-Marzook Field at Alumni StadiumWest Hartford, Connecticut Malta Cristoffer Hartmann, Hartford
2000 Vermont (3) 2–1 Hofstra Virtue FieldBurlington, Vermont United States Mike Dias, Vermont
2001 Towson 1–0 Northeastern Tiger Soccer ComplexTowson, Maryland United States Chris Hurley, Towson
2002 Northeastern 2–1 Vermont Parsons FieldBrookline, Massachusetts Greece Atha Kirkopolous, Northeastern
2003 Binghamton 1–1†
(3–2 pen.)
Northeastern Bearcats Sports ComplexBinghamton, New York Scotland Stefan Gonet, Binghamton
2004 Boston U (6) 2–2†
(5–3 pen.)
Binghamton Nickerson FieldBoston, Massachusetts United States Federico Bianchi, Boston U
2005 Stony Brook 1–1†
(4–2 pen.)
Binghamton Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, New York Ecuador Douglas Narvaez, Stony Brook
2006 Binghamton (2) 1–0* Vermont Bearcats Sports ComplexBinghamton, New York Scotland Barry Neville, Binghamton
2007 Vermont (4) 1–0 Binghamton United States Roger Scully, Vermont
2008 Boston U (8) 1–0 Binghamton Nickerson FieldBoston, Massachusetts China Jin Oh, Boston U
2009 Stony Brook (2) 2–0 UMBC Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, New York United States Anthony Rogic, Stony Brook
2010 UMBC 0–0†
(5–4 pen.)
New Hampshire Retriever Soccer ParkBaltimore, Maryland Ivory Coast Levi Houapeu, UMBC
2011 Stony Brook (3) 4–2 Hartford Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, New York Brazil Leonardo Fernandes, Stony Brook
2012 UMBC (2) 0–0†
(4–2 pen.)
New Hampshire Retriever Soccer ParkBaltimore, Maryland United States Phil Saunders, UMBC [2]
2013 UMBC (3) 4–0 Hartford United States Pete Caringi III, UMBC [3]
2014 UMBC^ (4) 2–1 Hartford United States Greg Hauck, UMBC [4]
2015 Vermont (5) 1–0 Binghamton Virtue FieldBurlington, Vermont Canada Brian Wright, Vermont [5]
2016 Albany (1) 1–0 Hartford Bob Ford FieldAlbany, New York Brazil Bernardo Mattos, Albany [n 2]
2017 Albany (2) 1–0* UMass Lowell Cushing Field Complex • Lowell, Massachusetts Belgium Daniel Krutzen, Albany [8]
2018 New Hampshire 5–0 UMBC Wildcat StadiumDurham, New Hampshire United States Josh Bauer, New Hampshire [9]
2019 New Hampshire (2) 1–0 Hartford [10]
2020 New Hampshire (3) 2–0 Vermont France Victor Menudier, New Hampshire [11]
2021 Vermont (6) 1–0 New Hampshire Germany Adrian Schulze Solano, Vermont [12]
2022 New Hampshire (4) 2–0 Albany United Arab Emirates Jassem Koleilat, New Hampshire [13]

Tournament Championships by School

School Championships Years
Boston 8 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2008
Vermont 6 1989, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2021
Hartford 4 1989, 1991, 1992, 1999
UMBC 4 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
New Hampshire 4 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Stony Brook 3 2005, 2009, 2011
Albany 2 2016, 2017
Binghamton 2 2003, 2006
Drexel 1 1998
Northeastern 1 2002
Towson 1 2001
  • Former member of the America East

Notes

  1. The tournament was specifically called the "North Atlantic Conference championship" from 1989 until 1996.[1]
  2. Albany was the first overall seed in the tournament. However, the regular season was won by UMass Lowell.[6] UMass Lowell was ineligible for postseason play due to transitioning from Division II to Division I.[7]

References

  1. "2016-17 America East Record Book: Men's Soccer" (PDF). static.americaeast.com. August 15, 2016. pp. 5–6. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  2. "Soccer Box Score (Final) - #5 New Hampshire vs #2 UMBC". umbcretrievers.com. November 9, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  3. Lee, Edward (October 22, 2013). "UMBC men's soccer thriving in one-goal decisions in 2013". The Baltimore Sun. tronc. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  4. Goff, Steven (December 9, 2014). "Who is UMBC? College Cup semifinalists, that's who". The Washington Post. Nash Media, LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  5. Commo, George (November 15, 2015). "Vermont Wins America East, Tops Binghamton 1-0". Northeast Sports Network. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  6. "River Hawks Capture AE Regular Season Title on Senior Night". goriverhawks.com. November 2, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  7. "Men's Soccer Wins First America East Title". Albany Great Danes. ualbanysports.com. November 13, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  8. Gramling, Dave (November 13, 2017). "UMass Lowell falls in title game, not able to net an NCAA Tournament invite (SLIDESHOW)". The Sun. MediaNews Group. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  9. Pike, Al. "WILDCATS 5, RETRIEVERS 0: UNH finishes it!". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  10. "2019 America East Men's Soccer Championship - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  11. "3-Peat! UNH Wins Third-Straight #AEMSOC Championship". americaeast.com.
  12. "Giant Killer: Vermont Upends #6 UNH to Claim #AEMSOC Title". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 14, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  13. "Back on Top, UNH Captures Fourth #AEMSOC Championship!". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
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