Mid-American Conference men's soccer tournament

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Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Conference Soccer Championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Number of teams4
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumWMU Soccer Complex
Current locationKalamazoo, MI
Played1994–present
Current championAkron
Most championshipsAkron (14)
TV partner(s)ESPN3
Official websiteMAC-Sports.com

The Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Mid-American Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1994. 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 Men's Division I Soccer Championship.

Winners

The following is a list of MAC Tournament winners:[1]

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[2] Runner-up Site[2] Most Valuable Player[2]
1994 Miami (OH) 3–1* Bowling Green Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Dan Creech (Miami)
1995 Bowling Green 2–0 Akron WMU Soccer ComplexKalamazoo, Michigan Steve Klein (Bowling Green)
1996 Bowling Green (2) 4–0 Kentucky Cochrane StadiumBowling Green, Ohio
1997 Bowling Green (3) 1–0 Akron Miami Soccer FieldOxford, Ohio
1998 Akron 4–1 Bowling Green Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Michael Apple (Akron)
1999 Kentucky 2–1 Northern Illinois UK Soccer ComplexLexington, Kentucky Lee Baker (Kentucky)
2000 Kentucky (2) 1–0 Bowling Green Cochrane StadiumBowling Green, Ohio Ilkka Jäntti (Kentucky)
2001 Kentucky (3) 1–0* Akron UK Soccer ComplexLexington, Kentucky John Monebrake (Kentucky)
2002 Akron (2) 4–1 Bowling Green Cochrane StadiumBowling Green, Ohio Kirk Harwat (Akron)
2003 Western Michigan 5–0 Bowling Green WMU Soccer ComplexKalamazoo, Michigan Scott Duhl (Western Michigan)
2004 Akron (3) 6–1 Western Michigan Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Alex Odwell (Akron)
2005 Akron (4) 0–0†
(8–7 pen.)
Buffalo Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Ross McKenzie (Akron)
2006 Northern Illinois 1–0 Akron NIU Soccer ComplexDeKalb, Illinois Joe Zimka (Northern Illinois)
2007 Akron (5) 1–0* Buffalo Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Cory Sipos (Akron)
2008 Akron (6) 1–0* Northern Illinois Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Steve Zakuani (Akron)
2009 Akron(7) 2–1 Hartwick Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Teal Bunbury (Akron)
2010 Akron(8) 4–0 Western Michigan Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Darren Mattocks (Akron)
2011 Northern Illinois (2) 1–0 Western Michigan Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Sean Totsch (Northern Illinois)
2012 Akron (9) 2–0 Northern Illinois Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Scott Caldwell (Akron)
2013 Akron (10) 2–1 West Virginia Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Aodhan Quinn (Akron)
2014 Akron (11) 2–1 Bowling Green Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Adam Najem (Akron)
2015 Akron^ (12) 1–0 Buffalo Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Adam Najem (Akron)
2016 Akron (13) 2–1 Buffalo Cub Cadet FieldAkron, Ohio Nick Hinds (Akron)
2017 Akron^ (14) 3–1 Western Michigan WMU Soccer ComplexKalamazoo, MI Stuart Holthusen (Akron)

Performance by school

School Championships[3] Winning years[3]
Akron 14 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Bowling Green 3 1995, 1996, 1997
Kentucky 3 1999, 2000, 2001
NIU 2 2006, 2011
Miami 1 1994
Western Michigan 1 2003
TOTAL 24

Italics indicate a school that is no longer a conference member

† No longer sponsor men's soccer

References

  1. ^ "2015 Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. MAC-Sports.com. August 27, 2016. pp. 27–52. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "2016 MAC Men's Soccer Record Book - Mid-American Conference Championship Results" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. MAC-Sports.com. August 27, 2016. pp. 49–53. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "History of Mid-American Conference Champions: MAC Tournament Titles By School" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. MAC-Sports.com. August 27, 2016. p. 29. Retrieved January 9, 2017.

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