Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

Mid-American Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Conference Soccer Championship
Sport College soccer
Conference Mid-American Conference
Number of teams 4
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium WMU Soccer Complex
Current location Kalamazoo, MI
Played 1994–present
Current champion Akron
Most championships Akron (14)
TV partner(s) ESPN3
Official website MAC-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
double-dagger Winning team lost National Championship
double-dagger 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 Field • Akron, Ohio Dan Creech (Miami)
1995 Bowling Green 2–0 Akron WMU Soccer Complex • Kalamazoo, Michigan Steve Klein (Bowling Green)
1996 Bowling Green (2) 4–0 Kentucky Cochrane Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio
1997 Bowling Green (3) 1–0 Akron Miami Soccer Field • Oxford, Ohio
1998 Akron 4–1 Bowling Green Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Michael Apple (Akron)
1999 Kentucky 2–1 Northern Illinois UK Soccer Complex • Lexington, Kentucky Lee Baker (Kentucky)
2000 Kentucky (2) 1–0 Bowling Green Cochrane Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio Ilkka Jäntti (Kentucky)
2001 Kentucky (3) 1–0* Akron UK Soccer Complex • Lexington, Kentucky John Monebrake (Kentucky)
2002 Akron (2) 4–1 Bowling Green Cochrane Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio Kirk Harwat (Akron)
2003 Western Michigan 5–0 Bowling Green WMU Soccer Complex • Kalamazoo, Michigan Scott Duhl (Western Michigan)
2004 Akron (3) 6–1 Western Michigan Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Alex Odwell (Akron)
2005 Akron (4) 0–0†
(8–7 pen.)		 Buffalo Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Ross McKenzie (Akron)
2006 Northern Illinois 1–0 Akron NIU Soccer Complex • DeKalb, Illinois Joe Zimka (Northern Illinois)
2007 Akron (5) 1–0* Buffalo Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Cory Sipos (Akron)
2008 Akron (6) 1–0* Northern Illinois Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Steve Zakuani (Akron)
2009 Akrondouble-dagger (7) 2–1 Hartwick Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Teal Bunbury (Akron)
2010 Akrondouble-dagger (8) 4–0 Western Michigan Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Darren Mattocks (Akron)
2011 Northern Illinois (2) 1–0 Western Michigan Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Sean Totsch (Northern Illinois)
2012 Akron (9) 2–0 Northern Illinois Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Scott Caldwell (Akron)
2013 Akron (10) 2–1 West Virginia Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Aodhan Quinn (Akron)
2014 Akron (11) 2–1 Bowling Green Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Adam Najem (Akron)
2015 Akron^ (12) 1–0 Buffalo Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Adam Najem (Akron)
2016 Akron (13) 2–1 Buffalo Cub Cadet Field • Akron, Ohio Nick Hinds (Akron)
2017 Akron^ (14) 3–1 Western Michigan WMU Soccer Complex • Kalamazoo, MI Stuart Holthusen (Akron)

Performance by school

SchoolChampionships[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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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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