2016 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament

2016 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 6
Matches 5
Site QU Soccer Stadium
Hamden, Connecticut
Champions Rider (4th title)
MVP Ryan Baird (Rider)
Broadcast MAAC.tv
MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
«2015  2017»
2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Quinnipiac 8 –2 –0  13 –7 –0
Rider ‡ 7 –1 –2  13 –4 –3
Siena 6 –3 –1  8 –8 –5
Marist 6 –4 –0  11 –7 –1
Canisius 4 –3 –3  9 –8 –3
Monmouth 5 –5 –0  6 –9 –2
Iona 4 –6 –0  5 –13 –0
Fairfield 3 –6 –1  5 –9 –3
Niagara 3 –6 –1  4 –11 –2
Manhattan 2 –6 –2  2 –12 –3
Saint Peter's 2 –8 –0  3 –13 –2
As of 18 November 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament was the 24th edition of the MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

The defending champions, Rider Broncs successfully defended their title, beating regular season champions, Quinnipiac, 3–1 in the championship game. The title was Rider's fourth overall MAAC championship. Additionally, Rider became the first school since Marist in 2004–2005 to repeat as MAAC Tournament champions.

Quinnipiac University hosted the semifinals and final of the tournament, while the first round was hosted by the higher seeds.[1]

Seeds

Seeds for the tournament are determined by teams' conference records, with tiebreakers determined according to MAAC tiebreaker rules.

Seed[1] School Conf[2] Tiebreaker[1]
1 Quinnipiac†‡ 8–2–0
2 Rider† 7–1–2
3 Siena 6–3–1
4 Marist 6–4–0
5 Canisius 4–3–3
6 Monmouth 5–5–0
‡ – MAAC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

  First round
Saturday, November 5		     Semifinal
Friday, November 11		     Final
Sunday, November 13
                           
      1 Quinnipiac 3  
  4 Marist 0     5 Canisius 1    
  5 Canisius 2         1 Quinnipiac 1
      2 Rider 3
      2 Rider (PK)  2 (3)     
  3 Siena (PK)  0 (3)      3 Siena  2 (1)   
  6 Monmouth  0 (1)   

Results

First round

Semifinals

Final

All-Tournament Team

The MAAC All-Tournament team was announced following the championship. The MVP is in bold text.[3]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Serbia Aleska Radosavljević, Siena
United States Ryan Baird, Rider		 Germany Thomas Teupen, Canisius
Northern Ireland Conor McCoy, Quinnipiac		 Jamaica Melvin Blair, Canisius
Serbia Uros Antić, Siena
Republic of Ireland Matt Taylor, Quinnipiac
Spain Adrien Huss, Rider		 United States Rashawn Dally, Quinnipiac
France Elliott Otmani, Rider
France Clement Bourret, Rider

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Men's Soccer Championship Information Page". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. MAACSports.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Men's Soccer 2016 Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. MAACSports.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ride University Wins 2016 MAAC Men's Soccer Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. MAACSports.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
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