America East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The America East Men's Soccer Tournament (formerly known as the North Atlantic Conference Championship[note 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 Men's Division I Soccer Championship.

America East Conference 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

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 Field • Burlington, Vermont Kevin Wylie, Vermont
1990 Vermont (2) 1–1†
(6–5 pen.)		 Boston U Nickerson Field • Boston, Massachusetts Roberto Beall, Vermont
1991 Hartford 2–0 Boston U Nickerson Field • Boston, Massachusetts Elvis Thomas, Hartford
1992 Hartford (2) 2–0 Vermont Nickerson Field • Boston, Massachusetts George Kostelis, Hartford
1993 Boston U 1–0 New Hampshire Ohiri Field • Cambridge, Massachusetts Tom Giatrakos, Boston U
1994 Boston U (2) 3–1 New Hampshire Nickerson Field • Boston, Massachusetts Gisle Sorli, Boston U
1995 Boston U (3) 3–1 Towson Vidas Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ola Olsen, Boston U
1996 Boston U (4) 2–1 Northeastern Hormel Stadium • Medford, Massachusetts Nick Bone, Boston U
1997 Boston U (5) 2–1 Hofstra Shuart Stadium • Hempstead, New York Nick Bone, Boston U
1998 Drexel 2–1 Towson Tiger Soccer Complex • Towson, Maryland Pete Shay, Drexel
1999 Hartford (3) 2–0 Towson Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium • West Hartford, Connecticut Cristoffer Hartmann, Hartford
2000 Vermont (3) 2–1 Hofstra Virtue Field • Burlington, Vermont Mike Dias, Vermont
2001 Towson 1–0 Northeastern Tiger Soccer Complex • Towson, Maryland Chris Hurley, Towson
2002 Northeastern 2–1 Vermont Parsons Field • Brookline, Massachusetts Atha Kirkopolous, Northeastern
2003 Binghamton 1–1†
(3–2 pen.)		 Northeastern Bearcats Sports Complex • Binghamton, New York Stefan Gonet, Binghamton
2004 Boston U (6) 2–2†
(5–3 pen.)		 Binghamton Nickerson Field • Boston, Massachusetts Federico Bianchi, Boston U
2005 Stony Brook 1–1†
(4–2 pen.)		 Binghamton Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, New York Douglas Narvaez, Stony Brook
2006 Binghamton (2) 1–0* Vermont Bearcats Sports Complex • Binghamton, New York Barry Neville, Binghamton
2007 Vermont (4) 1–0 Binghamton Bearcats Sports Complex • Binghamton, New York Roger Scully, Vermont
2008 Boston U (8) 1–0 Binghamton Nickerson Field • Boston, Massachusetts Jin Oh, Boston U
2009 Stony Brook (2) 2–0 UMBC Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, New York Anthony Rogic, Stony Brook
2010 UMBC 0–0†
(5–4 pen.)		 New Hampshire Retriever Soccer Park • Baltimore, Maryland Levi Houapeu, UMBC
2011 Stony Brook (3) 4–2 Hartford Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, New York Leonardo Fernandes, Stony Brook
2012 UMBC (2) 0–0†
(4–2 pen.)		 New Hampshire Retriever Soccer Park • Baltimore, Maryland Phil Saunders, UMBC [2]
2013 UMBC (3) 4–0 Hartford Retriever Soccer Park • Baltimore, Maryland Pete Caringi III, UMBC [3]
2014 UMBC^ (4) 2–1 Hartford Retriever Soccer Park • Baltimore, Maryland Greg Hauck, UMBC [4]
2015 Vermont (5) 1–0 Binghamton Virtue Field • Burlington, Vermont Brian Wright, Vermont [5]
2016 Albany (1) 1–0 Hartford Bob Ford Field • Albany, New York Bernardo Mattos, Albany [note 2]
2017 Albany (2) 1–0* UMass Lowell Cushing Field Complex • Lowell, Massachusetts Daniel Krutzen, Albany [8]
2018 New Hampshire 5–0 UMBC Wildcat Stadium • Durham, New Hampshire Josh Bauer, New Hampshire [9]
2019 New Hampshire 1-0 Hartford Wildcat Stadium • Durham, New Hampshire Josh Bauer, New Hampshire [10]

Tournament Championships by School
School Championships Years
Boston† 8 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2008
Hartford 4 1989, 1991, 1992, 1999
UMBC 4 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Stony Brook 3 2005, 2009, 2011
Vermont 3 2000, 2007, 2015
Albany 2 2016, 2017
Binghamton 2 2003, 2006
New Hampshire 2 2018, 2019
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 Men's Soccer 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. sports@fosters.com, Al Pike. "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.
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