2016 MAAC men's soccer tournament

2016 MAAC men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteQU Soccer Stadium
Hamden, Connecticut
ChampionsRider (4th title)
MVPRyan Baird (Rider)
BroadcastMAAC.tv
MAAC men's soccer tournament
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2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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

November 5 #3 Siena 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		 #6 Monmouth Loudonville, New York
1:00 PM EDT Report
Box Score		 Stadium: Siena Turf Field
Attendance: 842
Referee: Mike Lee
Penalties
Sobot soccer ball with check mark
Courto soccer ball with check mark
Itoafa soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Klenofsky
soccer ball with red X McCarthy
soccer ball with red X Luke
soccer ball with red X Nigro
November 5 #4 Marist 0–2 #5 Canisius Poughkeepsie, New York
7:00 PM EDT Report
Box Score		 Strauchen 3'
Santos 68'		 Stadium: Leonidoff Field
Attendance: 973
Referee: Clovis DaSilva

Semifinals

November 11 #1 Quinnipiac 3–1 #5 Canisius Hamden, Connecticut
10:00 AM EDT Taylor 15'
Whelan 20'
Dally 58'		 Report
Box Score		 Teupen 53' Stadium: QU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: John Barr
November 11 #2 Rider 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		 #5 Siena Hamden, Connecticut
1:00 PM EDT Flath 39'
Bourret 76'		 Report
Box Score		 Herpreck 40' (o.g.)
Tejera 51' (pen.)		 Stadium: QU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Brian Dunn
Penalties
Aguinaga soccer ball with red X
Otmani soccer ball with red X
Huss soccer ball with check mark
Pena soccer ball with check mark
Flath soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Sobot
soccer ball with red X Curto
soccer ball with red X Itoafa
soccer ball with red X McGlynn

Final

November 13 #1 Quinnipiac 1–3 #2 Rider Hamden, Connecticut
1:00 PM EDT McCoy 51' Report
Box Score		 Otmani 42'
Bourret 62'
Aguinaga 85'		 Stadium: QU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,147
Referee: Sam Saad

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. ^ a b c "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.