2008 Conference USA men's soccer tournament

2008 C-USA men's soccer tournament
Tournament details
Country United States
Dates12–16 November 2008
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsTulsa (2nd title)
Runner-upKentucky
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored21 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)3 players (2 goals)
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The 2008 Conference USA men's soccer tournament was the fourteenth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by Southern Methodist University and the games were played at Westcott Field.[1]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday Nov. 12 		Semifinals
Friday Nov. 14 		Final
Sunday Nov. 16
         
7 Marshall 2
2 Kentucky 4
2 Kentucky 1
6 UCF 0
3 Memphis 0
6 UCF 1
2 Kentucky 1(2)
1 Tulsa 1(4)
1 Tulsa 4
8 UAB 2
1 Tulsa 2
5 South Carolina 0
4 SMU 0
5 South Carolina 3

Schedule

Quarterfinals

November 12 Match 1 Marshall 2–4 Kentucky University Park, Texas
12:00 PM CST (UTC-06) Cooley 69'
LaCrone 81'		 Report Burns 6'
Tappel 15'
Strong 33', 72'		 Stadium: Westcott Field
Referee: Shane Butler
November 12 Match 2 Memphis 0–1 UCF University Park, Texas
2:30 PM CST (UTC-06) Report McEntee 2' Stadium: Westcott Field
Referee: Rizal Milliken
November 12 Match 3 Tulsa 4–2 UAB University Park, Texas
5:30 PM CST (UTC-06) Parada 7'
McInnes 13', 87'
Taylor 64'		 Report Gumede 3' (pen.)
Rios 63'		 Stadium: Westcott Field
Referee: Tim Debysingh
November 12 Match 4 SMU 0–3 South Carolina University Park, Texas
8:00 PM CST (UTC-06) Report Brettschneider 25'
Lowder 45'
Arthur 78'		 Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 477
Referee: Abdul Bensalah

Semifinals

November 14 Match 5 Kentucky 1–0 UCF University Park, Texas
5:00 PM CST (UTC-06) Rice 66' Report Stadium: Westcott Field
Referee: Tony DeLois
November 14 Match 6 Tulsa 2–0 South Carolina University Park, Texas
7:30 PM CST (UTC-06) Neil 54'
Sandez 89'		 Report Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 323
Referee: Misail Tsapos

Final

November 16 Match 7 Kentucky 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Tulsa University Park, Texas
1:00 PM CST (UTC-06) Dos Santos 6' Report Parada 6' Stadium: Westcott Field
Attendance: 255
Referee: David Jaworsky
Penalties
Griffiths soccer ball with red X
Dos Santos soccer ball with red X
Kanth soccer ball with check mark
Tappel soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Henriquez
soccer ball with check mark McInnes
soccer ball with red X Taylor
soccer ball with check mark DeFreitas
soccer ball with check mark Chavez

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Michael Strong Kentucky 2
Jose Parada Tulsa
Ashley McInnes Tulsa
2 Tyler Burns Kentucky 1
Marco Dos Santos Kentucky
Barry Rice Kentucky
C.J. Tappel Kentucky
Jira Cooley Marshall
Kolby LaCrone Marshall
Sam Arthur South Carolina
Blake Brettschneider South Carolina
Bryan Lowder South Carolina
Austin Neil Tulsa
Jeovahnni Sandez Tulsa
Chris Taylor Tulsa
Two-Boys Gumede UAB
Derek Rios UAB
Kyle McEntee UCF

Awards

All-Tournament team

References

  1. ^ "CUSA Record Book" (PDF). 2014 CUSA Men's Soccer Record Book. Conference USA. 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.