Horizon League men's soccer tournament

Horizon League
men's soccer tournament
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceHorizon League
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumOakland Soccer Field
Current locationRochester, Michigan
Played1987–present
Last contest2024
Current championRobert Morris (1st. title)
Most championshipsMilwaukee & UIC (6 each)
TV partner(s)ESPN3, ESPN+
Official websitehorizonleague.org/msoc

The Horizon League men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Horizon League. The tournament has been held every year since 1987. 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 Division I men's soccer championship.

Milwaukee and UIC are the most winning teams of the competition, with 6 titles each.

Champions

The following is a list of Horizon League Tournament winners:

Finals

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team won regular season

Finals

Source:[1]

Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City
1
 1987 Evansville (1) 2–1 Saint Louis Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN
2
 1988 Notre Dame (1) 2–0 Saint Louis Anheuser-Busch Center Fenton, MO
3
 1989 Evansville (2) 4–1 Saint Louis Anheuser-Busch Center Fenton, MO
4
 1990 Evansville (3) 2–0 Saint Louis Anheuser-Busch Center Fenton, MO
5
 1991 Evansville (4) 2–0 Notre Dame Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN
6
 1992 Evansville (5) 2–1 La Salle Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN
7
 1993 Notre Dame (2) 2–0 Detroit Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN
8
 1994 Notre Dame (3) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Milwaukee Alumni Stadium South Bend, IN
9
 1995 Butler (1) 5–2 (a.e.t.) Detroit NIU Soccer Complex DeKalb, IL
10
 1996 Detroit (1) 2–0 Butler Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN
11
 1997 Butler (2) 1–0 Milwaukee Engelmann Field Milwaukee, WI
12
 1998 Butler (3) 2–0 Wright State Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN
13
 1999 UIC (1) 2–0 Detroit Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN
14
 2000 UIC (2) 3–1 Green Bay Flames Field Chicago, IL
15
 2001 Butler (4) 2–0 Milwaukee Engelmann Field Milwaukee, WI
16
 2002 Milwaukee (1) 8–0 Cleveland State Engelmann Field Milwaukee, WI
17
 2003 Milwaukee (2) 1–0 Butler Engelmann Field Milwaukee, WI
18
 2004 Milwaukee (3) 3–2 Detroit Engelmann Field Milwaukee, WI
19
 2005 Milwaukee (4) 1–0 Detroit Titan Field Detroit, MI
20
 2006 Loyola-Chicago (1) 1–0 Green Bay Flames Field Chicago, IL
21
 2007 UIC (3) 3–1 Green Bay Loyola Soccer Park Chicago, IL
22
 2008 Loyola-Chicago (2) 1–0 Cleveland State Flames Field Chicago, IL
23
 2009 Green Bay (1) 0–0 (3–2 p) Butler Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN
24
 2010 Butler (5) 1–1 (3–2 p) Green Bay Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN
25
 2011 Loyola-Chicago (3) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Wright State Eastgate Field Valparaiso, IN
26
 2012 Cleveland State (1) 2–0 Loyola-Chicago Titan Field Detroit, MI
27
 2013 Milwaukee (5) 1–0 UIC Flames Field Chicago, IL
28
 2014 Oakland (1) 2–1 Wright State Oakland Soccer Field Rochester, MI
29
 2015 Oakland (2) 1–0 UIC Flames Field Chicago, IL
30
 2016 UIC (4) 1–0 Wright State Alumni Field Dayton, OH
31
 2017 UIC (5) 2–0 Green Bay Flames Field Chicago, IL
32
 2018 UIC (6) 3–1 Wright State Alumni Field Dayton, OH
33
 2019 Wright State (1) 1–1 (4–3 p) Milwaukee Flames Field Chicago, IL
34
 2020 Milwaukee (6) 1–0 Northern Kentucky NKU Soccer Stadium Highland Heights, KY
35
 2021 Oakland (3) 3–1 Cleveland State Oakland Soccer Field Rochester, MI
36
 2022 Cleveland State (2) 3–0 IUPUI Krenzler Field Cleveland, OH
37
 2023 Green Bay (2) 1–0 Oakland Oakland Soccer Field Rochester, MI
38
 2024 Robert Morris (1)
1–0
 Oakland Oakland Soccer Field Rochester, MI

Performance by school

Source:[2]

School Ttles Winning years
Milwaukee 6 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2020
UIC 6 1999, 2000, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018
Evansville 5 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
Butler 5 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2010
Notre Dame 3 1988, 1993, 1994
Oakland 3 2014, 2015, 2021
Cleveland State 2 2012, 2022
Green Bay 2 2009, 2023
Loyola-Chicago 2 2008, 2011
Detroit 1 1996
Wright State 1 2019
Robert Morris
1
 2024
Total (all schools)
37

Italics indicate a school that is no longer a conference member † No longer sponsor men's soccer

References

  1. ^ "Horizon League Men's Soccer: Year-By-Year". 2015 Horizon League Men’s Soccer (PDF). Horizon League. pp. 3–7.
  2. ^ "Horizon League Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved February 14, 2022.