MAAC men's soccer tournament

MAAC men's soccer tournament
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
men's soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination
Played1988–present
Last contest2023
Current championRider
Most championshipsLoyola Maryland (12)
Official websitemaacsports.com/msoc

The MAAC men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1988. It is played on a single-elimination format 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.

In 2012, the tournament changed from a ten-team to a four-team tournament. In 2016, the tournament moved to a six-team, three-round tournament with the top two seeds receiving first round byes.

Loyola Maryland is the most winning team of the competition with 12 titles.

Winners

The following is a list of A-East 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
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City Tournament MVP
1
 1988 Army (1) La Salle John Brence, Army
2
 1989 Loyola Maryland (1) 3–0 La Salle Vince Moskunas, Loyola
3
 1990 Loyola Maryland (2) 3–0 La Salle Doug Miller, Loyola
4
 1991 Loyola Maryland (3) 2–0 Fairfield Tom Donahue, Loyola
5
 1992 Loyola Maryland (4) 3–0 Fairfield Jim Garvey, Loyola
6
 1993 Loyola Maryland (5) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Fairfield Anthony Novello, Fairfield
7
 1994 Loyola Maryland (6) 4–0 Manhattan Doug Willey, Loyola
8
 1995 Loyola Maryland (7) 6–1 Iona Mike Barger, Loyola
9
 1996 Loyola Maryland (8) 2–0 Fairfield J. T. Dorsey, Loyola
10
 1997 Rider (1) 2–0 (a.e.t.) Loyola Maryland Mark Bennett, Rider
11
 1998 Rider (2) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Fairfield Craig Wicken, Rider
12
 1999 Fairfield (1) 2–1 Loyola Maryland David Mancini, Fairfield
13
 2000 Marist (1) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Fairfield Sean Murphy, Marist
14
 2001 Loyola Maryland (9) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Fairfield Graham Marchant, Loyola
15
 2002 Loyola Maryland (10) 2–1 Marist Steven Coleman, Loyola
16
 2003 Saint Peter's (1) 2–1 Loyola Maryland Rinaldo Chambers, St. Peter's
17
 2004 Marist (2) 2–0 Rider Keith Detelj, Marist
18
 2005 Marist (3) 2–1 Fairfield Keith Detelj, Marist
19
 2006 Fairfield (2) 1–0 Saint Peter's Lessing Field Fairfield, CT Alex Cunliffe, Fairfield
20
 2007 Loyola Maryland (11) 1–0 Saint Peter's Wide World of Sports Lake B. Vista, FL Miloš Kočić, Loyola
21
 2008 Fairfield (3) 1–0 Loyola Maryland Tenney Stadium Poughkeepsie, NY Christian Uy, Fairfield
22
 2009 Loyola Maryland (12) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Niagara Lessing Field Fairfield, CT Tennant McVea, Loyola
23
 2010 Saint Peter's (2) 2–1 Iona Geppi-Aikens Field Baltimore, MD Lebogang Pila, St. Peter's
24
 2011 Fairfield (4) 3–1 Manhattan Sports Complex Lake B. Vista, FL Jack Burridge, Fairfield
25
 2012 Niagara (1) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Loyola Maryland Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY Rene De Zorzi, Niagara
26
 2013 Quinnipiac (1) 0–0 (4–3 p) Monmouth Lessing Field Fairfield, CT Borja Angoitia, Quinnipiac
27
 2014 Monmouth (1) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Fairfield Quinnipiac Field Hamden, CT Emmanuel Senyah, Monmouth
28
 2015 Rider (3) 3–2 Monmouth Sports Complex Lake B. Vista, FL Elliot Otmani, Rider
29
 2016 Rider (4) 3–1 Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Field Hamden, CT Ryan Baird, Rider
30
 2017 Fairfield (5) 1–0 Rider Lessing Field Fairfield, CT Angus Hastings, Fairfield
31
 2018 Rider (5) 1–0 Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Stadium Hamden, CT Elliott Otmani, Rider
32
 2019 Iona (1) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Saint Peter's Jaroschak Field Jersey City, NJ Josh Plimpton, Iona
33
 2020 Monmouth (2) 1–0 Quinnipiac Quinnipiac Stadium Hamden, CT Julian Gomez, Monmouth
34
 2021 Marist (4) 2–2 (5–3 p) Rider Tenney Stadium Poughkeepsie, NY Kyle Galloway, Marist
35
 2022 Quinnipiac (2) 3–2 Iona Quinnipiac Stadium Hamden, CT Karl Netzell, Quinnipiac
36
 2023 Rider (6) 2–1 Iona Mazzella Field New Rochelle, NY Momo Diop, Rider
37
 2024 Iona (2) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Rider Mazzella Field New Rochelle, NY

Championships by school

Team Titles
Loyola Maryland 12
Rider 6
Fairfield 5
Marist 3
Monmouth 2
Saint Peter's 2
Quinnipiac 2
Iona 2
Army 1
Niagara 1

References

  • "Men's Soccer Championship History". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Retrieved 15 June 2011.