2017 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

2017 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteFlames Field
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsUIC (6th title)
Winning coachSean Phillips (3rd title)
BroadcastHLTV, ESPN3
Horizon League men's soccer tournament
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2017 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Green Bay 7 – 1 – 1 9 – 5 – 3
UIC ‡ 6 – 2 – 1 11 – 6 – 3
Milwaukee 6 – 3 – 0 10 – 5 – 4
Wright State 6 – 3 – 0 10 – 7 – 1
Cleveland State 4 – 3 – 2 7 – 10 – 2
Detroit 4 – 4 – 1 7 – 8 – 4
Northern Kentucky 3 – 4 – 2 7 – 6 – 4
Oakland 3 – 5 – 1 6 – 10 – 1
Belmont 2 – 7 – 0 5 – 9 – 2
IUPUI 0 – 9 – 0 0 – 15 – 2
As of November 17, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the 30th edition of the competition. The tournament determined the year's Horizon League men's college soccer champion, as well as the conference's automatic berth in the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, which determines the national champion of college soccer for the season.

Two-time defending tournament champions, the UIC Flames, won their third-consecutive Horizon League title, and their sixth overall, defeating the regular season champions, Green Bay Phoenix in the final. UIC earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the first round of the tournament, 1-4 to the Wisconsin Badgers.[1][2][3] No other teams in the conference earned an at-large berth into the tournament.

Background

Six teams participated in the tournament, and they were seeded based on their regular season conference record, or matches against other college soccer programs also in the conference. The Horizon League regular season winner and runner-up earned byes to the semifinal round of the tournament as the top two seeds, while the se

Seeding

Seed School Conference record Pts. Pct. Tiebreaker
Pld. W L T GF GA GD
1 Green Bay 9 7 1 1 x x x 22 0.833
2 UIC 9 6 2 1 x x x 19 0.722
3 Milwaukee 9 6 3 0 18 11 +7 18 0.667 1–0 vs. WSU[4]
4 Wright State 9 6 3 0 x x x 18 0.667 0–1 vs. MKE
5 Cleveland State 9 4 3 2 x x x 14 0.556
6 Detroit 9 4 4 1 x x x 13 0.500

Schedule

Game Time[5] Matchup Score Television
First round – Monday, November 6
1 7:00 pm No. 4 Wright State vs. No. 5 Cleveland State 0–4 ESPN3[6]
2 7:00 pm No. 3 Milwaukee vs. No. 6 Detroit 2–2 4–5 PK ESPN3[7]
Semifinals – Thursday, November 9
3 4:00 pm No. 1 Green Bay vs. No. 6 Detroit 3–1 ESPN3
4 7:00 pm No. 2 UIC vs. No. 5 Cleveland State 3–1 ESPN3
Championship – Saturday, November 11
5 7:00 pm No. 1 Green Bay vs. No. 2 UIC 0–2 ESPN3

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
2 UIC 3
4 Wright State 0 5 Cleveland State 1
5 Cleveland State 4 2 UIC 2
1 Green Bay 0
1 Green Bay 3
3 Milwaukee 2 (4) 6 Detroit 1
6 Detroit (pen.)  2 (5) 

Awards and honors

  • MVP: Joel Leon, UIC

All Tournament Team

Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[8]

Joel Leon, UIC
Makell Saddler, UIC
Jesus Perez, UIC
Max Todd, UIC
Audi Jepson, Green Bay
Tomer Zloczower, Green Bay
Adam Mansa, Green Bay
Noah Pio, Cleveland State
Antonio Burgoa, Cleveland State
Dalton Amez, Detroit Mercy
Kyle Bandyk, Detroit Mercy

MVP in Bold

See also

References

  1. ^ "Badgers men's soccer: Tom Barlow's goals help Wisconsin advance in NCAA". Wisconsin State Journal. Lee Enterprises. November 17, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Gamel, McKaylin (November 16, 2017). "Badgers get revenge on UIC, advance to next round of NCAA Tournament after 4-1 victory". The Daily Cardinal. Daily Cardinal Media Corporation. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Hurley, Tim (November 17, 2017). "Flames Succumb to Wisconsin in NCAA Tournament". uicflames.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Zills, Chris (October 14, 2017). "Conway Nets Golden Goal In 3-2 Win Over WSU". mkepanthers.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Cleveland State vs. Wright State (Quarterfinal) (Horizon Men's Soccer Championship)" (Video). WatchESPN. ESPN, Inc. November 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  7. ^ "Detroit Mercy vs. Milwaukee (Quarterfinal) (Horizon Men's Soccer Championship)" (Video). WatchESPN. ESPN, Inc. November 6, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  8. ^ "UIC Claims the #HLMSOC Championship Title for the Second Season In A Row". Horizon League.