2021 Summit League men's soccer tournament

2021 Summit League men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Attendance	295
Site	MacKenzie Alumni Field Macomb, Illinois
Champions	Denver (7th title)
Winning coach	Jamie Franks (4th title)
MVP	Kobe Gray (Denver)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Summit League men's soccer tournament «2019 2022»

2021 Summit League men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oral Roberts	4	–	1	–	1			11	–	2	–	2
Denver ‡	4	–	1	–	1			10	–	4	–	5
Omaha	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	10	–	1
Kansas City	2	–	2	–	2			3	–	7	–	5
Western Illinois	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	13	–	1
St. Thomas ^#	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	11	–	2
Eastern Illinois	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	12	–	1
‡ – 2021 Summit Tournament Champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA tournament ^# – Ineligible for post-season (In transition) As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Summit

The 2021 Summit League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Summit League held on November 11 and 13, 2021. The three-match tournament took place at MacKenzie Alumni Field in Macomb, Illinois. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Denver Pioneers were the defending champions after no tournament was held in 2020. Denver were champions in 2019.[1] Denver successfully defended their title, defeating Oral Roberts in the final in a penalty shoot-out.[2] The tournament win was Denver's seventh as a member of the conference, and the title was the fourth for head coach Jamie Franks. Denver has now won seven of the past eight Summit League tournaments.[3] As tournament champions, Denver earned the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

Four of the seven Summit League men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. The first tiebreaker was required to determine the first and second seed as Denver and Oral Roberts finished with identical 4–1–1 regular season records. Denver was awarded the first seed based on their 1–0 victory over Oral Roberts on October 30. A second tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Omaha and Kansas City both finished with identical 4–2–0 regular season records. Omaha earned the third seed based on their 2–0 victory over Kansas City on October 2.[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Denver	4–1–1	13
2	Oral Roberts	4–1–1	13
3	Omaha	4–2–0	12
4	Kansas City	4–2–0	12

Bracket

Source:[5]

	Semifinals Thursday, November 11					Final Saturday, November 13
	1	Denver (pen.)	0 (4)
	4	Kansas City	0 (3)
						1	Denver (pen.)	1 (3)
						2	Oral Roberts	1 (2)
	2	Oral Roberts	2
	3	Omaha	1

Schedule

Semifinals

#1 Denver v #4 Kansas City

November 11, 2021	#1 Denver	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#4 Kansas City	Macomb, IL
11:00 a.m. CT	Eli Mereness  18'	Report	27' Hugo Von Reis  60' Carson Lindsey	Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field Attendance: 30
	Penalties
	Eli Mereness Kengo Ohira Sam Bassett Aidan O'Toole Lucas Russo		Cooper Clark Joan Castells Kotaro Hirokawa Seth Kacich Edson Murguia

#2 Oral Roberts v #3 Omaha

November 11, 2021	#2 Oral Roberts	2–1	#3 Omaha	Macomb, IL
2:15 p.m. CT	Juan Arias 38', 75'	Report	54' Kenji Mboma Dem  74' Ed Port	Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field Attendance: 55

Final

#1 Denver v #2 Oral Roberts

November 13, 2021	#1 Denver	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	#2 Oral Roberts	Macomb, IL
1:00 p.m. CT	Trevor Wright 3' Stefan DeLeone  23' Ben Smith  48'	Report	21' (pen.),  52' Dante Brigida  44' Francisco Lopes	Stadium: MacKenzie Alumni Field Attendance: 213
	Penalties
	Sam Bassett Eli Mereness Griffin Meyer Aidan O'Toole Lucas Russo Destan Norman		Dante Brigida Felipe Medina Joe Ruiz Juan Arias Miles Motakef Vinicius Oliveira

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 5 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

2 goals

• Juan Arias – Oral Roberts

1 goal

• Trevor Wright – Denver
• Kenji Mboma Dem – Omaha
• Dante Brigida – Oral Roberts

All-Tournament team

Source:[6]

Player	Team
Kobe Gray	Denver
Destan Norman
Trevor Wright
Liam Johnson
Dante Brigida	Oral Roberts
Juan Arias
Joe Ruiz
Cooper Clark	Kansas City
Mario Sandoval
Kenji Mboma Dem	Omaha
Ed Gordon

MVP in bold

References

1. "2020 Summit League Men's Soccer Championship". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
2. "2021 Summit League Men's Soccer Championship". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
3. "Summit League Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
4. "2021 #SummitMSOC Championship Bracket Released". thesummitleague.org. Summit League. November 6, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
5. "2021 Men's Soccer Championship" (PDF). thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
6. "Top-seeded Denver wins #SummitMSOC Championship on penalty kicks". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. November 13, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2022.