Conference USA men's soccer tournament

Conference USA
men's soccer tournament
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceConference USA
Number of teams6
FormatSingle-elimination
Current stadiumTransamerica Field
Current locationCharlotte, North Carolina
Played1995–2021
Last contest2021
Current championKentucky
Most championshipsSaint Louis (6)
TV partner(s)ESPN+, C-USA Digital Network

The Conference USA men's soccer tournament was the conference championship tournament in soccer for Conference USA (C-USA). The tournament was held every year from 1995 until 2021, except 2020. It was a single-elimination tournament and seeding was based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.

C-USA stopped sponsoring men's soccer after the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season when it lost all nine of its members due to conference realignment. In April 2022, it was announced that five of its members (Coastal Carolina, Kentucky, Marshall, Old Dominion, and South Carolina) would join the Sun Belt Conference for the fall 2022 season, as would West Virginia, which had previously announced a planned move of men's soccer from the Mid-American Conference to C-USA.[1] One month later, the remaining four members (Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, and UAB) announced they would join the American Athletic Conference effective fall 2022.[2]

Format

The top eight (6) teams determined by points following the regular season will qualify for a single-elimination tournament. The top two seeds will receive a bye. Competition dates are set for Wednesday, Friday and Sunday to allow a day between quarterfinals, semifinals and the championship final.[3]

Champions

Finals

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team reached College Cup
  •   – Winning team won National Championship
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City
1
 1995 Saint Louis 2–0 Charlotte Valley Fields Milwaukee, WI
2
 1996 USF 2–1 Marquette USF Soccer Stadium Tampa, FL
3
 1997 Saint Louis 3–1 (a.e.t.) USF USF Soccer Stadium Tampa, FL
4
 1998 USF 4–2 Memphis USF Soccer Stadium Tampa, FL
5
 1999 UAB 4–0 Saint Louis West Campus Field Birmingham, AL
6
 2000 Saint Louis 2–1 UAB Hermann Stadium St. Louis, MO
7
 2001 Saint Louis 2–0 Marquette USF Soccer Stadium Tampa, FL
8
 2002 Saint Louis 3–2 Cincinnati Hermann Stadium St. Louis, MO
9
 2003 Saint Louis 2–2 (5–4 p) Charlotte Mike Rose Complex Memphis, TN
10
 2004 Memphis 3–2 UAB Cardinal Park Stadium Louisville, KY
11
 2005 South Carolina 1–0 Tulsa Westcott Field University Park, TX
12
 2006 SMU 2–0 Kentucky Hurricane Soccer Stadium Tulsa, OK
13
 2007 Tulsa 3–2 FIU West Campus Field Birmingham, AL
14
 2008 Tulsa 1–1 (4–2 p) Kentucky Westcott Field University Park, TX
15
 2009 Tulsa 3–0 Marshall Hurricane Soccer Stadium Tulsa, OK
16
 2010 South Carolina 1–0 (a.e.t.) Tulsa Mike Rose Complex Memphis, TN
17
 2011 SMU 2–0 UAB Hurricane Soccer Stadium Tulsa, OK
18
 2012 Tulsa 5–0 SMU Regions Park Hoover, AL
19
 2013 Charlotte 1–0 Tulsa Transamerica Field Charlotte, NC
20
 2014 Old Dominion 2–1 South Carolina ODU Soccer Complex Norfolk, VA
21
 2015 FIU 1–0 Marshall Transamerica Field Charlotte, NC
22
 2016 New Mexico 3–0 FIU Veterans Soccer Complex Huntington, WV
23
 2017 Old Dominion 1–0 Charlotte ODU Soccer Complex Norfolk, VA
24
 2018 Kentucky 1–0 Charlotte Transamerica Field Charlotte, NC
25
 2019 Marshall 1–0 (a.e.t.) Charlotte ODU Soccer Complex Norfolk, VA
–
 2020 (Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
26
 2021 Kentucky 2–1 (a.e.t.) Florida Atlantic Transamerica Field Charlotte, NC

By school

School App. Titles Title years
Charlotte 15 1 2013
Coastal Carolina 1 0
Cincinnati 10 0
DePaul 4 0
FIU 8 1 2015
Florida Atlantic 2 0
Kentucky 15 2 2018, 2021
Louisville 8 0
Marquette 7 0
Marshall 10 1 2019
Memphis 12 1 2004
New Mexico 5 1 2016
Old Dominion 5 2 2014, 2017
Saint Louis 10 6 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
SMU 7 2 2006, 2011
South Carolina 12 2 2005, 2010
Tulsa 8 4 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012
UAB 21 1 1999
UCF 5 0
South Florida 9 2 1996, 1998

References

  1. ^ "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "American Announces Affiliate Members in Men's Soccer and Women's Swimming and Diving" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "CUSA Record Book" (PDF). 2014 CUSA Men's Soccer Record Book. Conference USA. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.