2019 WAC men's soccer tournament

The 2019 WAC men's soccer tournament was the 12th edition of the tournament. It determined the Western Athletic Conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began on November 13 and concluded on November 17.

2019 WAC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	7
Matches	6
Site	Cadet Soccer Stadium Colorado Springs, Colorado
Champions	Seattle U (4th title)
Winning coach	Pete Fewing (4th title)
MVP	Akili Kasim (Seattle U)
Broadcast	WAC Digital Network
WAC men's soccer tournament «2018  2020»

2019 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 19 Seattle ‡	10	–	0	–	1			15	–	3	–	5
Utah Valley	8	–	3	–	0			13	–	6	–	2
Air Force	6	–	5	–	0			8	–	11	–	0
CSU Bakersfield	6	–	5	–	0			8	–	11	–	0
San Jose State	5	–	4	–	2			5	–	12	–	2
Cal Baptist ^#	5	–	5	–	1			6	–	11	–	2
Houston Baptist	5	–	6	–	0			7	–	11	–	0
Kansas City	5	–	6	–	0			6	–	11	–	0
UTRGV	4	–	5	–	2			8	–	6	–	2
UNLV	4	–	6	–	1			6	–	12	–	1
Incarnate Word	2	–	9	–	0			5	–	12	–	0
Grand Canyon	1	–	7	–	3			4	–	9	–	4
‡ – WAC Tournament Champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament ^# – Ineligible for post-season (In transition) As of 17 December, 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Grand Canyon were the defending champions, beating Seattle U last year. The Seattle U Redhawks won the title, earning their fourth ever WAC Championship, and their fourth ever appearance into the NCAA Tournament. Seattle's sophomore goalkeeper, Akili Kasim, won the Tournament MVP honors.^[1]

Background

Main articles: 2019 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season and 2018 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament

Grand Canyon Antelopes, who won the tournament after a 1–0 victory over San Jose State in the final.^[2] This was the first WAC men's soccer title for Grand Canyon, and the first for coach Schellas Hyndman.^[3]

Seeding

The top seven teams qualified for the tournament.^[1]

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Points
1	Seattle U	10–0–1	31
2	Utah Valley	8–3–0	24
3	Air Force	6–5–0	18
4	Cal State Bakersfield	6–5–0	18
5	San Jose State	5–4–2	17
6	Houston Baptist	5–6–0	15
7	Kansas City	5–6–0	15

Bracket

	First round Nov. 13					Semifinals Nov. 15					Championship Nov. 17
						1	Seattle U	1
						4	Cal State Bakersfield	0
	4	Cal State Bakersfield	1
	5	San Jose State	0
											1	Seattle U (pen.)	0 (2)
											2	Utah Valley	0 (1)
	2	Utah Valley	3
	7	Kansas City	0
						2	Utah Valley (pen.)	0 (6)
						3	Air Force	0 (5)
	3	Air Force	3
	6	Houston Baptist	2

Results

First round

November 13

12:00 PM MST

No. 4 Cal State Bakersfield	1–0	No. 5 San Jose State
Korber   84'	Report

Cadet Soccer Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Attendance: 87

Referee: Travis Haight

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November 13

3:00 PM MST

No. 3 Air Force	3–2	No. 6 Houston Baptist
Spadafora   28' Aghedo   45' Daniel   88'	Report	Poblacion   10' Cobo   63'

Cadet Soccer Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Attendance: 87

Referee: Joe Pickens

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November 13

6:00 PM MST

No. 2 Utah Valley	3–0	No. 7 Kansas City
Frischknecht   31' Garza   76' Fuchs   88'	Report

Cadet Soccer Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Attendance: 87

Referee: Matthew Buckman

Semifinals

November 15

3:00 PM MST

No. 1 Seattle U	1–0	No. 4 Cal State Bakersfield
Downing   65' (o.g.)	Report

Cadet Soccer Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Attendance: 101

Referee: Joe Pickens

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November 15

6:00 PM MST

No. 2 Utah Valley	0–0 (a.e.t.)	No. 3 Air Force
	Report
Penalties
Garza   Waggoner   Caprio   Wight   Felix   Longmire   Vazquez	6–5	Matulis   Daniel   Stanley   Hill   Spadafora   Blessing   Clary

Cadet Soccer Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Attendance: 145

Referee: Matthew Buckman

WAC Championship

November 17

1:00 PM MST

No. 1 Seattle U	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Utah Valley
Avila-Good   43'	Report	Felix   35'
Penalties
Morris   Uderitz   McGlynn   Avila-Good	2–1	Caprio   Waggoner   Wright   Vazquez   Felix

Cadet Soccer Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Attendance: 135

Referee: Turan Oz

All Tournament Team

Player	Team
WAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team^[1]
Detre Bell	Cal State Bakersfield
Niklas Korber
Kainoa Likewise	Air Force
Nick Blessing
Alec Felix	Utah Valley
Mitch Jensen
Ahmed Longmire
Julian Avila-Good	Seattle U
Declan McGlynn
Nkosi Burgess
Akili Kasim

MVP in Bold

References

1. "Seattle U Wins 2019 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
2. "2018 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament". wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
3. "2018 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). wacsports.com. Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

External links

• 2019 WAC Men's Soccer Tournament Home