2021 America East men's soccer tournament

The 2021 America East Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from November 6 through November 14, 2021. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the New Hampshire, who were unable to defend their title, losing in the Final. Vermont won their first tournament in program history after a 1–0 victory in the final over New Hampshire.^[1] It was the sixth victory for the Vermont Catamounts soccer program and the first for Head Coach Rob Dow.^[2] As tournament champions, Vermont earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 America East men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	7,362
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	Vermont (6th title)
Winning coach	Rob Dow (1st title)
MVP	Adrian Schulze Solano (Vermont)
Broadcast	America East TV
America East men's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 America East Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 New Hampshire +	7	–	0	–	1			17	–	2	–	2
Vermont ‡	6	–	1	–	1			13	–	5	–	2
Albany	4	–	3	–	1			10	–	7	–	1
Stony Brook	4	–	4	–	0			8	–	6	–	1
UMBC	3	–	4	–	1			8	–	8	–	3
NJIT	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	12	–	1
UMass Lowell	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	11	–	1
Binghamton	2	–	6	–	0			7	–	9	–	1
Hartford	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	10	–	3
‡ – Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: America East

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament, with the top two seeds receiving byes into the Semifinals. NJIT and UMass Lowell finished the regular season tied for the sixth and final tournament spot, with a conference record of 3–5–0. NJIT qualified for the tournament by virtue of their 2–1 overtime win over UMass Lowell on September 18.^[3]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	New Hampshire	7–0–1	22
2	Vermont	6–1–1	19
3	Albany	4–3–1	13
4	Stony Brook	4–4–0	12
5	UMBC	3–4–1	10
6	NJIT	3–5–0	9

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 6					Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 10					Final Sunday, Nov. 14
						1	New Hampshire	4
	4	Stony Brook	1 (7)			5	UMBC	0
	5	UMBC (pen.)	1 (8)								1	New Hampshire	0
											2	Vermont	1
						2	Vermont	3
	3	Albany	1			6	NJIT	2
	6	NJIT	2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#4 Stony Brook v #5 UMBC

November 6, 2021	#4 Stony Brook	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	#5 UMBC	Stony Brook, NY
4:00 p.m. ET	Rondell Payne   17' UMBC Own Goal   55' (o.g.) Kori Cupid   56'	Report	54' (pen.),   85' Julian Conze	Stadium: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jan Halaska Assistant referees: Keith Fisher Assistant referees: Greg Muhs Fourth official: Stephen Danisi
	Penalties
	Kori Cupid   Gabriel Fernandes   Jonas Bickus   Aki Solvason   Selcuk Kahveci   Trevor Harrison   Sebastian Rojek   Bas Beckhoven		Julian Conze   Jackson Becher   Ryan Becher   Hans Nesheim   Taylor Calheira   Nik Steiner   William Forby   Qantrell Jones

#3 Albany v #6 NJIT

November 6, 2021	#3 Albany	1–2	#6 NJIT	Albany, NY
7:00 p.m. ET	Bjarki Leosson   44' (pen.) Austin DaSilva   72'	Report	43' Alejandro Rabell   58' Goncalo Franco   71' Alejandro Flores Valentin   72' Joao Costa	Stadium: Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Matt Stein Assistant referees: Mark Barile Assistant referees: Christopher Crocker Fourth official: Yevgeniy Mednikov

Semifinals

#1 New Hampshire v #5 UMBC

November 10, 2021	#1 New Hampshire	4–0	#5 UMBC	Durham, NH
6:00 p.m. ET	Johann von Knebel   4' Paul Mayer   32' Rory O'Driscoll   53' Linus Fallberg   64' Yannick Bright   65'	Report	41' Mackie Sacarellos   87' Jago Lott	Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Attendance: 2,455 Referee: Carlos Fernandes Assistant referees: Risto Gjeorgiev Assistant referees: Michael Kelley Fourth official: Ron Libby

#2 Vermont v #6 NJIT

November 10, 2021	#2 Vermont	3–2	#6 NJIT	Burlington, VT
6:00 p.m. ET	Yves Borie   39' Adrian Solano   52' Joe Morrison   61' Jacob Vitale   78'	Report	31' Joao Costa   57' Jose Adames   86' Asembo Augo   88' Regsan Watkins	Stadium: Virtue Field Attendance: 1,004 Referee: Mounir Idmalak Assistant referees: Larry Bechard Assistant referees: Jim Myers Fourth official: Jay Valliers

Final

#1 New Hampshire v #2 Vermont

November 14, 2021	#1 New Hampshire	0–1	#2 Vermont	Durham, NH
2:00 p.m. ET		Report	20' Garrett Lillie   68' Yves Borie   87' Adrian Solano	Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Carlos Fernandes Assistant referees: Sean Regan Assistant referees: John Luk Fourth official: John Jordan

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

2 goals

• Yves Borie – Vermont

1 goal

• Bjarki Leosson – Albany
• Linus Fallberg – New Hampshire
• Johann von Knebel – New Hampshire
• Paul Mayer – New Hampshire
• Rory O'Driscoll – New Hampshire
• Asembo Augo – NJIT
• Goncalo Franco – NJIT
• Alejandro Rabell – NJIT
• Regsan Watkins – NJIT
• Julian Conze – UMBC
• Joe Morrison – Vermont
• Jacob Vitale – Vermont

1 own goal

• UMBC (against Stony Brook)

All-Tournament team

Source:^[4]

Player	Team
Adrian Schulze Solano	Vermont
Yves Borie
Noah Egan
Nate Silveira
Bridger Hansen	New Hampshire
Bilal Kamal
Johann von Knebel
Hans Nesheim	UMBC
Julian Conze
Regsan Watkins	NJIT
Rene White
Austin DaSilva	Albany
Kori Cupid	Stony Brook

MVP in bold

References

1. "2021 #AEMSOC Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
2. "America East Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
3. "Three Peat! #6 UNH Wins 3rd Straight #AEMSOC Regular-Season Title, Tourney Bracket Set". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 1, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
4. "Giant Killer: Vermont Upends #6 UNH to Claim #AEMSOC Title". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 14, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.