2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the ninth edition of the conference tournament, the annual college soccer championship contested by the members of the American Athletic Conference and guaranteed representative into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament, hosted by Tulsa, began on November 10, 2021, and concluded on November 14, 2021.^[1]

2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	4
Matches	3
Site	Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Tulsa (4th title)
Winning coach	Tom McIntosh (4th title)
MVP	Off: Gino Vivi (UCF) Def: Til Zinnhardt (Tulsa)
American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Tulsa ‡	8	–	1	–	1			15	–	1	–	1
UCF	6	–	4	–	0			9	–	8	–	0
Memphis	5	–	4	–	1			6	–	9	–	2
SMU	5	–	4	–	1			8	–	5	–	3
South Florida	4	–	5	–	1			6	–	7	–	2
Temple	0	–	10	–	0			2	–	12	–	2
‡ – 2021 American Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA Tournament As of November 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The American

Format

The tournament took place in November 2021 and was contested by the top four teams in the regular season standing.

Qualified teams

Seed	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Previous NCAA appearance(s) (last)
1	Tulsa (hosts)	5th	2020	Winners (2014, 2015, 2016)	11 (2016)
2	UCF (title holders)	9th	2020	Winners (2020)	8 (2020)
3	Memphis	6th	2019	Semifinals (2018)	2 (2004)
4	SMU	8th	2020	Winners (2017, 2018, 2019)	33 (2019)

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Tulsa	2
	4	SMU	0
						1	Tulsa	2
						2	UCF	1
	2	UCF	6
	3	Memphis	0

Matches

Semifinals

UCF v Memphis

November 10, 2021 (2021-11-10)	UCF	6–0	Memphis	Tulsa, Oklahoma
4:30 p.m. CST	Rainer De Jesus   4' Gino Vivi   25', 59' Lucca Dourado   28' Nick Taylor   38' Yanis Leerman   47' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium

Tulsa v SMU

November 11, 2021 (2021-11-11)	Tulsa	2–0	SMU	Tulsa, Oklahoma
4:00 p.m. CST	Tom Protzek   60' Mariano Fazio   83'	Report		Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium

Final

Tulsa v UCF

November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14)	Tulsa	2–1	UCF	Tulsa, Oklahoma
12:00 p.m. CST	Alvaro Torrijos   32' Marcos Moreno   82'	Report	Gino Vivi   57'	Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium

Goalscorers

There were 11 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

3 goals

•   Gino Vivi – UCF

1 goal

•   Mariano Fazio – Tulsa
•   Marcos Moreno – Tulsa
•   Tom Protzek – Tulsa
•   Alvaro Torrijos – Tulsa
•   Rainer De Jesus – UCF
•   Lucca Dourado – UCF
•   Yanis Leerman – UCF
•   Nick Taylor – UCF

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
JP Jordan	SMU
Mads Westergren
Gino Vivi	UCF
Lucca Dourado
Rainer De Jesus
Yanis Leerman
Til Zinnhardt	Tulsa
Alvaro Torrijos
Mariano Fazio
Marcus Moreno
Mitchell Cashion

References

1. "Top-Seeded Tulsa Welcomes A Talented Field For The 2021 American Men's Soccer Championship". theamerican.org.