2021 Big Ten men's soccer tournament

The 2021 Big Ten men's soccer tournament was the 31st edition of the tournament. As the tournament champion, Penn State earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 Big Ten men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	7,695
First round site	Top Seed Campus Site
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds
Semifinals site	Higher seeds
Finals site	Jeffrey Field State College, Pennsylvania
Champions	Penn State (4th title)
Winning coach	Jeff Cook (1st title)
MVP	Seth Kuhn (Offensive) Kris Shakes (Defensive) (Penn State)
Broadcast	BTN
Big Ten men's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 24 Penn State ‡	6	–	2	–	0			13	–	7	–	1
No. 23 Maryland +	5	–	2	–	1			12	–	4	–	2
No. 14 Indiana +	5	–	3	–	0			15	–	6	–	1
Michigan	4	–	3	–	1			8	–	7	–	3
Rutgers	3	–	4	–	1			9	–	6	–	2
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	1			7	–	7	–	3
Northwestern	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	8	–	2
Michigan State	2	–	4	–	2			6	–	8	–	2
Ohio State	2	–	6	–	0			6	–	9	–	1
‡ – 2021 B1G Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA Tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

Seeding

Main article: 2021 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

Seeding was determined by regular season conference record points per game.^[1]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Penn State	6–2–0
2	Maryland	5–2–1
3	Indiana	5–3–0
4	Michigan	4–3–1
5	Wisconsin	3–4–1	W 2–0 vs. Rutgers
6	Rutgers	3–4–1	L 0–2 vs. Wisconsin
7	Northwestern	3–5–0
8	Michigan State	2–4–2

Bracket

	Quarterfinals November 7^[2]					Semifinals November 10					Championship November 14
	1	Penn State	2
	8	Michigan State	0
						1	Penn State	2
						4	Michigan	0
	4	Michigan	2
	5	Wisconsin	1
											1	Penn State	3
											3	Indiana	0
	3	Indiana	1
	6	Rutgers	0
						3	Indiana (a.e.t.)	1
						7	Northwestern	0
	2	Maryland	0 (2)
	7	Northwestern (pen.)	0 (3)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#4 Michigan v #5 Rutgers

November 7, 2021	#4 Michigan	2–1	#5 Rutgers	Ann Arbor, MI
1:00 p.m.	Brennan Callow   34' Ryan Schultz   64' Evan Rasmussen   72' Uriel Zeitz   75' Jason Bucknor   90'	Report	10',   50' Tim Bielic   27' Ignasi Marques	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Cesar Ibarra Assistant referees: Ethan Buege Assistant referees: Quinton McFarlen Fourth official: Noah Hartman

#3 Indiana v #6 Rutgers

November 7, 2021	#3 Indiana	1–0	#6 Rutgers	Bloomington, IN
1:00 p.m.	Samuel Sarver   27'	Report		Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Art Arustamyan Assistant referees: Zachary Richter Fourth official: Michael Crump

#2 Maryland v #7 Northwestern

November 7, 2021	#2 Maryland	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	#7 Northwestern	College Park, MD
1:00 p.m.		Report	19' Miha Miskovic	Stadium: Ludwig Field Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Nicholas Balcer Assistant referees: Steve Besk Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak Fourth official: Jordan Gray
	Penalties
	Justin Gielen   Ben Bender   Caden Stafford   Brett St. Martin   Brayan Padilla		Justin Weiss   Vicente Castro   Spencer Farina   Richie Bennett   Rom Brown

#1 Penn State v #8 Michigan State

November 7, 2021	#1 Penn State	2–0	#8 Michigan State	University Park, PA
4:00 p.m.	Peter Mangione   1' Andrew Privett   17' Liam Butts   23' Keegan Ness   56' Seth Kuhn   70'	Report	25' Zach Babiak   43' Gianni Ferri	Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 1,264 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Max Campbell Assistant referees: Michael Gorsegner Fourth official: Terrence Mull

Semifinals

#1 Penn State v #4 Michigan

November 12, 2021	#1 Penn State	2–0	#4 Michigan	University Park, PA
Noon	Seth Kuhn   12' Andrew Privett   24' Kyle May   65' Dax Hoffman   74'	Report	12' Joel Harrison   61' Evan Rasmussen	Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 523 Referee: Mike Stutt Assistant referees: Michael Gorsegner Assistant referees: Max Campbell Fourth official: Sergio Gonzalez

#3 Indiana v #7 Northwestern

November 12, 2021	#3 Indiana	1–0 (a.e.t.)	#7 Northwestern	Bloomington, IN
2:00 p.m.	Joey Maher   58',   98'	Report	90' Spencer Farina	Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 564 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Sean West Assistant referees: Zachary Richter Fourth official: William DeLois

Final

#1 Penn State v #3 Indiana

November 14, 2021	#1 Penn State	3–0	#3 Indiana	University Park, PA
Noon	Seth Khun   36' Tyger Evans   56' Pierre Reedy   85'	Report		Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 1,689 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Vicente Suarez Assistant referees: Brad Snow Fourth official: Ryan Slack

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 12 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 1.71 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

2 goals

• Seth Kuhn – Penn State
• Andrew Privett – Penn State

1 goal

• Joey Maher – Indiana
• Samuel Sarver – Indiana
• Ryan Schultz – Michigan
• Uriel Zeitz – Michigan
• Tyger Evans – Penn State
• Peter Mangione – Penn State
• Pierre Reedy – Penn State
• Tim Bielic – Rutgers

All-Tournament team

Source:^[3]

Player	Team
Roman Celentano	Indiana
Spencer Glass
Nick Richardson	Maryland
Marc Ybarra	Michigan
Michael Miller	Michigan State
Miha Miskovic	Northwestern
Seth Kuhn*	Penn State
Peter Mangione
Kris Shakes^
Thomas DeVizio	Rutgers
Tim Bielic	Wisconsin

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

References

1. "2021 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament". BigTen.org. October 31, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
2. "2021 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. October 31, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
3. "Penn State Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Championship". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. November 14, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

External links

• Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer
• Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Central