2022 America East men's soccer tournament

The 2022 America East Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the America East Conference held from November 5 through November 13, 2022. 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 Vermont Catamounts,^[1] who were unable to defend their title, losing in the Semifinals to Albany. New Hampshire went on to win the tournament after a 2–0 victory in the final over Albany.^[2] It was the fourth victory for the New Hampshire Wildcats soccer program, all of which have come under Head Coach Marc Hubbard. This was New Hampshire's fourth tournament victory in the last five years.^[3] As tournament champions, New Hampshire earned the America East's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2022 America East men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	6,490
Site	Campus Sites (Higher Seed)
Champions	New Hampshire (4th title)
Winning coach	Marc Hubbard (4th title)
MVP	Jassem Koleilat (New Hampshire)
Broadcast	ESPN+
America East men's soccer tournament «2021  2023»

2022 America East Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 21 New Hampshire‡	6	–	1	–	0			15	–	4	–	1
No. 4 Vermont+	5	–	1	–	1			16	–	4	–	2
UMBC	4	–	3	–	0			10	–	6	–	2
Albany	3	–	1	–	3			6	–	8	–	6
Binghamton	3	–	2	–	2			6	–	9	–	4
NJIT	1	–	4	–	2			5	–	8	–	4
UMass Lowell	0	–	4	–	3			2	–	9	–	5
Bryant	0	–	6	–	1			3	–	10	–	1
‡ – Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2022 NCAA Tournament As of December 13, 2022 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. A tiebreaker was required to determine the third and fourth seeds as Albany and UMBC both finished with twelve regular season points. Albany was awarded the third seed by virtue of their 1–0 regular season victory over UMBC on September 24.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	New Hampshire	6–1–0	18
2	Vermont	5–1–1	16
3	Albany	3–1–3	12
4	UMBC	4–3–0	12
5	Binghamton	3–2–2	11
6	NJIT	1–4–2	5

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 5					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 10					Final Sunday, Nov. 13
						1	New Hampshire	3
	4	UMBC	2			5	Binghamton	0
	5	Binghamton (a.e.t)	3								1	New Hampshire	2
											3	Albany	0
						2	Vermont	0
	3	Albany	1			3	Albany	1
	6	NJIT	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 Albany v #6 NJIT

November 5	#3 Albany	2–0	#6 NJIT	Albany, NY
4:00 p.m. ET	Mohamed Soumah   74' Pantelis Panteli   84' (pen.) Jeff Thielmann   85' Tiago Dias   86' Domenic Baumann   88' Saad Faiz   90'	Report	17' Matt Moran   48' Hugo Tavares   84' Karmel Segui   84' Maximus Barboto   90' Joseph Davis	Stadium: Casey Stadium Attendance: 201 Referee: Greg DeMello Assistant referees: Victor Matheson Assistant referees: Wilmer Melendez Fourth official: Hao Zhong

#4 UMBC v #5 Binghamton

November 5	#4 UMBC	2–3 (a.e.t.)	#5 Binghamton	Baltimore, MD
7:00 p.m. ET	Ryan Becher   13' Ismailcan Usta   13' Lasse Kelp   69' Taylor Calheira   70'	Report	35' Shawn Coles   36' Will Noecker   39' Parker McKnight   61' Carter Beaulieu   67' Anthony Lazaridis   99' Markos Touroukis   102' Carlo Cavalar	Stadium: Retriever Soccer Park Attendance: 1,623

Semifinals

#1 New Hampshire v #5 Binghamton

November 10	#1 New Hampshire	3–0	#5 Binghamton	Durham, NH
6:00 p.m. ET	Eli Goldman   2' Moïse Bombito   59' Paul Mayer   72'	Report	1' Markos Touroukis	Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Attendance: 1,694 Referee: Kevin Morrison Assistant referees: Mounir Idmalak Assistant referees: Ruben Seyde Fourth official: John Luk

#2 Vermont v #3 Albany

November 10	#2 Vermont	0–1	#3 Albany	Burlington, VT
7:00 p.m. ET		Report	34' Lucas Watt   81' Jeff Thielmann	Stadium: Virtue Field Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Luis Reis Assistant referees: Jamie Labarge Assistant referees: Anthony Pedolsky Fourth official: Larry Bechard

Final

#1 New Hampshire v #3 Albany

November 13	#1 New Hampshire	2–0	#3 Albany	Durham, NH
2:00 p.m. ET	Eli Goldman   19' Tola Showunmi   21' Yannick Bright   53'	Report		Stadium: Wildcat Stadium Attendance: 1,440 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick Assistant referees: John Luk Assistant referees: Mounir Idmalak Fourth official: Ron Libby

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of November 13, 2022).

2 goals

• Eli Goldman – New Hampshire

1 goal

• Pantelis Panteli – Albany
• Mohamed Soumah – Albany
• Jeff Thielmann – Albany
• Anthony Lazaridis – Binghamton
• Will Noecker – Binghamton
• Markos Touroukis – Binghamton
• Moïse Bombito – New Hampshire
• Paul Mayer – New Hampshire
• Tola Showunmi – New Hampshire
• Lasse Kelp – UMBC
• Ismailcan Usta – UMBC

All-Tournament team

Source:^[5]

Player	Team
Jamie Davis	New Hampshire
Eli Goldman
Jassem Koleilat
Johann Von Knebel
Tiago Dias	Albany
Elias Ehlin
Neophytos Scottis
Carter Beaulieu	Binghamton
Will Noecker
Noah Egan	Vermont
Joe Morrison
Taylor Calheira	UMBC
Maximus Barboto	NJIT

MVP in bold

References

1. "2021 #AEMSOC Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
2. "2022 #AEMSOC Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
3. "America East Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
4. "UNH Claims Top Seed as #AEMSOC Championship Bracket is Set!". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 1, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
5. "Back on Top, UNH Captures Fourth #AEMSOC Championship!". americaeast.com. America East Conference. November 12, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2023.