2019 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2019 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 27th edition of the MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament, a post-season college soccer conference tournament to determine the MAAC champion, and the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The 2019 edition of the tournament began on November 10 and concluded on November 17, 2019.

2019 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHigher seeds
Finals siteJaroschak Field[1]
Jersey City, NJ
ChampionsIona (1st title)
Winning coachJames Hamilton (1st title)
MVPJosh Plimpton (Iona)
BroadcastESPN+
MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
«2018  2020»
2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Saint Peter's 9 –1 –013 –6 –0
Quinnipiac 7 –2 –19 –6 –3
Iona ‡ 6 –3 –114 –6 –1
Marist 6 –4 –010 –9 –0
Manhattan 5 –4 –16 –10 –1
Rider 4 –4 –27 –8 –2
Niagara 4 –5 –16 –11 –1
Fairfield 3 –4 –25 –7 –4
Monmouth 3 –7 –13 –13 –2
Siena 2 –7 –15 –12 –1
Canisius 1 –9 –03 –15 –0
As of 22 November 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Iona won the 2019 MAAC title, which was the program's first ever MAAC championship, allowing them to earn their first ever berth into the NCAA Tournament.[2] There, they lost in the opening round to defending national champions,[3] Maryland.[4][5]

Seeds
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Saint Peter's 9–1–0
2 Quinnipiac 7–2–1
3 Iona 6–3–1
4 Marist 6–4–0
5 Manhattan 5–4–1
6 Rider 4–4–2

Bracket
First Round Semifinals Championship
1 Saint Peter's 3
4 Marist 2 4 Marist 2
5 Manhattan 1 1 Saint Peter's 2
3 Iona (a.e.t.) 3
2 Quinnipiac 1
3 Iona 2 3 Iona 2
6 Rider 1

Schedule

First round
No. 3 Iona2–1No. 6 Rider
  • Mackic 30'
  • Plimpton 40'
 Report
  • Gomez Olano 41'
Attendance: 314
Referee: Jason Silver
No. 4 Marist2–1No. 5 Manhattan
 Report
Attendance: 508
Referee: Mike De Felice

Semifinals
No. 2 Quinnipiac1–2No. 3 Iona
  • Aasen 89'
 Report
  • Plimpton 22'
  • Najim 34'
Attendance: 321
Referee: David Belmnahia
No. 1 Saint Peter's3–2No. 4 Marist
  • Davis 10'
  • Climpson 81'
  • Jowers 87'
 Report
  • Sienkiel 18'
  • Copetti 52'
Attendance: 147
Referee: John Barr

Championship
No. 1 Saint Peter's2–3 (a.e.t.)No. 3 Iona
  • Jowers 50'
  • Laws 58'
 Report
  • Bravo 74' (pen.)  100'
  • Plimpton 76'
Attendance: 493
Referee: Michael McBride

Statistics

Goalscorers
3 Goals
  • Josh Plimpton – Iona
2 Goals
1 Goal

All-Tournament Team
PlayerTeam
MAAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team
Allen GavilanesMarist
Samad Bounthong
Domen BozicQuinnipiac
Henry Weigand
Jordan JowersSaint Peter's
Tom Coulson
Dominic Laws
Mauro BravoIona
Malcolm Moreno
Josh Plimpton
Najim Romero

MVP in bold.

References
  1. "Saint Peter's vs Iona - Men's Soccer - 11/17/2019 - Box Score". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. MAACSports.com. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. Agius, Joseph (December 5, 2019). "Gaels make history with championship MAAC title". The Ionian. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  3. Graham, Glenn (November 21, 2019). "Defending national champion Maryland men's soccer begins NCAA tournament run with 4-0 win over Iona". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. Myers, Eric (November 21, 2019). "Maryland men's soccer advances in NCAA tournament with dominant 4-0 win over Iona". The Diamondback. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  5. Hindle, Tom (November 21, 2019). "Maryland soccer rides big second half to 4-0 rout of Iona". WMUC-FM. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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