American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament
The American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the American Athletic Conference. The tournament has been held every year since the split from the Big East Conference in 2013. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship.
| American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference soccer championship | |
| Sport | College soccer |
| Conference | American Athletic Conference |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Played | 2013–present |
| Last contest | 2023 |
| Current champion | Memphis |
| Most championships | Memphis (4) |
| TV partner(s) | ESPN+ |
Format
The teams are seeded based on the order of finish in the conference's round robin regular season. Tiebreakers begin with the result of the head-to-head matchup. The teams are then placed in a single-elimination bracket, with the top seed playing the lowest seed, until meeting in a final championship game. After two overtime period, ties are broken by shootout rounds, with the winner of the shootout advancing.
Champions
Key
| (2) | Title number |
| * | Match went to extra time |
| † | Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time |
| Bold | Winning team won regular season |
| ^ | Winning team reached College Cup |
| ‡ | Winning team lost National Championship |
| ‡ | Winning team won National Championship |
By year
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-Up | Site | MOP (offense) | MOP (defense) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | UCF (1) | 0–0† (8–7 pen.) | Rutgers | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL | Tatiana Coleman, UCF | Jessica Janosz, Rutgers |
| 2014 | Connecticut (1) | 0–0† (3–2 pen.) | South Florida | Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL | Rachel Hill, Connecticut | Emily Armstrong, Connecticut |
| 2015 | Cincinnati (1) | 1–1† (4–2 pen.) | South Florida | Westcott Field • Dallas, TX | Jaycie Brown, Cincinnati | Vanessa Gilles, Cincinnati |
| 2016 | Connecticut (2) | 1–0 | SMU | Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT | Rachel Hill, Connecticut | Toriana Paterson, Connecticut |
| 2017 | South Florida (1) | 0–0† (5–4 pen.) | UCF | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL | Evelyne Viens, South Florida | Kat Elliott, South Florida |
| 2018 | Memphis (1) | 3–0 | UCF | Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL | Clarissa Larise, Memphis | Chanel Hudson-Marks, Memphis |
| 2019 | South Florida (2) | 2–1 | Memphis | Billy J. Murphy Track & Soccer Complex • Memphis, Tennessee | Evelyne Viens, South Florida | Sydney Martinez, South Florida |
| 2020 | South Florida (3) | 4–0 | Cincinnati | Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL | Sydny Nasello, South Florida | Sydney Martinez, South Florida |
| 2021 | Memphis (2) | 0–0† (3–0 pen.) |
South Florida | Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, FL | Saorla Miller, Memphis | Elizabeth Moberg, Memphis |
| 2022 | Memphis (3) | 1–0*(2OT) | SMU | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium • Orlando, FL | Shae Taylor, Memphis | Claire Wyville, Memphis |
| 2023 | Memphis (4) | 2–1 | SMU | Premier Sports Campus • Lakewood Ranch, FL | Mya Jones, Memphis | Sarah Hagg, Memphis |
By school
This table of championship statistics is updated after each event. It is current as of the end of the 2022 Tournament.[1]
| School | Appearances | W | L | T | Pct. | Finals | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .364 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Connecticut | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .611 | 2 | 2 | 2014, 2016 |
| East Carolina | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 | |
| Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Louisville | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Memphis | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .682 | 5 | 4 | 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .667 | 1 | 0 | |
| SMU | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .579 | 3 | 0 | |
| South Florida | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | .659 | 6 | 3 | 2017, 2019, 2020 |
| Temple | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tulsa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| UAB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | |
| UCF | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | .531 | 3 | 1 | 2013 |
Teams in italics no longer sponsor women's soccer in the American.
References
- "2020 American Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. 3 Apr 2020. Retrieved 7 Jul 2020.