2016 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2016 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament was the 24th edition of the MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

2016 MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Site	QU Soccer Stadium Hamden, Connecticut
Champions	Rider (4th title)
MVP	Ryan Baird (Rider)
Broadcast	MAAC.tv
MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament «2015  2017»

2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Quinnipiac	8	–	2	–	0			13	–	7	–	0
Rider ‡	7	–	1	–	2			13	–	4	–	3
Siena	6	–	3	–	1			8	–	8	–	5
Marist	6	–	4	–	0			11	–	7	–	1
Canisius	4	–	3	–	3			9	–	8	–	3
Monmouth	5	–	5	–	0			6	–	9	–	2
Iona	4	–	6	–	0			5	–	13	–	0
Fairfield	3	–	6	–	1			5	–	9	–	3
Niagara	3	–	6	–	1			4	–	11	–	2
Manhattan	2	–	6	–	2			2	–	12	–	3
Saint Peter's	2	–	8	–	0			3	–	13	–	2
‡-Tournament Champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The defending champions, Rider Broncs successfully defended their title, beating regular season champions, Quinnipiac, 3–1 in the championship game. The title was Rider's fourth overall MAAC championship. Additionally, Rider became the first school since Marist in 2004–2005 to repeat as MAAC Tournament champions.

Quinnipiac University hosted the semifinals and final of the tournament, while the first round was hosted by the higher seeds.[1]

Seeds

Seeds for the tournament are determined by teams' conference records, with tiebreakers determined according to MAAC tiebreaker rules.

Seed[1]	School	Conf[2]	Tiebreaker[1]
1	Quinnipiac^†‡	8–2–0
2	Rider^†	7–1–2
3	Siena	6–3–1
4	Marist	6–4–0
5	Canisius	4–3–3
6	Monmouth	5–5–0
‡ – MAAC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament.

Bracket

	First round Saturday, November 5					Semifinal Friday, November 11					Final Sunday, November 13
						1	Quinnipiac	3
	4	Marist	0			5	Canisius	1
	5	Canisius	2								1	Quinnipiac	1
											2	Rider	3
						2	Rider (PK)	2 (3)
	3	Siena (PK)	0 (3)			3	Siena	2 (1)
	6	Monmouth	0 (1)

Results

First round

^#3 Siena v ^#6 Monmouth

November 5	^#3 Siena	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	^#6 Monmouth	Loudonville, New York
1:00 PM EDT		Report Box Score		Stadium: Siena Turf Field Attendance: 842 Referee: Mike Lee
	Penalties
	Sobot Courto Itoafa		Klenofsky McCarthy Luke Nigro

^#4 Marist v ^#5 Canisius

November 5	^#4 Marist	0–2	^#5 Canisius	Poughkeepsie, New York
7:00 PM EDT		Report Box Score	Strauchen  3' Santos  68'	Stadium: Leonidoff Field Attendance: 973 Referee: Clovis DaSilva

Semifinals

^#1 Quinnipiac v ^#5 Canisius

November 11	^#1 Quinnipiac	3–1	^#5 Canisius	Hamden, Connecticut
10:00 AM EDT	Taylor  15' Whelan  20' Dally  58'	Report Box Score	Teupen  53'	Stadium: QU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: John Barr

^#2 Rider v ^#5 Siena

November 11	^#2 Rider	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	^#5 Siena	Hamden, Connecticut
1:00 PM EDT	Flath  39' Bourret  76'	Report Box Score	Herpreck  40' (o.g.) Tejera  51' (pen.)	Stadium: QU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Brian Dunn
	Penalties
	Aguinaga Otmani Huss Pena Flath		Sobot Curto Itoafa McGlynn

Final

^#1 Quinnipiac v ^#2 Rider

November 13	^#1 Quinnipiac	1–3	^#2 Rider	Hamden, Connecticut
1:00 PM EDT	McCoy  51'	Report Box Score	Otmani  42' Bourret  62' Aguinaga  85'	Stadium: QU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,147 Referee: Sam Saad

All-Tournament Team

The MAAC All-Tournament team was announced following the championship. The MVP is in bold text.[3]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Aleska Radosavljević, Siena Ryan Baird, Rider	Thomas Teupen, Canisius Conor McCoy, Quinnipiac	Melvin Blair, Canisius Uros Antić, Siena Matt Taylor, Quinnipiac Adrien Huss, Rider	Rashawn Dally, Quinnipiac Elliott Otmani, Rider Clement Bourret, Rider

References

1. "Men's Soccer Championship Information Page". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. MAACSports.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
2. "Men's Soccer 2016 Standings". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. MAACSports.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
3. "Ride University Wins 2016 MAAC Men's Soccer Championship". Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. MAACSports.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

External links

• MAAC Tournament Home