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
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteQU Soccer Stadium
Hamden, Connecticut
ChampionsRider (4th title)
MVPRyan Baird (Rider)
BroadcastMAAC.tv
MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
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2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
November 5 #3 Siena0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		#6 MonmouthLoudonville, 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
November 5 #4 Marist0–2#5 CanisiusPoughkeepsie, New York
7:00 PM EDT Report
Box Score		 Strauchen  3'
Santos  68'		 Stadium: Leonidoff Field
Attendance: 973
Referee: Clovis DaSilva

Semifinals
November 11 #1 Quinnipiac3–1#5 CanisiusHamden, 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
November 11 #2 Rider2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		#5 SienaHamden, 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
November 13 #1 Quinnipiac1–3#2 RiderHamden, 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
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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.
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