2017 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2017 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament was the 30th edition of the competition. The tournament determined the year's Horizon League men's college soccer champion, as well as the conference's automatic berth in the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, which determines the national champion of college soccer for the season.

2017 Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
SiteFlames Field
Chicago, Illinois
ChampionsUIC (6th title)
Winning coachSean Phillips (3rd title)
BroadcastHLTV, ESPN3
Horizon League Men's Soccer Tournament
«2016  2018»
2017 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Green Bay 7 –1 –1  9 –5 –3
UIC ‡ 6 –2 –1  11 –6 –3
Milwaukee 6 –3 –0  10 –5 –4
Wright State 6 –3 –0  10 –7 –1
Cleveland State 4 –3 –2  7 –10 –2
Detroit 4 –4 –1  7 –8 –4
Northern Kentucky 3 –4 –2  7 –6 –4
Oakland 3 –5 –1  6 –10 –1
Belmont 2 –7 –0  5 –9 –2
IUPUI 0 –9 –0  0 –15 –2
As of November 17, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Two-time defending tournament champions, the UIC Flames, won their third-consecutive Horizon League title, and their sixth overall, defeating the regular season champions, Green Bay Phoenix in the final. UIC earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the first round of the tournament, 1-4 to the Wisconsin Badgers.[1][2][3] No other teams in the conference earned an at-large berth into the tournament.

Background

Six teams participated in the tournament, and they were seeded based on their regular season conference record, or matches against other college soccer programs also in the conference. The Horizon League regular season winner and runner-up earned byes to the semifinal round of the tournament as the top two seeds, while the se

Seeding
Seed School Conference record Pts. Pct. Tiebreaker
Pld.WLTGFGAGD
1Green Bay 9711xxx220.833
2UIC 9621xxx190.722
3Milwaukee 96301811+7180.6671–0 vs. WSU[4]
4Wright State 9630xxx180.6670–1 vs. MKE
5Cleveland State 9432xxx140.556
6Detroit 9441xxx130.500

Schedule
Game Time[5] Matchup Score Television
First round – Monday, November 6
1 7:00 pm No. 4 Wright State vs. No. 5 Cleveland State 0–4 ESPN3[6]
2 7:00 pm No. 3 Milwaukee vs. No. 6 Detroit 2–2 4–5 PK ESPN3[7]
Semifinals – Thursday, November 9
3 4:00 pm No. 1 Green Bay vs. No. 6 Detroit 3–1 ESPN3
4 7:00 pm No. 2 UIC vs. No. 5 Cleveland State 3–1 ESPN3
Championship – Saturday, November 11
5 7:00 pm No. 1 Green Bay vs. No. 2 UIC 0–2 ESPN3

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Championship
                           
      2 UIC 3  
  4 Wright State 0     5 Cleveland State 1    
  5 Cleveland State 4         2 UIC 2
      1 Green Bay 0
      1 Green Bay 3    
  3 Milwaukee 2 (4)     6 Detroit 1  
  6 Detroit (pen.)  2 (5)   

Awards and honors
  • MVP: Joel Leon, UIC

All Tournament Team
Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team[8]

Joel Leon, UIC
Makell Saddler, UIC
Jesus Perez, UIC
Max Todd, UIC
Audi Jepson, Green Bay
Tomer Zloczower, Green Bay
Adam Mansa, Green Bay
Noah Pio, Cleveland State
Antonio Burgoa, Cleveland State
Dalton Amez, Detroit Mercy
Kyle Bandyk, Detroit Mercy

MVP in Bold
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See also

References
  1. "Badgers men's soccer: Tom Barlow's goals help Wisconsin advance in NCAA". Wisconsin State Journal. Lee Enterprises. November 17, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  2. Gamel, McKaylin (November 16, 2017). "Badgers get revenge on UIC, advance to next round of NCAA Tournament after 4-1 victory". The Daily Cardinal. Daily Cardinal Media Corporation. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  3. Hurley, Tim (November 17, 2017). "Flames Succumb to Wisconsin in NCAA Tournament". uicflames.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  4. Zills, Chris (October 14, 2017). "Conway Nets Golden Goal In 3-2 Win Over WSU". mkepanthers.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  5. "Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF).
  6. "Cleveland State vs. Wright State (Quarterfinal) (Horizon Men's Soccer Championship)" (Video). WatchESPN. ESPN, Inc. November 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
  7. "Detroit Mercy vs. Milwaukee (Quarterfinal) (Horizon Men's Soccer Championship)" (Video). WatchESPN. ESPN, Inc. November 6, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  8. "UIC Claims the #HLMSOC Championshiup Title for the Second Season In A Row". Horzion League.
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