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 | ||||
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| Classification | Division I | |||
| Teams | 6 | |||
| Matches | 5 | |||
| Site | Flames Field Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Champions | UIC (6th title) | |||
| Winning coach | Sean Phillips (3rd title) | |||
| Broadcast | HLTV, ESPN3 | |||
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| 2017 Horizon League men's soccer standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||
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| Pld. | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | |||||
| 1 | Green Bay | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | x | x | x | 22 | 0.833 | |
| 2 | UIC | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | x | x | x | 19 | 0.722 | |
| 3 | Milwaukee | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 18 | 0.667 | 1–0 vs. WSU[4] |
| 4 | Wright State | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | x | x | x | 18 | 0.667 | 0–1 vs. MKE |
| 5 | Cleveland State | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | x | x | x | 14 | 0.556 | |
| 6 | Detroit | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | x | x | x | 13 | 0.500 | |
Schedule
| Game | Time[5] | Matchup | Score | Television |
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| 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] | ||||||
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Joel Leon, UIC | ||||||
| MVP in Bold | ||||||
References
- "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.
- 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.
- Hurley, Tim (November 17, 2017). "Flames Succumb to Wisconsin in NCAA Tournament". uicflames.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- Zills, Chris (October 14, 2017). "Conway Nets Golden Goal In 3-2 Win Over WSU". mkepanthers.com. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- "Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF).
- "Cleveland State vs. Wright State (Quarterfinal) (Horizon Men's Soccer Championship)" (Video). WatchESPN. ESPN, Inc. November 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- "Detroit Mercy vs. Milwaukee (Quarterfinal) (Horizon Men's Soccer Championship)" (Video). WatchESPN. ESPN, Inc. November 6, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
- "UIC Claims the #HLMSOC Championshiup Title for the Second Season In A Row". Horzion League.