2015 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament

2015 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
Country  United States
Teams 11
Champions FIU
Runners-up Marshall
Matches played 7
Goals scored 12 (1.71 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Daniel Gonzalez (2)
Best player Arthur Clapot

The 2015 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the 21st edition of the tournament. It determined the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's automatic berth into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

The FIU Golden Panthers won the tournament, besting the Marshall Thundering Herd in the championship match.

Qualification

2015 Conference USA men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#17 Kentucky + 7 0 1     12 5 2
Charlotte + 6 1 1     10 6 2
#21 South Carolina + 6 2 0     11 8 2
Old Dominion 3 3 2     8 5 3
#16 Fla. International 3 4 1     12 7 1
New Mexico 2 4 2     8 6 4
Marshall 2 5 1     8 9 1
UAB 2 6 0     5 11 0
Florida Atlantic 1 7 0     2 12 2
As of November 22, 2015; Rankings from NSCAA

The top seven teams in Conference USA based on their conference record qualified for the tournament. Top-seeded Kentucky earned a bye to the semifinal round.[1]

Bracket


  Quarterfinals
Wednesday Nov. 11
    Semifinals
Friday Nov. 13
    Final
Sunday Nov. 15
                           
  4  Old Dominion 2    
  5  FIU 4    
      1  Kentucky 0  
            5  FIU 1    
               
      5  FIU 1
  2  Charlotte  1 (1)                7  Marshall 0
  7  Marshall (pen.)  1 (3)               
      7  Marshall 1    
        3  South Carolina 0  
  3  South Carolina 1    
  6  New Mexico 0  


Schedule

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank Player College Goals[2]
1 Jamaica Romario Gordon Marshall 2
United States Daniel Gonzalez FIU
2 United States Luis Betancur FIU 1
United States Jamar Campion-Hinds FIU
United States Ryan Condotta Old Dominion
Iceland Bjorn Gudjonsson South Carolina
United States Josue Henriquez Old Dominion
United States Patrick Lopez FIU
France Paul Marie FIU
United States Harrison Steadman Charlotte
As of 19 December 2015

All-Tournament Team

See also

References

  1. Most, Jake. "Kentucky Begins C-USA Tournament with Rematch with FIU". University of Kentucky Athletics. UKAthletics.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. "2015 CUSA Men's Soccer Championship". ConferenceUSA.com. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
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