2021 MAAC men's soccer tournament

The 2021 MAAC men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference held from November 7 through November 14, 2021. The seven-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting matches. The host for the matches was determined by seeding from regular season play. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Monmouth were the defending champions and were unable to defend their title, losing to Marist in the semifinals.^[1] Marist went on to win the Championship, defeating Rider in a penalty shoot-out in the final.^[2] This is Marist's fourth overall tournament win and first since 2005. The title is also the first for head coach Matt Viggiano.^[3] As tournament champions, Marist earned the MAAC's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 MAAC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	4,217
Site	Campus Sites, Hosted by Higher Seed
Champions	Marist (4th title)
Winning coach	Matt Viggiano (1st title)
MVP	Kyle Galloway (Marist)
Broadcast	ESPN+
MAAC men's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Marist ‡	7	–	2	–	1			12	–	7	–	3
Saint Peter's	6	–	3	–	1			8	–	9	–	1
Niagara	6	–	4	–	0			8	–	10	–	0
Siena	5	–	3	–	2			9	–	7	–	3
Rider	5	–	4	–	1			10	–	7	–	3
Fairfield	5	–	4	–	1			7	–	9	–	2
Monmouth	5	–	5	–	0			8	–	9	–	2
Manhattan	4	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	2
Quinnipiac	4	–	6	–	0			9	–	8	–	0
Iona	3	–	6	–	1			6	–	9	–	2
Canisius	1	–	9	–	0			1	–	14	–	2
‡ – 2021 MAAC Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: MAAC

Seeding

The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seed as Rider and Fairfield each finished with a 5–4–1 conference record. Rider earned the fifth seed by virtue of their 4–3 victory over Fairfield on October 20.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Marist	7–2–1	22
2	Saint Peter's	6–3–1	19
3	Niagara	6–4–0	18
4	Siena	5–3–2	17
5	Rider	5–4–1	16
6	Fairfield	5–4–1	16
7	Monmouth	5–5–0	15
8	Manhattan	4–5–1	13

Bracket

Source:^[5]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 7					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 11					Final Sunday, Nov. 14
	1	Marist	3
	8	Manhattan	0
						1	Marist	1
						7	Monmouth	0
	4	Siena	0
	5	Rider	1
											1	Marist (pen.)	2 (5)
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											5	Rider	2 (3)
	2	Saint Peter's	0
	7	Monmouth	1
						5	Rider (a.e.t.)	2
						6	Fairfield	1
	3	Niagara	0
	6	Fairfield	2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#2 Saint Peter's v #7 Monmouth

November 7, 2021	#2 Saint Peter's	0–1	#7 Monmouth	Jersey City, NJ
1:00 p.m. ET	Anton Moore  14'	Report	43' Nick Rogers  79' Luke McBeth 90' Julian Gomez	Stadium: Jaroschak Field Attendance: 500 Referee: Victor Borges Assistant referees: Lev Dashev Assistant referees: Cory Pedalino Fourth official: Ernest Zielinksi

#4 Siena v #5 Rider

November 7, 2021	#4 Siena	0–1	#5 Rider	Loudonville, NY
1:00 p.m. ET	Jack Mendrysa  35' Erik Reis  36' Thomas Sams  50'	Report	5' Francis Gomez Olano  38' Brendan Fischer  38' Patrick Luckie  45' Zaki Alibou	Stadium: Hickey Field Attendance: 390 Referee: Matthew Mercier Assistant referees: Hao Zhong Assistant referees: Ron Gecsedi

#3 Niagara v #6 Fairfield

November 7, 2021	#3 Niagara	0–2	#6 Fairfield	Lewiston, NY
2:00 p.m. ET	Jayson Repine  16' Josh Tufino  61' Stephen Hasse  89'	Report	5' Rasmus Sorensen Rejnhold  46' Jonathan Puzzo  75' Daniel Raimondo 79' Santiago Gonzalez  89' Thomas Drillen	Stadium: Niagara Field Attendance: 307 Referee: Shane Magaris Assistant referees: Patrick O'Hara Assistant referees: Franco Bevilacqua Fourth official: Ian Boyle

#1 Marist v #8 Manhattan

November 7, 2021	#1 Marist	3–0	#8 Manhattan	Poughkeepsie, NY
5:00 p.m. ET	Kyle Galloway 51', 59' Liam Salmon 78'	Report	59' Brandon Joseph-Buadi	Stadium: Leonidoff Field Attendance: 1,342 Referee: Tony Russo Assistant referees: Colby Johnson Assistant referees: Daniel Rego Fourth official: Daniel Aloi

Semifinals

#1 Marist v #7 Monmouth

November 11, 2021	#1 Marist	1–0	#7 Monmouth	Poughkeepsie, NY
7:00 p.m. ET	Andre Cutler-DeJesus  36' Bernardo Gracindo 81' Liam Salmon  90'	Report	69' Jonas Linder	Stadium: Leonidoff Field Attendance: 700 Referee: Lorant Varga Assistant referees: David Breckner Assistant referees: Daniel Aloi Fourth official: Victor Borges

#5 Rider v #6 Fairfield

November 11, 2021	#5 Rider	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#6 Fairfield	Lawrenceville, NJ
7:00 p.m. ET	Regis Dulck  23' Francis Gomez Olano  30' Pavia Vidal Guiller 67',  69' Jack McGeechan  85' Team  97' Adel Al-Masude  104' Taner Bay 109'	Report	31',  60' Joseph Stocchetti 34' Thomas Drillien  59' Daniel Raimondo	Stadium: Ben Cohen Field Attendance: 205 Referee: Mike De Felice Assistant referees: Pete Mandell Assistant referees: Cory Pedalino Fourth official: Larry Urwiler

Final

#1 Marist v #5 Rider

November 14, 2021	#1 Marist	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	#5 Rider	Poughkeepsie, NY
11:00 a.m. ET	Justin Scharf 18' Justin Jaime  19' Kyle Galloway 22'	Report	28' Tyrrell Moore  29' Pablo Gatinois 49' (o.g.) Marist Own Goal  68' Francisco Gomez Olano  83' Kevin Peprah  98' Adel Al-Masude	Stadium: Leonidoff Field Attendance: 773 Referee: Lorant Varga Assistant referees: David Breckner Assistant referees: Lev Dashev Fourth official: Victor Borges
	Penalties
	Huib Achterkamp Henrique Cruz Bernardo Gracindo Kyle Galloway Jacob Schulman		Taner Bay Adel Al-Masude Guillaume Sarrabayrousse Regis Dulck

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 2.14 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

2 goals

• Kyle Galloway – Marist

1 goal

• Thomas Drillien – Fairfield
• Santiago Gonzalez – Fairfield
• Rasmus Sorensen Rejnhold – Fairfield
• Kyle Galloway – Marist
• Bernardo Gracindo – Marist
• Liam Salmon – Marist
• Justin Scharf – Marist
• Julian Gomez – Monmouth
• Tanner Bay – Rider
• Pavia Vidal Guiller – Rider
• Tyrell Moore – Rider
• Francis Gomez Olano – Rider

1 own goal

• Marist (against Rider)

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
2021 MAAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team
Thomas Drillien	Fairfield
Cormac Pike
George Akampeke	Monmouth
Luke McBeth
Taner Bay	Rider
Regis Dulck
Pablo Gatinois
Demarre Montoute	Marist
Henrique Cruz
Bernardo Gracidno
Kyle Galloway

MVP in Bold