2019 America East men's soccer tournament

The 2019 America East men's soccer tournament was the 31st edition of the tournament. The tournament decided the America East Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began on November 9 and concluded on November 16.

2019 America East men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds
Semifinals site	Higher seeds
Finals site	Wildcat Stadium Durham, New Hampshire
Champions	New Hampshire (2nd title)
Winning coach	Marc Hubbard (2nd title)
MVP	Josh Bauer (New Hampshire)
Broadcast	AETV, ESPN+
America East men's soccer tournament «2018  2020»

2019 America East Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 22 New Hampshire ‡	5	–	1	–	1			15	–	2	–	3
Vermont	5	–	1	–	1			11	–	6	–	1
Hartford	4	–	2	–	1			12	–	5	–	4
Albany	4	–	3	–	0			9	–	7	–	1
UMass Lowell	3	–	4	–	0			9	–	8	–	1
Binghamton	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	9	–	3
UMBC	1	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	1
Stony Brook	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	11	–	1
‡ – 2019 Am. East Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Defending champion, New Hampshire, was the number one seed coming into the tournament. Both New Hampshire and Vermont were statistically tied for first place in the conference. New Hampshire broke the tie by defeating Hartford twice, while Vermont split their games with Hartford. New Hampshire was seeking a consecutive tournament win since UMBC 2013–2015 seasons. In the final round of the tournament, New Hampshire played #3 seed Hartford, and the first and only goal of the game was kicked in by New Hampshire 3:27 into the game.^[1] This was New Hampshire's second America East conference title in school history.

New Hampshire was the conference's lone bid into the NCAA Tournament. They hosted Fairleigh-Dickinson in the first round, defeating Fairleigh-Dickinson 1–0 at home. They then traveled to 10-seed #13 Virginia Tech where they fell 1–4. This was New Hampshire's fourth appearance in NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament.^[2] New Hampshire finished the season nationally ranked 22nd by the United Soccer Coaches.

Seeds

Seed[3]	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	New Hampshire	5–1–1	UNH 1–1 vs. UVM, won both games against #3 Hartford
2	Vermont	5–1–1	UVM 1–1 vs. UNH, split games against #3 Hartford
3	Hartford	4–2–1
4	Albany	4–3
5	UMass-Lowell	3–4
6	Binghamton	3–4

Bracket

	First round Nov. 9					Semifinals Nov. 13					Final Nov. 16
						2	Vermont	2
	3	Hartford	2			3	Hartford	3 (OT)
	6	Binghamton	0								1	New Hampshire	1
											3	Hartford	0
						1	New Hampshire	3
	4	Albany	0			5	UMass Lowell	0
	5	UMass Lowell	1

Results

Quarterfinals

November 9

2:00 p.m. EST

No. 3 Hartford	2–0	No. 6 Binghamton
Aitor Elana 28' Sergi Martinez 36'	Report

Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium
West Hartford, Connecticut

Attendance: 289

Referee: Wilmer Melendez

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November 9

3:00 p.m. EST

No. 4 Albany	0–1	No. 5 UMass Lowell
	Report	Alejandro Osorio 62'

Bob Ford Field
Albany, New York

Attendance: 106

Semifinals

November 13

4:00 p.m. EST

No. 2 Vermont	2–3 (OT)	No. 3 Hartford
Jon Arnar-Barodal 43' Garrett Lillie 78'	Report	Jovante Etienne 19' Sergi Martinez 40' Nyrik Antoine 97'

Virtue Field
Burlington, Vermont

Attendance: 234

Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

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November 13

4:00 p.m. EST

No. 1 New Hampshire	3–0	No. 5 UMass Lowell
Rory O'Driscoll 43' Bilal Kamal 62' Antonio Colacci 76'	Report

Wildcat Stadium
Durham, New Hampshire

Attendance: 758

Referee: Patrick Violette

Final

November 16

6:00 p.m. EST

No. 1 New Hampshire	1–0	No. 3 Hartford
Josh Bauer 3'	Report

Wildcat Stadium
Durham, New Hampshire

Attendance: 1,782

Referee: Jay Vallieres

Awards and honors

• Tournament MVP: Josh Bauer, New Hampshire

All-Tournament team: ^[4]

Reide Conde, Albany Andrew McDonnell, Binghamton Alejandro Osorio, UMass-Lowell Patrik Gujic, UMass-Lowell Garrett Lillie, Vermont Jon Arnar-Barodal, Vermont

Altor Elena, Hartford Sergi Martinez, Hartford Jimmy Slayton, Hartford Josh Bauer, New Hampshire Antonio Colacci, New Hampshire Rory O'Driscoll, New Hampshire Jonny Wolf, New Hampshire

See also

• 2019 America East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament