2019 MAC men's soccer tournament

The 2019 MAC men's soccer tournament was the 27th and final edition of the MAC Men's Soccer Tournament, a post-season college soccer conference tournament to determine the MAC champion, and the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The 2019 edition of the tournament began on November 12 and concluded on November 17, 2019.

2019 MAC men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	2,421
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds
Semifinals site	FirstEnergy Stadium Akron, OH
Finals site	FirstEnergy Stadium Akron, OH
Champions	West Virginia (1st title)
Winning coach	Marlon LeBlanc (1st title)
MVP	Steven Tekesky (West Virginia)
Broadcast	ESPN+
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2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Akron	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	10	–	2
Western Michigan	2	–	1	–	2			11	–	6	–	2
SIUE	2	–	1	–	2			8	–	5	–	4
Northern Illinois	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	10	–	1
Bowling Green	2	–	3	–	0			13	–	7	–	1
West Virginia ‡	0	–	4	–	1			10	–	9	–	2
‡ – 2019 MAC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 25 November 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: MAC

The lowest seeded team in the tournament, West Virginia, won the MAC title, giving the program their first MAC championship, and their first overall conference championship since 1992. It was the first year since 2011 that a team other than Akron won the MAC Tournament. Marlon LeBlanc earned his first conference championship with the program. With the title, West Virginia earned their second consecutive berth into the NCAA Tournament, and their 14th overall berth. West Virginia defeated Butler 5–1 in the opening round^[1][2] before losing to in-state rivals, Marshall, 1–2.^[3][4][5]

On May 12, 2020 it was announced that the 2019 edition of the tournament would be the final tournament until at least 2024. From 2020 going forward, the regular season champion would be declared the MAC champion, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Akron	4–0–1
2	Western Michigan	2–1–2	Goal difference
3	SIUE	2–1–2
4	Bowling Green	2–3–0	BGSU 1–0 vs. NIU
5	Northern Illinois	2–3–0	NIU 0–1 vs. BGSU
6	West Virginia	0–4–1

Bracket

	First Round					Semifinals					Championship
						1	Akron	0
	4	Bowling Green	2			4	Bowling Green	1
	5	Northern Illinois	1								4	Bowling Green	0
											6	West Virginia	1
						2	Western Michigan	2
	3	SIUE	0			3	West Virginia	3
	6	West Virginia	1

Schedule

First round

November 12, 2019

5:00 PM EST

No. 4 Bowling Green	2–1 (a.e.t.)	No. 5 Northern Illinois
Montemurri 8' Robin 95' (pen.)	Report	Maertins 22'

Cochrane Stadium, Bowling Green, Ohio

Attendance: 174

Referee: Donovan Noocha

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November 12, 2019

8:00 PM EST

No. 3 SIUE	0–1	No. 6 West Virginia
	Report	Grajera 43'

Ralph Korte Stadium, Edwardsville, Illinois

Attendance: 77

Semifinals

November 15, 2019

3:00 PM EST

No. 2 Western Michigan	2–3	No. 6 West Virginia
Liagre 58' Nimick 86'	Report	DiMatteo 24', 27' Andres-Llop 66'

FirstEnergy Stadium, Akron, Ohio

Attendance: 828

Referee: Kevin Fikar

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November 15, 2019

6:00 PM EST

No. 1 Akron	0–1	No. 4 Bowling Green
	Report	Sullivan 18'

FirstEnergy Stadium, Akron, Ohio

Attendance: 828

Referee: Nikola Aleksic

Championship

November 17, 2019

1:00 PM EST

No. 1 Bowling Green	0–1	No. 6 West Virginia
	Report	McCormick 86'

FirstEnergy Stadium, Akron, Ohio

Attendance: 514

Referee: Sorin Stoica

Statistics

Goalscorers

2 Goals

• Josh DiMatteo – West Virginia

1 Goal

• Albert Andres-Llop – West Virginia
• Jan Maertins – Northern Illinois
• Luke McCormick – West Virginia
• Daniel Nimick – Western Michigan
• Michael Montemurri – Bowling Green
• Paul Liagre – Western Michigan
• Achille Robin – Bowling Green
• Rodrigo Robles Grajera – West Virginia
• Chris Sullivan – Bowling Green

All-Tournament team

Player	Team
2020 MAC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[7]
Skye Harter	Akron
Diogo Pacheco
Jaylen Shannon	Western Michigan
Daniel Nimick
Chris Sullivan	Bowling Green
Anthony Mwembia
Achille Robin
Luke McCormick	West Virginia
Josh DiMatteo
Ryan Kellogg
Steven Tekesky

MVP in bold.