2021 Conference USA men's soccer tournament

The 2021 Conference USA men's soccer tournament, was the 26th edition of the tournament. Conference USA did not conduct a men's soccer tournament after the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament determined Conference USA's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. The tournament began November 10 and concluded on November 14. The tournament was hosted by University of Charlotte, and all matches were played at the Transamerica Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. This would mark the final C-USA Tournament played as the conference stopped sponsoring men's soccer after the 2021 season when it lost all nine of its members due to conference realignment.

2021 Conference USA men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	1,052
Site	Transamerica Field Charlotte, North Carolina
Champions	Kentucky (2nd title)
Winning coach	Johan Cedergren (2nd title)
MVP	Eythor Björgólfsson (Offensive) Luis Grassow (Defensive) (Kentucky)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Conference USA men's soccer tournament «2019

2021 Conference USA men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 18 FIU +	7	–	0	–	1			12	–	4	–	2
No. 15 Marshall +	5	–	1	–	2			11	–	4	–	3
Charlotte +	5	–	3	–	0			10	–	6	–	1
No. 11 Kentucky ‡	3	–	1	–	4			15	–	2	–	4
Coastal Carolina	3	–	1	–	4			6	–	5	–	4
Florida Atlantic	2	–	4	–	2			9	–	7	–	3
South Carolina	1	–	5	–	2			5	–	9	–	2
Old Dominion	1	–	5	–	2			3	–	9	–	2
UAB	0	–	7	–	1			2	–	12	–	1
‡ – 2021 C-USA Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA Tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: C-USA

Seeds

The top six teams in C-USA by conference records qualified for the tournament.^[1]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	FIU	7–0–1
2	Marshall	5–1–2
3	Charlotte	5–3–0
4	Kentucky	3–1–4	Conference GD of +7
5	Coastal Carolina	3–1–4	Conference GD of +4
6	FAU	2–4–2

Bracket

	Quarterfinals November 10					Semifinals November 12					C-USA Championship November 14
						1	FIU	0
	4	Kentucky	3			4	Kentucky	3
	5	Coastal Carolina	1								4	Kentucky (a.e.t.)	2
											6	FAU	1
						2	Marshall	1
	3	Charlotte	0 (3)			6	FAU	3
	6	FAU (pen.)	0 (5)

Results

First round

November 10

4:30 PM EST

No. 4 Kentucky	3–1	No. 5 Coastal Carolina
Lucca Rodrigues 2' Luis Grassow 25' Eythor Björgólfsson 87'	Report	Alvaro Garcia-Pasqua 67'

Transamerica Field

Referee: Matt Kedlecik

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November 10

7:00 PM EST

No. 3 Charlotte	0–0 (a.e.t.)	No. 6 Florida Atlantic
	Report
Penalties
Alessandro Negri Alex Willis Joe Britto Preston Popp	3–5	Alonso Camarero Jose Alastuey Tom Abrahamsson Filip Jauk Ivan Mykhailenko

Transamerica Field

Attendance: 592

Referee: Sorin Stoica

Semifinals

November 12

4:30 PM EST

No. 1 FIU	0–3	No. 4 Kentucky
	Report	Luke Andrews 54' Daniel Evans 75, 76'

Transamerica Field

Attendance: 82

Referee: Esteban Rosano

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November 12

7:00 PM EST

No. 2 Marshall	1–3	No. 6 Florida Atlantic
Vinicius Fernandes 80'	Report	Tom Abrahamsson 19' Ivan Mykhailenko 76' Célestin Theodore, Jr. 81'

Transamerica Field

Attendance: 203

Referee: Jose Rivero

Final

November 14

1:00 PM EST

No. 4 Kentucky	2–1 (a.e.t.)	No. 6 Florida Atlantic
Marcel Meinzer 60' (pen.) Enzo Mauriz  64' Eythor Bjorgolfsson 94'	Report	16' Ivan Mykhailenko  26' Jose Alastuey  76' Vasilis Spinos

Transamerica Field

Attendance: 175

Referee: Matthew Thompson

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match (as of November 14, 2021).

2 goals

• Ivan Mykhailenko – Florida Atlantic
• Eythor Björgólfsson – Kentucky
• Daniel Evans – Kentucky

1 goal

• Alvaro Garcia-Pasqua – Coastal Carolina
• Tom Abrahamsson – Florida Atlantic
• Célestin Theodore, Jr. – Florida Atlantic
• Luke Andrews – Kentucky
• Marcel Meinzer – Kentucky
• Luis Grassow – Kentucky
• Lucca Rodrigues – Kentucky
• Vinicius Fernandes – Marshall

Awards

All Tournament XI

Source:^[2]

Player	Team
Eythor Bjorgolfsson*	Kentucky
Luis Grassow^
Jan Hoffelner
Marcel Meinzer
Tom Abrahamsson	Florida Atlantic
Alonso Coello
Ivan Mykhailenko
Matteo Gasperoni	FIU
Kareem Riley
Alex Adjetey	Marshall
Gabriel Alves

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP