2021 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

The 2021 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from November 7 through November 13, 2021. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Oakland Soccer Field in Rochester, Michigan. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Milwaukee Panthers were the defending champions.[1] They were unable to defend their crown, falling to Cleveland State in the Semifinals. Oakland finished as tournament champions after defeating Cleveland State 3–1 in the Final.[2] This was the third overall title for Oakland, all of which have come under head coach Eric Pogue.[3] As tournament champions, Oakland earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance1,198
SiteOakland Soccer Field
Rochester, Michigan
(Semifinals & Final)
ChampionsOakland (3rd title)
Winning coachEric Pogue (3rd title)
MVPNoah Jensen (Oakland)
BroadcastESPN+
Horizon League men's soccer tournament
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2021 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oakland 8 1 1 12 7 2
Cleveland State 8 2 0 10 8 0
Milwaukee 6 3 1 9 8 1
UIC 6 4 0 9 8 2
Detroit Mercy 4 3 3 5 7 5
Wright State 4 5 1 5 10 1
Robert Morris 4 5 1 5 11 1
Northern Kentucky 4 6 0 6 11 0
Purdue Fort Wayne 3 6 1 5 9 2
IUPUI 2 8 0 3 12 1
Green Bay 1 7 2 2 10 4
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Horizon

Seeding

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Six Horizon League schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. The top two seeds received byes to the Semifinals and the number one seed hosted the Semifinals and Final. A tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and final seed of the tournament as Robert Morris and Wright State both finished with 4–5–1 conference records. Robert Morris earned the sixth seed by virtue of their 2–1 win over Wright State on October 2.[4]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Oakland 8–1–1 25
2 Cleveland State 8–2–0 24
3 Milwaukee 6–3–1 19
4 UIC 6–4–0 18
5 Detroit Mercy 4–3–3 15
6 Robert Morris 4–5–1 13

Bracket

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Source:[5]

Quarterfinals
Monday, Nov. 7
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 11
Final
Saturday, Nov. 13
1 Oakland 3
4 UIC (a.e.t.) 2 4 UIC 1
5 Detroit Mercy 1 1 Oakland 3
2 Cleveland State 1
2 Cleveland State 2
3 Milwaukee 1 3 Milwaukee 1
6 Robert Morris 0

Schedule

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Quarterfinals

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November 7, 2021 #3 Milwaukee 1–0 #6 Robert Morris Milwaukee, WI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Raul Medina   68'
  • Paolo Gratton   86'
Report Stadium: Engelmann Field
Attendance: 191
Referee: Michael Allie
Assistant referees: Gary Klump
Assistant referees: Christian Little
Fourth official: Alex Hoefstetter
November 7, 2021 #4 UIC 2–1 (a.e.t.) #5 Detroit Mercy Chicago, IL
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Bukola Abdulwahab   4'
  • Pau Mateo   105'
Report
  •   10' Daniel Iyok
  •   71' (pen.),   90' Kyle Bandyk
Stadium: Flames Field
Attendance: 433
Referee: Kevin Fikar
Assistant referees: Vitali Hantsevich
Assistant referees: James Duling
Fourth official: Kevin Cavalcanti

Semifinals

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November 11, 2021 #1 Oakland 3–1 #4 UIC Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Noah Jensen   19',   72' (pen.)
  • Mikey Ketteman   69' (pen.)
  • Charlie Braithwaite   81'
Report
  •   64' Eduardo Garcia
  •   72' Manny Cerritos
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Michael Allie
Assistant referees: Quinton McFarlen
Assistant referees: Shane Richards
Fourth official: Ted Grigorou
November 11, 2021 #2 Cleveland State 2–1 #3 Milwaukee Rochester, MI
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Team   18'
  • Thomas M'Barek   45'
  • Albert Portas   50',   59'
  • Andrew Nicholas   57'
Report
  •   29' Paolo Gratton
  •   48' Andreas Soerensen
  •   58' Shawn Azcueta
  •   74' Team
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Heber Estrada
Assistant referees: Christian Little
Assistant referees: Jacob Little
Fourth official: Ted Grigorou

Final

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November 13, 2021 #1 Oakland 3–1 #2 Cleveland State Rochester, MI
1:00 p.m. ET
  • Noah Jensen   1'
  • Charlie Braithwaite   17'
  • Sebastian Nuzzo   42'
  • Dylan Borczak   48'
  • Mikey Ketteman   90'
Report
  •   11' Saahb Kular
  •   18' Cameron Wilde
  •   41' Pablo Kawecki
  •   58' Albert Portas
  •   89' Ryan Kolonick
Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field
Attendance: 574
Referee: Dimitrios Katsimingos
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando
Fourth official: Michael Allie

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 13, 2021).

3 goals

  • Noah Jensen – Oakland

2 goals

  • Paolo Gratton – Milwaukee

1 goal

  • Pablo Kawecki – Cleveland State
  • Andrew Nicholas – Cleveland State
  • Albert Portas – Cleveland State
  • Kyle Bandyk – Detroit Mercy
  • Dylan Borczak – Oakland
  • Mikey Ketteman – Oakland
  • Sebastian Nuzzo – Oakland
  • Bukola Abdulwahab – UIC
  • Eduardo Garica – UIC
  • Pau Mateo – UIC

All-Tournament team

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Source:[6]

Player Team
Noah Jensen Oakland
Finn Jurak
Adam McAleenan
Kieran Hayes
Thomas M'Barek Cleveland State
Jannis Schmidt
Pablo Kawecki
Paolo Gratton Milwaukee
Shawn Azcueta
Eduardo Garcia UIC
Christian Crespo

MVP in bold

References

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  1. ^ "2020 Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021 Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Horizon League Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Oakland Earns No. 1 seed as #HLMSOC Championship Bracket Set". horizonleague.com. Horizon League. November 3, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "2021 Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  6. ^ "Oakland Claims 2021 #HLMSOC Championship". horizonleague.org. Horizon League. November 13, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2022.