| 2019 MAC men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| 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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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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| 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| No. 4 Bowling Green | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | No. 5 Northern Illinois |
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 95' (pen.) |
Report |
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Attendance: 174
Referee: Donovan Noocha
| No. 3 SIUE | 0–1 | No. 6 West Virginia |
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| Report |
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Attendance: 77
| No. 2 Western Michigan | 2–3 | No. 6 West Virginia |
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 86' |
Report |
66' |
Attendance: 828
Referee: Kevin Fikar
| No. 1 Akron | 0–1 | No. 4 Bowling Green |
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| Report |
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Attendance: 828
Referee: Nikola Aleksic
| No. 1 Bowling Green | 0–1 | No. 6 West Virginia |
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| Report | McCormick 86' |
Attendance: 514
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Josh DiMatteo – West Virginia
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| Player | Team |
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| 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 | |
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