Collegiate soccer tournament
TheAmerica East men's soccer tournament (formerly known as theNorth Atlantic Conference championship [ n 1] ) is the conference championship tournament insoccer for theAmerica East Conference . The tournament has been held every year since 1988. It is asingle-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to theNCAA Division I men's soccer championship .
On December 16th 2024, theUniversity of Vermont Catamounts team defeated theMarshall University Thundering Herd in theNCAA tournament championship game to claim the 2024 College Cup. This marked the first national championship by any America East Conference team in league history.[ 2] Vermont also stands as the most winning conference team with eight tournaments won.
The following is a list of A-East tournament winners:
Source:[ 3]
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City MVP Ref. 1
1989 Vermont (1) 1–0 Hartford Virtue Field Burlington, VT Kevin Wylie (Vermont)2
1990 Vermont (2) Boston U Nickerson Field Boston, MA Roberto Beall (Vermont)3
1991 Hartford (1) 2–0
Boston U Nickerson Field Boston, MA Elvis Thomas (Hartford)4
1992 Hartford (2) 2–0 Vermont Nickerson Field Boston, MA George Kostelis (Hartford)5
1993 Boston U (1) 1–0
UNH Ohiri Field Cambridge, MA Tom Giatrakos (Boston U)6
1994 Boston U (2) 3–1
UNH Nickerson Field Boston, MA Gisle Sorli (Boston U)7
1995 Boston U (3) 3–1
Towson Vidas Field Philadelphia, PA Ola Olsen (Boston U)8
1996 Boston U (4) 2–1
Northeastern Hormel Stadium Medford, MA Nick Bone (Boston U)9
1997 Boston U (5) 2–1
Hofstra Shuart Stadium Hempstead, NY Nick Bone (Boston U)10
1998 Drexel (1) 2–1 Towson Towson Field Towson, MD Pete Shay (Drexel)11
1999 Hartford (3) 2–0 Towson Alumni Stadium West Hartford, CT Cristoffer Hartmann (Hartford)12
2000 Vermont (3) 2–1 Hofstra Virtue Field Burlington, VT Mike Dias (Vermont)13
2001 Towson (1) 1–0 Northeastern Towson Field Towson, MD Chris Hurley (Towson)14
2002 Northeastern (1) 2–1 Vermont Parsons Field Brookline, MA Atha Kirkopolous (Northeastern)15
2003 Binghamton (1) Northeastern Bearcats Complex Binghamton, NY Stefan Gonet (Binghamton)16
2004 Boston U (6) Binghamton Nickerson Field Boston, MA Federico Bianchi (Boston U)17
2005 Stony Brook (1) Binghamton Kenneth LaValle Stony Brook, NY Douglas Narvaez (Stony Brook)18
2006 Binghamton (2) Vermont Bearcats Complex Binghamton, NY Barry Neville (Binghamton)19
2007 Vermont (4) 1–0
Binghamton Bearcats Complex Binghamton, NY Roger Scully (Vermont)20
2008 Boston U (7) 1–0
Binghamton Nickerson Field Boston, MA Jin Oh (Boston U)21
2009 Stony Brook (2) 2–0 UMBC Kenneth LaValle Stony Brook, NY Anthony Rogic (Stony Brook)22
2010 UMBC UNH Retriever Park Baltimore, MD Levi Houapeu (UMBC)23
2011 Stony Brook (3) 4–2
Hartford Kenneth LaValle Stony Brook, NY Leo Fernandes (Stony Brook)24
2012 UMBC (2) UNH Retriever Park Baltimore, MD Phil Saunders (UMBC)[ 4] 25
2013 UMBC (3) 4–0
Hartford Retriever Park Baltimore, MD Pete Caringi III (UMBC)[ 5] 26
2014 UMBC (4) 2–1
Hartford Retriever Park Baltimore, MD Greg Hauck (UMBC)[ 6] 27
2015 Vermont (5) 1–0
Binghamton Virtue Field Burlington, VT Brian Wright (Vermont)[ 7] 28
2016 Albany (1) [ n 2] 1–0
Hartford Bob Ford Field Albany, NY Bernardo Mattos (Albany)29
2017 Albany (2) UMass Lowell Cushing Field Lowell, MA Daniel Krutzen (Albany)[ 10] 30
2018 UNH (1) 5–0
UMBC Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Josh Bauer (UNH)[ 11] 31
2019 UNH (2) 1–0
Hartford Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Josh Bauer (UMH)[ 12] 32
2020 UNH (3) 2–0
Vermont Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Victor Menudier (UNH)[ 13] 33
2021 Vermont (6) 1–0
UNH Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Adrian Schulze (Vermont)[ 14] 34
2022 UNH (4) 2–0
Albany Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Jassem Koleilat (UNH)[ 15] 35
2023 Bryant (1) UNH Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH Antreas Hadjigavriel (Bryant)[ 16] 36
2024 Vermont (7) 2–1
Bryant Virtue Field Burlington, VT Zach Barrett (Vermont)[ 17] 37
2025 Vermont (8) 2–0
Bryant Virtue Field Burlington, VT [ 18]
Championships by School [ edit ] School Titles Winning years Vermont 8
1989, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2021, 2024, 2025 Boston[ n 3] 7
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2008 Hartford 4
1989, 1991, 1992, 1999 UMBC 4
2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 UNH 4
2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 Stony Brook 3
2005, 2009, 2011 Albany 2
2016, 2017 Binghamton 2
2003, 2006 Bryant 1
2023 Drexel[ n 3] 1
1998 Northeastern[ n 3] 1
2002 Towson[ n 3] 1
2001
Notes ^ The tournament was specifically called the "North Atlantic Conference championship" from 1989 until 1996.[ 1] ^ Albany was the first overall seed in the tournament. However, the regular season was won byUMass Lowell .[ 8] UMass Lowell was ineligible for postseason play due to transitioning from Division II to Division I.[ 9] ^a b c d Former member of the America East. ^ "America East Record Book: Men's Soccer (2025)" (PDF) .americaeast.com . Retrieved29 Dec 2025 .^ "Vermont Men's Soccer Wins National Championship 2-1 in Overtime!!" .americaeast.com . 2024-12-16. Retrieved2024-12-18 .^ America East Record Book (2025) at americaeast.com^ "Soccer Box Score (Final) - #5 New Hampshire vs #2 UMBC" .umbcretrievers.com . November 9, 2012. RetrievedDecember 15, 2017 .^ Lee, Edward (October 22, 2013)."UMBC men's soccer thriving in one-goal decisions in 2013" .The Baltimore Sun .tronc . RetrievedDecember 10, 2017 . ^ Goff, Steven (December 9, 2014)."Who is UMBC? College Cup semifinalists, that's who" .The Washington Post .Nash Media, LLC . RetrievedDecember 10, 2017 . ^ Commo, George (November 15, 2015)."Vermont Wins America East, Tops Binghamton 1-0" .Northeast Sports Network . RetrievedDecember 10, 2017 . ^ "River Hawks Capture AE Regular Season Title on Senior Night" .goriverhawks.com . November 2, 2016. RetrievedDecember 13, 2017 .^ "Men's Soccer Wins First America East Title" .Albany Great Danes . ualbanysports.com. November 13, 2016. RetrievedDecember 10, 2017 .^ Gramling, Dave (November 13, 2017)."UMass Lowell falls in title game, not able to net an NCAA Tournament invite (SLIDESHOW)" .The Sun .MediaNews Group . RetrievedDecember 10, 2017 . ^ Pike, Al."WILDCATS 5, RETRIEVERS 0: UNH finishes it!" .seacoastonline.com . Retrieved2018-11-12 . ^ "2019 America East Men's Soccer Championship - America East Conference" .americaeast.com . Retrieved2020-01-01 .^ "3-Peat! UNH Wins Third-Straight #AEMSOC Championship" .americaeast.com .^ "Giant Killer: Vermont Upends #6 UNH to Claim #AEMSOC Title" .americaeast.com .America East Conference . November 14, 2021. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2022 .^ "Back on Top, UNH Captures Fourth #AEMSOC Championship!" .americaeast.com .America East Conference . November 13, 2023. RetrievedNovember 17, 2022 .^ "2023 #AEMSOC Championship" .americaeast.com .America East Conference . RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024 .^ Champs Again! Vermont Claims 7th #AEMSOC Crown on americaeast.com, 17 Nov 2024^ Vermont Vermont Goes Back-to-Back to Claim the 2025 #AEMSOC Championship on americaeast.com, 16 Nov 2025
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