2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 24th edition of the tournament. It determined the Summit League's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

2017 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
Matches3
Attendance1,483
SiteAl F. Caniglia Field
Omaha, Nebraska
ChampionsOmaha (1st title)
Winning coachJason Mims (1st title)
Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
«2016  2018»
2017 Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Denver 5 –0 –0  11 –6 –2
Western Illinois 3 –2 –0  5 –10 –0
Omaha ‡ 2 –1 –2  10 –6 –3
Eastern Illinois 2 –2 –1  4 –9 –6
Oral Roberts 1 –4 –0  4 –11 –1
Fort Wayne 0 –4 –1  5 –9 –4
As of November 17, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The tournament was hosted by the University of Nebraska Omaha and all matches were contested at Al F. Caniglia Field. Tournament hosts Omaha reached the final against Denver, creating a repeat of the 2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament championship game.[1]

For only the second time in tournament history, and for the first time since 2008, the championship was determined through a penalty shoot-out. The longest shoot-out in Summit League history, the marathon of penalty kicks went for 12 rounds, with two players on each side kicking twice from the penalty mark.[2] Omaha were able to get the better of Denver, winning the shoot-out 9-8 thanks to a miss from Denver's Graham Smith and a successfully converted penalty from Emmanuel Hamzat.[3]

Omaha earned their first ever college conference tournament championship, and their first ever berth into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the NCAA Tourney, Omaha played at No. 13, Florida International,[4] and lost in the first round, 2-0.[5][6][7]

Seeds

The top four teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2017 Summit League season.[8]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Denver 5–0
2 Western Illinois 3–2
3 Omaha 2–1–2
4 Eastern Illinois 2–2–1

Bracket
Semifinals Championship
      
1 Denver 1
4 Eastern Illinois 0
1 Denver  1 (8) 
3 Omaha (pen.)  1 (9) 
2 Western Illinois 0
3 Omaha 2

Results

Semifinals
No. 1 Denver Pioneers1–0No. 4 Eastern Illinois Panthers
Elder  39' Report Corti  21'
Attendance: 217
Referee: Juan Chamizo
No. 3 Omaha Mavericks2–0No. 2 Western Illinois Leathernecks
Frimpong  13', 61'
Rinderknecht  43'		 Report Kirdorf  3'
Kouassi  58'
Keti  79'
Attendance: 563
Referee: Brent Wilson

Championship
No. 3 Omaha Mavericks1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 1 Denver Pioneers
X. Gomez  28' (pen.) Report Devoss  26'
Penalties
Hamzat
X. Gomez
Weiler
Ghitis
Ibišević
Gutierrez
Nelson
Woods
M. Gomez
Bowman
Hamzat 		8–9 Underwood
Smalley
Smith
Stensson
Shinyashiki
Fuller
Morlack
Akamatsu
Elder
Barlow
Smith
Attendance: 703
Referee: Nikola Aleksic

Statistics
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