# American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

The American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the American Athletic Conference (the American). The tournament has been held every year since the split from the Big East Conference in 2013. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.

## Format

Since the creation of the AAC in 2013, the tournament was structured as follows. The teams are seeded based on the order of finish in the conference's round robin regular season. Tiebreakers begin with the result of the head-to-head matchup. The teams are then placed in a single-elimination bracket, with the top seed playing the lowest seed, until meeting in a final championship game. After two overtime periods, ties are broken by shootout rounds, with the winner of the shootout advancing.
Opening round games are held at campus sites with the higher seed hosting, while the semifinals and final are held at a predetermined campus location, specifically the home field of The American's regular-season champion.
For the 2016 and 2017 seasons the tournament was reduced to just the top 4 teams in the conference. Since 2018 the tournament was expanded to the top 6 teams.

## Champions
### Finals

| Ed. | Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue | City | MOP (offense) |
| 1 | 2013 | USF (1) | 0–0 (6–5 p) | UConn | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, TX | Edwin Moalosi (USF) |
| 2 | 2014 | Tulsa (1) | 0–0 (6–5 p) | USF | Morrone Stadium | Storrs, CT | Abe Matamoros (Tulsa) |
| 3 | 2015 | Tulsa (2) | 1–1 (4–3 p) | UConn | Corbett Soccer Stadium | Tampa, FL | Lesley Nchanji (Tulsa) |
| 4 | 2016 | Tulsa (3) | 1–1 (4–2 p) | USF | Corbett Soccer Stadium | Tampa, FL | Juan Sánchez (Tulsa) |
| 5 | 2017 | SMU (1) | 2–1 | UCF | Westcott Field | University Park, TX | Emil Cuello (SMU) |
| 6 | 2018 | SMU (2) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | SMU | UCF Soccer Stadium | Orlando, FL | Emil Cuello (SMU) |
| 7 | 2019 | SMU (3) | 1–0 | UCF | UCF Soccer Stadium | Orlando, FL | Eddie Munjoma (SMU) |
| 8 | 2020 | UCF (1) | 1–0 | Tulsa | UCF Soccer Stadium | Orlando, FL | Lucca Dourado (UCF) |
| 9 | 2021 | Tulsa (4) | 2–1 | UCF | Hurricane Soccer Stadium | Tulsa, OK | Gino Vivi (UCF) |
| 10 | 2022 | FIU (1) | 2–0 | USF | FIU Soccer Stadium | Westchester, FL | Stephen Afrifa (FIU) |
| 11 | 2023 | Charlotte (1) | 2–1 | SMU | Westcott Field | University Park, TX | Jelldirk Dallmann (SMU) |
| 12 | 2024 | Charlotte (2) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | FIU | Billy Murphy Complex | Memphis, TN | Brighman Larsen (Charlotte) |
* 1 2 The stadium is in University Park, but has a Dallas mailing address.
* 1 2 3 The stadium has an Orlando mailing address, but is in unincorporated Orange County.
* ↑ The stadium has a Miami mailing address.

### By school

    As of 2024 tournament
Source:
| School | App. | W | L | T | Pct. | Titles | Winning years |
| Charlotte | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2 | 2023, 2024 |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | – |
| FIU | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 0 | – |
| Louisville | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | – |
| Memphis | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 | 0 | – |
| Rutgers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0 | – |
| SMU | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .594 | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| South Florida | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | .556 | 1 | 2013 |
| Temple | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .167 | 0 | – |
| Tulsa | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .615 | 4 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 |
| UAB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| UCF | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 1 | 2020 |
| UConn | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .577 | 0 | – |
* Teams in italics no longer sponsor men's soccer in The American.
* Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, and UAB played their first American Conference seasons in 2022. Missouri State will play its first American Conference season in 2025.