# 2024 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

The 2024 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from November 10 through November 16, 2024. 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 Green Bay Phoenix were the defending champions. They were unable to defend their crown. They were the fourth seed, and lost to first seed Oakland in the Semifinals. Robert Morris would finish as tournament champions after defeating top seed Oakland 1–0 in the Final. This was the first Horizon League title for Robert Morris and first for head coach Jonathan Potter. It was the fourth overall title for Robert Morris, as the program won three titles in the Northeast Conference. As tournament champions, Robert Morris earned the Horizon League's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

## Seeding

Six Horizon League schools participated in the 2024 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 resolve a three-way tie between Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Robert Morris for the second, third, and fourth seeds, as all teams finished with identical 4–3–2 regular season records. Robert Morris defeated both Milwaukee and Green Bay during the regular season on September 28, and October 20, respectively. Therefore Robert Morris earned the second seed and a bye into the Semifinals. Green Bay and Milwaukee drew their regular season match-up 1–1. Milwaukee finished with a goal differential of +5 while Green Bay finished with a goal differential of 0. Milwaukee earned the third seed while Green Bay was the fourth seed. Another tiebreaker was required as Cleveland State and Purdue Fort Wayne both finished with identical 4–4–1 regular season records. Cleveland State defeated Purdue Fort Wayne 3–0 on October 26, and was therefore the fifth seed.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
| 1 | Oakland | 6–1–2 | 20 |
| 2 | Robert Morris | 4–3–2 | 14 |
| 3 | Milwaukee | 4–3–2 | 14 |
| 4 | Green Bay | 4–3–2 | 14 |
| 5 | Cleveland State | 4–4–1 | 13 |
| 6 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 4–4–1 | 13 |

## Bracket

Source:
| Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 5 | Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 5 | Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 5 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 9 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 9 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 9 | Final Saturday, Nov. 11 | Final Saturday, Nov. 11 | Final Saturday, Nov. 11 |
| | | | 1 | Oakland | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Green Bay | 3 | 4 | Green Bay | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Cleveland State | 1 | | | | 1 | Oakland | 0 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Robert Morris | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Robert Morris | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Milwaukee | 1 | 3 | Milwaukee | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 0 | | | | | | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.6 goals per match (as of November 16, 2024).
1 goal
* Chase Gilley – Robert Morris
* Daiki Kumakawa – Milwaukee
* Luke Nicholson – Green Bay
* Andrew Paolucci – Green Bay
* Jayden Pinheiro – Oakland
* Myles Sophanavong – Green Bay
* Victor Thompson Jr. – Milwaukee
* Caleb Trowbridge – Cleveland State

## All-Tournament team

Source:
| Player | Team |
| Josh Johansen | Green Bay |
| Myles Sophanavong | Green Bay |
| David Cox | Milwaukee |
| Daniel Ibarra | Milwaukee |
| Carson Ballagh | Oakland |
| Andrew Darakdjian | Oakland |
| Alex Flowers | Oakland |
| Chase Gilley | Robert Morris |
| Joshua Lane | Robert Morris |
| Kai McLoughlin | Robert Morris |
| Fabian Overkamp | Robert Morris |
MVP in bold