# 2017 Horizon League men's soccer tournament

The 2017 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the 30th edition of the competition. The tournament determined the year's Horizon League men's college soccer champion, as well as the conference's automatic berth in the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, which determines the national champion of college soccer for the season.
Two-time defending tournament champions, the UIC Flames, won their third-consecutive Horizon League title, and their sixth overall, defeating the regular season champions, Green Bay Phoenix in the final. UIC earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they lost in the first round of the tournament, 1-4 to the Wisconsin Badgers. No other teams in the conference earned an at-large berth into the tournament.

## Background

Six teams participated in the tournament, and they were seeded based on their regular season conference record, or matches against other college soccer programs also in the conference. The Horizon League regular season winner and runner-up earned byes to the semifinal round of the tournament as the top two seeds, while the se

## Seeding

| Seed | School | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Pts. | Pct. | Tiebreaker |
| Seed | School | Pld. | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts. | Pct. | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Green Bay | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | x | x | x | 22 | 0.833 | |
| 2 | UIC | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | x | x | x | 19 | 0.722 | |
| 3 | Milwaukee | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 18 | 0.667 | 1–0 vs. WSU |
| 4 | Wright State | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | x | x | x | 18 | 0.667 | 0–1 vs. MKE |
| 5 | Cleveland State | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | x | x | x | 14 | 0.556 | |
| 6 | Detroit | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | x | x | x | 13 | 0.500 | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Monday, November 6 |||||
| 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 4 Wright State vs. No. 5 Cleveland State | 0–4 | ESPN3 |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 3 Milwaukee vs. No. 6 Detroit | 2–2 $^{4–5PK}$ | ESPN3 |
| Semifinals – Thursday, November 9 |||||
| 3 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 Green Bay vs. No. 6 Detroit | 3–1 | ESPN3 |
| 4 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 UIC vs. No. 5 Cleveland State | 3–1 | ESPN3 |
| Championship – Saturday, November 11 |||||
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Green Bay vs. No. 2 UIC | 0–2 | ESPN3 |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| | | | 2 | UIC | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Wright State | 0 | 5 | Cleveland State | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Cleveland State | 4 | | | | 2 | UIC | 2 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Green Bay | 0 |
| | | | 1 | Green Bay | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Milwaukee | 2 (4) | 6 | Detroit | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Detroit (pen.) | 2 (5) | | | | | | |

## Awards and honors

* MVP: Joel Leon, UIC

### All Tournament Team

Horizon League Men's Soccer All-Tournament team :
* Joel Leon, UIC
* Makell Saddler, UIC
* Jesus Perez, UIC
* Max Todd, UIC
* Audi Jepson, Green Bay
* Tomer Zloczower, Green Bay
* Adam Mansa, Green Bay
* Noah Pio, Cleveland State
* Antonio Burgoa, Cleveland State
* Dalton Amez, Detroit Mercy
* Kyle Bandyk, Detroit Mercy
* MVP in Bold