2022 Mid-American Conference men's soccer championship game
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| Date | November 12, 2022 1 pm EST | ||||||
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| Venue | FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field, Akron, OH | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Charlie Sharp (Western Michigan) | ||||||
| Referee | Dimitrios Kastimingos | ||||||
| Attendance | 942 | ||||||
The 2022 Mid-American Conference men's soccer championship game determined the Mid-American Conference (MAC) soccer champion for the 2022 season.[1] The game, held on November 12, 2022, also determined the MAC's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament. Western Michigan defeated the host Akron 2–1 to secure the automatic bid.[2]
This would be the last-ever match for MAC men's soccer, at least for the foreseeable future. Conference realignment, most notably the decision of the Sun Belt Conference to start a men's soccer league in 2022, caused the MAC to lose three of the seven teams that had played in the conference in the 2021 season,[3] with six teams required to maintain its automatic NCAA tournament bid. The MAC had a two-year window to add a sixth team to maintain its automatic bid in the long term, and brought in Chicago State as its fifth team for the 2022 season.[4] However, the conference was unable to add the needed sixth member, leading it to end sponsorship of men's soccer at the end of the 2022 season.[5]
Qualification
[edit]Akron and Western Michigan secured their spots in the Championship game by virtue of 18 pts in conference play and 17 pts in conference play respectively.
Match
[edit]The match was hosted by the Akron Zips as the top overall seed.[1][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "22_23_Champ_Schedule (PDF) - Mid-American Conference" (PDF). getsomemaction.com. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
- ^ "Western Michigan Claims 2022 MAC Men's Soccer Title" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ "Chicago State Men's Soccer Joins Mid-American Conference as an Affiliate Member" (Press release). Chicago State Cougars. May 27, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
- ^ "MAC to Suspend Sponsoring Men's Soccer Following 2022 Season" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "2022 MAC Men's Soccer Championship - Mid-American Conference". getsomemaction.com. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
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