2024 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship

2024 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship
Tournament details
CountryCanada
Venue(s)Vaso's Field
Oshawa, Ontario
DatesNovember 7–10, 2024
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsUBC Thunderbirds (14th title)
Runners-upMontreal Carabins
Third placeYork Lions
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored32 (2.91 per match)
Attendance5,508 (501 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Joven Mann (3 goals)
Awards
Championship MVPJoven Mann (UBC Thunderbirds)

The 2024 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship was the 52nd edition of the U Sports men's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2024 U Sports men's soccer season. The tournament started on November 7 and ended with the bronze-medal and championship games being played on November 10 at Ontario Tech University.

Host

The tournament was held at Vaso's Field, on the grounds of Ontario Tech University. This was the first-ever U Sports national championship event hosted by Ontario Tech.[1]

The matches were streamed live on CBC Gem, CBCSports.ca, CBC YouTube, and Radio-Canada.[2] All matches were streamed on CBC Gem.[3]

Qualified teams

The championship consists of an eight-team single-elimination tournament. Four teams automatically qualify for the tournament as one of the winners of the four conferences, three qualify as the runners-ups, and one qualify as the host.

Participating teams

Team Qualified Last appearance[4] Last win
Ontario Tech Ridgebacks OUA champions

(Host)

None Never
York Lions OUA finalists 2023 2015
St. Francis Xavier X-Men AUS champions 2023 Never
UNB Reds AUS finalists 2018 1980
Montreal Carabins RSEQ champions 2023 2021
McGill Redbirds RSEQ finalists 2011 1997
UBC Thunderbirds Canada West champions 2023 2013
Mount Royal Cougars Canada West finalists 2023 Never

Seeding

The conference champions were allocated seeds 1 through 4, with the additional teams (conference runners-up or host team) allocated seeds 5 through 8. Ideally, seed 1 plays seed 8, seed 2 plays seed 7, seed 3 plays seed 6, and seed 4 plays seed 5, however, the bracket may be adjusted in the interest of avoiding an intra-conference matchup in the first round.[5][6]

Pos Conf. Team Reg. Season Playoffs Overall
1 CW UBC Thunderbirds 11–1–3 3–0–0 14–1–3
2 RSEQ Montreal Carabins 10–1–1 2–0–0 12–1–1
3 AUS St. Francis Xavier X-Men 8–1–3 2–0–0 10–1–3
4 OUA Ontario Tech Ridgebacks (H) 6–4–2 3–0–1 9–4–3
5 RSEQ McGill Redbirds 5–4–3 1–1–0 6–5–3
6 OUA York Lions 8–1–3 1–1–1 9–2–4
7 CW Mount Royal Cougars 7–2–5 2–1–0 9–3–5
8 AUS UNB Reds 4–4–4 2–1–0 6–5–4
Source: Seeding
(H) Host

Bracket

5th place matchConsolation semi-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
1UBC Thunderbirds4
8UNB Reds2
8UNB Reds11UBC Thunderbirds3
4Ontario Tech Ridgebacks25McGill Redbirds0
4Ontario Tech Ridgebacks1 (2)
5McGill Redbirds (p)1 (3)
4Ontario Tech Ridgebacks11UBC Thunderbirds1
3St. Francis Xavier X-Men22Montreal Carabins0
2Montreal Carabins1
7Mount Royal Cougars0
7Mount Royal Cougars12Montreal Carabins23rd place match
3St. Francis Xavier X-Men26York Lions1
3St. Francis Xavier X-Men15McGill Redbirds1
6York Lions26York Lions3

Results

Day 1

Quarter-finals

St. Francis Xavier X-Men1–2York Lions
  • Logan Rieck 90+1'
 Report
Attendance: 1024
Referee: Robert D'Alesio
Montreal Carabins1–0Mount Royal Cougars
 Report
Attendance: 265
Referee: Melvin Christopher
UBC Thunderbirds4–2UNB Reds
 Report
  • Stefano D'Ambrogio 39'
  • Hunter Delahunt 80'
Attendance: 434
Referee: Youcef Boumsied
Ontario Tech Ridgebacks1–1 (a.e.t.)McGill Redbirds
 Report
  • Yannick Laurent 36'
Penalties
  • Alexander Irwin soccer ball with check mark
  • Kairo Coore soccer ball with check mark
  • Alex Maadanian soccer ball with red X
  • Jack Sears soccer ball with red X
  • Jeremy Caprietta soccer ball with red X
 2–3
  • soccer ball with check mark Nassim Kemel
  • soccer ball with check mark Ibrahim Chami
  • soccer ball with check mark Maher Fares
  • soccer ball with red X Stuart Klenner
  • soccer ball with red X Kyle Azuma
Attendance: 882
Referee: Niko Jecanski

Day 2

Consolation Semi-finals

St. Francis Xavier X-Men2–1Mount Royal Cougars
  • Cameron Shaw 35'
  • Isaac VanWychen 58'
 Report
  • Joshua Flaksman 60'
Attendance: 660
Referee: Melvin Christopher
Ontario Tech Ridgebacks2–1UNB Reds
 Report
  • Ehab Moustafa 25'
Attendance: 687
Referee: Robert D'Alesio

Semi-finals

Montreal Carabins2–1York Lions
  • Julien Bruce 45'
  • Quentin Paumier 51'
 Report
  • Nick Spittle 24'
Attendance: 0[a]
Referee: Youcef Boumsied
UBC Thunderbirds3–0McGill Redbirds
  • Luke Norman 3', 52'
  • Oliver Herbert 47'
 Report
Attendance: 212
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

Day 3

5th place match

Ontario Tech Ridgebacks1–2St. Francis Xavier X-Men
  • Erion Metaj 68'
 Report
  • Charlie Waters 3'
  • Kyle Cordeiro 53'
Attendance: 598
Referee: Robert D'Alesio

Day 4

3rd place match

McGill Redbirds1–3York Lions
  • Nathan Yee 7'
 Report
Attendance: 268
Referee: Melvin Christopher

Final

UBC Thunderbirds1–0Montreal Carabins
 Report
Attendance: 478
Referee: Niko Jecanski

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 32 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Julien Bruce – Montreal
  • Gianluca Condello – York
  • Kyle Cordeiro – St. Francis Xavier
  • Stefano D'Ambrogio – UNB
  • Hunter Delahunt – UNB
  • Maxime Filion – Montreal
  • Joshua Flaksman – Mount Royal
  • Oliver Herbert – UBC
  • Yannick Laurent – McGill
  • Ehab Moustafa – UNB
  • Quentin Paumier – Montreal
  • Logan Rieck – St. Francis Xavier
  • Cameron Shaw – St. Francis Xavier
  • Nick Spittle – York
  • Isaac VanWychen – St. Francis Xavier
  • Charlie Waters – St. Francis Xavier
  • Nathan Yee – McGill

See also

References

  1. ^ Match report claims an attendance of 0, however, at least 200 spectators were clearly visible on the CBC broadcast.
  1. ^ "Ontario Tech University awarded rights to host its first-ever U SPORTS national championship event". news.ontariotechu.ca. June 28, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "U SPORTS on CBC - U SPORTS - English". U Sports. October 27, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "Championships - U SPORTS - English". U Sports. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "Results by Team" (PDF). U SPORTS - English. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  5. ^ "Playing Regulations – Men's Soccer" (PDF). U Sports. August 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Draw and bracket announced for 2024 U SPORTS men's soccer championship - U SPORTS - English". U Sports. November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
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