The 2021 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the

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held from November 10 to November 14, 2021. The five-match tournament took place at GCU Stadium in

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on the campus of

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. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season divisional conference play. The defending champions were the

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. Air Force was unable to defend their crown, falling 2–2 in a

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against in the First Round. went on to win the title over

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in a penalty shoot-out. This was Seattle's fifth WAC Tournament victory in program history all of which have come under head coach

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. As tournament champions, Seattle earned the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeding

Six of the twelve Western Athletic Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2021 Tournament. and were not eligible for the tournament as they transition to Division I. California Baptist would have been the 5th seed if they were eligible. Teams were seeded based on their regular season records. Tiebreakers were used to determine the seedings of teams who finished with identical conference records. A tiebreaker was required to determine the 2nd and 3rd seed as and finished with identical 8–3–0 records. Seattle earned the second seed by virtue of a 2–1 victory over Seattle on October 16.

Bracket

Source:

Schedule

First round

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source: MVP in bold

References

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