2019 SCSA Regional Tournament

The 2019 Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance Regional Tournament was the 10th edition of the Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance's postseason club soccer tournament, which was held at Glover Park in Richmond, Virginia, from October 25–27, 2019. A tournament was held for each the men's and women's division, with each tournament champion receiving an automatic bid to the 2019 NIRSA National Soccer Championship's championship division. The remaining 2 of NIRSA Region II's automatic bids for each division were given out based on RPI, with a special consideration to this tournament's performance. With only 20 teams, this was the lowest number of teams the SCSA has invited to the regional tournament

Format

The tournament consisted of 8 women's teams and 12 men's teams. Each divisional champion received an automatic bid with the remaining wild card teams being the next highest RPI ranked teams that had not already qualified. Teams were divided into groups based on RPI.
For the men's division group stage, the 12 teams were split into three groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their group meaning a total of 6 games were played within a group. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout round, with the best two teams receiving a bye to the semi-finals.
For the women's division group stage, the 8 teams were split into two groups of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their group meaning a total of 6 games were played within a group. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Pool play games were two 40-minute halves, separated by a seven-minute halftime and utilized the three points for a win system. After pool play, the two highest ranked teams from each group advanced to their respective gender division's knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria in order:

Highest number of points
Winner of head-to-head competition
Greatest goal difference
* Maximum ± 5 goal difference per match
Most goals scored
Most shutouts

In a tie-breaking scenario involving more than 2 teams, the tie-breaker procedure would begin. If one team is identified as different and both remaining teams are still tied, the procedure is restarted.
If a tie still remained after the first 5 criteria, the following was used to break a tie:

NCAA kicks from the mark
* If there was a three-way tie, a coin-flip would be conducted. The two teams that chose the same outcome would compete in kicks from the mark between each other. The winner would compete with the last remaining team in kicks from the mark
* If there's a four-way tie, a drawing of lots would be conducted

Knockout stage games also consisted of two 40-minute halves. The quarterfinals were separated by a seven-minute halftime while the semifinals and finals had a ten minute halftime. Knockout stage games needed to declare a winner. If a knockout-stage game was tied at the end of regulation, overtime would begin. Overtime consisted of one, 15-minute, golden-goal period. If still tied after overtime, kicks from the mark would determine the winner.

Participants

Men's

Division	Team	Appearance	Last bid
Coastal Plains	Florida	9th	2018
Central	Georgia Tech	5th	2018
Coastal Plains	Florida State	4th	2016
Gulf Coast	Alabama	3rd	2017

Women's

Division	Team	Appearance	Last bid
Northeast	NC State	8th	2018
North	JMU	1st	Never

Source:

Group stage

Note: Scores obtained through SCSA's, however uncited because it's a primary source and generally unreliable.

Men's

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	Seed
1	Florida State	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Qualification for first round	3
2	Virginia	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Qualification for first round	6
3	Georgia Tech	3	1	1	0	8	3	+4	4		7
4	Auburn	3	0	0	3	0	13	−12	0		12

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	Seed
1	North Carolina	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Qualification for semi-finals	1
2	Clemson	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6	Qualification for first round	5
3	UCF	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3		8
4	USF	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0		11

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Women's

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Virginia Tech	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	JMU	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
3	NC State	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Florida	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Tournament bracket

Note: Scores obtained through SCSA's, however uncited because it's a primary source and generally unreliable.

All tournament teams

Note: only players on teams in the semifinals were eligible.