2024 SCSA Regional Tournament


The 2024 Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance Regional Tournament was the 14th edition of the Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance's postseason club soccer tournament, which was held at Jonesville Soccer Complex in Gainesville, Florida from November 1–3, 2024. A tournament was held for each the men's and women's divisions, with each tournament champion and runner-up receiving an automatic bid to the 2024 NIRSA National Soccer Championships' championship division. The remaining bid for each division was given out based on RPI, with a special consideration to this tournament's performance.

Format

The tournament consisted of twelve women's teams and sixteen 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 16 teams were split into four 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. For the women's division group stage, the 12 teams were split into four groups of three teams each. Each team played 2 games against teams in their group. The top two teams from each group advanced to the single elimination quarterfinal round.
Pool play games were two 35-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:
  1. Highest number of points
  2. Winner of head-to-head competition
  3. Greatest goal difference
  4. * Maximum ± 5 goal difference per match
  5. Most goals scored
  6. Most shutouts
  7. Coin flip
Knockout stage games also consisted of two 35-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

DivisionTeamAppearanceLast bid
Mountain NorthKentucky4th2023
Mountain WestAuburn7th2022
Atlantic NorthWilliam & Mary5th2023
Atlantic SouthNC State8th2023
Mid-AtlanticDavidson1stNever
Coastal NorthFlorida State6th2023
Coastal SouthUSF7th2023
Mid-AtlanticElon5th2023

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Women's

DivisionTeamAppearanceLast bid
SouthwestGeorgia8th2023
NorthwestVanderbilt10th2023
SouthwestGeorgia Tech6th2022
NortheastNC State10th2023
FloridaTampa2nd2023
FloridaFlorida14th2023

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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Women's

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Georgia220050+56Advanced to knockout stage
2Florida State211014-33Advanced to knockout stage
3NC State202002-20

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Georgia Tech220020+26Advanced to knockout stage
2Tampa211021+13Advanced to knockout stage
3Tennessee202003-30

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Virginia210131+24Advanced to knockout stage
2Auburn20021102Advanced to knockout stage
3South Carolina201102-21

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All-tournament teams

Note: Only semifinalist players were eligible for selections