2025 SCSA Regional Tournament


The 2025 Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance Regional Tournament was the 15th edition of the Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance's postseason club soccer tournament, which was held at Bryan Park Soccer Complex in Browns Summit, NC from October 31 – November 2, 2025. 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 2025 NIRSA National Soccer Championships' championship division. The remaining bid for each division was given out based on power rankings.

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 power ranked teams that had not already qualified. Power ranking utilized the three points for a win system for the 6 divisional games and up to 4 additional regional matches. Teams were divided into groups based on power ranking with divisional champs getting an additional 10 points exclusively for seeding.
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. Least coals allowed
  6. Most shutouts
  7. Penalty shootout
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 NorthKentucky5th2024
Mountain WestGeorgia Tech10th2024
Atlantic NorthNorth Carolina15th2024
Atlantic SouthMiami5th2022
Mid-AtlanticHigh Point1stNever
Coastal NorthUNC-Wilmington7th2023
Coastal SouthVirginia Tech11th2024
Mid-AtlanticMercer1stNever

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Women's

DivisionTeamAppearanceLast bid
NorthwestTennessee5th2024
NorthVirginia14th2024
SoutheastSouth Carolina4th2024
SouthwestGeorgia9th2024
NortheastNC State11th2024
NorthWilliam & Mary3rd2022

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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PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Auburn330050+59Advanced to knockout stage
2Virginia321042+26Advanced to knockout stage
3Kentucky312034-13
4Mercer303017-60

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PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPtsQualification
1UCF321072+56Advanced to knockout stage
2North Carolina321083+56Advanced to knockout stage
3Florida321075+26
4High Point3030113-120

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PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Virginia Tech320141+37Advanced to knockout stage
2Tennessee321021+16Advanced to knockout stage
3UNC-Wilmington311154+14
4Emory303027-50

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Women's

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPtsQualification
1North Carolina220042+26Advanced to knockout stage
2Georgia21103303Advanced to knockout stage
3South Carolina202024-20

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Virginia Tech210110+14Advanced to knockout stage
2Clemson210110+14Advanced to knockout stage
3NC State202002-20

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Auburn220040+46Advanced to knockout stage
2Tampa211031+21Advanced to knockout stage
3William & Mary202006-61

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Tournament bracket

Women's

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All-tournament teams

Note: Only semifinalist players were eligible for selections
Key
MVP
Best Defender