MPSF men's soccer tournament


The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men's soccer tournament was the conference championship tournament in men's college soccer for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The tournament was held annually between 2009 and 2012. The conference was disbanded when MPSF membership ended in favor of teams joining the Western Athletic Conference.

History

The MPSF was founded in 1992 and specifically created to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports, particularly for institutions in the Western United States. At the time of the foundation, several prominent western conference, such as the Western Athletic Conference and the Pac-12 Conference did not sponsor men's soccer as an NCAA varsity sport. This allowed the MPSF to provide conference competition to Western teams to ease travel, provide a competitive environment, as well as provide an outlet for a direct berth into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
For the first 20 years of the program's existence, the regular season winner was also crowned the MPSF champion. It was not until 2009 that a tournament itself was established culminating the regular season. Membership throughout the years changed when the Pac-12 began sponsoring men's soccer in 2000. When the WAC began sponsoring men's soccer in 2013, the MPSF dwindled to three members, suspending the conference's sponsorship of the sport.

List of champions

The following is a list of MPSF Tournament winners:

Finals

Ed.YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueCityRef.
12009Sacramento State New MexicoCIBER FieldDenver, COn/a
22010Sacramento State Cal State BakersfieldHornet FieldSacramento, CAn/a
32011New Mexico Cal State BakersfieldCIBER FieldDenver, COVictor Rodriguez
42012Air Force New MexicoUNM Soccer ComplexAlbuquerque, NMKevin Durr

Regular season winners

From 1992 until 2008, the MPSF champion was crowned to the team with the best regular season record.
YearChampion
1992Washington
1993UCLA
1994Fresno State
1995UCLA
1996UCLA
1997UCLA
1998Washington
1999Washington
2000San Jose State

YearChampion
2001New Mexico
2002New Mexico
2003San Jose State
2004New Mexico
2005New Mexico
2006New Mexico
2007New Mexico
2008Denver