2025 Horizon League men's soccer tournament
| 2025 Horizon League men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | Krenzler Field Cleveland, Ohio (Semifinals & Final) | ||||
| Champions | Cleveland State (3 title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Sinisa Ubiparipovic (2 title) | ||||
| MVP | Matteo Correia (Cleveland State) | ||||
| Broadcast | ESPN+ | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cleveland State †‡ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Bay | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 3 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Morris | 3 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 3 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IU Indy | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Mercy | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Kentucky | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Horizon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Horizon League men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Horizon League. It was held from November 9 through November 14, 2025. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while semifinals and final took place at Oakland Soccer Field in Rochester, Michigan. The six team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.[1]
Seeding
Six Horizon League schools participated in the 2025 tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. The top two seeds received byes to the Semifinals and the number one seed hosted the Semifinals and Final. The Milwaukee Panthers and the Robert Morris Colonials seeding was determined by a tie breaker since they both ended the season with 14 points. [2]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Points |
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| 1 | Cleveland State | 5–1–3 | 18 |
| 2 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 5–2–2 | 17 |
| 3 | Green Bay | 5–3–1 | 16 |
| 4 | Milwaukee | 3–1–5 | 14 |
| 5 | Robert Morris | 3–1–5 | 14 |
| 6 | Oakland | 4–4–1 | 12 |
Bracket
Source:[1]
| Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 5 | Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 12 | Final Saturday, Nov. 15 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Cleveland State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Milwaukee | 1 | 5 | Robert Morris | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Robert Morris | 2 | 1 | Cleveland State | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Purdue Fort Wayne | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Green Bay | 2 | 3 | Green Bay | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| 6 | Oakland | 0 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
Quarterfinals
| November 9, 2025 | #3 Green Bay | 2–0 | #6 Oakland | Green Bay, WI |
| 2:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Aldo Santaga Stadium Attendance: 423 Referee: Youssef Elmessoussi Assistant referees: Scott Irwin Ryan Shanklin Fourth official: Joseluis Garcia |
| November 9, 2025 | #4 Milwaukee | 1–2 | #5 Robert Morris | Milwaukee, WI |
| 1:00 p.m. CST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Engelmann Stadium Attendance: 137 Referee: Austin Saini Assistant referees: Jeffrey Mellen Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Malkawi Fourth official: Dylan Seitz |
Semifinals
| November 12, 2025 | #1 Cleveland State | 2–0 | #5 Robert Morris | Cleveland, OH |
| 4:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Krenzler Field Attendance: 350 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Ali Zolgharnain Roy Miller Fourth official: Tim Dicken |
| November 12, 2025 | #2 Purdue Fort Wayne | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | #3 Green Bay | Cleveland, OH |
| 4:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Krenzler Field Attendance: 203 Referee: Herber Estrada Assistant referees: Eulogio Willalpando Adrian Werbick Fourth official: Christian Kelly |
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Final
| November 15, 2025 | #1 Cleveland State | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | #2 Purdue Fort Wayne | Cleveland, OH |
| 1:00 p.m. EST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Krenzler Field Attendance: 500 Referee: Nick Balcer Assistant referees: Jake Brochu Justin Tatsak Fourth official: John Safar |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 12 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.
2 goals
- Anass Hadran - Robert Morris
- Chris Album - Green Bay
1 goal
- Matteo Correia - Cleveland State
- Tom Mertz - Cleveland State
- Uzman Ramees - Cleveland State
- Noah Madrigal - Green Bay
- Jack Bretzmann - Milwaukee
- Karsten Ternes - Purdue Fort Wayne
- Shane Anderson - Purdue Fort Wayne
All-Tournament team
| Player | Team |
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| 2025 Horizon Men's Soccer All-Tournament team | |
| Matteo Correia | Cleveland State |
| Uzman Ramees | |
| Tom Mertz | |
| Ryan Poling | |
| Chris Album | Green Bay |
| Noah Madrigal | |
| Karsten Ternes | Purdue Fort Wayne |
| Shane Anderson | |
| Andrew Hollenbach | |
| Anass Hadran | Robert Morris |
| Josh Lane | |
MVP in Bold
References
- ^ a b "2025 Horizon League Men's Soccer Championship Bracket" (PDF). horizonleague.org. Horizon League. November 9, 2025. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
- ^ Winters, Sa'Mone. "2025 #HLMSOC Championship Bracket Set with Cleveland State Earning No. 1 Seed". horizonleague.org. Retrieved November 10, 2025.