The 2021 American Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the American Athletic Conference held from October 31 to November 7, 2021. The first round was hosted by the higher seed, and the Semifinals and Final took place at the home field of the regular season champion. South Florida. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The South Florida Bulls are the defending tournament champions. South Florida was unable to defend its title, losing on penalties to Memphis in the final. Memphis' win was the program's second and also the second for coach Brooks Monaghan. As tournament champions, Memphis earned the American's automatic berth into the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.
Seeding The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the tournament.
SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints 1 South Florida 6–1–1 19 2 Houston 5–2–1 16 3 Memphis 5–3–0 15 4 SMU 4–2–2 14 5 East Carolina 3–3–2 11 6 UCF 3–4–1 10
Bracket
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Schedule
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
All-Tournament team
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Player Team Caroline Duncan Memphis Saorla Miller* Elizabeth Moberg^ Kimberley Smit Haylee Spray Vivianne Bessette South Florida Sydney Martinez Rosalia Muino Gonzalez Sydny Nasello Emma Clarke Houston Wayny Balata SMU * Offensive MVP ^ Defensive MVP
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