The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) 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
Finals
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City Ref. 2009 Sacramento State New Mexico CIBER Field Denver, CO n/a 2010 Sacramento State Cal State Bakersfield Hornet Field Sacramento, CA n/a 2011 New Mexico Cal State Bakersfield CIBER Field Denver, CO Victor Rodriguez 2012 Air Force New Mexico UNM Soccer Complex Albuquerque, NM Kevin Durr
Regular season winners From 1992 until 2008, the MPSF champion was crowned to the team with the best regular season record.
Year Champion 1992 Washington 1993 UCLA 1994 Fresno State 1995 UCLA 1996 UCLA 1997 UCLA 1998 Washington 1999 Washington 2000 San Jose State
Year Champion 2001 New Mexico 2002 New Mexico 2003 San Jose State 2004 New Mexico 2005 New Mexico 2006 New Mexico 2007 New Mexico 2008 Denver
References
External links Official website (archived) NCAA championship history (including soccer)