BOSTON – After a wild regular season that resulted in the majority of the seedings getting finalized on its final day, the seedings and pairings for the 2026 America East Women’s Soccer Championship were locked in on Sunday. Bryant qualified for the championship and earned the No. 2 seed with a big win while Maine and Vermont posted victories to earn home quarterfinal games and UMBC and UAlbany secured bids.
Binghamton, which fell to Vermont on Sunday, had already locked up the league’s regular-season title and will be No. 1.
The championship commences on Thursday with quarterfinal action. All games of the 2026 America East Women’s Soccer Championship will air on ESPN+ domestically and AmericaEast.TV internationally. The final seeds for the 2026 America East Women’s Soccer Championship are:
1. Binghamton – Earned the No. 1 seed for the fourth time in the last four years.
2. Bryant – Highest seed since joining the conference
3. Maine - Seeking fourth-consecutive America East title
4. Vermont – Seeking third-consecutive America East title
5. UMBC – Making its first championship appearance since 2015
6. UAlbany – Making its first championship appearance since 2022
The winner of Vermont-UMBC will visit No. 1 Binghamton in the semifinals on Sunday, Nov. 8 for a 1 p.m. match and the Maine-UAlbany winner will square off head to No. 2 for a 4 p.m. start.
The semifinal winners will face off for the 2026 conference title at the higher remaining seed on either Saturday, November 14 or Sunday, November 15.
Bryant bludgeoned UMass Lowell, 5-0, to secure a bid and by combination of Maine’s 2-1 win at UMBC, earned the No. 2 seed, its best in program history. Vermont handed Binghamton its first league loss by a 1-0 score. UAlbany tied New Hampshire, 1-1, to return to the tournament for the first time in four seasons.
Stay up-to-date on the tournament by visiting Championship Central for streaming and live stats links as well as box scores, highlights and recaps following each round in addition to team information, tournament history and more.
Follow @AmericaEast on X to get the real-time championship updates. Use the #AEChamps and #AEWSOC hashtags to join the conversation.
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