The tournament was hosted by the University of Minnesota at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium for the First Round and the Quarterfinals then at Energizer Park in St. Louis, Missouri for the Semifinals and Finals.
[1] The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
[2][3] Iowa was unable to defend its title, falling to Washington in a penalty shoot-out in the Quarterfinals.
League newcomers UCLA would go on to win the tournament title, defeating Rutgers 5–0 in the Final.
A tiebreaker was needed to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as both Rutgers and Washington finished with twenty-one conference points.