2017 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer season

2017 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Soccer
Duration August 25, 2017 – November 12, 2017
Number of teams 8
2018 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick Nicolas Samayoa, FGCU
Picked by New England Revolution, 78th overall
Regular Season
Season champions Stetson
Runners-up Florida Gulf Coast
Season MVP Mamadou Guirassy
Top scorer Mamadou Guirassy (16)
Tournament
Champions Lipscomb
  Runners-up Jacksonville
Finals MVP Ivan Sakou
2017 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Stetson 4 –0 –2  7 –7 –2
Florida Gulf Coast 4 –1 –1  8 –6 –3
NJIT 3 –2 –1  8 –7 –4
North Florida 2 –3 –1  3 –10 –2
Jacksonville 2 –3 –1  6 –10 –1
Lipscomb ‡ 2 –4 –0  11 –8 –2
USC Upstate 1 –5 –0  3 –10 –2
As of November 17, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer season was the 40th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 25, 2017 and ended on October 28, 2017. The regular season culminated with the 2017 Atlantic Sun Men's Soccer Tournament, which was held from November 3–11, 2017. The tournament determined the conference's tournament champion, and automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

Newly appointed head coach, Kyle Gookins lead the Stetson Hatters to their first Atlantic Sun regular season championship, accumulating a 4-0-2 record. The Hatters edged out traditional A-Sun power, Florida Gulf Coast for the title. In the tournament, Lipscomb earned their first A-Sun championship, and thus, their first berth into the NCAA Tournament.[1] There, they lost in the first round to Butler.[2]

Background

Ahead of the 2017 season, there were two head coaching changes. Jesse Cormier, formerly Vermont's head coach, took the head coaching role at Florida Gulf Coast.[3] This came following Bob Butehorn's departure from FGCU, to coach South Florida.[4] Kyle Gookins, formerly an assistant coach for Charlotte, took the head coaching position at Stetson. This was following Jared Vock stepping down as the caretaker manager for Stetson.[5]

Head coaches

Team Head coach[6] Previous job Years at school Overall record Record at school A-Sun record[7] NCAA
Tournaments[8]		 NCAA
College Cups[8]		 NCAA
Titles[8]
Florida Gulf Coast Jesse CormierVermont1122–95–50 (.551)8–6–3 (.559)4–1–1 (.750)300
Jacksonville Mauricio RuizUCF (asst.)421–42–2 (.338)21–42–2 (.338)6–16–1 (.283)000
Lipscomb Charles MorrowBelmont Abbey14110–128–28 (.466)90–115–22 (.445)30–28–7 (.515)100
NJIT Fernando BarbotoIona216–13–8 (.541)16–13–8 (.541)6–4–2 (.583)000
North Florida Derek MarinatosFurman (asst.)732–49–5 (.401)32–49–5 (.401)36–54–8 (.408)100
Stetson Kyle GookinsCharlotte (asst.)17–7–2 (.500)7–7–2 (.500)4–0–2 (.833)000
USC Upstate Scott HalkettUSC Upstate (asst.)13–10–2 (.267)3–10–2 (.267)1–5–0 (.167)000

Preseason

Recruiting

National Rankings
Team CSN[9] TDS[10]
Florida Gulf Coast NRNR
Jacksonville NRNR
Lipscomb NRNR
NJIT NRNR
North Florida NRNR
Stetson NRNR
USC Upstate NRNR

Preseason poll

The preseason poll had Florida Gulf Coast winning the regular season, just ahead of North Florida and Lipscomb.[11]

Team RankingFirst Place VotesRaw Points
1. Florida Gulf Coast (5) 43
2. North Florida 0 36
3. Lipscomb 0 35
4. Jacksonville 2 34
5. NJIT 0 22
6. Stetson 0 18
7. USC Upsate 0 8

Regular season

Results


Team/OpponentFGCJAXLIPNJTUNFSTEUSC
Florida Gulf Coast 1–0 2–0 5–0
Jacksonville 1–2 0–0 3–1
Lipscomb 1–3 0–1 1–0
NJIT 4–1 1–1 2–1
North Florida 1–2 0–1 2–1
Stetson 1–1 2–1 2–1
USC Upstate 2–1 0–4 0–2

Rankings

United Soccer Coaches National

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre[12] Wk
1[13]		 Wk
2[14]		 Wk
3[15]		 Wk
4[16]		 Wk
5[17]		 Wk
6[18]		 Wk
7[19]		 Wk
8[20]		 Wk
9[21]		 Wk
10[22]		 Wk
11[23]		 Wk
12[24]		 Final
Florida Gulf Coast C 23 NR
Jacksonville C
Lipscomb C
NJIT C
North Florida C
Stetson C
USC Upstate C

Postseason

A-Sun Tournament

  First round
November 3		     Semifinals
November 5		     Final
November 11
                           
      1 Stetson 1  
  4 North Florida 1     5 Jacksonville (2OT) 2    
  5 Jacksonville 2         5 Jacksonville 1
      6 Lipscomb 2
      2 Florida Gulf Coast 1    
  3 NJIT  3 (3)      6 Lipscomb 2  
  6 Lipscomb  3 (3)   

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
N/A Winston-Salem Lipscomb L, 0–2 vs. Butler – (Indianapolis)

Awards

Postseason awards

All-ASun awards and teams

2017 A-Sun Men's Soccer Individual Awards[25]
Award Recipient(s)
A-Sun Player of the Year Mamadou Guirassy, NJIT
A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year Nicolas Samayoa, FGCU
A-Sun Coach of the Year Kyle Gookins, Stetson
A-Sun Goalkeeper of the Year Joseph Melong, Stetson
A-Sun Freshman of the Year Deniz Dogan, Stetson
A-Sun First-Team
PlayerNat.SchoolPositionClassHometown (High school/Previous college/Previous club)
Joseph Melong CANStetsonGKJr.Winnipeg, Manitoba (Temple University)
Nicolas Samayoa GUAFlorida Gulf CoastDFSr.Guatemala City, Guatemala (Valle Verde High School)
Joe Kerridge USALipscombDFSr.Golden, Colorado (Golden High School)
Ian McCauley USAStetsonDFJr.Seffner, Florida (IMG Academy)
Ivan Alvarado USALipscombMFSr.Fort Worth, Texas (Southwest High School)
Adrian Núñez CRCNorth FloridaMFSo.San José, Costa Rica (Saprissa U20)
Deniz Dogan GERStetsonMFFr.Aachen, Germany (Fortuna Düsseldorf U19)
Mamadou Guirassy FRANJITFWSr.Paris, France (Issy U17)
Shak Adams USAFlorida Gulf CoastFWSo.Antioch, Tennessee (Tennessee SC U18)
Albert Ruiz CATFlorida Gulf CoastFWSr.Barcelona, Catalonia (Cornellà U19)
Logan Paynter USALipscombFWJr.Bradenton, Florida (Manatee High School)
A-Sun Second-Team
PlayerNat.SchoolPositionClassHometown (High school/Previous college/Previous club)
Juanes Fajardo USANorth FloridaGKSr.Winter Garden, Florida
Preston Kilwien USAFlorida Gulf CoastDFJr.San Francisco, California
Phillip Costa USANJITDFJr.Kenilworth, New Jersey
Micah Smoak USANorth FloridaDFSr.Melbourne, Florida
Kai Bennett USAJacksonvilleMFSo.Smyrna, Georgia
Robert Ferrer ESPFlorida Gulf CoastMFSr.Barcelona, Spain
Dennis Zapata USAFlorida Gulf CoastMFJr.Orlando, Florida
Danny Cordeiro USANJITMFSr.North Arlington, New Jersey
Dylan Sacramento CANFlorida Gulf CoastFWSr.Winnipeg, Manitoba
Josh Castellanos USANorth FloridaFWSr.Ponte Vedra, Florida
Ivan Sakou CMRLipscombFWSr.Yaoundé, Cameroon

All-Americans

No players from the Atlantic Sun Conference earned All-American honors.[26][27]

MLS SuperDraft

Total picks by school

Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Florida Gulf Coast 0001 1
Jacksonville 0000 0
Lipscomb 0000 0
NJIT 0001 1
North Florida 0000 0
Stetson 0000 0
USC Upstate 0000 0

List of selections

RoundPick #MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeRef.
478New England RevolutionGuatemala Nicolas SamayoaDFFlorida Gulf Coast[28]
487Portland TimbersFrance Mamadou GuirassyFWNJIT[29]

Homegrown contracts

No players from the Atlantic Sun Conference signed homegrown contracts with their parent MLS club.[30]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dolphins denied: Lipscomb beats JU in A-Sun men's soccer final". The Florida Times-Union. GateHouse Media. November 11, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ Doering, Joshua (November 16, 2017). "Butler men's soccer beats Lipscomb in first round of NCAA tournament". The Collegian. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Jesse Cormier Named New @FGCU_MSoccer Head Coach". Florida Gulf Coast University Athletics. FGCUAthletics.com. January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Butehorn Appointed Men's Soccer Head Coach". University of South Florida Athletics. GoUSFBulls.com. December 18, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Kyle Gookins named Stetson Men's Soccer Head Coach". Atlantic Sun Conference. ASunSports.org. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  6. ↑ "ASUN Men's Soccer Head Coaches". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "ASUN Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. December 4, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  9. ↑ "2017 Team Recruiting Classes". College Soccer News. March 3, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  10. ↑ Clark, Travis (July 10, 2017). "2017 Boys Recruiting Rankings: July update". Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 12, 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ "Ruiz, Samayoa & Fajardo Earn #ASUNMSOC Preseason Honors; FGCU Top Poll". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. August 16, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  12. ↑ "United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Preseason Ranking - Aug. 3, 2017". United Soccer Coaches. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
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  14. ↑ "United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 2 - September 5, 2017". United Soccer Coaches. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  15. ↑ "United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 3 - September 12, 2017". United Soccer Coaches. September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  16. ↑ "United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 4 - September 19, 2017". United Soccer Coaches. September 19, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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  18. ↑ "United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 6 - October 3, 2017". United Soccer Coaches. October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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  22. ↑ "United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 10 - October 31, 2017". United Soccer Coaches. October 31, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  23. ↑ "United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 11 - November 7, 2017". United Soccer Coaches. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  24. ↑ "United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 12 - November 14, 2017". United Soccer Coaches. November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  25. ↑ "NJIT Guirassy Voted #ASUNMOC Player of the Year; Hatters Earn Three Honors". asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. November 1, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  26. ↑ "College Soccer News 2017 All-America Teams". collegesoccernews.com. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  27. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's All-America Teams Announced by United Soccer Coaches". unitedsoccercoaches.com. United Soccer Coaches. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  28. ↑ Catanese, Jake (January 21, 2018). "Revs Select Defender Nicolas Samayoa In 4th Round". The Bent Musket. SB Nation. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  29. ↑ Goldberg, Jamie (January 21, 2018). "Portland Timbers select four players in second day of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". The Oregonian. Advance Publications. Retrieved January 31, 2018. In the fourth round, the Timbers selected Mamadou Guirassy out of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (No. 87 overall pick)
  30. ↑ "MLS Homegrown Players". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 1, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
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