2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season

2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Soccer
Duration August 24, 2018 – November 11, 2018
Number of teams 8
2019 MLS SuperDraft
Regular Season
Tournament
2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#20 Connecticut 2 –0 –2  6 –2 –2
South Florida 2 –0 –2  5 –5 –2
#19 UCF 2 –1 –1  8 –2 –2
SMU 2 –1 –1  6 –4 –2
Memphis 1 –2 –1  5 –4 –4
Temple 1 –2 –1  4 –6 –3
Tulsa 1 –3 –0  4 –7 –2
Cincinnati 1 –3 –0  3 –9 –1
As of October 14, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season is the 6th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 24 and will conclude on November 11, 2018.

Background

Head coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Record at school American record NCAA
Tournaments[1]		 NCAA
College Cups[1]		 NCAA
Titles[1]
Cincinnati Hylton DayesWright State19229–229–62 (.500)131–144–42 (.479)7–27–4 (.237)200
Connecticut Ray ReidSouthern Connecticut22434–124–73 (.746)288–107–58 (.700)26–11–9 (.663)1621
Memphis Richard MulrooneyMemphis (asst.)524–32–11 (.440)24–32–11 (.440)11–20–7 (.382)000
SMU Kevin HudsonSMU (asst.)438–14–6 (.707)38–14–6 (.707)14–5–3 (.705)200
South Florida Bob ButehornFlorida Gulf Coast2135–100–31 (.566)6–6–4 (.500)3–3–2 (.500)400
Temple Dave MacWilliamsPhiladelphia KiXX19140–161–34 (.469)140–161–34 (.469)12–19–7 (.408)300
Tulsa Tom McIntoshTulsa (asst.)22244–164–48 (.588)244–164–48 (.588)15–11–4 (.567)1000
UCF Scott CalabreseFIU293–73–22 (.553)8–6–2 (.563)4–2–1 (.643)300

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll will be released on August 14, 2018. UCF was picked to win the regular season.[2]

Team RankingFirst Place VotesRaw Points
1. UCF 4 46
2. SMU 3 43
3. Connecticut 1 38
4. South Florida 0 34
5. Tulsa 0 26
6. Temple 0 19
7. Cincinnati 0 11
8. Memphis 0 9

Preseason national rankings

Eight of the programs were ranked in one of the five major preseason polls. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports use a Top 30 ranking throughout the season, while United Soccer, Soccer America, and TopDrawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.

United
Soccer[3]		 CSN[4] Hero
Sports[5]		 Soccer
America[6]		 TopDrawer
Soccer[7]
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Memphis
SMU
South Florida
Temple
Tulsa
UCF

Preseason All-Conference teams

Honor Recipient
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Garrett McLaughlin, SMU
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, Connecticut
Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year Christian Knight, South Florida
Preseason All-AAC Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
United States GK Christian Knight (South Florida)
Norway DF Andreas Steineger (UCF)
United States DF Dylan Greenberg (Connecticut)
United States DF Jacob Hauser-Ramsey (Connecticut)
England DF Ben Roberts (Memphis)
Israel MF Yoni Sorokin (UCF)
Venezuela MF David Zalzman (Memphis)
No. Position Player
Germany MF Adrian Billhardt (South Florida)
United States MF Emil Cuello (SMU)
United States FW Cal Jennings (UCF)
United States FW Austin Smythe (Cincinnati)
Senegal FW Abdou Thiam (Connecticut)
United States FW Garrett McLaughlin (SMU)

Regular season

Rankings

Postseason

AAC Tournament

The 2018 Tournament will be held at the home ground of the regular season winner.[8]

Semifinals
November 8 		Final
November 10
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship

Postseason awards and honors

Conference honors

2018 AAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Goalkeeper of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Coach of the Year
Academic Excellent Team
Team Fair Play Award
2018 AAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Rookie Team

American vs other conferences

MLS SuperDraft

Total picks by school

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List of selections

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Homegrown contracts

Original MLS team Player Position College Notes Ref.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "UCF Tops Men's Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll". theamerican.org. August 14, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ "2018 NCAA DI MEN - PRESEASON". United Soccer Coaches. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ "College Soccer News 2018 Preseason National Poll". CollegeSoccerNews.com. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ "D1 Mens Soccer Rankings". HERO Sports News. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Soccer America Preseason Men's College Top 25". Soccer America. August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Men's DI Top 25". Advanced Sports Media, LLC. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  8. ↑ "American Athletic Conference Championships - 2018-19 Schedule". theamerican.org. August 2, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
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