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2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = {{white|2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season}}

| color = #002654

| color text = #FFFFFF

| league = NCAA Division I

| sport = Soccer

| logo = American Athletic Conference logo.svg

| pixels = 125px

| caption =

| duration = August 24, 2018 – November 11, 2018

| no_of_teams = 8

| season = Regular Season

| season_champs = UCF

| season_champ_name =

| second_place = SMU

| minor_premiers =

| MVP =

| MVP_link =

| top_scorer =

| top_scorer_link =

| draft = 2019 MLS SuperDraft

| draft_link = 2019 MLS SuperDraft

| top_pick = Emil Cuello, 19th overall

| picked_by = LA Galaxy

| finals = Tournament

| finals_link = 2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

| finals_champ = SMU

| finals_runner-up = UCF

| finals_MVP = Offensive: Emil Cuello
Defensive: Grant Makela

| finals_MVP_link =

| seasonslistnames = AAC men's soccer

| prevseason_link = 2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season

| prevseason_year = 2017

| nextseason_link = 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season

| nextseason_year = 2019

}}

{{2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings}}

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

The regular season was won by UCF, who finished conference play with a 5–1–1 record, and won on tiebreakers against SMU. SMU won the American Tournament, defeating UCF 5–4 in penalty kicks following a 1–1 draw in regulation and overtime. SMU earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, while UCF and Connecticut received at-large berths into the tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, SMU lost in the first round to Oregon State.{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingthedam.com/2018/11/16/18098164/oregon-state-mens-soccer-beavers-beat-smu-2-1-to-advance-to-second-round-ncaa-tournament-tchilao|title=Oregon State Men’s Soccer: Beavers Beat SMU 2-1 to Advance to Second Round|last=Severs|first=John|date=2018-11-16|website=Building The Dam|access-date=2019-01-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazettetimes.com/sports/beavers-sports/soccer/osu-men-s-soccer-beavers-face-gaels-in-second-round/article_2efebe58-adfc-5d1a-9db8-2ea63f8ed55d.html|title=OSU men's soccer: Beavers face Gaels in second round|last=brooks.hatch@lee.net|first=BROOKS HATCH|website=Corvallis Gazette Times|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}} Connecticut beat rivals, Rhode Island,{{Cite web|url=http://www.golocalprov.com/sports/NEW-URI-Soccer-Falls-to-UConn-4-3-in-Overtime-in-NCAA-Tournament|title=NEW: URI Soccer Falls to UConn 4-3 in Overtime in NCAA Tournament|last=ChrisS|website=GoLocalProv|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}} in the first round, before losing to Indiana in the second round.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2018/11/18/iu-mens-soccer-beats-uconn-4-0-advance-ncaa-tournament/2047489002/|title=IU men's soccer puts nation on alert with win over UConn: 'You don't want to be in our way right now.'|website=Indianapolis Star|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}} UCF was one of the 16 seeded teams (seeded 14th),{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2018-11-12/ncaa-soccer-di-mens-2018-tournament-bracket-released-wake-forest|title=NCAA soccer: DI men's 2018 tournament bracket released; Wake Forest is No. 1 seed|date=2018-11-12|website=NCAA.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}} allowing them to earn a bye into the second round. There, they lost in overtime to Lipscomb.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/matchstats?gameId=528474|title=UCF Knights vs. Lipscomb Bisons - Football Match Stats - November 18, 2018 - ESPN|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

Following the season, Cal Jennings won the Offensive MVP award for the conference. Jacob Hauser-Ramsey of Connecticut won the Defensive MVP. Fellow UCF players, Louis Perez, Yannik Oettl, and Scott Calabrese won the AAC Midfielder, Goalkeeper, and Coach of the Year awards, respectively.{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/11/5/ucf-uconn-garner-mens-soccer-regular-season-awards.aspx?path=msoc|title=UCF, UConn Garner Men's Soccer Regular Season Awards|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}} Perez and Jennings were also named All-Americans by United Soccer Coaches.{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/12/7/mens-soccer-ucfs-cal-jennings-louis-perez-tabbed-united-soccer-coaches-all-americans.aspx|title=UCF's Cal Jennings, Louis Perez Tabbed United Soccer Coaches All-Americans|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

Emil Cuello was the first AAC player to be drafted in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, when he was selected by the LA Galaxy with the 19th overall pick in the first round of the draft.

Background

= Head coaches =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
width="110" | Team

! Head coach

! Previous job

! Years at school

! Overall record

! Record at school

! American record

! NCAA
Tournaments{{cite web|title=NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Brackets|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2016/D1Brackets.pdf|website=National Collegiate Athletic Association|publisher=ncaa.org|accessdate=July 17, 2017}}

! NCAA
College Cups

! NCAA
Titles

style={{NCAA color cell|Cincinnati Bearcats}} |Cincinnati

| Hylton Dayes || Wright State|| 19 || {{Winning percentage|229|229|62|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|131|144|42|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|7|27|4|record=y}} || 2 || 0 || 0

style={{NCAA color cell|Connecticut Huskies}} |Connecticut

| Ray Reid || Southern Connecticut || 22 || {{Winning percentage|434|124|73|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|288|107|58|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|26|11|9|record=y}} || 16 || 2 || 1

style={{NCAA color cell|Memphis Tigers}} |Memphis

| Richard Mulrooney || Memphis (asst.) || 5 || {{Winning percentage|24|32|11|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|24|32|11|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|11|20|7|record=y}} || 0 || 0 || 0

style={{NCAA color cell|SMU Mustangs}} |SMU

| Kevin Hudson || SMU (asst.) || 4 || {{Winning percentage|38|14|6|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|38|14|6|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|14|5|3|record=y}} || 2 || 0 || 0

style={{NCAA color cell|South Florida Bulls}} |South Florida

| Bob Butehorn || Florida Gulf Coast || 2 || {{Winning percentage|135|100|31|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|6|6|4|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|3|3|2|record=y}} || 4 || 0 || 0

style={{NCAA color cell|Temple Owls}} |Temple

| Dave MacWilliams || Philadelphia KiXX || 19 || {{Winning percentage|140|161|34|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|140|161|34|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|12|19|7|record=y}} || 3 || 0 || 0

style={{NCAA color cell|Tulsa Golden Hurricane}} |Tulsa

| Tom McIntosh || Tulsa (asst.) || 22 || {{Winning percentage|244|164|48|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|244|164|48|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|15|11|4|record=y}} || 10 || 0 || 0

style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|UCF Knights}} |UCF

| Scott Calabrese || FIU || 2 || {{Winning percentage|93|73|22|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|8|6|2|record=y}} || {{Winning percentage|4|2|1|record=y}} || 3 || 0 || 0

Preseason

= Preseason poll =

The preseason poll will be released on August 14, 2018. UCF was picked to win the regular season.{{cite web |title=UCF Tops Men's Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll |url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/8/13/ucf-tops-mens-soccer-preseason-coaches-poll.aspx?path=msoc |website=theamerican.org |accessdate=September 9, 2018 |date=August 14, 2018}}

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|! colspan=1 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;"|

!Team Ranking !! First Place Votes !! Raw 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 =

Two 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 Top Drawer Soccer use a Top 25 ranking throughout the season.

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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"| United
Soccer{{cite web |url=http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx |title=2018 NCAA DI MEN - PRESEASON |publisher=United Soccer Coaches |date=August 7, 2018 |accessdate=August 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215121210/http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"| CSN{{cite web |url=https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/polls/csn-preseason-top-30-poll/1186-college-soccer-news-2018-preseason-national-poll |title=College Soccer News 2018 Preseason National Poll |publisher=CollegeSoccerNews.com |date=August 21, 2018 |accessdate=August 21, 2018 }}

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"| Hero
Sports{{cite web |url=https://herosports.com/rankings/college-d1-mens-soccer |title=D1 Mens Soccer Rankings |publisher=HERO Sports News |date=August 21, 2018 |accessdate=August 21, 2018}}

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"| Soccer
America{{cite web |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/79323/soccer-america-preseason-mens-college-top-25.html?edition=16547 |title=Soccer America Preseason Men's College Top 25 |publisher=Soccer America |date=August 24, 2018 |accessdate=August 24, 2018 }}

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"| TopDrawer
Soccer{{cite web |url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-national-rankings/men |title=Men's DI Top 25 |publisher=Advanced Sports Media, LLC |date=August 21, 2018 |accessdate=August 21, 2018 }}

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! style={{NCAA color cell|Cincinnati Bearcats}} width=75|Cincinnati

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! style={{NCAA color cell|Connecticut Huskies}} width=75|Connecticut

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! style={{NCAA color cell|Memphis Tigers}} width=75|Memphis

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! style={{NCAA color cell|SMU Mustangs}} width=75|SMU

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! style={{NCAA color cell|South Florida Bulls}} width=75|South Florida

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! style={{NCAA color cell|Temple Owls}} width=75|Temple

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! style={{NCAA color cell|Tulsa Golden Hurricane}} width=75|Tulsa

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! style={{NCAA color cell|UCF Knights}} width=75|UCF

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= Preseason All-Conference teams =

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Honor

! Recipient

valign=middle | Preseason Offensive Player of the Year

| Garrett McLaughlin, SMU

valign=middle | Preseason Defensive Player of the Year

| Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, Connecticut

valign=middle | Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year

| Christian Knight, South Florida

;Preseason All-AAC Team

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA|pos=GK|name=Christian Knight|other=South Florida}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=NOR|pos=DF|name=Andreas Steineger|other=UCF}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Dylan Greenberg|other=Connecticut}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA|pos=DF|name=Jacob Hauser-Ramsey|other=Connecticut}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Ben Roberts|other=Memphis}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=ISR|pos=MF|name=Yoni Sorokin|other=UCF}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=VEN|pos=MF|name=David Zalzman|other=Memphis}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Adrian Billhardt|other=South Florida}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=Emil Cuello|other=SMU}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Cal Jennings|other=UCF}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Austin Smythe|other=Cincinnati}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=SEN|pos=FW|name=Abdou Thiam|other=Connecticut}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=USA|pos=FW|name=Garrett McLaughlin|other=SMU}}

{{Fs end}}

Regular season

= Players of the Week =

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! rowspan="2"| Week

! colspan="3"| Offensive

! colspan="3"| Defensive

! colspan="2"| Goalkeeper

! colspan="3"| Rookie

Player

! Position

! Team

! Player

! Position

! Team

! Player

! Team

! Player

! Position

! Team

Aug. 26{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/8/27/american-announces-first-2018-mens-soccer-weekly-honors.aspx?path=msoc|title=American Announces First 2018 Men's Soccer Weekly Honors|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Louis Perez

|MF

|UCF

|Mitchell Cashion

|DF

|Tulsa

|Cooper Clark

|Tulsa

|Felix Metzler

|DF

|Connecticut

Sep. 2{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/9/3/mens-soccer-weekly-awards-announced-for-week-2.aspx?path=msoc|title=Men's Soccer Weekly Awards Announced for Week 2|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Cal Jennings

|FW

|UCF

|Pierre Cayet

|DF

|Temple

|Harrison Devenish-Meares

|South Florida

|Gilles Kuhler

|FW

|Tulsa

Sep. 9{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/9/10/usf-tulsa-ucf-and-temple-earn-mens-soccer-weekly-accolades.aspx?path=msoc|title=USF, Tulsa, UCF and Temple Earn Men's Soccer Weekly Accolades|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Tomasz Skublak

|FW

|UCF

|Koray Easterling

|DF

|Tulsa

|Yannik Oettl

|UCF

|Jalen Campbell

|FW

|Temple

Sep. 16{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/9/17/ucf-uconn-and-memphis-players-earn-mens-soccer-weekly-accolades.aspx?path=msoc|title=UCF, UConn and Memphis Players Earn Men's Soccer Weekly Accolades|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Cal Jennings

|FW

|UCF

|Jacob Hauser-Ramsey

|DF

|Connecticut

|Tyler Hofmann

|Memphis

| colspan="3" |none announced

Sep. 23{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/9/24/temple-and-smu-earn-mens-soccer-weekly-accolades.aspx?path=msoc|title=Temple and SMU Earn Men's Soccer Weekly Accolades|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Lukas Fernandes

|MF

|Temple

|Talen Maples

|DF

|SMU

|Simon Lefebvre

|Temple

|Lane Warrington

|MF

|SMU

Sep. 30{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/10/1/cincinnati-ucf-and-uconn-collect-weekly-mens-soccer-accolades.aspx?path=msoc|title=Cincinnati, UCF and UConn Collect Weekly Men's Soccer Accolades|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Rex Epps

|FW

|Cincinnati

|Jacob Hauser-Ramsey

|DF

|Connecticut

|Yannik Oettl

|UCF

|Ibrahima Diop

|FW

|Connecticut

Oct. 7{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/10/8/ucf-uconn-usf-and-memphis-collect-mens-soccer-weekly-honors.aspx?path=msoc|title=UCF, UConn, USF and Memphis Collect Men's Soccer Weekly Honors|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Cal Jennings

|FW

|UCF

|Jacob Hauser-Ramsey

|DF

|Connecticut

|Harrison Devenish-Meares

|South Florida

|Edgar Alaniz

|MF

|Memphis

Oct. 14{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/10/14/usf-uconn-smu-and-tulsa-collect-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx?path=msoc|title=USF, UConn, SMU and Tulsa Collect Weekly Men's Soccer Honors|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Tomasz Skublak

|FW

|South Florida

|Jacob Hauser-Ramsey

|DF

|Connecticut

|Grant Makela

|SMU

|Gilles Kuhler

|FW

|Tulsa

Oct. 21{{cite web |title=UConn, UCF, and Memphis Earn Weekly Men's Soccer Honors |url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/10/22/uconn-ucf-and-memphis-earn-weekly-mens-soccer-honors.aspx |website=theamerican.org |accessdate=October 24, 2018 |date=October 22, 2018}}

| Abdou Mbacke Thiam

|FW

| Connecticut

| Ben Roberts

|DF

| Memphis

| Yannik Oettl

| UCF

| Gurman Sangha

|MF

| Memphis

Oct. 28{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/10/29/smu-and-temple-earn-two-mens-soccer-weekly-honors-apiece.aspx?path=msoc|title=SMU and Temple Earn Two Men's Soccer Weekly Honors Apiece|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Lukas Fernandes

|MF

|Temple

|Philip Ponder

|DF

|SMU

|Simon Lefebvre

|Temple

|Thomas Haney

|DF

|SMU

Nov. 4{{Cite web|url=http://theamerican.org/news/2018/11/5/ucf-smu-cincinnati-and-usf-net-final-mens-soccer-weekly-honors.aspx?path=msoc|title=UCF, SMU, Cincinnati and USF Net Final Men's Soccer Weekly Honors|website=theamerican.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-13}}

|Louis Perez

|MF

|UCF

|Philip Ponder

|DF

|SMU

|Noah Lawrence

|Cincinnati

|Emilio Ycaza

|MF

|South Florida

Rankings

=[[United Soccer Coaches|United Soccer]]=

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|Improvement in ranking

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|Drop in ranking

align="center" style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;" |RV

|Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25

align="center" style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;" |NV

|No votes received

{{main|List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll}}

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! Wk 5

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! Wk 7

! Wk 8

! Wk 9

! Wk 10

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! Wk 12

! Final

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! style="{{NCAA color cell|Cincinnati Bearcats}}" | Cincinnati

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|Connecticut Huskies}}" | Connecticut

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 18

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 20

| style="background:#FFF;" | 20

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 15

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | 20

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|Memphis Tigers}}" | Memphis

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

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! style="{{NCAA color cell|SMU Mustangs}}" | SMU

| style="background:#FFF;" | 8

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|South Florida Bulls}}" | South Florida

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|Temple Owls}}" | Temple

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

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! style="{{NCAA color cell|Tulsa Golden Hurricane}}" | Tulsa

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 23

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|UCF Knights}}" | UCF

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 19

| style="background:#FFF;" | 19

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 13

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 9

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 7

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | 9

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | 18

=Top Drawer Soccer=

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| rowspan="5" | 

|Improvement in ranking

style="background:#ffe6e6; width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa;" | 

|Drop in ranking

align="center" style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;" |RV

|Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25

align="center" style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;" |NV

|No votes received

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:90%;"
colspan=1 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;" | 

!Pre

! Wk 1

! Wk 2

! Wk 3

! Wk 4

! Wk 5

! Wk 6

! Wk 7

! Wk 8

! Wk 9

! Wk 10

! Wk 11

! Wk 12

! Wk 13

! Wk 14

! Wk 15

! Wk 16

! Final

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|Cincinnati Bearcats}}" | Cincinnati

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|Connecticut Huskies}}" | Connecticut

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 24

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 12

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | 13

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 8

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | 20

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 25

| style="background:#FFF;" | 25

| style="background:#FFF;" | 25

| style="background:#FFF;" | 25

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|Memphis Tigers}}" | Memphis

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|SMU Mustangs}}" | SMU

| style="background:#FFF;" | 6

| style="background:#FFF;" | 6

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 24

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|South Florida Bulls}}" | South Florida

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|Temple Owls}}" | Temple

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|Tulsa Golden Hurricane}}" | Tulsa

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 15

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{NCAA color cell|UCF Knights}}" | UCF

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#FFF;" | NV

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 24

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 9

| style="background:#d8ffeb;" | 6

| style="background:#FFF;" | 6

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | 13

| style="background:#ffe6e6;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

| style="background:#FFF;" | RV

Postseason

= AAC Tournament =

{{main|2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament}}

The 2018 Tournament will be held at the home ground of the regular season winner.{{cite web |title=American Athletic Conference Championships - 2018-19 Schedule |url=http://theamerican.org/sports/2018/8/2/201819ChampDatesSites.aspx? |website=theamerican.org |accessdate=September 9, 2018 |date=August 2, 2018}}

{{2018 American Athletic MSOC Tournament bracket}}

= NCAA Tournament =

{{main|2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament}}

class="sortable wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;"
Seed

! Region

! School

! 1st Round

! 2nd Round

! 3rd Round

! Quarterfinals

! Semifinals

! Championship

14

| 3

|UCF

| bgcolor=#ddd|{{small|BYE}}

| style="background:#fbb;" | L 0–1 (OT) vs. Lipscomb – (Orlando, FL)

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

None

| 1

|SMU

| style="background:#fbb;" | L 1–2 vs. Oregon State – (Corvallis, OR)

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

None

| 4

|Connecticut

| style="background:#bfb;" | W 4–3 vs. Rhode Island – (Storrs, CT)

| style="background:#fbb;" | L 0–4 vs. #2 Indiana – (Bloomington, IN)

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

| bgcolor=#ddd|

!

!W–L (%):

!{{Winning percentage|1|1|0|record=y}}

!{{Winning percentage|0|2|0|record=y}}

!{{Winning percentage|0|0|0|record=y}}

!{{Winning percentage|0|0|0|record=y}}

!{{Winning percentage|0|0|0|record=y}}

!{{Winning percentage|0|0|0|record=y}} Total: {{Winning percentage|1|3|0|record=y}}

= Postseason awards and honors =

== Conference honors ==

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;"
colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 2018 AAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards{{cite web |title=American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Report December 14, 2018 - Final |url=https://static.theamerican.org/custompages/files/msoccer/weekly_release.pdf?path=msoc |website=theamerican.org |accessdate=January 13, 2019 |date=December 14, 2018}}
style="text-align:right;"| Award

! style="text-align:left;" | Recipient(s)

style="text-align:right;"|Offensive Player of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |Cal Jennings, UCF

style="text-align:right;"|Midfielder of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |Louis Perez, UCF

style="text-align:right;" |Defensive Player of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, Connecticut

style="text-align:right;" |Goalkeeper of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |Yannik Oettl, UCF

style="text-align:right;" |Rookie of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |Felix Metzler, Connecticut

style="text-align:right;" |Coach of the Year

| style="text-align:left;" |Scott Calabrese, UCF

style="text-align:right;"|Team Fair Play Award

| style="text-align:left;" |Connecticut

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;"
colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 2018 AAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team

! Second Team

! Rookie Team

;Goalkeeper

Yannik Oettl, So., UCF

;Defenders

Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, Sr., UConn{{dagger}}

Talen Maples, So., SMU

Ben Roberts, Jr., Memphis

;Midfielders

Louis Perez, So., UCF{{dagger}}

Yoni Sorokin, So., UCF

Emil Cuello, Sr., SMU

David Zalzman, Sr., M, Memphis

;Forwards

Cal Jennings, Jr., UCF{{dagger}}

Abdou Mbacke Thiam, Sr., UConn{{dagger}}

Tomasz Skublak, Sr., USF

|

;Goalkeeper

Grant Makela, Jr., SMU

;Defenders

Avionne Flanagan, So., USF

Dylan Greenberg, R-Sr., UConn

Robin Lapert, So., UConn

Yanis Leerman, Fr., UCF

;Midfielders

Chase Bromstedt, So., Tulsa

Lukas Fernandes, Jr., Temple

Dayonn Harris, R-Jr., UConn

Felix Metzler, Fr., UConn

Alex Zis, Jr., USF

;Forwards

Garrett McLaughlin, Jr., SMU

Akean Shackleford, Jr., SMU

|

;Defenders

Andres Hernandez Betancur, UCF

Henrique Gallina, USF

Yanis Leerman, UCF{{dagger}}

;Midfielders

Knut Ahlander, SMU

Jalen Campbell, Temple

Andres Charles-Barrera, Temple

Felix Metzler, UConn{{dagger}}

Lane Warrington, SMU

;Forwards

Ibrahima Diop, UConn

Gilles Kuhler, Tulsa{{dagger}}

Gurman Sangha, Memphis

{{dagger}} denotes unanimous selection

== Regional honors ==

== National honors ==

class="wikitable"
Player

! {{tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! School

! Honor

! {{tooltip|Ref.|References}}

rowspan="2"| Cal Jennings

|rowspan="2" align="center"| FW

|rowspan="2"| UCF

| College Soccer News First-Team All-America

| {{cite web |title=College Soccer News 2018 All-America Teams |url=https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/awards/all-america-teams |website=collegesoccernews.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113161607/https://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/awards/all-america-teams |archivedate=January 13, 2019 |date=January 13, 2019}}

USC First-Team All-American

| {{cite web |title=United Soccer Coaches Announces NCAA Division I Men’s All-America Teams |url=https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/News/Articles/December_2018/NCAA_Division_I_Men_s_All-America_Team_Announced.aspx |website=unitedsoccercoaches.org |accessdate=January 13, 2019 |date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123725/https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/News/Articles/December_2018/NCAA_Division_I_Men_s_All-America_Team_Announced.aspx |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

Louis Perez

|align="center"| MF

| UCF

| USC Third-Team All-American

|

American vs other conferences

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

Regular Season{{cite web |last1=Erbes |first1=Megan |title=American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Report October 23, 2018 |url=https://static.theamerican.org/custompages/files/msoccer/weekly_release.pdf?path=msoc |website=theamerican.org |accessdate=October 25, 2018 |date=October 23, 2018}}

class="wikitable"
Conference

!Record

ACC1–3–1
Atlantic 101–2–2
Atlantic Sun8–1–0
Big East0–5–1
Big South0–0–0
Big Ten3–3–1
Big West0–1–0
CAA0–0–0
Conference USA4–0–1
Horizon2–1–0
Ivy1–1–0
MAAC2–0–0
Mid-American1–3–1
Missouri Valley0–1–3
NEC2–0–0
Pac-120–0–0
Patriot2–0–0
Southland0–0–0
Summit0–3–0
West Coast1–0–0
WAC2–2–0
Total Non-Conference Record

!32–28–10

{{col-2}}

Post Season

class="wikitable"
Power Conferences

!Record

Big Ten

|align=center|0–1–0

Pac-12

|align=center|0–1–0

Power Conferences Total

!0–2–0

colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|
Other DI Conferences

!Record

Atlantic 10

|align=center|1–0–0

Atlantic Sun

|align=center|0–1–0

colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;"|
Other DI Total

!1–1–0

Total Postseason Record

!1–3–0

{{col-end}}

MLS SuperDraft

{{main|2019 MLS SuperDraft}}

= Total picks by school =

class="wikitable sortable"
Attendance

!Team

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Total

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style="background:#002868; color:white;"|Connecticut01001
style="background:#8E9295; color:#0C1C8C;"|Memphis00011
style="background:#0038A8; color:#CE1126;"|SMU10001
style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"|South Florida00000
style="background:#9D1A33; color:white;"|Temple00000
style="background:#084c9e; color:#CFB53B;"|Tulsa00000
style="background:#000000; color:#BC9B6A;"|UCF00000

= List of selections =

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:60%"
Round || Pick # || MLS team || Player || Position || College || Otherclass="unsortable" | Ref.
1

| 19

| LA Galaxy

| Emil Cuello

|Midfielder

| SMU

|

| {{cite web |last1=Morton |first1=Aaron |title=Former Orem High soccer player Emil Cuello drafted by LA Galaxy |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900050242/former-orem-high-soccer-player-emil-cuello-drafted-by-la-galaxy.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114153226/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900050242/former-orem-high-soccer-player-emil-cuello-drafted-by-la-galaxy.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2019 |website=Deseret News |accessdate=January 13, 2019 |date=January 11, 2019}}

2

|42

|Colorado Rapids

|Jacob Hauser-Ramsey

|Defender

|Connecticut

|

|

4

|95

|Portland Timbers

|David Zalzman

|Midfielder

|Memphis

|

|

= Homegrown contracts =

{{main|Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Original MLS team

!Player

!Position

!College

!Notes

! class="unsortable" | Ref.

References

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External links

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