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1 Background  



1.1  Previous season  





1.2  Head coaches  







2 Preseason  



2.1  Preseason poll  





2.2  Preseason national rankings  





2.3  Preseason All-Conference teams  







3 Regular season  



3.1  Players of the Week  







4 Rankings  



4.1  United Soccer  





4.2  Top Drawer Soccer  







5 Postseason  



5.1  AAC Tournament  





5.2  NCAA Tournament  





5.3  Postseason awards and honors  



5.3.1  Conference honors  





5.3.2  National honors  









6 American vs other conferences  





7 MLS SuperDraft  



7.1  Total picks by school  





7.2  List of selections  





7.3  Homegrown contracts  







8 References  





9 External links  














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2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 30, 2019 – November 5, 2019
Number of teams8
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickGarrett McLaughlin, 8th overall
Picked byHouston Dynamo
Regular Season
Season championsUCF
  Runners-upSMU
Season MVPCal Jennings
Tournament
ChampionsSMU
  Runners-upUCF
Finals MVPEddie Munjoma
AAC men's soccer seasons

← 2018

2020 →

2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.10UCF + 6 0 1 15 3 2
    No.7SMU 5 1 1 18 2 1
    South Florida + 4 3 0 10 7 1
    Memphis 4 3 0 10 7 0
    Temple 3 2 2 8 8 2
    UConn 2 5 0 5 12 1
    Cincinnati 1 5 1 5 11 1
    Tulsa 0 6 1 4 9 2
    As of 17 December 2019
    Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

    The 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 7th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 30, 2019, and concluded on November 5, 2019. The regular season culminated with the 2019 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, which was held from November 9 to November 16.

    The defending regular season and tournament champions, UCF and SMU, respectively, successfully defended their title. Both UCF, SMU, as well as South Florida were selected by the NCAA Selection Committee to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. SMU reached the quarterfinals before losing to eventual national runners-up, Virginia.[1] UCF lost to SMU in the Sweet Sixteen,[2] and South Florida lost to Louisville in the first round.[3]

    Background[edit]

    Previous season[edit]

    The 2018 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 2018 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.[4][5] Connecticut beat rivals, Rhode Island,[6] in the first round, before losing to Indiana in the second round.[7] UCF was one of the 16 seeded teams (seeded 14th),[8] allowing them to earn a bye into the second round. There, they lost in overtime to Lipscomb.[9]

    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.[10] Perez and Jennings were also named All-Americans by United Soccer Coaches.[11]

    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.[12]

    Head coaches[edit]

    Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Record at school American record NCAA
    Tournaments[13]
    NCAA
    College Cups[13]
    NCAA
    Titles[13]
    Cincinnati Hylton Dayes Wright State 20 232–243–63 (.490) 134–158–43 (.464) 8–33–4 (.222) 2 0 0
    UConn Ray Reid Southern Connecticut 23 446–130–75 (.743) 300–113–60 (.698) 29–13–11 (.651) 17 2 1
    Memphis Richard Mulrooney Memphis (asst.) 6 32–39–15 (.459) 32–39–15 (.459) 13–24–8 (.378) 0 0 0
    SMU Kevin Hudson SMU (asst.) 5 48–19–9 (.691) 48–19–9 (.691) 19–6–4 (.724) 3 0 0
    South Florida Bob Butehorn Florida Gulf Coast 3 142–108–33 (.560) 13–14–6 (.485) 7–4–4 (.600) 4 0 0
    Temple Brian Rowland Maryland (asst.) 2 5–10–4 (.368) 5–10–4 (.368) 2–4–1 (.357) 0 0 0
    Tulsa Tom McIntosh Tulsa (asst.) 23 250–173–50 (.581) 250–173–50 (.581) 17–16–4 (.514) 10 0 0
    UCF Scott Calabrese FIU 3 106–76–25 (.572) 21–9–5 (.671) 9–3–2 (.714) 4 0 0

    Preseason[edit]

    Preseason poll[edit]

    The preseason poll was released on August 20, 2019. UCF was picked to win the regular season.[14]

    Team Ranking First Place Votes Raw Points
    1. UCF 7 49
    2. SMU 1 42
    3. UConn 0 36
    4. South Florida 0 31
    5. Temple 0 24
    6. Memphis 0 18
    7. Tulsa 0 16
    8. Cincinnati 0 8

    Preseason national rankings[edit]

    The preseason national rankings were announced in August 2019. United Soccer Coaches, Soccer America, and TopDrawerSoccer.com do a Top-25 preseason poll. CollegeSoccerNews.com do a Top-30 preseason poll.

    United
    Soccer
    [15]
    CSN[16] Soccer
    America
    [17]
    TopDrawer
    Soccer[18]
    Cincinnati
    Memphis
    SMU RV 22 RV
    South Florida
    Temple
    Tulsa
    UCF 15 18 13 17
    UConn RV 26

    Preseason All-Conference teams[edit]

    Honor Recipient
    Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Cal Jennings, UCF
    Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Robin Lapert, UConn
    Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year Yannik Oettl, UCF
    Preseason All-AAC Team
    2019 AAC Men's Soccer PreSeason All-AAC Teams
    First Team
    • Cal Jennings – UCF
    • Yannik Oettl – UCF
    • Louis Perez – UCF
    • Yoni Sorokin – UCF
    • Dayonn Harris – UConn
    • Robin Lapert – UConn
    • Felix Metzler – UConn
    • Ben Roberts – Memphis
    • Adrian Billhardt – South Florida
    • Avionne Flanagan – South Florida
    • Talen Maples – SMU
    • Lukas Fernandes – Temple
    • Chase Bromstedt – Tulsa

    Regular season[edit]

    Players of the Week[edit]

    Week Offensive Defensive Goalkeeper Rookie
    Player Position Team Player Position Team Player Team Player Position Team
    Sep. 2 Gianluca Arcangeli FW UCF Ben Roberts DF Memphis Bryson Reed Tulsa Jovan Prado MF Memphis
    Sep. 9 Cal Jennings FW UCF Talen Maples DF SMU Yannik Oettl UCF Kyle Healy MF Cincinnati
    Sep. 16 Sam Ashton FW Memphis Javain Brown DF South Florida Harrison Devenish-Meares South Florida Victor Claudel FW South Florida
    Sep. 23 Garrett McLaughlin FW SMU Andres Hernandez DF UCF Shane Lanson SMU Gino Vivi MF UCF
    Sep. 30 Gabriel Costa MF SMU Javain Brown DF South Florida Harrison Devenish-Meares South Florida Jonas Schmalbach MF UCF
    Oct. 7 Gabriel Costa MF SMU Ben Roberts DF Memphis Noah Lawrence Cincinnati Michael Blanke FW Memphis
    Oct. 14 Harris Partain MF Tulsa Robin Lapert DF UConn Gianluca Catalano UConn Gino Vivi MF UCF
    Oct. 21 Artur De Luca FW Memphis Jackson Morse DF Memphis Simon Lefebvre Temple Peter Chang MF Memphis
    Oct. 28 Garrett McLaughlin FW SMU Pierre Cayet DF Temple Yannik Oettl UCF Mickael Borger DF Temple
    Nov. 6 Adrian Billhardt FW South Florida Javain Brown DF South Florida Grant Makela SMU Gianluca Arcangeli MF UCF

    Rankings[edit]

    United Soccer[edit]

        Improvement in ranking
      Drop in ranking
    RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
    NV No votes received
      Pre
    Wk 2
    Wk 3
    Wk 4
    Wk 5
    Wk 6
    Wk 7
    Wk 8
    Wk 9
    Wk 10
    Wk 11
    Wk 12
    Final
    Cincinnati NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Memphis NV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV RV RV RV NV NV
    SMU RV RV 22 8 8 4 3 3 12 12 11 5 7
    South Florida NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Temple NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Tulsa NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    UCF 15 15 16 13 12 11 9 11 8 6 6 8 10
    UConn RV 23 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

    Top Drawer Soccer[edit]

        Improvement in ranking
      Drop in ranking
    RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
    NV No votes received
      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
    Cincinnati NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Memphis NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    SMU RV RV RV 16 9 4 2 3 4 12 11 11 11 3 3 3 5 5
    South Florida NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Temple NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Tulsa NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    UCF 17 17 11 19 17 14 9 4 3 6 4 4 3 8 8 10 10 10
    UConn NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

    Postseason[edit]

    AAC Tournament[edit]

    The 2019 Tournament will be held at the home ground of the regular season winner.[19]

    First round
    November 9
    Semifinals
    November 13
    Final
    November 16
    1UCF 5
    4Memphis 15Temple 0
    5Temple 2 1UCF 0
    2SMU 1
    2SMU (2OT) 2
    3South Florida 1 3South Florida 1
    6UConn 0

    NCAA Tournament[edit]

    Seed School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
    8 SMU BYE W 1–0 (2OT) vs. Coastal Carolina(Dallas, TX) W 2–1 (OT) vs. #9 UCF(Dallas, TX) L 2–3 (OT) vs. #1 Virginia(Charlottesville, VA)
    9 UCF BYE W 2–1 (2OT) vs. Missouri State(Orlando, FL) L 1–2 (OT) vs. #8 SMU(Dallas, TX)
    None South Florida L 1–4 vs. Louisville(Louisville, KY)
    W–L–T (%): 0–1–0 (.000) 2–0–0 (1.000) 1–1–0 (.500) 0–1–0 (.000) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) Total: 3–3–0 (.500)

    Postseason awards and honors[edit]

    Conference honors[edit]

    2019 AAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards[20]
    Award Recipient(s)
    Offensive Player of the Year Cal Jennings – UCF
    Midfielders of the Year Yoni Sorokin – UCF
    Gabriel Costa – SMU
    Defensive Player of the Year Eddie Munjoma – SMU
    Goalkeeper of the Year Yannik Oettl – UCF
    Rookie of the Year Gino Vivi – UCF
    Coach of the Year Scott Calabrese – UCF
    2019 AAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[20]
    First Team Second Team Rookie Team

    Yannik Oettl, UCF
    Cal Jennings, UCF†
    Garrett McLaughlin, SMU†
    Harris Partain, Tulsa
    Yoni Sorokin, UCF†
    Dayonn Harris, UConn
    Gabriel Costa, SMU
    Yanis Leerman, UCF
    Javain Brown, South Florida
    Avionne Flanagan, South Florida
    Eddie Munjoma, South Florida
    Sam Ashton, Memphis

    Simon Lefebvre, Temple
    Louis Perez, UCF
    Donovan Segree, Cincinnati
    Robin Lapert, UConn
    Felix Metzler, UConn
    Ben Roberts, Memphis
    Gurman Sangha, Memphis
    Adrian Billhardt, South Florida
    Knut Ahlander, SMU
    Lukas Fernandes, Temple
    Pierre Cayet, Temple
    Mitchell Cashion, Tulsa

    Glademir Mendoza, UCF
    Gino Vivi, UCF†
    Mo Williams, Cincinnati
    Ben Awashie, UConn
    Moussa Wade, UConn†
    Peter Chang, Memphis†
    Ford Hunt, Memphis
    Javain Brown, South Florida†
    Sal Mazzaferro, South Florida
    Henrik Bredeli, SMU
    Sean Karani, Temple

    † denotes unanimous selection

    National honors[edit]

    Player Pos. School Honor Ref.
    Gabriel Costa MF SMU TopDrawer Soccer Second-Team All-American [21]
    Soccer America Third-Team All-American [22]
    United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-American [23]
    Dayonn Harris FW UConn Senior CLASS Award Senior All-American [24]
    Cal Jennings FW UCF College Soccer News First-Team All-American [25]
    CoSIDA Second-Team All-American [26]
    Senior CLASS Award Senior All-American [24]
    Soccer America First-Team All-American [22]
    TopDrawer Soccer First-Team All-American [21]
    United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-American [23]
    Yannis Leerman MF UCF TopDrawer Soccer Second-Team All-American [21]
    Garrett McLaughlin FW SMU Senior CLASS Award Senior All-American [24]
    Eddie Munjoma DF SMU United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-American [23]
    Yoni Sorokin MF UCF TopDrawer Soccer Second-Team All-American [21]
    Gino Vivi FW UCF College Soccer News First-Team Freshman All-American [27]
    TopDrawer Soccer Third-Team Freshman All-American [28]
    Ben Wendell MF Cincinnati CoSIDA Third-Team All-American [26]

    American vs other conferences[edit]

    MLS SuperDraft[edit]

    Total picks by school[edit]

    Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
    Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0
    Connecticut 1 0 0 0 1
    Memphis 0 0 0 0 0
    SMU 1 0 0 0 1
    South Florida 0 0 0 0 0
    Temple 1 0 0 0 1
    Tulsa 0 0 0 0 0
    UCF 1 1 0 0 2

    List of selections[edit]

    Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College Ref.
    1 8 Houston Dynamo Garrett McLaughlin FW SMU [30]
    1 17 FC Dallas Cal Jennings FW UCF [31]
    1 20 Real Salt Lake Dayonn Harris MF UConn [32]
    1 21 D.C. United Simon Lefebvre GK Temple [33]
    2 39 Orlando City Jonathan Dean DF UCF [34]

    Homegrown contracts[edit]

    The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[35] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

    To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[36] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

    Original MLS team Player Position College Ref.
    FC Dallas Eddie Munjoma DF SMU [37]

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