2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season explained

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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Soccer
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Duration:August 25, 2017 – November 12, 2017
No Of Teams:8
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:SMU
Second Place:UCF
Top Scorer:Matias Pyysalo, UCF (7 goals)
Draft:2018 MLS SuperDraft
Draft Link:2018 MLS SuperDraft
Top Pick:Michael Nelson, SMU
Picked By:Houston Dynamo, 20th overall
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Finals Champ:SMU
Finals Runner-Up:UCF
Finals Mvp:Offensive: Emil Cuello, SMU
Defensive: Jordan Cano, SMU
Seasonslistnames:AAC men's soccer
Prevseason Link:2016 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
Prevseason Year:2016
Nextseason Link:2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season
Nextseason Year:2018

The 2017 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season was the 5th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 25 and concluded on November 12, 2017.

Defending regular season champions, SMU, retained their title, and won the 2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The Mustangs were the conference's sole berth in the NCAA Tournament,[1] where they reached the round of 16. There, they lost to North Carolina.[2] [3]

Background

Head coaches

TeamHead coachPrevious jobYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolAmerican recordNCAA
Tournaments[4] 		NCAA
College Cups		NCAA
Titles
style= CincinnatiWright State18 2 0 0
style= Connecticut21 16 2 1
style= MemphisMemphis (asst.) 4 0 0 0
style= SMUSMU (asst.) 3 2 0 0
style= South Florida1 4 0 0
style= Temple18 3 0 0
style= TulsaTulsa (asst.) 21 10 0 0
style= UCF1 3 0 0

Preseason

Recruiting

National Rankings! Team! CSN[5] ! TDS[6]
Cincinnati NR NR
Connecticut NR 17
Memphis NR NR
SMU NR NR
South Florida NR 31
Temple NR NR
Tulsa NR NR
UCF NR NR

Preseason poll

Team ranking First place votes Raw points
1.Connecticut4 45
2.Tulsa 1 43
3.South Florida 2 34
4.UCF 0 29
5.SMU 1 27
6.Temple 0 20
7.Cincinnati 0 18
8.Memphis 0 8

Preseason All-AAC Teams

HonorRecipient
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Matias Pyysalo, UCF
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Patrick Nielsen, Cincinnati
Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year Michael Nelson, SMU
Preseason All-AAC Team

Regular season

Rankings

See main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 Top 25 coaches poll.

Legend
 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
UCSUnited Soccer Coaches poll
TDSTop Drawer Soccer poll
  Pre 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
CincinnatiUCS
TDS
ConnecticutUCS24RVRV
TDSRV25
MemphisUCS
TDS
SMUUCSRVRVRV19RV251714121311 101010108
TDS2414107766610 10
South FloridaUCS
TDS
TempleUCS
TDS
TulsaUCS20
TDS
UCFUCS
TDS

Sources: TopDrawer Soccer,[7] United Soccer Coaches[8]

Postseason

AAC Tournament

See main article: 2017 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

NCAA Tournament

See main article: 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

Records against other conferences

ConferenceRecord[9]
1–2–0
0–5–1
5–1–1
3–4–2
1–0–0
1–1–1
1–0–0
3–1–1
2–4–0
4–2–1
3–1–0
1–3–0
1–2–1
2–1–0
1–1–0
1–0–0
1–0–0
3–0–0
3–0–0
0–0–1
Total37–27–10

Awards

Regular season awards

Players of the Week

WeekOffensiveDefensiveGoalkeeperRookieRef.
PlayerPositionTeamPlayerPositionTeamPlayerTeamPlayerPositionTeam
August 28 MF SMU Malik Suleman MF Cincinnati Noah Lawrence Cincinnati Darryn Commissiong MF Cincinnati
September 4 Garrett McLaughlin FW SMU Nkosi Burgess DF Connecticut Scott Levene Connecticut Adrian Billhardt FW South Florida
September 11 Rollie Rocha MF Tulsa DF UCF Marcel Da Silva Tulsa Luke Biasi MF Memphis
September 18 Sean Clarke MF Cincinnati Jordan Cano DF SMU Pearce Skinner Cincinnati Sean Clarke MF Cincinnati
September 25 Abdou Mbacke Thiam FW Connecticut Gustavo Vargas DF Tulsa Scott Levene Connecticut Chris Mikus MF Memphis
October 2 Alan Camacho Soto FW Temple Jared Rice DF SMU Scott Levene Connecticut Alan Camacho Soto FW Temple
October 9 Ricardo Gomez MF South Florida Jake Hauser-Ramsey DF Connecticut Scott Levene Connecticut Jackson Brady DF Memphis
October 16 Matias Pyysalo MF UCF Jake Hauser-Ramsey DF Connecticut Michael Nelson SMU Josh Burnett MF Connecticut
October 23 FW UCF Jordan Cano DF SMU Michael Nelson SMU Alan Camacho Soto FW Temple
October 30 Matias Pyysalo MF UCF Andreas Steinegar DF UCF Christian Knight South Florida Brantley Bice FW Memphis
November 2 Garrett McLaughlin FW SMU Jordan Cano DF SMU Michael Nelson SMU MF Tulsa

Postseason awards

All-AAC awards and teams

2017 AAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
AwardRecipient(s)
Offensive Player of the YearMatias Pyysalo, UCF
Defensive Player of the YearJordan Cano, SMU
Goalkeeper of the YearMichael Nelson, SMU
Rookie of the YearAdrian Billhardt, South Florida
Coach of the YearKevin Hudson, SMU
Academic Excellent TeamMemphis
Team Fair Play AwardUCF
2017 AAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First TeamSecond TeamRookie Team
Cal Jennings, F, So., UCF
Matias Pyysalo, M/F, Sr., UCF
Yoni Sorokin, M, Fr., UCF
Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, B, Jr., UConn
Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, Jr., UConn
Adrian Billhardt, F, Fr., USF
Ricardo Gomez, M, Sr., USF
Jordan Cano, B, Sr., SMU
Mauro Cichero, M, Sr., SMU
Garrett McLaughlin, F, So., SMU
Michael Nelson, GK, R-Sr., SMU
Divin Fula Luzolo, B, Sr., Temple		Hattabiou Barry, M, Fr., UCF
Louis Perez, M, Fr., UCF
Andreas Steineger, B, Jr., UCF
David Sanz, M, So., Cincinnati
Dylan Greenberg, B, R-Sr., UConn
Scott Levene, GK, R-Sr., UConn
Ben Roberts, B, So., Memphis
David Zalzman, M, Jr., Memphis
Jared Rice, B/M, Sr., SMU
Alan Camacho Soto, F, Fr., Temple
Thibault Candia, F, So., Temple
Rollie Rocha, M, Sr., Tulsa		Hattabiou Barry, M, UCF
Louis Perez, M, UCF
Yoni Sorokin, M, UCF
Josh Burnett, M, UConn
Blaise N’Gague, M, UConn
Adrian Billhardt, F, USF
Josue Monge, M, USF
Talen Maples, B, SMU
Alan Camacho Soto, F, Temple
Darri Sigthorsson, B, Temple
Joe Ruiz, M, Tulsa

All-Americans

College Soccer News

Three players in the conference were named All-Americans by CollegeSoccerNews.com.[10]

United Soccer Coaches

Three players in the conference were named All-Americans by United Soccer Coaches.[11]

MLS SuperDraft

See main article: 2018 MLS SuperDraft.

Two players from the conference were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. This included Michael Nelson and Mauro Cichero, both of SMU.[12]

Total picks by school

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

List of selections

Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College Other !Ref.
1 20 [13]
2 29 [14]

Homegrown contracts

See main article: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer).

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grosbard. Adam. What to look for in SMU men's soccer's NCAA tournament matchup with North Carolina. The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. January 26, 2018. November 22, 2017.
  2. Web site: North Carolina Tar Heels vs. SMU Mustangs - Match Summary. ESPN FC. ESPN, Inc.. January 26, 2018. November 25, 2017.
  3. Web site: Hilburn-Trenkle. Chris. UNC men's soccer advances to Elite Eight with win over SMU, 2-0. The Daily Tar Heel. January 26, 2018. November 26, 2017.
  4. Web site: NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Brackets. National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. July 17, 2017.
  5. Web site: 2017 Team Recruiting Classes. College Soccer News. July 15, 2017. March 3, 2017. July 21, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170721015427/http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/recuiting/2017-team-recruiting-classes. dead.
  6. Web site: Clark. Travis. 2017 Boys Recruiting Rankings: July update. Top Drawer Soccer. July 12, 2017. July 10, 2017. subscription .
  7. Web site: College Soccer National Rankings. TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
  8. Web site: NCAA DI Men's National Rankings. National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. January 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914054734/http://www.nscaa.com/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx. September 14, 2016. dead.
  9. Web site: American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Report - Final Release. theamerican.org. American Athletic Conference. January 25, 2018. PDF. December 18, 2017.
  10. Web site: College Soccer News 2017 All-America Teams. collegesoccernews.com. January 26, 2018.
  11. Web site: NCAA DI Men’s All-America Teams Announced by United Soccer Coaches. unitedsoccercoaches.com. United Soccer Coaches. January 5, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180624204623/https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/web/News/Articles/December_2017/NCAA_DI_Men_s_All-America_Teams_Announced_by_United_Soccer_Coaches.aspx. June 24, 2018. dead.
  12. Web site: 2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker. mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 26, 2018. January 19, 2018. January 19, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180119040213/https://www.mlssoccer.com/superdraft/2018/tracker. dead.
  13. Web site: Roepken. Corey. Dynamo draft pick Michael Nelson gets shot with hometown team. Houston Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. January 25, 2018. January 19, 2018.
  14. Web site: Epperley. Drew. MLS Draft 2018: FC Dallas selects two in second round. Big D Soccer. SB Nation. January 25, 2018. January 19, 2018.
  15. Web site: FC Dallas signs SMU's Jordan Cano. The Dallas Morning News. A. H. Belo Corporation. January 25, 2018. January 11, 2018.

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