| Year: | 2018 |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Gender: | men's |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Matches: | 5 |
| Venue: | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium |
| City: | Orlando, Florida |
| Champions: | SMU |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Kevin Hudson |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Offensive: Emil Cuello Defensive: Grant Makela |
| Mvpteam: | SMU |
| Broadcast: | American Digital Network, ESPN3 |
The 2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the 6th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 6 and concluded on November 10.[1]
In a rematch of the 2017 AAC championship, defending champions, SMU, successfully defended their title. The final match was a 1-1 draw in regulation before SMU bested UCF in penalty kicks to claim their second-ever AAC championship. SMU midfielder, Emil Cuello was named the Offensive Most valuable player of the tournament, while SMU's Grant Makela was named the Defensive Most valuable player of the tournament.
As champions, SMU earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Tournament. In addition to SMU, regular season champions and tournament runners-up, UCF earned an at-large bid, as well as Connecticut. In the NCAA Tournament, SMU was eliminated in the first round by Oregon State. Connecticut beat Rhode Island in the first round before losing to Indiana in the second round. UCF was seeded 14th in NCAA Tournament, and earned a second round bye. There, UCF lost to Lipscomb in overtime.
| Seed[2] | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCF | 5–1–1 | UCF 1–0 vs. SMU[3] |
| 2 | SMU | 5–1–1 | SMU 0–1 vs. UCF |
| 3 | South Florida | 4–1–2 | |
| 4 | Connecticut | 3–2–2 | |
| 5 | Temple | 2–4–1 | Goal differential |
| 6 | Memphis | 2–4–1 | Goal differential |
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Christian Boorom – SMU Josh Burnett – Connecticut 
Dayonn Harris – Connecticut 
Alexandros Ierides – Memphis Cal Jennings – UCF Chris Mikus – Memphis Belal Mohamed — Temple
Akean Shackleford – SMU 
Yoni Sorokin – UCF
Abdou Mbacke Thiam – Connecticut Cole Venner – Connecticut 
David Zalzman – Memphis Alex Zis – South Florida Nick Sarver — Temple (playing against Connecticut)All-Tournament team:[4]