An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1] The 2018 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the United Soccer Coaches (USC), Top Drawer Soccer (TDS), Soccer America (TSN), and College Soccer News for the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. All selectors choose at least a first, second, and third 11-man team.
Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The three finalists for the Hermann Trophy are described as Hermann All-Americans. The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by Hero Sports and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.
This list is of players who were named first-team All-Americans by each respective publication.
| CSN | College Soccer News[2] | |
|---|---|---|
| SA | Soccer America | |
| TDS | Top Drawer Soccer[3] | |
| USC | United Soccer Coaches[4] | |
| Consensus All-American (selected by all selectors) | ||
| Awarded the Hermann Trophy as national Player of the Year |
CoSIDA names three Academic All-American teams for the 2018 season.[8]
| First team | Second team | Third team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Player | School | Player | School |
| Hendrik Hilpert | Syracuse | Jake Chasteen | Appalachian State | Michael Creek | Missouri State |
| Gideon Betz | Campbell | Ivan Blaskic | UMass Lowell | Alex Comsia | North Carolina |
| Kyle Hiebert | Missouri State | David Grana | Saint Joseph's | Austin Day | Grand Canyon |
| Callum Montgomery | Charlotte | Simon Waever | Evansville | Marius Kullmann | Loyola Chicago |
| Henrik Mueller | Coastal Carolina | Dylan Waugaman | Valparaiso | Collin Liberty | Stanford |
| Ivo Cerda | Michigan | Jack Casey | Notre Dame | Nils Bruening | North Carolina |
| Christopher Holmes | Central Arkansas | Marcel Fahrenholz | Elon | Niko Klosterhalfen | Old Dominion |
| Simon Spangenberg | New Mexico | Luka Prpa | Marquette | Rikard Lindqvist | Northern Kentucky |
| Anthony Bowie | Western Michigan | Ahu Obhakhan | Ryder Bell | William & Mary | |
| Sven Koenig | Creighton | Brian Stepanek | Gardner-Webb | Tyrone Mondi | Coastal Carolina |
| Andre Shinyashiki | Denver | Thomas Ueland | Notre Dame | Daniele Proch | Duke |
The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are considered Senior All-Americans.[9]
| Player | Position | School | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Shinyashiki | Forward | Denver | |
| Forward | William & Mary | ||
| Defender | North Carolina | ||
| Midfielder | Wake Forest | ||
| Forward | Lehigh | ||
| Forward | Michigan State | ||
| Defender | Albany | ||
| Midfielder | Michigan | ||
| Defender | Charlotte | ||
| Forward | Louisville |