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League: | NCAA Division I |
Sport: | Soccer |
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Duration: | August 30, 2019 – November 2, 2019 |
No Of Teams: | 13 |
Season: | Regular Season |
Season Champs: | Rhode Island |
Second Place: | VCU |
Draft: | 2020 MLS SuperDraft |
Draft Link: | 2020 MLS SuperDraft |
Top Pick: | Ryo Shimazaki, 59th overall |
Picked By: | Columbus Crew |
Mvp: | |
Finals: | Tournament |
Finals Link: | 2019 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament |
Finals Champ: | Rhode Island |
Finals Runner-Up: | Dayton |
Finals Mvp: | Ludvik Benco |
Seasonslistnames: | Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer |
Prevseason Link: | 2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season |
Prevseason Year: | 2018 |
Nextseason Link: | 2020 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season |
Nextseason Year: | 2020 |
The 2019 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season was the 33rd season of men's college soccer in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The season began on August 30, 2019, and concluded on November 2, 2019.
The regular season and tournament was won by Rhode Island. Rhode Island bested VCU for the regular season championship and Dayton for the tournament championship. Rhode Island earned the Atlantic 10's automatic, and only, berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the opening round to Syracuse.
Dayton's Jonas Fjeldberg won the Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year, while Joergen Oland won the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year Award. Gareth Elliott won the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year Award.
See main article: 2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season.
UMass entered the season as the defending regular season and tournament champions.[1] [2] [3] The Minutemen finished eighth in the regular season and were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament by VCU. VCU won the regular season championship, giving the Rams their first A-10 regular season title, and their first regular season championship overall since 2004.[4] Rhode Island won the tournament, given them their first A-10 tournament title since 2006.[5]
Rhode Island at the A-10 Tournament champions, earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. They were the only berth the A-10 sent to the NCAA Tournament. There they were defeated by their rivals, Connecticut, 3–4.[6]
Fordham head coach, Jim McElderry, resigned at the end of the 2018 season to accept the head coaching job at Rutgers University.[7] On January 30, 2019, Fordham hired Carlo Acquista as the program's head coach.[8]
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | Atlantic 10 record[9] | NCAA Tournaments[10] | NCAA College Cups | NCAA Titles | Ref. | ||
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style= | Davidson | UChicago | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | [11] | |||||
style= | Dayton | Incarnate Word | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | [12] | |||||
style= | Duquesne | Niagara | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [13] | |||||
style= | Fordham | Adelphi | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | [14] | |||||
style= | George Mason | Columbus Crew | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | [15] | |||||
style= | George Washington | George Washington (asst.) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [16] | |||||
style= | La Salle | Kean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [17] | |||||
style= | UMass | Bowdoin | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | [18] | |||||
style= | Rhode Island | Siena | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [19] | |||||
style= | St. Bonaventure | Canisius (asst.) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [20] | |||||
style= | Saint Joseph's | Philadelphia Kixx | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [21] | |||||
style= | Saint Louis | SIU Edwardsville | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [22] | |||||
style= | VCU | Akron (asst.) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | [23] |
The preseason poll was released on August 22, 2019.
Team Ranking | Points (First) | ||
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1. | VCU | 159 (8) | |
2. | Saint Louis | 146 (2) | |
3. | Rhode Island | 142 (3) | |
4. | Dayton | 121 | |
5. | Fordham | 109 | |
6. | Davidson | 102 | |
7. | George Mason | 93 | |
8. | Saint Joseph's | 78 | |
9. | UMass | 63 | |
10. | Duquesne | 57 | |
11. | George Washington | 55 | |
12. | St. Bonaventure | 42 | |
13. | La Salle | 16 |
The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.
United Soccer[24] | CSN[25] | Top Drawer Soccer[26] | |||
style= width=75 | Davidson | — | — | — | |
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style= width=75 | Dayton | — | — | — | |
style= width=75 | Duquesne | — | — | — | |
style= width=75 | Fordham | — | — | — | |
style= width=75 | George Mason | — | — | — | |
style= width=75 | George Washington | — | — | — | |
style= width=75 | La Salle | — | — | — | |
style= width=75 | UMass | — | — | — | |
style= width=75 | Rhode Island | RV | RV | — | |
style= width=75 | St. Bonaventure | — | — | — | |
style= width=75 | Saint Joseph's | — | — | — | |
style= width=75 | Saint Louis | RV | RV | — | |
style= width=75 | VCU | RV | — | — |
Five teams participated in early season soccer tournaments hosted either by themselves or other nearby universities.
Team | Tournament | Finish |
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Dayton | Dayton Tournament | 2nd |
Ohio State Tournament | 4th | |
Duquesne | RMU–Duquesne Classic | 1st |
Rhode Island | Ocean State Soccer Cup | 1st |
St. Bonaventure | UMBC–Navy Tournament | 1st |
VCU | Stihl Soccer Classic | 2nd |
VCU Tournament | 3rd | |
See main article: 2019 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament.
The 2019 A-10 Tournament was held from November 9 to November 17. Fordham University hosted the tournament from the semifinals onwards. Rhode Island defended their A10 Tournament title and earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.
The NCAA Tournament began on November 17, 2019, and concluded on December 15, 2019.
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 | ||
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Davidson | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
Dayton | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
Duquesne | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
Fordham | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
George Mason | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
George Washington | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
La Salle | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
UMass | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
Rhode Island | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | None released | RV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
St. Bonaventure | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
Saint Joseph's | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
Saint Louis | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | ||
VCU | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | ||||
NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10 | |
NV | No votes received | |
Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | |||
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style= | Davidson | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
style= | Dayton | NV | NV | NV | NV | 8 | RV | NV | 10 | 9 | 9 | |
style= | Duquesne | NV | NV | 10 | 7 | NV | 8 | 10 | NV | NV | NV | |
style= | Fordham | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
style= | George Mason | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
style= | George Washington | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
style= | La Salle | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | 10 | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
style= | UMass | 10 | 6 | 7 | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
style= | Rhode Island | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
style= | St. Bonaventure | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
style= | Saint Joseph's | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
style= | Saint Louis | NV | NV | NV | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
style= | VCU | 6 | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
Week | Offensive | Defensive | Rookie | Ref. | |||||||
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Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
Week 1 | Tunde Akinlosotu | FW | George Mason | Robbie McKelvey | GK | Duquesne | Maverick McGann | FW | VCU | [27] | |
Week 2 | Ritchie Barry | FW | Duquesne | Marvyn Dorchin | DF | UMass | Alex Hartmann | MF | Saint Joseph's | [28] | |
Week 3 | Max Holdsworth | MF | George Washington | Justin Grady | DF | George Washington | Justin Stone | MF | Davidson | [29] | |
Week 4 | Manel Busquets | FW | Duquesne | Robbie McKelvey | GK | Duquesne | Toluwalase Oladeinbo | MF | Dayton | [30] | |
Week 5 | Omari Cotterell | FW | La Salle | Federico Barrios | GK | Dayton | Carlos Mora | GK | La Salle | [31] | |
Ryo Shimazaki | MF | VCU | |||||||||
Week 6 | Edvin Akselsen | FW | Rhode Island | Brett Werner | DF | La Salle | Nate Dragisich | MF | Duquesne | [32] | |
Week 7 | Jonas Fjeldberg | FW | Dayton | Patrick Schulte | GK | Saint Louis | Toluwalase Oladeinbo | MF | Dayton | [33] | |
Week 8 | Jonas Fjeldberg | FW | Dayton | Xavier Zengue | DF | Dayton | Toluwalase Oladeinbo | MF | Dayton | [34] | |
Week 9 | Jonas Fjeldberg | FW | Dayton | Mario Sequeira | GK | VCU | Carlos Mora | GK | La Salle | [35] | |
Week 10 | Lucas Hauth | FW | Davidson | Konstantin Weisa | GK | Fordham | Justin Stone | MF | Davidson | [36] |
2019 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Individual Awards[37] | ||
Award | Recipient(s) | |
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Offensive Player of the Year | Jonas Fjeldberg – Dayton | |
Defensive Player of the Year | Jørgen Oland – Fordham | |
Midfielder of the Year | Kingsford Adjei – Dayton | |
Coach of the Year | Gareth Elliott – Rhode Island | |
Freshman of the Year | Toluwalase Oladeinbo – Dayton |
2019 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||
First Team Honorees | Second Team Honorees | All-Freshman Team Honorees | Academic Award Honorees | |
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Jonas Fjeldberg, Dayton Fillippo Tamburini, Rhode Island Stavros Zarokostas, Rhode Island Leo Novaes, Saint Louis Kingsford Adjei, Dayton Manel Busquets, Duquesne Edvin Akselsen, Rhode Island Jørgen Oland, Fordham Peder Kristiansen, Rhode Island Ryo Shimazaki, VCU Federico Barrios, Dayton | Toluwalase Oladeinbo, Dayton Pat McCarthy, La Salle Biska Biyombo, VCU Devin Boyce, Saint Louis Matteo Kidd, Saint Louis Fortia Munts, VCU Elias Harryson, Dayton Niklas Middrup, Rhode Island Kipp Keller, Saint Louis Ulrik Edvardsen, VCU Stefan Schmidt, Rhode Island | Justin Stone, Davidson Toluwalase Oladeinbo, Dayton Andy Sanchez, Dayton Xavier Zengue, Dayton Nate Dragisich, Duquesne Liam Emson, George Washington Franc Gamiz Quer, La Salle Joshua Pulla, St. Bonaventure Kipp Keller, Saint Louis Mujeeb Murana, Saint Louis Patrick Schulte, Saint Louis | Johannes Pieles, Fordham Ryan Mingachos, George Mason Haukur Hilmarsson, George Washington Noah Lubin, George Washington Ryan Saul, Massachusetts Peder Kristiansen, Rhode Island Niklas Middrup, Rhode Island Stefan Schmidt, Rhode Island Shea Curry, St. Bonaventure David Grana, Saint Joseph's David Viox, Saint Louis Simon Fitch, VCU |
Player | School | Honor | ||
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Kingsford Adjei | MF | Dayton | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Edvin Akselsen | MF | Rhode Island | United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Southeast Region | |
Biska Biyombo | FW | VCU | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | |
Manel Busquets | MF | Duquesne | United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Southeast Region | |
Jonas Fjeldberg | FW | Dayton | United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Southeast Region | |
Kipp Keller | MF | Saint Louis | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | |
Peder Kristiansen | DF | Rhode Island | United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-Southeast Region | |
Leo Novaes | FW | Saint Louis | United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Southeast Region | |
Jørgen Oland | DF | Fordham | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | |
Ryo Shimazaki | DF | VCU | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | |
Stavros Zarokostas | FW | Rhode Island | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | |
See main article: 2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans.
Player | School | Honor | |||
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David Grana | DF | Saint Joseph's | CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-American | [39] | |
Kipp Keller | MF | Saint Louis | College Soccer News First-Team Freshman All-American | [40] | |
TopDrawer Soccer First-Team Freshman All-American | [41] | ||||
Peder Kristiansen | DF | Rhode Island | College Soccer News Third-Team All-American | [42] | |
Soccer America Third-Team All-American | [43] | ||||
United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-American | [44] | ||||
Johannes Pieles | FW | Fordham | CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-American |
See main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft.
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9, 2020. Three players from the conference were drafted.
Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | ||
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style= | Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | Dayton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | Duquesne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | Fordham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
style= | George Mason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | George Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | La Salle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | UMass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
style= | St. Bonaventure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | Saint Joseph's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | Saint Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
style= | VCU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Player | Team | School | |||
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3 | 59 | DF | Columbus Crew | VCU (Sr.) | |
3 | 62 | FW | New York Red Bulls | Rhode Island (Sr.) | |
4 | 94 | DF | Portland Timbers | Fordham (Sr.) | |
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,[45] 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.[46] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
No players from the Atlantic 10 Conference signed homegrown contracts.