| 2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament | |||||
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 Tournament Logo | |||||
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Matches | 5 | ||||
| Site | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium Orlando, Florida | ||||
| Champions | SMU (2nd title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Kevin Hudson (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Offensive:Emil Cuello(SMU) Defensive: Grant Makela (SMU) | ||||
| Broadcast | American Digital Network,ESPN3 | ||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18UCF + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU ‡+ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the 6th edition of theAmerican Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided theAmerican Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the2018 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 byOregon State. Connecticut beatRhode Island in the first round before losing toIndiana in the second round. UCF was seeded 14th in NCAA Tournament, and earned a second round bye. There, UCF lost toLipscomb in overtime.
| Seed[2] | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | UCF | 5–1–1 | UCF 1–0 vs. SMU[3] |
| 2 | SMU | 5–1–1 | SMU 0–1 vs. UCF[3] |
| 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 |
| First round Nov. 6 | Semifinals Nov. 8 | Final Nov. 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | UCF (2OT) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 3 | 4 | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Temple | 1 | 1 | UCF | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 2 | SMU (pen.) | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||
| 2 | SMU (OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | South Florida | 1 | 6 | Memphis | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Memphis | 3 | ||||||||||||
| No. 3South Florida | 1–3 | No. 6Memphis |
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| No. 4Connecticut | 3–1 | No. 5Temple |
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| No. 1UCF | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | No. 4Connecticut |
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Christian Boorom –SMU Josh Burnett –Connecticut
Dayonn Harris –Connecticut
Alexandros Ierides –Memphis Cal Jennings –UCF
Andrés Hernández –UCF Chris Mikus –Memphis Belal Mohamed —Temple Philip Ponder –SMU Gurman Sangha –Memphis
Max Stiegwardt –UCF
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]
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