The 2014 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer
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Welcome to the 2014 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship The 2014 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship presented by ProHealth Physicians is in Storrs, Conn., hosted by UConn at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium. With its seating capacity of 5,100 and a natural grass-playing surface, Joseph J. Morrone Stadium is one of the fi nest college facilities in the nation. Four teams from the eight-team bracket -- UConn, USF, SMU and Tulsa advanced to the semifi nals. No. 3 SMU will play No. 2 Tulsa at 5:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 14. In the other semifi nal on the same day, No. 1 UConn will play No. 4 USF at 8 p.m. ET. The championship game will be held at Noon ET on November 16. The semifi nals will be broadcast live on The American Digital Network at www.TheAmerican.org/DN. Sunday’s championship game will be carried live by ESPN3 and will air tape-delayed on ESPNU at 10:30 p.m. ET. @American_MSoc Facebook.com/AmericanConf #AmericanRising No. 1 UConn 5 Nov. 8 at Storrs, Conn. No. 1 UConn No. 8 Temple 0 Nov. 14, 8 p.m. ET Storrs, Conn. No. 4 USF 4 Nov. 8 No. 4 USF at Tampa, Fla. Nov. 16, Noon ET Storrs, Conn. No. 5 Memphis 2 2014 American Men’s Soccer Champion No. 6 UCF 0 Nov. 8 at Dallas, Texas No. 3 SMU Nov. 14, 5:30 p.m. ET No. 3 SMU 4 Storrs, Conn. No. 7 Cincinnati 0 Nov. 8 No. 2 Tulsa at Tulsa, Okla. No. 2 Tulsa 1 The 2014 NCAA Championship – Men’s College Cup The winner of the the American Athletic Conference Championship receives the league’s automatic bid to the 48-team NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship. First, second and third round games, as well as the quarterfi nals, are held on the campuses of participating institutions in a single-elimination format. The College Cup, which includes the national semifi nals and championship, will be held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C, on Dec. 12 and 14. 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship Schedule First Round Campus Sites Thurs., Nov. 20 Second Round Campus Sites Sun., Nov. 23 Third Round Campus Sites Sun., Nov. 30 Quarterfi nals Campus Sites Fri.-Sun., Dec. 5-7 Semifi nals WakeMed Park Cary, N.C. Fri., Dec. 12 Championship WakeMed Park Cary, N.C. Sun., Dec. 14 2014 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 1 2014 AWARD WINNERS AND ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Cyle Larin Adria Beso Marco Sergio Campbell UConn, So., F UConn, Sr., M UConn, Sr., B Larin earned Offensive Beso Marco was Campbell was awarded Player of the Year named The American’s American Athletic honors after scoring a Midfielder of the Conference Defensive team high nine goals Year for the second Player of the Year and 21 points for the consecutive season. honors, leading a UConn season. The forward The senior team backline that allowed leads the conference captain, a Lleida, Spain just three total goals in in several categories, including points native, helped lead the Huskies to a conference play. The Huskies were tops in per game (1.40), goals per game (0.60) 6-1-1 mark in league play. UConn is The American with a 0.36 goals against and shots per game (4.13). Larin, last riding a six-game win streak entering average in league play and recorded year’s American Rookie of the Year, also conference semifi nals action. During eight total shutouts on the year, fi ve of garnered First Team All-Conference the regular season, Beso Marco scored those coming in conference play. The honors. The sophomore helped lead his fi rst career-game winning goal in senior also earned the league’s preseason UConn to the 2014 American regular the Huskies’ overtime win over Yale on Defensive Player of the Year honor and season championship as the Huskies Oct. 28. He recorded a season-high two was a unanimous choice for First Team tallied 19 points and a 6-1-1 mark in assists in UConn’s quarterfi nal win over All-Conference honors. league play. fi fth-seeded Temple. GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR Spasoje Stefanovic Cheikh Stephane Coly UConn USF, So. UConn, Fr., M UConn head coach Ray Stefanovic was Coly was tabbed the Reid and his staff led recognized as the conference Rookie of the Huskies to its 13th- American Athletic the Year after providing ever conference regular Conference Goalkeeper defense in the midfi eld season title and the of the Year, sharing the for a UConn team top overall seed in the honor with SMU’s Michael Nelson. The that finished first in American Championship. It was the sophomore started all 18 games for the league in goals allowed (3) in second regular season crown for UConn USF and logged 1584:38 minutes in the conference play. He has started all 18 in the last three years. net with 53 saves. of UConn’s matches this season and fi nished his fi rst year in Storrs with TEAM FAIR PLAY AWARD GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR two points and one goal. Coly was a USF Michael Nelson unanimous choice for the All-Rookie SMU, R-Fr. team and garnered American Rookie USF earned the Team Nelson was tabbed of the Week honors twice this season. Fair Play Award after the American totaling just 106 Athletic Conference points (76 fouls, six Goalkeeper of the Year yellow cards and zero with USF’s Spasoje Stefanovic. Nelson red cards) during conference play. The ranks second in the conference in goals Fair Play Award is given to the team against average (0.92) and top-three in that accumulates the fewest points: foul total saves (55) and shutouts (5). (one point), yellow card (fi ve points) and red card (10 points). ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM ROOKIE TEAM Romario Williams, F, Jr., UCF* Jakob Nerwinski, B, So., UConn Walker Dawkins, M/F, Fr., UCF John Manga, F, Jr. Cincinnati Edwin Moalosi, F, Sr., USF Vebjorn Krovel, B, Fr., Cincinnati Adria Beso Marco, M, Sr., UConn Idrissa Camara, F, Jr., SMU Elliott Ackroyd, B, Fr., UConn Sergio Campbell, B, Sr., UConn* Mauro Cichero, M, Fr., SMU Cheikh Stephane Coly, M, Fr., UConn* Cyle Larin, F, So., UConn Damian Rosales, M, R-Sr., SMU Dylan Greenberg, B, Fr., UConn Lucas Baldin, M, Sr., USF Jared Martinelli, M, Jr., Temple Hector Cantele, F, Fr., Memphis Wesley Charpie, B, Sr., USF Robert Sagel, B, So., Temple Eduardo Maceira, M, Fr., USF Lindo Mfeka, M, So., USF Dan Scheck, GK, Sr., Temple Jordan Cano, B, Fr., SMU Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, So., USF Akeil Barrett, M, Sr., Tulsa Mauro Cichero, M, Fr., SMU John Lujano, M, Jr., SMU* Abe Matamoros, M, Sr., Tulsa Michael Nelson, GK, R-Fr., SMU Michael Nelson, GK, R-Fr., SMU Ray Saari, M, So., Tulsa Jared Rice, B, Fr., SMU Bradley Bourgeois, B, Jr., Tulsa Felipe Liborio, M, Fr., Temple * = Unanimous Selection Geoff Dee, M, Fr., Tulsa Aymar Sigue, F, Fr., Tulsa * = Unanimous Selection 2 2014 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP AMERICAN REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS (AS OF NOV. 8) AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL TP W L T W-L PCT H A N STREAK ^UConn RV/23 19 6 1 1 10-6-2 .611 6-3-1 4-3-1 0-0-0 W6 Tulsa 24/NR 16 5 2 1 10-5-2 .647 6-1-2 4-4-0 0-0-0 W1 SMU 14 4 2 2 10-5-2 .647 9-1-1 1-4-1 0-0-0 W2 USF 13 4 3 1 10-7-1 .583 7-4-0 3-3-1 0-0-0 W1 Memphis 10 3 4 1 9-7-2 .556 4-2-0 3-5-1 2-0-1 L1 UCF 7 1 3 4 2-10-6 .278 1-3-3 1-7-2 0-0-1 L1 Cincinnati 7 2 5 1 5-10-3 .361 3-2-2 2-8-1 0-0-0 L3 Temple 4 1 6 1 2-14-2 .167 2-5-1 0-9-1 0-0-0 L7 (NCSAA/Soccer America rankings) [RV] - receiving votes [^] Clinched American regular season championship Cincinnati Junior John Manga OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS All Games Played American Games Only Player GP Goals Assists Points Player GP Goals Assists Points John Manga, CIN 18 10 2 22 Lindo Mfeka, USF 8 4 3 11 Cyle Larin, UConn 15 9 3 21 Ray Saari, TLS 7 4 1 9 Edwin Moalosi, USF 18 5 9 19 Cyle Larin, UConn 7 4 1 9 Lucas Baldin, USF 18 5 9 19 Edwin Moalosi, USF 8 2 5 9 Romario Williams, UCF 17 7 3 17 Tyler Blackwood, USF 8 3 2 8 Hector Cantele, MEM 18 7 2 16 John Manga, CIN 8 3 2 8 Idrissa Camara, SMU 17 7 1 15 Romario Williams, UCF 8 3 2 8 Ethan Vanacore-Decker, UConn 18 6 3 15 Ashani Walker, CIN 8 3 2 8 Akeil Barrett, TLS 10 6 2 14 Idrissa Camara, SMU 8 3 1 7 Damian Rosales, SMU 14 6 2 14 Damian Rosales, SMU 8 3 1 7 Ray Saari, TLS 16 6 2 14 Ashani Walker, CIN 17 5 4 14 GOALKEEPING LEADERS All Games Played American Games Only Player GP Minutes Saves GA/Avg.