Welcome to the 2017 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship

Westcott Field () on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) will host the 2017 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship. SMU earned the 2017 American Athletic Conference men’s soccer regular-season title and clinched the No. 1 seed in the Conference Championship. UCF will be seeded No. 2 while UConn and Temple claimed the third and fourth seeds, respectively. All four teams will compete for the championship title and the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Knights and the Huskies kick off Championship semifinals action at 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT in the first match of the day on Friday, Nov. 10, while the host Mustangs face the Owls in the night cap at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT. Both semifinal matchups will air live on The American Digital Network (www.YouTube.com/AmericanAthleticConf. The semifinal winners will square off in the title game on Sunday, Nov. 12 (2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT, ESPNU) for the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

No. 3 UConn

Nov. 10, 4:30 p.m. CT Dallas,

No. 2 UCF Nov. 12, 1 p.m. CT Dallas, Texas 2017 American Men’s Soccer Champion

No. 4 Temple

Nov. 10, 7 p.m. CT Dallas, Texas

No. 1 SMU

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2017 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. The 2017 NCAA Championship marks the 59th anniversary of the tournament. First, second and third round games, as well as the quarterfinals, are held on the campuses of participating institutions in a single-elimination format. The College Cup, which includes the national semifinals and championship, will be held at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Dec. 9 and 11.

2017 NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship Schedule

First Round Campus Sites Thurs., Nov. 17 Second Round Campus Sites Sun., Nov. 20 Third Round Campus Sites Sat., Nov. 26 Quarterfinals Campus Sites Fri.-Sat., Dec. 2-4 Semifinals Talen Energy Stadium Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fri., Dec. 9 Championship Talen Energy Stadium Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sun., Dec. 11

2017 A MERICAN A THLETIC C ONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER C HAMPIONSHIP 1 2017 AWARD WINNERS AND ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR DEFENSIVE OF THE YEAR GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR Matias Pyysalo Michael Nelson UCF, Sr., M/F SMU, Sr., B SMU, R-Sr. Pyysalo led The American Cano was a two-time Nelson tied for first in with 17 points and seven American Defensive The American with four goals in league play Player of the Week shutouts in conference while tying for second in selection. He anchored play while leading the assists (3). He is a two- an SMU backline that tied for first in The league in save percentage. The Mustangs time American Offensive American with four shutouts in league limited their opponents to 0.40 goals per Player of the Week play. The senior was also named to the game in conference play, which ranked selection and ranks among the nation’s All-American Athletic Conference First first in The American in league play. leaders in points, goals and assists per Team for his efforts this season. game. Pyysalo led the Knights to a second- place finish in The American and helped UCF earn the No. 2 seed at the upcoming conference championship.

MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR Mauro Cichero Adrian Billhardt SMU SMU, Sr. USF, Fr., F

Cichero, a MAC SMU head coach Kevin Billhardt led the Bulls Hudson and his staff with 16 points in his Watch List candidate, garnered Coaching Staff rookie campaign. He of the Year honors after claiming the is among league recorded five points in American regular-season title and the top leaders in goals per game, game-winning conference play, which was among league overall seed in the American Championship. goals, and is Top 30 in the nation in total leaders in The American. The Mustangs finished with 16 points points (25). and a 5-1-1 mark in league play. They are TEAM FAIR PLAY AWARD unbeaten in their last eight games and UCF have posted six consecutive shutouts heading into Friday’s Championship UCF earned the Team semifinal. Fair Play Award after totaling 108 points (68 fouls, six yellow cards and one red card) during conference play. The Fair Play Award is given to the team with the fewest accumulated fouls, yellow cards and red cards in league action (foul=one point; yellow card=five points; red card =10 points).

ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE [*] Unanimous Selection FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM ROOKIE TEAM , F, So., UCF Hattabiou Barry, M, Fr., UCF Hattabiou Barry, M, UCF Matias Pyysalo, M/F, Sr., UCF * , M, Fr., UCF Louis Perez, M, UCF Yoni Sorokin, M, Fr., UCF Andreas Steineger, B, Jr., UCF Yoni Sorokin, M, UCF * Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, B, Jr., UConn * David Sanz, M, So., Cincinnati Josh Burnett, M, UConn Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, Jr., UConn * Dylan Greenberg, B, R-Sr., UConn Blaise N’Gague, M, UConn * Adrian Billhardt, F, Fr., USF Scott Levene, GK, R-Sr., UConn Adrian Billhardt, F, USF * Ricardo Gomez, M, Sr., USF Ben Roberts, B, So., Memphis Josue Monge, M, USF Jordan Cano, B, Sr., SMU * David Zalzman, M, Jr., Memphis Talen Maples, B, SMU Mauro Cichero, M, Sr., SMU * Jared Rice, B/M, Sr., SMU Alan Camacho Soto, F, Temple * Garrett McLaughlin, F, So., SMU * Alan Camacho Soto, F, Fr., Temple Darri Sigthorsson, B, Temple Michael Nelson, GK, R-Sr., SMU Thibault Candia, F, So., Temple Joe Ruiz, M, Tulsa Divin Fula Luzolo, B, Sr., Temple Rollie Rocha, M, Sr., Tulsa 2 No. 1 SEED SMU MUSTANGS

Location: ...... Dallas, Texas Nickname: ...... Mustangs Colors: ...... Red and Blue Enrollment: ...... 11,739 Founded: ...... 1911 Director of Athletics: ...... Rick Hart Assistant Coaches: ...... Dustin Norman, Brett Koziczkowski Website: ...... www.SMUMustangs.com

Statistical Leaders Player GP Goals Assists Points Garrett McLaughlin 16 13 2 28 Mauro Cichero 15 9 7 25 Jared Rice 15 1 5 7 14 1 2 4 Emil Cuello 13 0 4 4 Jordan Cano 16 0 4 4

Goalkeeper GP Min. Saves GA/GAA SO HeadH d CCoachh KKevini HHudsond Michael Nelson 16 1468:48 46 9/0.55 9 SMU MUSTANGS (13-2-1 Overall / 5-1-1 American)

AUGUST 25 UC Davis W, 3-2

SEPTEMBER 1 Oakland@ W, 2-1 3 Cornell@ W, 3-0 7 at No. 1/1 Stanford (Pac-12 Networks) L, 1-3 9 at Santa Clara W, 1-0 15 RV/NR Loyola (Md.) W, 4-0 17 Brown W, 1-0 24 at Tulsa* (The American Digital Network) L, 0-1 (OT) 29 UCF* W, 2-1

OCTOBER 7 at Temple* W, 2-1 10 Northeastern W, 6-0 14 Memphis* W, 1-0 (2OT) 17 Oral Roberts W, 2-0 21 at Cincinnati* W, 2-0 29 at USF* T, 0-0 (2OT)

NOVEMBER 4 UConn* W, 1-0 10 No. 4 seed Temple ^ (The American Digital Network) 7 p.m.

All times CST and subject to change [*] Denotes conference game [^] American Championship [@] SMU Tournament SSoSophomorephhomore GGaGarrettrrettt MMcMcLaughlinLLaughliin

2017 A MERICAN A THLETIC C ONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER C HAMPIONSHIP 3 FrontFrronont RRoRoww (L((L-R):-RR)): Talen Maples, Tyler Long, Austin Vincent, Caleb Smith, Nicky Hernandez, Ryan Capo, Emil Cuello, Tosh Yasuda, Philip Ponder, Eddie Munjoma. Middle Row (L-R): Boston Gilbert, Joshua Berney, Garrett McLaughlin, Luke Thompson, DJ Williams, Abdul Yassine, Christian Boorom, Dakota Okwuone, Garrett Welch, Noah Hilt. Back Row (L-R): Associate Head Coach Dustin Norman, Assistant Coach Brett Koziczkowski, Patrick Wintergalen, Colten Habecker, Jacob Cohen, Patrick M. Hillyard, Michael Nelson, Grant Makela, Matteo DeFina, Mauro Cichero, Jordan Cano, Jared Rice, Head Coach Kevin Hudson, Graduate Assistant Jaime Ibarra, Athletic Trainer Becky Riegle. SMU MUSTANGS

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 1 Michael Nelson GK 6-4 180 Sr. Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes 2 Jordan Cano D 6-1 170 Sr. Frisco, Texas/Lone Star 3 Philip Ponder D 6-1 170 So. Denton, Texas/Lone Star 4 Garrett Welch D 5-10 175 Sr. Richmond, Texas/Foster 5 Boston Gilbert MF 6-0 160 So. , Texas/San Antonio Christian 6 Jared Rice D/MF 6-1 185 Sr. Plano Texas/Plano East 7 Garrett McLaughlin F 6-0 165 So. Oklahoma City, Okla./Heritage Hall 8 Caleb Smith MF 5-9 135 Jr. Arlington, Texas/Arlington Martin 10 Emil Cuello MF 5-11 165 Jr. Orem, Utah/Orem 11 Christian Boorom MF/F 5-11 170 Jr. Fort Lauderdale, Fla./IMG Academy 12 Eddie Munjoma D 5-10 155 So. Dallas, Texas/Lone Star 13 Matteo DeFina GK 6-2 165 Fr. Livermore, Calif./Granada/Mustang SC 14 Mauro Cichero F 6-3 175 Sr. Norman, Okla./Norman North 15 Colten Habecker F 6-1 175 Jr. Douglassville, Pa./The Hill School 16 Dakota Okwuone F/MF 5-10 185 So. Olathe, Kan./Olathe South 17 Tosh Yasuda MF 5-10 150 So. Las Cruces, N.M./Lone Star 18 Patrick M. Hillyard GK 6-1 165 So. , Texas/Cinco Ranch 19 Nicky Hernandez F/MF 5-11 160 Fr. Dallas, Texas/School of Science and Engineering 21 Jacob Cohen F/MF 6-1 170 So. Phoenix, Ariz./Chaparral 22 Bryce Clark MF 5-8 160 Sr. Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos 23 Patrick Wintergalen D 6-3 180 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz./Brophy Prep 24 Talen Maples D 6-0 175 Fr. Leander, Texas/Leander 25 Austin Vincent D 5-9 150 Fr. Longview, Texas/Longview 26 Luke Thompson MF 5-10 150 Fr. Dripping Springs, Texas/Lake Travis 27 Abdul Yassine F/MF 5-9 165 Sr. Garland, Texas/Brighter Horizons Academy 28 Noah Hilt MF 5-11 155 Fr. Aurora, Colo./Regis Jesuit 29 Grant Makela GK 6-4 180 So. Destin, Fla./Fort Walton Beach 30 Joshua Berney D 6-1 170 Fr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness Catholic 31 Dwight Williams Jr. MF 5-9 150 So. Dallas, Texas/Fort Worth Country Day 32 Tyler Long F/MF 5-10 165 Gr. Clarksville, Tenn./Rossview/Brown University 33 Ryan Capo MF 6-0 165 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Woodward Academy)

4 2017 A MERICAN A THLETIC C ONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER C HAMPIONSHIP NO. 2 SEED UCF KNIGHTS

Location: ...... Orlando, Fla. Nickname: ...... Knights Colors: ...... Black and Gold Enrollment: ...... 64,318 Founded: ...... 1963 Director of Athletics: ...... Dr. Daniel J. White Assistant Coaches: ...... Will Clayton, Paul Souders Website: ...... www.UCFKnights.com

Statistical Leaders Player GP Goals Assists Points Matias Pyysalo 14 12 5 29 Cal Jennings 14 7 4 18 Yoni Sorokin 14 2 3 7 Hattabiou Barry 14 0 3 3 Ricardo Oliveros 14 1 1 3

Goalkeeper GP Min. Saves GA/GAA SO 7 623:31 31 8/1.15 2 HHeHeadadd CoachCoachh ScottScott CCalabreseallabbrese Matt Rosenberg 8 696:24 18 5/0.65 3 UCF KNIGHTS (7-5-2 Overall / 4-2-1 American)

AUGUST 25 at Duke# L, 0-2 27 vs. Elon# L, 0-1

SEPTEMBER 1 No. 16/23 Charlotte Canceled 4 at Jacksonville W, 4-0 9 at No. 14/23 West Virginia T, 0-0 (2OT) 12 FIU Canceled 19 at Florida Gulf Coast L, 0-1 23 at USF* L, 2-3 (2OT) 29 at RV/- SMU * L, 1-2

OCTOBER 4 Stetson W, 4-0 7 Memphis* T, 1-1 (2OT) 15 Tulsa* W, 3-0 21 at RV/25 UConn* W, 3-2 24 Florida Atlantic W, 3-0 28 Temple* (The American Digital Network) W, 1-0

NOVEMBER 4 at Cincinnati* W, 2-1 (2OT) 10 vs. No. 3 seed UConn ^ (The American Digital Network) 5:30 p.m.

All times EST and subject to change [*] Denotes conference game [#] Nike Invitational [^] American Championship SSeniori MMatiasti PPyysalol

2017 A MERICAN A THLETIC C ONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER C HAMPIONSHIP 5 UCF KNIGHTS

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 1 Brendan Rennie GK 6-3 175 Jr. Wayzata, Minn./Wayzata 2 Andreas Steineger D 6-3 190 Jr. Oslo, Norway/The Norweigan High School for Elite Sports 3 Joel Vartiainen M/D 5-8 163 Sr. Kuopio, Finland/Kuopion Klassillinen Lukio 4 Jack McCloskey D 6-1 175 Fr. Winter Springs, Fla./Winter Springs 5 Zachary Waitman D 5-8 155 Jr. Montverde, Fla./Montverde Academy 6 Jonathan Dean D/M 5-8 155 Jr. Macon, Ga./Stratford Academy/Wofford 7 Richard Amon M/F 5-9 140 So. Accra, Ghana/Accra Academy 8 Yoni Sorokin M 5-11 155 Fr. Jerusalem, Israel/Denmark 9 Gorka Aperribay F 6-1 185 Jr. Winter Springs, Fla./Winter Springs 10 Matias Pyysalo M/F 5-11 165 Sr. Helsinki, Finland 11 Walker Dawkins M/F 5-7 135 Sr. Royal Palm Beach, Fla./American Heritage 12 Jesus Colombo F 6-1 165 So. Jacksonville, Fla./Atlantic Coast 13 Louis Perez M 5-9 170 Fr. Villennes Sur Seine, France/Lycee Jeanne d‘Albert 14 Hattabiou Barry F/M 5-9 155 Fr. Paris, France/Bernom 15 Cal Jennings F 5-10 165 So. Roswell, Ga./Roswell 16 Francois Dulysse D 6-0 173 Fr. West Palm Beach, Fla./Beaverton 17 C.J. Campbell F/M 5-7 150 Jr. Plantation, Fla./Plantation 19 Max Stiegwardt M 5-9 156 Jr. Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay/Louisville 20 Gregorio Ibanez M/F 5-9 155 Fr. Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay 21 Brandon Golding F/M 5-10 142 Fr. Margate, Fla./Saint Thomas Aquinas 22 Ricardo Oliveros M 5-8 163 Jr. Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay/Louisville 23 Neico Regent D 6-1 185 Sr. Clarendon, Jamaica/American Heritage/UNC Greensboro 25 Yannik Oettl GK 6-2 163 Fr. Munich, Germany/Gymnasium Starnberg 26 Matt Rosenberg GK 6-1 185 So. Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan 27 Alex Shields GK 6-3 190 Jr. Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Ponte Vedra 29 Noah Murphy F 6-1 197 Jr. Austin, Texas/St. Stephens Episcopal/Saint Louis 30 Shane Berson GK 6-3 198 Fr. Greenville, S.C./Riverdale

6 2017 A MERICAN A THLETIC C ONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER C HAMPIONSHIP NO. 3 SEED UCONN HUSKIES

Location: ...... Storrs, Conn. Nickname: ...... Huskies Colors: ...... Blue & White Enrollment: ...... 31,624 Founded: ...... 1881 Athletic Director: ...... David Benedict Home Field/Capacity: ...... Joseph J. /5,100 Head Coach ...... Associate Head Coach: ...... John Deeley, Mike Miller Assistant Coach: ...... Andy Parker Statistical Leaders Player GP Goals Assists Points Abdou Mbacke Thiam 17 10 4 24 Niko Petridis 17 3 3 9 Austin DaSilva 17 2 3 7 Josh Burnett 17 2 2 6 Nicolas Apostol 17 2 1 5 Dylan Greenberg 16 1 2 4

Goalkeeper GP Min. Saves GA/GAA SO HHeadd CCoachh RRay RReidid Scott Levene 17 1605:11 62 17/0.95 8 UCONN HUSKIES (8-7-2 Overall / 4-3-0 American)

AUGUST 25 Iona L, 0-1 (2OT) 28 Quinnipiac W, 1-0 (OT)

SEPTEMBER 2 No. 9/10 Notre Dame L, 0-1 9 No. 18/NR Georgetown T, 1-1 (2OT) 12 Hofstra W, 1-0 16 North Florida T, 2-2 (2OT) 23 at Temple* W, 2-0 26 Providence W, 1-0 29 Tulsa* (The American Digital Network) W, 1-0.

OCTOBER 2 No. 3/2 Maryland L, 2-3 7 at Cincinnati* W, 1-0 13 at USF* (The American Digital Network) W, 2-0 17 at Boston College L, 2-3 (2OT) 21 UCF* L, 2-3 24 at Dartmouth Canceled 28 Memphis* L, 1-2 31 Yale W, 2-0

NOVEMBER 4 No. 13/7 SMU* L, 0-1 10 vs. No. 2 seed UCF ^ (The American Digital Network) 5:30 p.m.

All times EST and subject to change [*] Denotes conference game JuniorJ i AAbdoubd MMbackeb k ThThiami [^] American Championship

2017 A MERICAN A THLETIC C ONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER C HAMPIONSHIP 7 FrontFFront ((L(L-R):-RR)): AAlexllex CCaCanicatti,niicatti SSantiagoantiago MMuMuriel,riiell ChCheikheiikh StephaneSttephhane CCoColy,lly ScottSScottt LLeLevene,vene CCoColelle VVenner,enner NNicolasiicollas AApostol,posttoll DDeDeAndraeAAnddrae Brown.Brown Middle (L-R): Nick DeMaso, , George Kutrubis, Aaron Dang, David Abunaw, Matheus Souza, Alex Kao, Jarod Riedl. Back (L-R): Niko Petridis, Blaise Tohou N’Gague, Josh Burnett, Austin DaSilva, Nkosi Burgess, Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, Bailey Bassett, Austin Aviza, Alex Botazzi, Frantz Innocent, Jr., Munir Saleh, Andrew Geres, Abdou Mbacke Thiam, Dylan Greenberg.

UCONN HUSKIES No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Alex Botazzi GK 6-1 185 R-Fr. Tewksbury, Mass./Central Catholic 1 Austin Aviza GK 6-4 190 Jr. Medway, Mass./Medway High School 3 Jacob Hauser-Ramsey D 6-3 195 Jr. Seattle, Wash./Tyler Junior College 4 Blaise Tohou-N’Gague M 6-0 185 Fr. Lyon, France/Lycee Frederic Fay 5 Dayonn Harris F 5-7 155 Jr. Milton, /Penn State 6 Dylan Greenberg D 5-8 150 R-Jr. Dix Hills. N.Y./Half Hollow Hills West 7 Nicolas Apostol D 5-9 149 D Coquitlam, B.C./Burnaby Central Secondary 8 Cheikh Stephane Coly M 5-8 147 Sr. Dakar, Senegal 9 DeAndrae Brown F 5-10 185 Jr. Springfield, Mass./Springfield Central 10 Josh Burnett M 5-8 148 Fr. Glen Ridge, N.J./Glen Ridge 11 Abdou Mbacke Thiam F 5-11 160 Jr. Mbour, Senegal 12 Alex Kao M 5-10 183 Sr. Washington, D.C./Paris FC Academy 13 Alex Cannicatti F 5-7 169 R-Fr. Whitestone, N.Y./Fordham Prep 14 Munir Saleh M 5-10 160 So. Kitchener, Ont./Grandriver Collegiate 15 Cole Venner M 5-9 143 M Burlington, Vt./Berkshire School 16 Austin DaSilva F 5-11 153 Fr. Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield High School 17 Nkosi Burgess D 6-3 181 R-So. Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park 19 Niko Petridis M 5-8 152 So. Norwalk, Conn/Brien McMahon 20 Matheus Souza F 5-10 170 R-Jr. West Hartford, Conn./Conard 21 Aaron Dang F 5-11 158 Fr. Bloomfield, Conn./Loomis Chaffee 22 Santiago Muriel D 5-10 170 R-Sr. Norwalk, Conn./Acad. Of Info, and Eng. 23 George Kutrubis M 5-10 170 R-Fr. Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk 24 Scott Levene GK 6-1 175 R-Sr. Stamford, Conn./New Canaan 25 David Abunaw F 5-10 204 Sr. West Hartford, Conn./Bryant University 26 Jarod Riedl M 5-7 154 Fr. New Milford, Conn./New Milford High School 27 Andrew Geres D 6-1 172 R-Sr. Portland, Conn./Portland 28 Frantz Innocent Jr. D 5-11 168 R-Fr. East Harford, Conn./ IB Academy 29 Nick DeMaso D 5-9 163 Fr. Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Ludlow High School 32 Bailey Bassett GK 6-2 198 R-Fr. Ellington, Conn./Ellington

8 2017 A MERICAN A THLETIC C ONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER C HAMPIONSHIP NO. 4 SEED

Location: ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Nickname: ...... Owls Colors: ...... Cherry and White Enrollment: ...... 41,000 Founded: ...... 1884 Director of Athletics: ...... Dr. Patrick Kraft Assistant Coaches: ...... James Gledhill, Joe Barber Website: ...... www.owlsports.com

Statistical Leaders Player GP Goals Assists Points Thibault Candia 17 7 1 15 Alan Camacho Soto 12 5 1 11 Mark Grasela 17 3 3 9 Divin Fula Luzolo 17 2 3 7 Joonas Jokinen 16 3 1 7 Hermann Doerner 17 2 3 7

Goalkeeper GP Min. Saves GA/GAA SO Michael Sammik 10 911:29 30 9/0.89 3 Head Coach Dave MacWilliams Alex Cagle 7 657:53 12 10/1.37 1

TEMPLE OWLS (9-7-1 Overall / 4-3-0 American)

AUGUST 25 at Saint Joseph’s L, 1-3 29 at Villanova W, 1-0 31 at Delaware T, 1-1 (2OT)

SEPTEMBER 3 Rider L, 0-1 (OT) 9 at St. John’s (N.Y.) L, 0-2 16 at Fairfield L, 0-2 19 Duquesne W, 4-1 23 UConn* L, 0-2 27 Penn State W, 3-0 30 at Memphis* W, 2-1

OCTOBER 3 Drexel W, 4-0 7 No. 25/NR SMU* L, 1-2 14 atCincinnati* W, 2-1 17 NJIT W, 3-1 21 at Tulsa* W, 3-1 28 atUCF* (The American Digital Network) L, 0-1

NOVEMBER 4 USF* W, 1-0 10 vs.No. 1 seed SMU ^ (The American Digital Network) 8 p.m.

All times EST and subject to change [^] American Championship [*] Denotes conference game SeniorSSenior JJoonasoonas JJoJokinenkkinen

2017 A MERICAN A THLETIC C ONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER C HAMPIONSHIP 9 First row: Connor Stevenson, Nick Sarver, Kevin Berntsen, Nick Patel, Matt Trepanier, Divin Fula Luzolo, Belal Mohamed, Joonas Jokinen, Zach Brown Second row: , Albert Moreno, Thibault Candia,Darri Sigthorsson,Jamie Pick, Mark Grasela, Jordan Wix-Rauch, Tim Rudy, Max Pochobradsky, Matt Sullivan, Hermann Doerner Third row: Khedive McIntosh, (not on team), Brendon Creed, Chris Brignall, Robin Geotz, Alex Cagle, Michael Samnik, Marko Urosevic, Justin Hahn, Adrian Marmol, Ezer Browne, Alan Camacho Soto

TEMPLE OWLS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 0 Alex Cagle GK 6-3 205 R-Sr. Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield East 1 Michael Samnik GK 6-5 230 So. Atlanta, Ga./Centennial 2 Kevin Berntsen D 5-10 150 Fr. Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South 3 Jamie Pick D 6-0 165 Jr. Forres, Scotland/Coastal Bend Community College 4 Divin Fula Luzolo M 5-7 152 Sr. Le Mans, France/Hawaii Pacific 5 Darri Sigthorsson D 6-3 170 Fr. Reykjavik, Iceland/Commercial College of Iceland 6 Zach Brown M 6-3 156 So. West Orange, N.J./West Orange 7 Hermann Doerner M 5-6 147 Jr. Bad Nauheim, Germany/St. Lioba Schule 8 Nick Patel M/F 5-7 140 Jr. Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson 9 Alan Camacho Soto F 5-9 165 Fr. Burnaby, British Columbia/Burnaby Central Secondary School 10 Thibault Candia F 5-9 145 Fr. Nantes, France 11 Lukas Fernandes F 5-10 165 So. Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili 12 Justin Hahn F 6-0 165 Fr. Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson 13 Matt Sullivan M 5-10 155 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa./Penn Charter 14 Belal Mohamed M 5-10 140 Jr. Allentown, Pa./Parkland 15 Joonas Jokinen F/M 5-11 170 Sr. Helsinki, Finland/ACS Cobham International School 16 Brendon Creed M 5-11 168 Sr. Petit Valley, Trinidad/Fatima College 19 Matt Trepanier M 5-5 135 So. York, Pa./Dallastown 20 Ezer Browne F -- -- So. Piscataway, N.J./Rutgers Prep 22 Mark Grasela D 6-0 175 R-Sr. Philadelphia, Pa./La Salle College High School 23 Jordan Wix-Rauch M/F 6-1 165 Jr. Hummelstown, Pa./Hershey 24 Tim Rudy M 6-1 155 Sr. Ridley, Pa./Ridley 25 Connor Stevenson M 5-10 160 So. Eagleville, Pa./Methacton 26 Max Pochobradsky D 6-0 200 Fr. Lititz, Ohio/Seven Hills 27 Nick Sarver M 5-10 175 So. York, Pa./West York 28 Robin Goetz GK 6-0 190 Jr. Augsburg, Germany/FC Augsburg 29 Adrian Marmol F 6-0 161 Fr. San Diego, Calif./Point Loma 30 Marko Urosevic GK 6-0 155 Jr. Queens, N.Y./Christ the King 31 Albert Moreno M 5-10 175 So. Solsona, Spain 32 Chris Brignall F/M 6-4 180 So. York, Pa./Dallastown

10 2017 A MERICAN A THLETIC C ONFERENCE MEN’ S S OCCER C HAMPIONSHIP YEAR-BY-YEAR NCAA RESULTS

COMPOSITE NCAA RECORD

Team App. Record Highest Finish (Year) Last Appearance UConn 35 40-28-7 (.580) National Champions (1981, 2000) 2015 SMU 30 33-23-8 (.578) Semifinals (2000, ‘05) 2015 USF 20 10-16-5 (.403) Quarterfinals (2008, 2011) 2016 Tulsa 11 10-10-1 (.515) Quarterfinals (2004, ‘09) 2016 Temple 6 3-6-0 (.333) Second Round (1966, ‘76, ‘78) 1985 UCF 5 3-5-0 (.375) Second Round (2004, ‘10, ‘11) 2011 Cincinnati 3 0-2-1 (.167) First Round (1998, 2003, ‘06) 2006 Memphis 2 0-2-0 (.000) First Round (1993, 2004) 2004

2016 2013 First Round First Round USF and Florida Gulf Coast tied 2-2 (2OT) UConn def. Quinnipiac 2-1 Florida Gulf Coast won shootout 3-0 Denver and Louisville tied 0-0 (2OT) Creighton def. Tulsa 3-0 Louisville won shootout 3-2 North Carolina def. USF 1-0 2015 First Round Second Round UConn def. Boston University 3-1 UConn and UMBC tied 2-2 (2OT) SMU def. Utah Valley 2-0 UConn won shootout 4-2 Tulsa def. FIU 3-2 (OT) Michigan State def. Louisville 2-1 (2OT)

Second Round Third Round SMU def. Denver 1-0 (OT) UConn and UCLA tied 3-3 (2OT) Indiana def. UConn 1-0 UConn won shootout 5-4 Boston College def. USF 2-1 (OT) Tulsa and Notre Dame tied 1-1 (2OT) Quarterfinals Notre Dame won shootout 3-0 Virginia def. UConn 2-1

Sweet Sixteen Akron def. SMU 2-1

2014 First Round Saint Louis def. Tulsa 2-0

2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 11 AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS

ALL-TIME AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Team By Winning Percentage By Total Wins By Championships Team W L T Pct. Team W Team W USF 4 1 3 .688 UConn 5 Tulsa 3 Tulsa 2 0 4 .667 USF 4 USF 1 UConn 5 0 3 .625 SMU 2 UCF 0 SMU 2 2 1 .500 Tulsa 2 Cincinnati 0 UCF 1 2 1 .375 UCF 1 UConn 0 Cincinnati 0 3 0 .000 Cincinnati 0 Memphis 0 Memphis 0 3 0 .000 Memphis 0 SMU 0 Temple 0 3 0 .000 Temple 0 Temple 0

AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

2016 2014 Semifinals Quarterfinals Tulsa def. UConn 2-0 UConn def. Temple 5-0 USF def. UCF 2-1 (2OT) USF def. Memphis 4-2 SMU def. UCF 4-0 Championship Tulsa def. Cincinnati 1-0 Tulsa and USF tied 1-1 Tulsa won shootout 4-2 Semifinals USF and UConn tied 0-0 (2OT) USF won shootout 2-0 2015 Tulsa def. SMU 2-0 Quarterfinals USF def. Memphis 1-0 Championship UConn def. Temple 4-0 Tulsa and USF tied 0-0 (2OT) Tulsa and UCF tied 2-2 (2OT) Tulsa won shootout 6-5 T ulsa won shootout 4-2 SMU def. Cincinnati 2-1 2013 First Round Semifinals Rutgers def. Cincinnati 5-1 Tulsa 2 and SMU tied 2-2 (2OT) Tulsa won shootout 4-3 Quarterfinals UConn def. USF 2-1 Rutgers def. Louisville 1-0 USF def. Temple 1-0 Championship UCF def. Memphis 2-1 Tulsa and UConn tied 1-1 UConn def. SMU 5-0 Tulsa won shootout 4-3 Semifinals USF def. Rutgers 2-1 (2OT) UConn def. UCF 2-0

Championship USF and UConn tied 0-0 (2OT) USF won shootout 6-5

12 2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP AMERICAN CHAMPIONS LIST ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS

Year Champion Runner-up Site 2016 Jesus Colombo, UCF 2016 Tulsa USF Tampa, Fla. Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 2015 Tulsa UConn Tampa, Fla. Prosper Figbe, USF 2014 Tulsa USF Storrs, Conn. Marcus Epps, USF 2013 USF UConn Frisco, Texas Nazeem Bartman, USF Spasoje Stefanovic, USF Quinton Duncan, Tulsa Juan Sanchez, Tulsa Ray Saari, Tulsa Rollie Rocha, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa

2015 , UConn Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn Tyler Leeman, UConn Scott Levene, UConn John Lujano, SMU Nazeem Bartman, USF , Tulsa AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MOPs Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa Lesley Nchanji, Tulsa 2016 Miguel Velazquez, Tulsa Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Juan Sanchez, Tulsa Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Jake McGuire, Tulsa 2014 , UConn Lucas Baldin, USF 2015 Wesley Charpie, USF Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Lesley Nchanji, Tulsa Nikola Paunic, USF Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa Spasoje Stefanovic, USF Damian Rosales, SMU Bradley Bourgeois, Tulsa 2014 Abe’ Matamoros, Tulsa Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Abe’ Matamoros, Tulsa Jake McGuire, Tulsa Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Jake McGuire, Tulsa Tony Rocha, Tulsa Quinn Starker, Tulsa 2013 2013 Most Outstanding Offensive Player - Edwin Moalosi, USF Omar Vallejo, UCF Most Outstanding Defensive Player - Brentton Muhammad, USF Adria Beso Marco, UConn , UConn Sergio Campbell, UConn , UConn David Greczek, Rutgers Samuel Hosseini, USF Edwin Moalosi, USF Duane Muckette, USF Brentton Muhammad, USF Stiven Salinas, USF

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INDIVIDUAL TEAM

Total Shots Goals Allowed Per Game (minimum two games) No. Player Year No. Team Year 14 Cyle Larin, UConn 2013 0.00 UConn 2014 13 Akeil Barrett, Tulsa 2014 Tulsa 2014 11 Geoffrey Dee, Tulsa 2015 UConn 2016 9 Nazeem Bartman, USF 2016 0.33 USF 2013 Ray Saari, Tulsa 2015 0.67 USF 2014 Nicholas Zuniga, UConn 2013 Lindo Mfeka, USF 2013 Total Goals No. Team Year 7 UConn 2015 Total Goals UConn 2013 No. Player Year 5 Tulsa 2015 3 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 2015 UConn 2014 Cyle Larin, UConn 2013 4 SMU 2015 2 Five tied USF 2016 SMU 2014 Total Points No. Player Year Total Assists 6 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 2015 No. Team Year Cyle Larin, UConn 2013 7 UConn 2015 4 10 tied UConn 2013 6 USF 2016 Assists Per Game (minimum two games) 5 UConn 2014 No. Player Year 4 SMU 2015 Tulsa 2015 1.33 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 2015 SMU 2014 1.00 Five tied 0.67 Wesley Charpie, USF 2014 Assists Per Game (minimum two games) Edwin Moalosi, USF 2014 No. Team Year Adria Beso Marco, UConn 2013 2.50 UConn 2014 Allando Matheson, UConn 2013 2.33 UConn 2015 UConn 2013 Total Saves 2.00 SMU 2015 No. Player Year USF 2016 17 Scott Levene, UConn 2015 SMU 2014 15 Brentton Muhammad, USF 2013 13 Jake McGuire, Tulsa 2014 12 Spasoje Stefanovic, USF 2016 CCHAMPIONSHIPHAMPIONSHIP SSUPERLATIVESUPERLATIVES 8 Jake Leeker, Memphis 2015 Michael Nelson, SMU 2015 Team Highs Jake McGuire, Tulsa 2016 Goals (two teams) Michael Nelson, SMU 2014 6 - USF (4) vs. Memphis (2), Nov. 8, 2014 Goals Against Average Goals (one team) No. Player Year 5 - twice, most recent: UConn (5) vs. Temple, Nov. 8, 2014 0.00 Scott Levene, UConn 2014 Spasoje Stefanovic, USF 2014 Assists Jake McGuire, Tulsa 2014 6 - USF vs. Memphis, Nov. 8, 2014 Andre Blake, UConn 2013 0.30 Brentton Muhammad, USF 2013 Individual Highs Points 8 - Kene Eze, Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2013 Goals 4 - Kene Eze, Rutgers vs. Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 2013 Saves 12 - David Greczek, Rutgers vs. USF, Nov. 15, 2013

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