The 2016 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer
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Welcome to the 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship Corbett Stadium (Tampa, Fla.) on the campus of University of South Florida (USF) will host the 2016 American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship. Opened in 2011, Corbett Stadium is one of the top collegiate soccer facilities in the country. The facility provides fans the opportunity to be right on top of the action, while producing an electric environment. Four teams - USF, Tulsa, UConn and UCF - advanced to the semifi nals. No. 3 UConn will play No. 2 Tulsa at 4:30 p.m. ET on Fri., Nov. 11. In the other semifi nal the same day, No. 4 UCF will play No. 1 seed and host USF at 7 p.m. ET. The championship game will be held at Noon ET on November 13. The American Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Championship enters a new format this season. New changes for 2016 include no quarterfi nal rounds and the semifi nals/championship game hosted on the campus of the No. 1 seed. Both semifi nals matchups will be broadcast live on The American Digital Network at www.YouTube.com/AmericanAthleticConf. Sunday’s championship game will carried live on ESPN3 and aired tape delayed on ESPNU (4 p.m. ET). No. 3 UConn Nov. 11, 4:30 p.m. ET Tampa, Fla. No. 2 Tulsa Nov. 13, Noon ET Tampa,a pa, Fla. a 2016 American Men’s Soccer Champion Tape Delay, 4 p.m. ET No. 4 UCF Nov. 11, 7 p.m. ET Tampa, Fla. No. 1 USF @American_MSoc Facebook.com/AmericanConf 2016 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 2016 NCAA Championship marks the 58th anniversary of the tournament. 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 BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas on Dec. 9 and 11. 2016 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 Quarterfi nals Campus Sites Fri.-Sat., Dec. 2-4 Semifi nals BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, Texas Fri., Dec. 9 Championship BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, Texas Sun., Dec. 11 2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 1 2016 AWARD WINNERS AND ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR DEFENSIVE OF THE YEAR GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR Matias Pyysalo Prosper Figbe Spasoje Stefanovic UCF, Jr., M USF, So., B USF, Sr. Pyysalo led the Figbe was a four-time Stefanovic, who American with 14 American Defensive earned the league’s points and six goals Player of the Week Goalkeeper of the in league play. He is selection. He anchored Year honor in 2014, a two-time American a USF backline that posted five shutouts Offensive Player of the notched fi ve shutouts in conference play and Week candidate and in league play. The sophomore was is riding a scoreless streak of 293 ranked 11th the NCAA in points per also named to the All-American Athletic consecutive minutes into the American game at the start of the American Conference First Team for his efforts Championship semifi nals. He was also Championship. The junior tallied his this season. named to the All-American Athletic seventh-career game-winning goal in Conference First Team. the 1-0 win over Cincinnati on Nov. 5. It was also his third game-winner in league play this season. MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR Adam Wilson Garrett McLaughlin USF Cincinnati, So. SMU, Fr., F USF head coach Wilson led the Bearcats George Kiefer and with five goals this McLaughlin led the his staff garnered season. He ranked Top Mustangs with 12 Coaching Staff of the 3 in the NCAA in assists points this year. Year honors after per match and total The rookie recorded claiming the American assists, and tied for his fourth goal of regular-season title and the top overall ® fi rst in American play the season last Saturday in SMU’s seed in the American Championship. The Bulls tallied 30 points in league in the same categories. The Scotland season fi nale at UConn. He was also a native was named TopDrawerSoccer’s unanimous selection to the American Men’s Player of the Week on Oct. 18 Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team. TEAM FAIR PLAY AWARD after scoring one goal and recording UConn four assists over the course of two UConn earned the games against IUPUI and Temple, Team Fair Play respectively. Award after totaling 108 points (68 fouls, eight yellow cards and zero red cards) during conference play. The Fair Play Award is given to the team that accumulates the fewest points: foul (one point), yellow card (fi ve points) and red card (10 points). ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE [*] Unanimous Selection FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM ROOKIE TEAM Matias Pyysalo, M, Jr., UCF Patrick Nielsen, B, Fr., Cincinnati Brian Jamba, M, UCF Adam Wilson, M, So., Cincinnati Simen Olafsen, B, So., UConn Ryan Melink, M, Cincinnati *Kwame Awuah, M, Sr., UConn Raul Gonzalez, M, Sr., Memphis Patrick Nielsen, B, Cincinnati *Abdou Mbacke Thiam, F, So., UConn Joonas Jokinen, F, Jr., Temple David Sanz, M, Cincinnati Jake Nerwinski, B, Sr., UConn Melvin Becket, F, Sr., USF Niko Petridis, M, UConn Nazeem Bartman, F, Sr., USF Jordan Cano, B, Jr., SMU Munir Saleh, M, UConn Prosper Figbe, B, So., USF Mauro Cichero, M, Jr., SMU Jackson Morse, M, Memphis Lindo Mfeka, M, Sr., USF Jake McGuire, GK, Sr., Tulsa *Garrett McLaughlin, F, SMU Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, Sr., USF Matt Puig, F, Fr., Tulsa Albert Moreno, M, Temple *Jorge Gomez Sanchez, F, Sr., Temple Ray Saari, M, Sr., Tulsa *Alejandro Chavez, B, Tulsa Carlos Moros Gracia, B, Sr., Temple Zack Stavrou, B, Jr., Tulsa Matt Puig, F, Tulsa 2 2 016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP AMERICAN REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS (AS OF NOV. 5) AMERICAN OVERALL SCHOOL TP W L T W-L PCT H A N STREAK ^USF RV/RV 18 6 1 0 9-6-2 .588 6-2-2 3-4-0 0-0-0 W4 Tulsa 13 4 2 1 9-4-4 .647 6-2-1 3-2-2 0-0-1 W2 UConn 10 3 3 1 11-6-1 .639 7-2-1 4-4-0 0-0-0 T1 UCF 9 3 4 0 5-10-0 .333 5-3-0 0-7-0 0-0-0 W1 Cincinnati 9 3 4 0 9-7-1 .559 6-3-0 3-4-1 0-0-0 L1 Temple 8 2 3 2 10-6-2 .611 8-0-2 2-6-0 0-0-0 L1 SMU 7 2 4 1 6-9-1 .406 5-6-0 1-3-1 0-0-0 T1 Memphis 7 2 4 1 8-8-1 .500 6-2-0 2-5-1 0-1-0 L1 (NCSAA/TopDrawerSoccer rankings) [^] Regular season champion USF sophomore Prosper Figbe OFFENSIVE STAT LEADERS All Games Played American Games Only Player GP Goals Assists Points Player GP Goals Assists Points Jorge Gomez Sanchez, TEM 18 14 3 31 Matias Pyysalo, UCF 7 6 2 14 Matias Pyysalo, UCF 15 10 5 25 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UCONN 7 3 2 8 Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn 16 10 4 24 Adam Wilson, CIN 6 2 3 7 Matthew Puig, TLS 7 3 1 7 Adam Wilson, CIN 16 5 10 20 Nazeem Bartman, USF 6 2 2 6 Matthew Puig, TLS 17 7 1 15 Ray Saari, TLS 4 2 1 5 Ray Saari, TLS 12 5 4 14 Daniel Oginni, CIN 5 2 1 5 Ryan Melink, CIN 15 5 3 13 Lindo Mfeka, USF 6 1 3 5 Joonas Jokinen, TEM 14 3 6 12 Cal Jennings, UCF 6 1 3 5 Jackson Morse, MEM 17 6 0 12 Rollie Rocha, TLS 6 2 1 5 Lindo Mfeka, USF 11 3 5 11 Melvin Becket, USF 7 2 1 5 Kwame Awuah, UConn 7 2 1 5 Nazeem Bartman, USF 15 4 3 11 Kay Duit, TLS 7 2 1 5 Garrett McLaughlin, SMU 16 4 3 11 Garrett McLaughlin, SMU 7 2 1 5 GOALKEEPING LEADERS All Games Played American Games Only Player GP GA Minutes GA Avg. Player GP GA Minutes GA Avg. Scott Levene, UConn 18 13 1664:49 0.70 Spasoje Stefanovic, USF 6 2 552:38 0.33 Alex Cagle, TEM 18 15 1653:27 0.82 Michael Nelson, SMU 6 4 572:38 0.63 Jake McGuire, TLS 17 19 1615:30 1.06 Scott Levene, UConn 7 6 652:42 0.83 Spasoje Stefanovic, USF 14 16 1283:18 1.12 Alex Cagle, TEM 7 7 669:09 0.94 Pedro Diaz, CIN 16 19 1477:13 1.16 Jake McGuire, TLS 7 7 650:00 0.97 Michael Nelson, SMU 15 17 1317:32 1.16 Matt Rosenberg, UCF 7 10 636:16 1.41 Jake Leeker, MEM 17 25 1536:30 1.46 Jake Leeker, MEM 7 11 650:00 1.52 Matt Rosenberg, UCF 14 22 1277:43 1.55 Pedro Diaz, CIN 6 11 540:00 1.83 2016 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’ S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP 3 USF MUSTANGS 9-6-2 OVERALL, 6-2-2 AMERICAN • NO.