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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.
2019 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Soccer |
Duration | August 30, 2019 – November 2, 2019 |
Number of teams | 13 |
2020 MLS SuperDraft | |
Top draft pick | Ryo Shimazaki, 59th overall |
Picked by | Columbus Crew |
Regular Season | |
Season champions | Rhode Island |
Runners-up | VCU |
Season MVP | Offensive: Jonas Fjeldberg Defensive: Joergen Oland |
Tournament | |
Champions | Rhode Island |
Runners-up | Dayton |
Finals MVP | Ludvik Benco |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island ‡ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VCU | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dayton | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fordham | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
La Salle | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duquesne | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Mason | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Bonaventure | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
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.
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]
School | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy |
Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fordham | Jim McElderry | Hired by Rutgers | December 9, 2018 | Preseason | Carlo Acquista | January 30, 2019 |
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school |
Overall record | Record at school |
Atlantic 10 record[9] |
NCAA Tournaments[10] |
NCAA College Cups[10] |
NCAA Titles[10] |
Ref. |
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Davidson | Mike Babst | UChicago | 1 | 87–23–12 (.762) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 5 | 0 | 0 | [11] |
Dayton | Dennis Currier | Incarnate Word | 14 | 327–139–55 (.680) | 139–90–43 (.590) | 0–0–0 (–) | 9 | 0 | 0 | [12] |
Duquesne | Chase Brooks | Niagara | 7 | 56–49–21 (.528) | 34–43–12 (.449) | 15–19–6 (.450) | 1 | 0 | 0 | [13] |
Fordham | Carlo Acquista | Adelphi | 1 | 138–127–29 (.519) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 9 | 0 | 0 | [14] |
George Mason | Greg Andrulis | Columbus Crew | 14 | 254–174–65 (.581) | 120–102–37 (.535) | 0–0–0 (–) | 5 | 0 | 0 | [15] |
George Washington | Craig Jones | George Washington (asst.) | 8 | 48–61–14 (.447) | 48–61–14 (.447) | 22–27–8 (.456) | 0 | 0 | 0 | [16] |
La Salle | Rob Irvine | Kean | 3 | 47–50–6 (.485) | 21–36–5 (.379) | 8–13–3 (.396) | 0 | 0 | 0 | [17] |
UMass | Fran O'Leary | Bowdoin | 4 | 268–169–56 (.600) | 34–34–10 (.500) | 17–11–4 (.594) | 7 | 2 | 0 | [18] |
Rhode Island | Gareth Elliott | Siena | 7 | 100–89–11 (.528) | 58–49–0 (.542) | 24–22–2 (.521) | 1 | 0 | 0 | [19] |
St. Bonaventure | Kwame Oduro | Canisius (asst.) | 4 | 21–46–6 (.329) | 21–46–6 (.329) | 11–20–1 (.359) | 0 | 0 | 0 | [20] |
Saint Joseph's | Don D'Ambra | Philadelphia Kixx | 9 | 165–213–22 (.440) | 42–97–22 (.329) | 15–50–11 (.270) | 0 | 0 | 0 | [21] |
Saint Louis | Kevin Kalish | SIU Edwardsville | 2 | 55–50–21 (.520) | 6–4–7 (.559) | 3–1–4 (.625) | 0 | 0 | 0 | [22] |
VCU | Dave Giffard | Akron (asst.) | 9 | 86–64–28 (.562) | 86–64–28 (.562) | 45–19–11 (.673) | 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] | |
Davidson | — | — | — |
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Dayton | — | — | — |
Duquesne | — | — | — |
Fordham | — | — | — |
George Mason | — | — | — |
George Washington | — | — | — |
La Salle | — | — | — |
UMass | — | — | — |
Rhode Island | RV | RV | — |
St. Bonaventure | — | — | — |
Saint Joseph's | — | — | — |
Saint Louis | RV | RV | — |
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 | |
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Davidson | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
Dayton | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Duquesne | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
Fordham | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
George Mason | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
George Washington | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
La Salle | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
UMass | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Rhode Island | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
St. Bonaventure | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
Saint Joseph's | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
Saint Louis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
VCU | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Regular season champion and 2019 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament | |
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.
Quarterfinals November 9–10 | Semifinals November 15 | Final November 17 | ||||||||||||
1 | Rhode Island | 7 | ||||||||||||
8 | Davidson | 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | Rhode Island (p) | 0 (7) | ||||||||||||
5 | Fordham | 0 (6) | ||||||||||||
4 | Saint Louis | 0 | ||||||||||||
5 | Fordham | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Rhode Island | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Dayton | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | VCU (p) | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||
7 | George Mason | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||
2 | VCU | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Dayton | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | Dayton | 4 | ||||||||||||
6 | La Salle | 0 |
The NCAA Tournament began on November 17, 2019, and concluded on December 15, 2019.
Seed | Region | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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— | 1 | Rhode Island | L 2–3 vs. Syracuse – (Syracuse, NY) | |||||
W–L–T (%): | 0–1–0 (.000) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) Total: 0–1–0 (.000) |
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 | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
Dayton | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
Duquesne | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
Fordham | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
George Mason | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
George Washington | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
La Salle | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
UMass | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
Rhode Island | USC | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | None released | RV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
St. Bonaventure | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
Saint Joseph's | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
Saint Louis | USC | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
VCU | USC | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | NV | |||
TDS | 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Davidson | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
Dayton | NV | NV | NV | NV | 8 | RV | NV | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Duquesne | NV | NV | 10 | 7 | NV | 8 | 10 | NV | NV | NV |
Fordham | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
George Mason | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
George Washington | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
La Salle | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | 10 | NV | NV | NV | NV |
UMass | 10 | 6 | 7 | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
Rhode Island | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
St. Bonaventure | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
Saint Joseph's | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
Saint Louis | NV | NV | NV | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
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) |
---|---|
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[37] | |||
First Team Honorees | Second Team Honorees | All-Freshman Team Honorees | Academic Award Honorees |
---|---|---|---|
Jonas Fjeldberg, Dayton |
Toluwalase Oladeinbo, Dayton |
Justin Stone, Davidson |
Johannes Pieles, Fordham |
Player | Pos. | School | Honor | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | [38] |
Biska Biyombo | FW | VCU | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Manel Busquets | MF | Duquesne | United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Jonas Fjeldberg | FW | Dayton | United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Kipp Keller | MF | Saint Louis | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Peder Kristiansen | DF | Rhode Island | United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Leo Novaes | FW | Saint Louis | United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Jørgen Oland | DF | Fordham | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Ryo Shimazaki | DF | VCU | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Stavros Zarokostas | FW | Rhode Island | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-Southeast Region | [38] |
Player | Pos. | School | Honor | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | [39] |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Davidson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dayton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Duquesne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fordham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
George Mason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
La Salle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UMass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
St. Bonaventure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saint Joseph's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saint Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VCU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Team | School |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 59 | Ryo Shimazaki | DF | Columbus Crew | VCU (Sr.) |
3 | 62 | Stavros Zarokostas | FW | New York Red Bulls | Rhode Island (Sr.) |
4 | 94 | Joergen Oland | 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.
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