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The 2019 Conference USA men's soccer season was the 25th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 25 and concluded on November 12.
2019 Conference USA men's soccer season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Soccer |
Duration | August 2019 – November 2019 |
Number of teams | 8 |
2020 MLS SuperDraft | |
Top draft pick | Elliot Panicco |
Picked by | Nashville SC, 13th overall |
Regular Season | |
Season champions | Marshall |
Runners-up | Charlotte |
Season MVP | Aimé Mabika (Kentucky) |
Tournament | |
Champions | Marshall |
Runners-up | Charlotte |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Marshall ‡ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 16 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Charlotte + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 12 | – | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Kentucky + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches |
The defending regular season and tournament champions were Kentucky.
Ahead of the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, FIU was ranked 20th in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll. As the season progressed, Kentucky emerged as one of the strongest teams in the nation, being ranked as third in the country. Kentucky finished the season with a program best record of 19–2–1. Kentucky would also go on to win the C-USA regular season, win the 2018 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament,[1] and reach the Elite Eight of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.[2][3] Additionally, C-USA runners-up, Charlotte earned an at-large bit into the NCAA Tournament.[4] Old Dominion, who had one point been ranked as high as 18th in the nation, were one of the first teams out of the NCAA Tournament bubble.
The New Mexico Lobos men's soccer program was relegated from a varsity to a club sport. Head coach Jeremy Fishbein's contract expired with the termination of the New Mexico varsity program.[5]
Long-time UAB Blazers men's soccer head coach, Mike Getman, retired following the conclusion of the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. Getman was replaced by Virginia Tech assistant coach, Jeff Kinney.[6]
School | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy |
Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
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UAB | ![]() | Retired | November 26, 2019 | Preseason | ![]() | December 21, 2018 |
New Mexico | ![]() | Program terminated | January 1, 2019 | Preseason | — | — |
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | C-USA record | NCAA Tournaments[7] |
NCAA College Cups[7] |
NCAA Titles[7] |
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Charlotte | Kevin Langan | Charlotte (asst.) | 8 | 86–34–20 (.686) | 86–34–20 (.686) | 38–10–10 (.741) | 6 | 0 | 0 |
FIU | Kevin Nylen | Orlando City SC (scout) | 3 | 19–12–4 (.600) | 19–12–4 (.600) | 11–3–2 (.750) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Atlantic | Joey Worthen | South Carolina (asst.) | 3 | 4–27–0 (.129) | 4–27–0 (.129) | 3–13–0 (.188) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kentucky | Johan Cedergren | Dartmouth | 8 | 128–72–31 (.621) | 76–42–17 (.626) | 35–14–8 (.684) | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall | Chris Grassie | Charleston (WV) | 3 | 115–39–12 (.729) | 16–19–4 (.462) | 6–8–2 (.438) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Old Dominion | Alan Dawson | North Carolina (asst.) | 23 | 373–166–51 (.675) | 244–136–41 (.628) | 28–17–3 (.615) | 14 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | Mark Berson | The Citadel | 41 | 507–250–73 (.655) | 496–245–73 (.654) | 53–42–19 (.548) | 22 | 3 | 0 |
UAB | Jeff Kinney | Virginia Tech (asst.) | 1 | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The preseason poll was released on August 13, 2019.[8]
Team Ranking | First Place Votes | |
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1. | Kentucky | 5 |
2. | Charlotte | 2 |
3. | Old Dominion | 0 |
4. | Marshall | 1 |
5. | FIU | 0 |
6. | South Carolina | 0 |
7. | UAB | 0 |
8. | Florida Atlantic | 0 |
The preseason national rankings will be announced in August 2019. United Soccer Coaches, Soccer America, and TopDrawerSoccer.com do a Top-25 preseason poll. CollegeSoccerNews.com and Hero Sports do a Top-30 preseason poll.
UnitedSoccer[9] | CSN[10] | SoccerAmerica[11] | TopDrawerSoccer[12] | |
Charlotte | 21 | 23 | 20 | 20 |
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FIU | RV | — | — | — |
Florida Atlantic | — | — | — | — |
Kentucky | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
Marshall | — | — | — | — |
Old Dominion | RV | — | — | RV |
South Carolina | — | — | — | — |
UAB | — | — | — | — |
Honor | Recipient |
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Preseason Co-Offensive Player of the Year | Kalil El-Medkhar, Kentucky |
Preseason Co-Offensive Player of the Year | Jason Reyes, Kentucky |
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year | Aimé Mabika, Kentucky |
Player | School | Class | Position |
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Teddy Chaouche | Charlotte | Sr. | MF |
Elliot Panicco | Charlotte | R-Sr. | GK |
Andrew Booth | FIU | R-Sr. | MF/D |
Alonso Coello | Florida Atlantic | So. | MF |
Kalil El-Medkhar | Kentucky | Jr. | MF |
Enrique Facusse | Kentucky | Jr. | GK |
Aimé Mabika | Kentucky | R-Jr. | D |
Jason Reyes | Kentucky | So. | F |
Daniel Corona | Old Dominion | So. | F |
Sebastien Hauret | Old Dominion | R-Sr. | MF |
Luca Mayr | South Carolina | Sr. | MF/F |
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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FIU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Marshall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Charlotte | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Old Dominion | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
UAB | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
South Carolina | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
Florida Atlantic | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
2019 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament semifinals | |
2019 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament quarterfinals | |
Eliminated |
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 | |
NV | No votes received | |
Pre[13] | 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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Charlotte | USC | 21 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | None released | 21 | |||
TDS | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |
FIU | USC | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 23 | RV | None released | RV | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | 21 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 17 | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | |
Florida Atlantic | 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 | |
Kentucky | USC | 8 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 19 | None released | 23 | |||
TDS | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
Marshall | USC | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 11 | None released | 11 | |||
TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
Old Dominion | 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 | |
South Carolina | 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 | |
UAB | 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 |
The United Soccer Southeast regional rankings contain teams from Conference USA, the Atlantic 10 Conference, Sun Belt Conference, and Missouri Valley Conference.
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 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | |
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Charlotte | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
FIU | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Florida Atlantic | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
Kentucky | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Marshall | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Old Dominion | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
South Carolina | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
UAB | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
The Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was held from November 13–16, 2019 on the campus of Old Dominion University. Marshall won their first ever Conference USA Championship, beating Charlotte in the final.
Quarterfinals November 13 | Semifinals November 15 | C-USA Championship November 16 | ||||||||||||
1 | Marshall | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Kentucky | 2 | 4 | Kentucky | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Florida Atlantic | 0 | 1 | Marshall | 1 | |||||||||
2 | Charlotte | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Charlotte | 1 | ||||||||||||
3 | FIU | 3 | 3 | FIU | 0 | |||||||||
6 | South Carolina | 0 |
Seed | Region | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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11 | 3 | Marshall | BYE | W 2–1 vs. West Virginia – (Huntington, WV) | L 1–4 vs. #6 Washington – (Seattle, WA) | |||
— | 4 | Charlotte | W 3–1 vs. Mercer – (Charlotte, NC) | L 1–2 (OT) vs. #2 Clemson – (Clemson, SC) | ||||
— | 2 | Kentucky | W 2–1 (OT) vs. Loyola Chicago – (Lexington, KY) | L 0–3 vs. #5 Indiana – (Bloomington, IN) | ||||
Week | Offensive | Defensive | Ref. | ||||
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Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | ||
Sep. 2 | Andrew Booth | FW | FIU | Hagay Jalon | GK | Florida Atlantic | [14] |
Sep. 9 | Teddy Chaouche | MF | Charlotte | Patrick Hogan | DF | Charlotte | [15] |
Sep. 16 | Alessandro Campoy | FW | FIU | Delasi Batse | DF | Charlotte | [16] |
Sep. 23 | Caleb Franke | FW | FIU | Nick O’Callaghan | DF | FIU | [17] |
Sep. 30 | Ivan Mykhailenko | FW | Florida Atlantic | Daniel Gagliardi | GK | FIU | [18] |
Oct. 7 | Axel Sigurdarson | MF | Charlotte | Illal Osmanu | DF | Marshall | [19] |
Oct. 14 | Mohamed Conde | FW | FIU | Elliot Panicco | DF | Charlotte | [20] |
Oct. 21 | Milo Yosef | FW | Marshall | Paulo Pita | GK | Marshall | [21] |
Oct. 28 | Daniel Evans | FW | Kentucky | Hagay Jalon | GK | Florida Atlantic | [22] |
Nov. 4 | Milo Yosef | FW | Marshall | Paulo Pita | GK | Marshall | [23] |
Nov. 11 | Jamil Roberts | MF | Marshall | Paulo Pita | GK | Marshall | [24] |
2019 C-USA Men's Soccer Individual Awards[25] | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Player of the Year | Aimé Mabika, Kentucky | |||||
Offensive Player of the Year | Milo Yosef, Marshall | |||||
Co-Defensive Players of the Year | Nick O'Callaghan, FIU Aimé Mabika, Kentucky | |||||
Midfielder of the Year | Andrew Booth, FIU | |||||
Goalkeeper of the Year | Elliot Panicco, Charlotte | |||||
Freshman of the Year | Milo Yosef, Marshall | |||||
Co-Golden Glove Award | Elliot Panicco, Charlotte Paulo Pita, Marshall | |||||
Golden Boot Award | Alessandro Campoy, FIU | |||||
Coach of the Year | Chris Grassie, Marshall | |||||
2019 C-USA Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[citation needed] | |||
First Team | Second Team | Third Team | Rookie Team |
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GK: Elliot Panicco, Charlotte |
GK: Enrique Facusse, Kentucky |
GK: Daniel Gagliardi, FIU |
Kameron Lacey, F, Charlotte |
Award | Recipients |
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CoSIDA Academic All-District[26] | Hagay Jalon, Florida Atlantic |
Carlos Diaz-Salcedo, Marshall | |
Jonas Westmeyer, Marshall | |
Luca Mayr, South Carolina | |
United Soccer All-Southeast First-Team[27] | Elliot Panicco, Charlotte |
Aimé Mabika, Kentucky | |
Nick O'Callaghan, FIU | |
Illal Osmanu, Marshall | |
Andrew Booth, FIU | |
Kalil El-Medkhar, Kentucky | |
Jamil Roberts, Marshall | |
Milo Yosef, Marshall | |
United Soccer All-Southeast Second-Team[27] | Enrique Facusse, Kentucky |
Patrick Hogan, Charlotte | |
Jan-Erik Leinhos, Marshall | |
Teddy Chaouche, Charlotte | |
United Soccer All-Southeast Third-Team[27] | Paulo Pita, Marshall |
Marcel Meinzer, Kentucky | |
Alessandro Campoy, FIU | |
Award | Recipients |
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Senior CLASS Award[28] | Elliot Panicco, Charlotte |
Consensus All-Americans |
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None |
To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[29]
College Soccer News[30] | Soccer America[31] | Top Drawer Soccer[32] | United Soccer Coaches[33] |
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First Team | |||
None | None | None | None |
Second Team | |||
None |
Milo Yosef – Marshall |
None |
Milo Yosef – Marshall |
Third Team | |||
Elliot Panicco – Charlotte Milo Yosef – Marshall |
None | None | None |
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held in January 2020. Five players from Conference USA were selected.
Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Team | School |
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1 | 13 | ![]() |
GK | Nashville SC | Charlotte |
1 | 24 | ![]() |
GK | Los Angeles FC | Marshall |
2 | 32 | ![]() |
GK | Vancouver Whitecaps | FIU |
3 | 57 | ![]() |
DF | Orlando City | FIU |
4 | 96 | ![]() |
MF | Minnesota United | FIU |
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,[34] 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.[35] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
No players from Conference USA signed homegrown contracts following the 2019 season ahead of the 2020 MLS season.
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