2019 Conference USA men's soccer season

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2019 Conference USA men's soccer season
Conference USA logo.svg
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 2019 – November 2019
Number of teams8
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickElliot Panicco
Picked byNashville SC, 13th overall
Regular Season
Season championsMarshall
Runners-upCharlotte
Season MVPAimé Mabika (Kentucky)
Tournament
ChampionsMarshall
  Runners-upCharlotte
C-USA men's soccer seasons
← 2018
2019 Conference USA men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
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
As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

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.

The defending regular season and tournament champions were Kentucky.

Background[]

Previous season[]

Main article:

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 the one of the strongest teams in the nation, being ranked as high 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.

Head coaching changes[]

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, .[6]

School Outgoing coach Manner of
departure 		Date of
vacancy 		Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
UAB United States Mike Getman Retired November 26, 2019 Preseason United States December 21, 2018
New Mexico United States Program terminated January 1, 2019 Preseason N/A N/A

Head coaches[]

As of 2018 season
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]
Charlotte 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 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 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 Virginia Tech (asst.) 1 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0 0 0

Preseason[]

Preseason poll[]

The preseason poll was released on August 13, 2019.[8]

Team Ranking First Place Votes
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

Preseason national rankings[]

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
FIU RV — — —
Florida Atlantic — — — —
Kentucky 8 2 6 6
Marshall — — — —
Old Dominion RV — — RV
South Carolina — — — —
UAB — — — —

Preseason All-Conference teams[]

Honor Recipient
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
Preseason All-CUSA Team
Player School Class Position
Teddy Chaouche Charlotte Sr. MF
Elliot Panicco Charlotte R-Sr. GK
Andrew Booth FIU R-Sr. MF/D
Alonso Coello Camarero 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

Regular season[]

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round1234567
FIU1111234
Marshall2233321
Charlotte3322112
Kentucky4454443
Old Dominion5545578
UAB6676687
South Carolina7767856
Florida Atlantic8888765
2019 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament semifinals
2019 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament quarterfinals
Eliminated
Source: ConferenceUSA.com

Rankings[]

National[]

    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
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

Regional - United Soccer Southeast[]

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
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

Postseason[]

Conference USA Tournament[]

Main article: 2019 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament

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

NCAA Tournament[]

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
11 3 Marshall BYE W 2–1 vs. West Virginia – (Huntington, WV) L 1–4 vs. #6 Washington – (Seattle, WA)
N/A 4 Charlotte W 3–1 vs. Mercer – (Charlotte, NC) L 1–2 (OT) vs. #2 Clemson – (Clemson, SC)
N/A 2 Kentucky W 2–1 (OT) vs. Loyola Chicago – (Lexington, KY) L 0–3 vs. #5 Indiana – (Bloomington, IN)

Awards and honors[]

Players of the Week[]

Week Offensive Defensive Ref.
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]

Postseason awards[]

Conference awards[]

2019 C-USA Men's Soccer Individual Awards[25]
Award Recipient(s)
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

GK: Elliot Panicco, Charlotte
D: Patrick Hogan, Charlotte
D: Nick O'Callaghan, FIU
D: Aimé Mabika, Kentucky
D: Illal Osmanu, Marshall
MF: Teddy Chaouche, Charlotte
MF: Andrew Booth, FIU
MF: Alonso Coello Camarero, Florida Atlantic
MF: Kalil El-Medkhar, Kentucky
F: Alessandro Campoy, FIU
F: , Marshall

GK: Enrique Facusse, Kentucky
GK: Paulo Pita, Marshall
D: Jimmy Filerman, Old Dominion
D: Frano Buhovac, South Carolina
MF: Alban Rousselet, FIU
MF: Alex Alexis, Florida Atlantic
MF: Marcel Meinzer, Kentucky
MF: Pedro Dolabella, Marshall
MF: Deniz Dogan, Old Dominion
F: Ivan Mykhailenko, Florida Atlantic
F: Daniel Evans, Kentucky
F: Jamil Roberts, Marshall

GK: Daniel Gagliardi, FIU
D: Luke Johnson, Charlotte
D: David Garcia, FIU
D: Tom Abrahamsson, Florida Atlantic
D: Jan-Erik Leinhos, Marshall
D: Chris Reichman, UAB
MF: Joe Brito, Charlotte
MF: Xavi Olmos Ferris, FIU
MF: Sebastien Hauret, Old Dominion
MF: Logan Hitzeman, South Carolina
MF: Chase Rushing, UAB
F: Kameron Lacey, Charlotte
F: Brian Banahan, South Carolina

Kameron Lacey, F, Charlotte
Axel Sigurdarson, MF, Charlotte
AJ Cousins, D, FIU
David Garcia, D, FIU
Tom Abrahamsson, D, Florida Atlantic
John Michael Bandy, D, Kentucky
Eythor Bjorgolfsson, MF, Kentucky
Max Schneider, MF, Marshall
Milo Yosef, F, Marshall
Jose Olmos, D, Old Dominion
Brian Banahan, F, South Carolina
Logan Hitzeman, MF, South Carolina

Regional awards[]

Award Recipients
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

National awards[]

Award Recipients
Senior CLASS Award[28] Elliot Panicco, Charlotte

All-Americans[]

Main article: 2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans
Consensus All-Americans
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]
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

2020 MLS Draft[]

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held in January 2020. Five players from Conference USA were selected.

Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School
1 13 United States Elliot Panicco GK Nashville SC Charlotte
1 24 Brazil Paulo Pita GK Los Angeles FC Marshall
2 32 United States Daniel Gagliardi GK Vancouver Whitecaps FIU
3 57 United States Nick O'Callaghan DF Orlando City FIU
4 96 Jamaica Andrew Booth MF Minnesota United FIU

Homegrown players[]

Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

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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