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2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

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The 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 60th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began on August 24, 2018, and continued into the first weekend of November 2018. The season culminated with the four-team College Cup at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, California, December 7–9, 2018.[1] There were 206 teams in men's Division I competition.[2][3][4] The Maryland Terrapins won their fourth NCAA title, defeating the Akron Zips 1–0.[5]

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Changes from 2017

Coaching changes

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New programs

Mount St. Mary's University reinstated their men's soccer program, which had been dormant since the end of the 2012 season, for the 2018 season.[3]

The California Baptist Lancers began the transition from Division II to Division I and the Western Athletic Conference in 2018–19.[4]

The UC San Diego Tritons will begin the transition from Division II to Division I and will join the Big West Conference in 2020–21.[35]

The Merrimack Warriors will begin the transition from Division II to Division I and will join the Northeast Conference in 2019–20.[36]

Discontinued programs

Hartwick College, the only Division III school competing in Division I men's soccer for some years moved to Division III with the school's other sports.[37]

Despite the program's many successes, the University of New Mexico's Board of Regents, for economic reasons, voted to discontinue the men's soccer program, along with three other sports teams, after the 2018 season.[38]

Conference realignment

NOTE 1: The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners will move from the Western Athletic Conference to the Big West Conference on July 1, 2020.[35]

NOTE 2: The team formerly known as the Fort Wayne Mastodons officially changed its athletic identity to the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons on June 18, 2018, shortly before the creation of Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW).[42] Previously, the PFW athletic program represented Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), but the Indiana University and Purdue University systems agreed to dissolve IPFW on July 1, 2018, with each system establishing a separate Fort Wayne campus. The IPFW athletic program transferred to PFW, representing only that institution, and remains a member of Division I and the Summit League.[43]

NOTE 3: After six years of divisional play, with home-and-home series within the divisions, the Big West Conference teams will be playing a single, eight-team, seven game schedule. This move comes two years before Cal State Bakersfield moves in to make the Big West a nine team league.[44]

NOTE 4: Central Arkansas announced on September 6 that its men's soccer program would leave its associate membership in the Missouri Valley Conference after the 2018 season and join the Sun Belt Conference as an Associate Member.[45]

Season overview

Pre-season polls

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Regular season

The regular season began on August 24, 2018, and ended in early November 2018.

Headlines

#1

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Conference standings

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Major upsets

In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.

All rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll.

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Early season tournaments

Several universities hosted early season soccer tournaments.

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TopDrawer Soccer Team of the week

  • Bold denotes TDS player of the week.
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Postseason

Conference winners and tournaments

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= A & C denote the Atlantic and Coastal divisions of the ACC.

Postseason awards

Hermann Trophy

TDS National Player of the Year

Senior CLASS Award

All-Americans

On December 6, 2018; United Soccer Coaches announced the All-America teams for the 2018 season.[65]

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Conference player and coaches of the year

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Final rankings

Statistics

Individuals

More information GOALS, Rank ...

Last update on 12/10

More information GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE, Rank ...

Last update on 12/10

More information ASSISTS, Rank ...

Last update on 12/10

More information SAVE PERCENTAGE, Rank ...

Last update on 12/10

More information TOTAL POINTS, Rank ...

Last update on 12/10

More information TOTAL SAVES, Rank ...

Last update on 12/10

  • Individual statistics are through the games of December 9, 2018

Teams

More information SCORING OFFENSE, Rank ...

Last update on 12/13

More information SCORING DEFENSE (Team Goals Against Average), Rank ...

Last update on 12/13

More information SHUTOUT PERCENTAGE, Rank ...

Last update on 12/13

  • Team statistics are through the games of December 9, 2018
More information WON-LOST-TIED PERCENTAGE, Rank ...

Last update on 12/13

See also

Footnotes


    References

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