2017 Conference USA men's soccer season

2017 Conference USA men's soccer season
2017 Conference USA men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 25, 2017 – November 12, 2017
Teams	8
2018 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Paul Marie, FIU
Picked by	San Jose Earthquakes, 12th overall
Regular Season
Season champions	FIU
Runners-up	Old Dominion
Season MVP	Santiago Patino, FIU
Tournament
Champions	Old Dominion
Runners-up	Charlotte
Finals MVP	O: Niko Klosterhalfenm; D: Mercan Akar
C-USA men's soccer seasons
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The 2017 Conference USA men's soccer season was the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 25 and concluded on November 12.

LeagueNCAA Division I

SportSoccer

DurationAugust 25, 2017 – November 12, 2017

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2017 Conference USA men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 20 FIU +	6	–	0	–	2	12	–	2	–	4
Old Dominion ‡	6	–	2	–	0	13	–	6	–	2
Kentucky	4	–	2	–	2	8	–	6	–	4
New Mexico	3	–	3	–	2	8	–	6	–	4
Charlotte	2	–	1	–	5	8	–	5	–	6
Marshall	3	–	5	–	0	8	–	10	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	4	–	2	6	–	9	–	2
Florida Atlantic	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	14	–	0
UAB	1	–	6	–	1	5	–	7	–	4

‡ – 2017 CUSA Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

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The regular season was won by FIU, while the tournament was won by Old Dominion. Both school's were the conference's bids into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. There, the two programs reached the round of 32 before being eliminated.

Niko Klosterhalfenm and Mercan Akar were named the conference's offensive and defensive most valuable players, respectively. Paul Marie and Alex Bumpus were drafted in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft following the end of the season. Jason Beaulieu and Aaron Herrera signed homegrown contracts with their parent MLS clubs.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	C-USA record	NCAA Tournaments^[2]	NCAA College Cups^[2]
Charlotte	Kevin Langan	Charlotte (asst.)	6	64–24–12 (.700)	64–24–12 (.700)	30–7–5 (.774)	5	0
FIU	Kevin Nylen	Orlando City SC (scout)	1	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0
Florida Atlantic	Joey Worthen	South Carolina (asst.)	1	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0
Kentucky	Johan Cedergren	Dartmouth	6	102–64–26 (.599)	50–34–12 (.583)	24–11–6 (.659)	9	0
Marshall	Chris Grassie	Charleston (WV)	1	99–20–8 (.811)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0
New Mexico	Jeremy Fishbein	Incarnate Word	16	294–133–46 (.670)	199–73–36 (.705)	17–12–4 (.576)	12	2
Old Dominion	Alan Dawson	North Carolina (asst.)	21	349–155–47 (.676)	220–125–37 (.624)	16–13–3 (.547)	13	0
South Carolina	Mark Berson	The Citadel	39	494–231–71 (.665)	483–226–71 (.665)	49–32–17 (.587)	22	3
UAB	Mike Getman	Harvard	25	311–202–49 (.597)	269–176–40 (.596)	101–67–16 (.592)	8	0

Team	CSN^[3]	TDS^[4]
Charlotte	NR	NR
FIU	NR	36
Florida Atlantic	NR	NR
Kentucky	NR	NR
Marshall	NR	NR
New Mexico	NR	NR
Old Dominion	NR	NR
South Carolina	NR	NR
UAB	NR	NR

	CUSA Coaches
1.	Charlotte (4)
2.	New Mexico (2)
3.	FIU (2)
4.	Kentucky
5.	South Carolina
6.	UAB (1)
7.	Old Dominion
8.	Marshall
9.	Florida Atlantic

Recipient	School	Grade	Pos.
^Elliot Panicco^	Charlotte	R-So.	GK
Santiago Patino*	FIU	Jr.	FW
Paul Marie	FIU	Sr.	DF
Bjorn Gudjonsson	South Carolina	Jr.	FW
David Valverde	UAB	Sr.	MF
Julian Veen Uldal	South Carolina	So.	MF
Alex Bumpus	Kentucky	Sr.	DF
Peyton Ericson	South Carolina	Jr.	MF / DF
Joris Ahlinvi	FIU	So.	MF
Niko Klosterhalfen	ODU	Jr.	MF
Tom Smart	New Mexico	R-So.	D
Matthew Constant	New Mexico	So.	D

Team	Tournament	Finish
FIU	Wolstein Classic	1-0-1 (2nd)
New Mexico	Grange and Ashwill Invitational	2-0-0 (1st)
Old Dominion	ODU Soccer Classic	0-1-1 (3rd)

2017 Conference USA men's soccer season

Background

Head coaches

Preseason

Recruiting

Preseason poll

Preseason team

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Rankings

United Soccer Coaches National

Results

Postseason

C-USA Tournament

NCAA Tournament

Awards

Regular season awards

Players of the Week

Postseason awards

All-C-USA awards and teams

All-Americans

College Soccer News

United Soccer Coaches

MLS SuperDraft

Total picks by school

List of selections

Homegrown contracts

See also

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Team/Opponent	CHA	FIU	FAU	KTY	MAR	UNM	ODU	USC	UAB
Charlotte				1–1	1–0		1–2	1–1
FIU	2–2				4–0	4–0	3–1
Florida Atlantic	1–3	1–4			2–1		0–3
Kentucky		2–2	4–0					1–0	1–0
Marshall				1–0		1–2		2–1	2–1
New Mexico	0–0		3–1	0–1					2–0
Old Dominion				2–0	1–0	1–0			3–2
South Carolina		2–5	1–2			2–2	3–2
UAB	1–1	1–2	2–0					0–1

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

			1	FIU	1

			4	Charlotte	3
4	Charlotte	1

5	New Mexico	0
						2	Old Dominion	1

						4	Charlotte	0
2	Old Dominion	2

7	South Carolina	0
			2	Old Dominion	1

			6	Marshall	0
3	Kentucky	0

6	Marshall	1

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
N/a	Chapel Hill	FIU	W, 2–0 vs. Omaha – (Miami)	L, 1–2 vs. #6 Duke – (Durham)
N/a	Bloomington	Old Dominion	W, 2–0 vs. NC State – (Norfolk)	L, 0–3 vs. #2 Indiana – (Bloomington)

Award	Recipient(s)
2017 C-USA Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[19]
Player of the Year	Santiago Patino, FIU
Offensive Player of the Year	Aaron Herrera, New Mexico
Defensive Player of the Year	Santiago Patino, FIU
Freshman of the Year	Enrique Facusse, Kentucky
Golden Glove Award	Mertcan Akar, Old Dominion Enrique Facusse, Kentucky
Coach of the Year	Kevin Nylen, FIU

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Rookie Team
2017 C-USA Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[19]
F: Luca Mayr, South Carolina F: Santiago Patino, FIU F: Daniel Bruce, Charlotte MF: Paul Marie, FIU MF: Joris Ahlinvi, FIU MF: Tommy Madden, Charlotte D: Aaron Herrera, New Mexico D: Alex Bumpus, Kentucky D: Callum Montgomery, Charlotte GK: Mertcan Akar, Old Dominion GK: Enrique Facusse, Kentucky	F: Brandon Perdue, Old Dominion F: Lewis Knight, Marshall MF: Niko Klosterhalfen, Old Dominion MF: David Valverde, UAB MF: Massimo Ferrin, UAB D: Chris Wallander-Ianev, South Carolina D: Tom Smart, New Mexico D: Fox Slotemaker, Old Dominion D: Carlos Diaz-Salcedo, Marshall D: Marvin Hezel, FIU D: Mathieu Laurent, UAB GK: Jason Beaulieu, New Mexico	F: JJ Williams, Kentucky F: Max Wilschrey, Old Dominion F: Sam Gleadle, New Mexico MF: Sebastien Hauret, Old Dominion MF: Aaron Scott, New Mexico MF: Kevin Barajas, Kentucky MF: Teddy Chaouche, Charlotte MF: Donald Tomlinson, FIU D: Leon Jones, Kentucky GK: Hugo Fauroux, FIU	Enrique Facusse, Kentucky Lewis Knight, Marshall Alessandro Campoy, FIU Justin Sukow, South Carolina Brandon Perdue, Old Dominion Joe Brito, Charlotte Billy Jones, New Mexico Ferdinand Solberg, Florida Atlantic Leon Jones, Kentucky Matias Barraza, FIU Aime Mabika, Kentucky Hans Kroschwitz, Old Dominion Nick Barreiro, New Mexico

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	Ref.
1	12	San Jose Earthquakes	Paul Marie	Midfielder	FIU	^[22]
3	52	New York City FC	Alex Bumpus	Defender	Kentucky	^[23]

Original MLS team	Player	Position	College	Notes	Ref.
Montreal Impact	Jason Beaulieu	Goalkeeper	New Mexico		^[24]
Real Salt Lake	Aaron Herrera	Defender	New Mexico	2017 C-USA Defender of the Year^[25]	^[26]^[27]