2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2018 American Athletic Conference men's soccer tournament was the 6th edition of the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the American Athletic Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 6 and concluded on November 10.

In a rematch of the 2017 AAC championship, defending champions, SMU, successfully defended their title. The final match was a 1-1 draw in regulation before SMU bested UCF in penalty kicks to claim their second-ever AAC championship. SMU midfielder, Emil Cuello was named the Offensive Most valuable player of the tournament, while SMU's Grant Makela was named the Defensive Most valuable player of the tournament.

As champions, SMU earned the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Tournament. In addition to SMU, regular season champions and tournament runners-up, UCF earned an at-large bid, as well as Connecticut. In the NCAA Tournament, SMU was eliminated in the first round by Oregon State. Connecticut beat Rhode Island in the first round before losing to Indiana in the second round. UCF was seeded 14th in NCAA Tournament, and earned a second round bye. There, UCF lost to Lipscomb in overtime.

Top goalscorers

 * 1 Goal


 * 🇺🇸 Christian Boorom – SMU
 * 🇺🇸 Josh Burnett – Connecticut
 * 🇨🇦 Dayonn Harris – Connecticut
 * 🇨🇾 Alexandros Ierides – Memphis
 * 🇺🇸 Cal Jennings – UCF
 * Andrés Hernández – UCF
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Mikus – Memphis
 * 🇺🇸 Belal Mohamed — Temple
 * 🇺🇸 Philip Ponder – SMU
 * 🇨🇦 Gurman Sangha – Memphis
 * Max Stiegwardt – UCF
 * 🇯🇲 Akean Shackleford – SMU
 * 🇮🇱 Yoni Sorokin – UCF
 * 🇸🇳 Abdou Mbacke Thiam – Connecticut
 * Cole Venner – Connecticut
 * 🇻🇪 David Zalzman – Memphis
 * 🇨🇦 Alex Zis – South Florida


 * Own goals


 * 🇺🇸 Nick Sarver — Temple (playing against Connecticut)

Awards and honors

 * Tournament Offensive MVP: Emil Cuello, SMU
 * Tournament Defensive MVP: Grant Makela, SMU

All-Tournament team:


 * Abdou Mbacke Thiam, UConn
 * Gurman Sangha, Memphis
 * Cal Jennings, UCF
 * Andres Hernandez, UCF
 * Yanis Leerman, UCF


 * Louis Perez, UCF
 * Christian Boorom, SMU
 * Emil Cuello, SMU
 * Akean Shackelford, SMU
 * Philip Ponder, SMU
 * Grant Makela, SMU