2018 Conference USA men's soccer tournament

The 2018 Conference USA men's soccer tournament (known as the 2018 Air Force Reserve Men's Soccer Championship for sponsorship purposes) was the 24th edition of the tournament. Kentucky received Conference USA's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship by winning the final match over Charlotte by a score of 1–0.

2018 Conference USA men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	7
Matches	6
Site	Transamerica Field Charlotte, North Carolina
Champions	Kentucky (1st title)
Winning coach	Johan Cedergren (1st title)
Broadcast	ESPN3
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2018 Conference USA men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Kentucky ‡	7	–	1	–	0			18	–	2	–	1
No. 20 Charlotte +	6	–	2	–	0			14	–	5	–	2
Old Dominion	6	–	2	–	0			11	–	5	–	2
FIU	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	10	–	0
Marshall	3	–	3	–	2			8	–	9	–	3
UAB	2	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	3
New Mexico	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	12	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	6	–	0			7	–	10	–	0
Florida Atlantic	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	13	–	0
‡ – 2018 CUSA Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Seeding

Main article: 2018 Conference USA men's soccer season

The top seven programs based on conference record will qualify for the CUSA Tournament.^[1]

No.	School	W	L	T	PCT.	Pts.
1	Kentucky	7	1	0	.875	21
2	Old Dominion	6	2	0	.750	18
3	Charlotte	6	2	0	.750	18
4	FIU	5	3	0	.625	15
5	Marshall	3	3	2	.500	11
6	UAB	2	5	1	.313	7
7	New Mexico	2	5	1	.313	7

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wed., Nov. 7					Semifinals Fri., Nov. 9					Finals Sun., Nov. 11
						1	Kentucky	2
						5	Marshall	1
	4	FIU	1
	5	Marshall	2
											1	Kentucky	1
											3	Charlotte	0
	2	Old Dominion	4
	7	New Mexico	0
						2	Old Dominion	2
						3	Charlotte	4
	3	Charlotte (OT)	1
	6	UAB	0

Results

Quarterfinals

November 7

2:00 p.m. EST

No. 4 FIU	1–2	No. 5 Marshall
Hassan 75'	Report	Rylah 47' Osmanu 84'

Transamerica Field, Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nima Saghafi

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November 7

4:30 p.m. EST

No. 2 Old Dominion	4–0	No. 7 New Mexico
Wilschrey 55' Klosterhalfen 56' Kroschwitz 75' Hauret 88'	Report

Transamerica Field, Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 0

Referee: Mark Kadlecki

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November 7

7:00 p.m. EST

No. 3 Charlotte	1–0 (a.e.t.)	No. 6 UAB
Popp 93'	Report

Transamerica Field, Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 564

Referee: Michael Lavergne

Semifinals

November 9

4:30 p.m. EST

No. 1 Kentucky	2–1	No. 5 Marshall
Elmedkhar 8' Williams 18'	Report	Rylah 61'

Transamerica Field, Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 0

Referee: Hilario Grajeda

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November 9

7:00 p.m. EST

No. 2 Old Dominion	2–4	No. 3 Charlotte
Dogan 43' Wilschrey 45'		Popp 42' Montgomery 56' Brito 80' Bruce 85'

Transamerica Field, Charlotte, NC

Championship

November 11

1:00 p.m. EST

No. 1 Kentucky	1-0	No. 3 Charlotte
JJ Williams 47'	Report

Transamerica Field, Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 1,008

Referee: Robert Sibiga

Statistics

Goals

Rank	Player	College	Goals
1	J.P. Rylah	Marshall	2
	Max Wilschrey	Old Dominion
	Preston Popp	Charlotte
	JJ Williams	Kentucky
2	Adam Hassan	Florida International	1
	Illal Osmanu	Marshall
	Niko Klosterhalfen	Old Dominion
	Hans Kroschwitz	Old Dominion
	Sebastien Hauret	Old Dominion
	Kalili Elmedkhar	Kentucky
	Deniz Dogan	Old Dominion
	Callum Montgomery	Charlotte
	Joe Brito	Charlotte
	Daniel Bruce	Charlotte

All Tournament Team

2018 C-USA Men's Soccer All-Tournament team[2]

JJ Williams, Kentucky (Offensive) Enrique Facusse, Kentucky (Defensive) Kalil ElMedkhar, Kentucky Tanner Hummel, Kentucky Preston Popp, Charlotte Callum Montgomery, Charlotte Teddy Chaouche, Charlotte Niko Klosterhalfen, Old Dominion Max Wilschrey, Old Dominion JP Rylah, Marshall Jan-Erik Leinhos, Marshall

MVP in Bold