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2018 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHermann Stadium
St. Louis, MO
Finals siteHermann Stadium
St. Louis, MO
ChampionsRhode Island (7th title)
Winning coachGareth Elliott (1st title)
MVPTyler Dickson (Rhode Island)
BroadcastESPN+
Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament
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2018 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
VCU 6 – 1 – 1 10 – 6 – 2
Davidson 5 – 2 – 1 9 – 7 – 2
Rhode Island ‡ 5 – 3 – 0 15 – 5 – 0
George Mason 5 – 3 – 0 9 – 8 – 0
Saint Louis 3 – 1 – 4 6 – 4 – 7
Fordham 4 – 3 – 1 8 – 5 – 4
Dayton 4 – 3 – 1 9 – 6 – 4
Saint Joseph's 2 – 3 – 3 8 – 7 – 3
UMass 3 – 5 – 0 7 – 8 – 3
St. Bonaventure 3 – 5 – 0 7 – 9 – 1
Duquesne 2 – 4 – 2 4 – 9 – 3
George Washington 1 – 5 – 2 5 – 9 – 3
LaSalle 0 – 5 – 2 3 – 11 – 3
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 Atlantic 10 men's soccer tournament, was the 21st edition of the Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. It will determined the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament began on November 4 and concluded on November 11. Saint Louis University hosted the semifinals and championship matches with these fixtures contested at Hermann Stadium.

Rhode Island won the A-10 Tournament, giving the Rams their first Atlantic 10 Conference championship, as well as first NCAA berth since 2006. Rhode Island defeated George Mason in the final, and bested regular season champions, VCU, in the semifinals, and last year's NCAA quarterfinalists, Fordham in the quarterfinals. George Mason defeated Saint Louis and Dayton to reach the championship match.

Defending champions, UMass, were eliminated by the virtue of penalty kicks to VCU in the quarterfinal round.

Rhode Island was the only Atlantic 10 team this year to earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, they were eliminated in the first round by Connecticut off of a golden goal.

Seeds

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Seed[1] School Conference Tiebreaker
1 VCU 6–1–1
2 Davidson 5–2–1
3 George Mason 5–3–0 GMU 1–0 vs. URI
4 Rhode Island 5–3–0 URI 0–1 vs. GMU
5 Fordham 4–3–1 Win vs. Dayton
6 Saint Louis 3–1–4 Tie vs. Dayton
7 Dayton 4–3–1 0-1-1 vs tied teams
8 UMass 3–5–0 By virtue of a win over George Mason

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Nov. 4 		Semifinals
Nov. 9 		Final
Nov. 11
         
1 VCU (pen.) 1 (5)
8 UMass 1 (4)
1 VCU 0
4 Rhode Island 1
4 Rhode Island 2
5 Fordham 0
4 Rhode Island 2
3 George Mason 0
2 Davidson 1
7 Dayton (2OT) 2
7 Dayton 0
3 George Mason (OT) 1
3 George Mason (2OT) 1
6 Saint Louis 0


Results

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Quarterfinals

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No. 2 Davidson1–2 (a.e.t.)No. 7 Dayton
  • Hauth 78'
 Report
Attendance: 687
No. 4 Rhode Island2–0No. 5 Fordham
 Report
Attendance: 928
No. 1 VCU1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 8 UMass
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 387
Referee: Peter Dihma
No. 3 George Mason1–0 (a.e.t.)No. 6 Saint Louis
 Report
Attendance: 242

Semifinals

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No. 1 VCU0–1No. 4 Rhode Island
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrey Castel
No. 3 George Mason1–0 (a.e.t.)No. 7 Dayton
 Report
Attendance: 310

Final

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No. 3 George Mason0–2No. 4 Rhode Island
Report
Attendance: 223

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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1 Goal

Awards and honors

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  • Tournament MVP: Tyler Dickson, Rhode Island

All-Tournament team:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "VCU Claims Top Seed in A10 Men's Soccer Championship". atlantic10.com. October 31, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Rhode Island Wins 2018 A-10 Men's Soccer Championship". atlantic10.com. Atlantic 10 Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
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