2018 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season


The 2018 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 19th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 24, 2018 and concluded on November 9, 2018.
The four-time defending champions, Stanford, successfully defended their Pac-12 title. The Cardinal entered the NCAA Tournament as the three-time defending champions, but were eliminated by Akron in the quarterfinals. Joining Stanford in the tournament were Oregon State, Washington, and UCLA.

Teams

Head coaches

TeamHead coachPrevious jobYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolPac-12 recordNCAA
Tournaments		NCAA
College Cups		NCAA
Titles
CaliforniaKevin GrimesSMU191100
Oregon StateTerry BossVirginia2000
San Diego StateLev KirshnerRutgers19300
StanfordJeremy GunnCharlotte71243

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
California Golden BearsBerkeley, CaliforniaEdwards Stadium
Oregon State BeaversCorvallis, OregonLorenz Field
San Diego State AztecsSan Diego, CaliforniaSDSU Sports Deck
Stanford CardinalStanford, CaliforniaCagan Stadium
UCLA BruinsLos Angeles, CaliforniaDrake Stadium
Washington HuskiesSeattle, WashingtonHusky Soccer Stadium

Recruiting

Preseason poll

The preseason poll will be released in August 2018.

Preseason matches

DateTime Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReport
August 127:00 PMSan Diego StateUC Santa BarbaraHarder Stadium • Santa Barbara, CACancelled
August 137:00 PMCaliforniaCal State FullertonTitan Stadium • Fullerton, CAT 0–0
August 147:00 PMSaint Mary'sStanfordLaird Q. Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CAW 2–10
August 147:00 PMGrand CanyonUCLADrake Stadium • Los Angeles, CAW 2–0
August 167:30 PMSeattle PacificWashingtonHusky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WAW 5–0350
August 184:00 PMCal State NorthridgeStanfordLaird Q. Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CAW 2–00
August 185:00 PMSaint Mary'sCaliforniaEdwards Stadium • Berkeley, CAT 1–1
August 185:30 PMSan Diego StatePoint Loma NazarenePLNU Soccer Field • San Diego, CAW 1–0268
August 197:00 PMUC IrvineUCLAWallis Annenberg Stadium • Los Angeles, CA

Regular season

All times Pacific time.

Week 1 (Aug. 20-26)

DateTime Visiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRecap
August 244:30 PM#17 UCLA#18 Coastal CarolinaCCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SCW 4–0500
August 245:00 PMDetroit Mercy#14 CaliforniaEdwards Stadium • Berkeley, CAW 2–10
August 245:00 PMSyracuseOregon StatePaul Lorenz Field • Corvallis, ORP12NL 1–2401
August 245:00 PMSan Jose State#1 StanfordLaird Q. Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CAP12NT 0–0 1,767
August 247:30 PMSan Diego StateSanta ClaraBuck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CAL 0–2678
August 248:00 PMMaryland#24 WashingtonHusky Soccer Stadium • Seattle, WAP12NW 2–01,354
August 262:00 PMIncarnate WordCaliforniaEdwards Stadium • Berkeley, CAW 1–0240
August 263:00 PMSan Diego StateSan FranciscoNegoesco Stadium • San Francisco, CAT 1–1 323

Week 2 (Aug. 27-Sep. 2)

Week 3 (Sep. 3-9)

Week 4 (Sep. 10-16)

Week 5 (Sep. 17-23)

Week 6 (Sep. 24-30)

Week 7 (Oct. 1-7)

Week 8 (Oct. 8-14)

Week 9 (Oct. 15-21)

Week 10 (Oct. 22-28)

Week 11 (Oct. 29-Nov. 4)

Week 12 (Nov. 5-Nov. 11)

Rankings

National rankings

USC Far West regional

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

SeedRegionSchool1st Round2nd Round3rd RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
Winston-SalemOregon StateW, 2–1 vs. SMU – L, 0–1 vs. #8 Saint Mary's
9Winston-SalemStanfordBYEW, 2–0 vs. UC Irvine – T, 0–0 vs. #8 Saint Mary's L, 2–3 vs. Akron –
LexingtonUCLAL, 0–1 vs. Portland –
LexingtonWashingtonT, 0–0 vs. Lipscomb –

Player statistics

Goals

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Shinya KadonoCalifornia12
2 Gloire AmandaOregon State7
2 Amir BashtiStanford7
2 Scott MenziesWashington7
5 Zach RyanStanford6
5 Tanner BeasonStanford6
7 Matt HundleyUCLA5
7 Mohammed KamaraUCLA5
7 Don TchilaoOregon State5
7 Kyle CoffeeWashington5

Assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Sofiane DjeffalOregon State6
1 Matt HundleyUCLA6
3 Tanner BeasonStanford5
3 Kyle CoffeeWashington5
3 Don TchilaoOregon State5
3 Derek WaldeckToronto FC5
7 Amir BashtiStanford4
7 Charlie WehanStanford4

Awards and Honors

Player of the week honors

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.
WeekPlayerSchoolPos.
Week 1 Matt HundleyUCLAMF
Week 2 Don TchilaoOregon StateFW
Week 3 Shinya KadonoCaliforniaMF
Week 4 Amir BashtiStanfordFW
Week 5 Shinya KadonoCaliforniaMF
Week 6 Amir BashtiStanfordFW
Week 7 Tanner BeasonStanfordDF
Week 8 Hassani DotsonOregon StateMF
Week 9 Alex CoverOregon StateDF
Week 10 Don TchilaoOregon StateFW
Week 11 Tanner BeasonStanfordDF
Week 12 Jean-Julien Foe NuphausCaliforniaDF

Postseason awards

;All-Pac-12 First, Second, and Third Teams
TeamGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
1st Andrew Thomas, Stanford Tanner Beason, Stanford
Erik Holt, UCLA
Quentin Pearson, Washington		 Frankie Amaya, UCLA
Amir Bashti, Stanford
Blake Bodily, Washington
Sofiane Djeffal, Oregon State		 Shinya Kadono, California
Damian German, San Diego State
Kyle Coffee, Washington
Don Tchilao, Oregon State
2nd Drake Callender, California Matthew Powell, UCLA Anderson Asiedu, UCLA
Hassani Dotson, Oregon State
Jared Gilbey, Stanford
Matt Hundley, UCLA
Pablo Pelaez, San Diego State		 Gloire Amanda, Oregon State
Sam Ebstein, California
Mohammed Kamara, UCLA
Scott Menzies, Washington
Zach Ryan, Stanford
3rd Noah Texter, California Ethan Bartlow, Washington
Eric Diaz, Oregon State
Joe Hafferty, Oregon State
Eric Iloski, UCLA
Sam Junqua, California
 Corban Anderson, Washington
Logan Panchot, Stanford
Dylan Teves, Washington		 Milan Iloski, UCLA
Charlie Wehan, Stanford

MLS SuperDraft

Draft picks

RoundPick #MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeOther
11FC CincinnatiFrankie AmayaMidfielderUCLAGeneration Adidas
18Houston DynamoSam JunquaDefenderCalifornia
124Atlanta UnitedAnderson AsieduMidfielderUCLA
231Minnesota UnitedHassani DotsonMidfielderOregon State
236LA GalaxyDon TchilaoMidfielderOregon State
241Real Salt LakeKyle CoffeeForwardWashington
248Atlanta UnitedAmir BashtiForwardStanford

Homegrown contracts

Original MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
Colorado RapidsMatt HundleyMidfielderUCLA
Real Salt LakeErik HoltForwardUCLA