PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The American Athletic Conference placed 13 men's soccer players on the All-East Region teams, as selected and announced by United Soccer Coaches on Wednesday, Dec. 5.

The conference dominated the list, with seven of the 13 honorees named to the First Team. Regular-season champion UCF led the way with five honorees, with UConn placing four. Conference champion SMU earned two honors, with Memphis and USF seeing one representative each.

UConn's Abdou Mbacke Thiam and Jacob Hauser-Ramsey along with UCF's Yoni Sorokin repeated as All-Region selections, with all seven First Team recipients earning the first such honor of their careers.

2018 United Soccer Coaches All-East Region
American Athletic Conference Honorees

First Team
Yannik Oettl, So., GK, UCF
Louis Perez, So., M, UCF
Yoni Sorokin, So., M, UCF
Cal Jennings, Jr., F, UCF
Jacob Hauser-Ramsey, Sr., D, UConn
Abdou Mbacke Thiam, Sr., F, UConn
Emil Cuello, Sr., M, SMU

Second Team
Dayonn Harris, Jr., M, UConn

Third Team
Yanis Leerman, Fr., D, UCF
Dylan Greenberg, Sr., D, UConn
David Zalzman, Sr., M, Memphis
Tomasz Skublak, Sr., F, USF
Talen Maples, So., D, SMU