2017 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season
Date Time ( ET ) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
August 25 1:00 p.m Duquesne Saint Francis ( PA ) Stokes Soccerplex • Loretto , PA L 2-4 200
August 25 4:00 p.m St. Francis Brooklyn UMass Rudd Field • Amherst , MA W 2-1 326
August 25 5:00 p.m Fordham Elon Koskinen Stadium • Durham , NC John Rennie Nike Invitational T 0-0 0
August 25 6:00 p.m East Tennessee State Dayton Baujan Field • Dayton , OH T 1-1 1,152
August 25 7:00 p.m No . 19 Coastal Carolina George Mason George Mason Stadium • Fairfax , VA W 2-1 394
August 25 7:00 p.m George Washington Binghamton Bearcats Sports Complex • Binghamton , NY L 0-4 928
August 25 7:00 p.m Loyola ( MD ) La Salle McCarthy Stadium • Philadelphia , PA L 4-5 65
August 25 7:00 p.m Boston University Rhode Island URI Soccer Complex • Kingston , RI W 3-0 318
August 25 7:00 p.m St. Bonaventure Bucknell Emmitt Field • Lewisburg , PA W 1-0 885
August 25 7:30 p.m Temple St. Joseph 's Sweeney Field • Philadelphia , PA W 3-1 1,874
August 25 7:30 p.m Oakland VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond , VA L 2-3 566
August 25 8:30 p.m No . 8 Syracuse Saint Louis Hermann Stadium • St. Louis , MO L 1-2 2,348
August 26 6:00 p.m Presbyterian Davidson Alumni Soccer Stadium • Davidson , NC W 2-1 767
August 27 12:00 p.m Bloomsburg Duquesne Rooney Field • Pittsburgh , PA W 5-0 208
August 27 2:30 p.m Fordham Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham , NC John Rennie Nike Invitational L 0-3 582
August 27 3:00 p.m St. Bonaventure Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township , PA W 3-2 612
August 27 3:30 p.m Sacred Heart UMass Rudd Field • Amherst , MA W 3-0 362
August 27 4:00 p.m Dayton Fort Wayne Hefner Soccer Complex • Fort Wayne , IN L 1-2 188
August 27 4:00 p.m George Washington Lehigh Ulrich Sports Complex • Bethlehem , PA W 1-0 209
August 25 7:00 p.m American George Mason George Mason Stadium • Fairfax , VA D.C. College Cup W 3-0 542
Regular season -- Week 1 ( Aug 21-27 )
Schedule and Results
The 2017 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season was the 31st season of varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 25 and concluded on November 1. The season culminated with the 2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament which began on November 4 and concluded on November 12. UMass went on to win both the regular season at tournament championships. Saint Louis entered the season as the defending regular season champions, but a dip in form, prevented them from retaining the title. Fordham were the defending tournament champions, and have qualified for the A-10 Tournament, offering them an opportunity to defend their title. The Fordham Rams were eliminated by UMass in the semifinals. In addition to UMass; regular season and tournament runners-up, VCU, as well as Fordham qualified for the NCAA Tournament. This was the first time since 2014 that an A-10 team earned an at-large berth in the tournament. Further, this was the most teams the A-10 fielded in the NCAA Tournament since 2012, when there were four berths from the conference. In the tournament, VCU was given a second-round bye and 16 seed where they were eliminated by Butler. Massachusetts and Fordham contested in the first round.