An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.^[1] The 2020 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the United Soccer Coaches (USC), Top Drawer Soccer (TDS), Soccer America (TSN), and College Soccer News for the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. All selectors choose at least a first, second, and third 11-man team.

Although the aforementioned lists are used to determine consensus honors, there are numerous other All-American lists. The three finalists for the Hermann Trophy are described as Hermann All-Americans. The ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are described as Senior All-Americans. Other All-American lists include those determined by Hero Sports and many others. The scholar-athletes selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) are termed Academic All-Americans.

Individual All-America teams

By player

This list is of players who were named first-team All-Americans by each respective publication.

Key

CSN	College Soccer News
SA	Soccer America
TDS	Top Drawer Soccer
USC	United Soccer Coaches
*	Consensus All-American (selected by all selectors)
†	Awarded the Hermann Trophy as national Player of the Year

List

Position	Name	School	CSN	SA	TDS	USC	Notes
Goalkeeper	Roman Celentano	Indiana	Y	—	Y	—	Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year
Goalkeeper	Giannis Nikopolidis	Georgetown	—	Y	—	Y	Big East Goalkeeper of the Year
Defender	Bridger Hansen	New Hampshire	—	Y	—	Y	America East Defender of the Year
Defender	Kyle Hiebert	Missouri State	Y	Y	—	Y	CoSIDA Player of the Year
Defender	Tom Judge	James Madison	Y	Y	—	Y
Defender	Jasper Löeffelsend	Pitt	—	—	Y	—	ACC Defender of the Year
Defender	Gerardo Lopez	Loyola Marymount	—	—	Y	—	WCC Defender of the Year
Defender	Charlie Ostrem	Washington	Y	—	Y	—	Pac-12 Defender of the Year
Midfielder	Noel Caliskan	Loyola Marymount	—	—	Y	—	WCC Player of the Year
Midfielder	Vitor Dias*	Marshall	Y	Y	Y	Y	C-USA Player of the Year
Midfielder	Valentin Noel*	Pitt	Y	Y	Y	Y	ACC Offensive Player of the Year
Midfielder	Veljko Petković	Pitt	—	—	Y	—	TDS National Player of the Year
Midfielder	Dante Polvara	Georgetown	—	Y	Y	Y
Midfielder	Dylan Teves*	Washington	Y	Y	Y	Y
Forward	Gloire Amanda†	Oregon State	Y	Y	Y	Y	Hermann Trophy winner
Forward	Victor Bezerra*	Indiana	Y	Y	Y	Y	Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
Forward	Zach Ryan	Stanford	Y	Y	—	Y	Pac-12 Player of the Year
Forward	Kimarni Smith	Clemson	Y	—	—	—

Academic All-Americans

CoSIDA names three Academic All-American teams for the 2020 season. Kyle Hiebert of Missouri State was named the Academic All-American of the Year by CoSIDA.^[6]

Senior All-Americans

The 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award are considered Senior All-Americans.^[7]

Freshman All-Americans

References