Sun Belt bringing back men's soccer
Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 10:16 am
Confirmed by Keith Gill at the Marshall presser today.
Marshall, the defending national champs, have a team, as do ODU and potential future member JMU.
Out of the remaining members, Coastal (CUSA) and both GSUs (MAC) have teams. So that's six right there.
With UAB, Charlotte and FAU going to the American, CUSA men's soccer is all-but dead.
South Carolina and Kentucky are affiliate CUSA men's soccer members and would likely defect over. The only full CUSA member left with men's soccer is FIU, who is actually first place right now.
West Virginia was going to join CUSA in men's soccer next year, so they can be brought in to make 9 or 10 members.
EDIT: UCF men's soccer is also possible, since the Big XII doesn't sponsor men's soccer and who knows if the AAC would like them stay ala App State Wrestling in the SoCon.
1. Coastal
2. Georgia State
3. Georgia Southern
4. Marshall
5. Old Dominion
6. James Madison
7. South Carolina
8. Kentucky
9. West Virginia
10. FIU
11. UCF
That's a heck of a men's soccer league. 3-4 ranked teams at all times, national champs, it'd be a good league for App State to jump back into.
Marshall, the defending national champs, have a team, as do ODU and potential future member JMU.
Out of the remaining members, Coastal (CUSA) and both GSUs (MAC) have teams. So that's six right there.
With UAB, Charlotte and FAU going to the American, CUSA men's soccer is all-but dead.
South Carolina and Kentucky are affiliate CUSA men's soccer members and would likely defect over. The only full CUSA member left with men's soccer is FIU, who is actually first place right now.
West Virginia was going to join CUSA in men's soccer next year, so they can be brought in to make 9 or 10 members.
EDIT: UCF men's soccer is also possible, since the Big XII doesn't sponsor men's soccer and who knows if the AAC would like them stay ala App State Wrestling in the SoCon.
1. Coastal
2. Georgia State
3. Georgia Southern
4. Marshall
5. Old Dominion
6. James Madison
7. South Carolina
8. Kentucky
9. West Virginia
10. FIU
11. UCF
That's a heck of a men's soccer league. 3-4 ranked teams at all times, national champs, it'd be a good league for App State to jump back into.