Coastal Carolina's men's soccer is leaving the Sun Belt and will begin play in Conference USA in the fall of 2021. The addition brings C-USA back up to 9 Men's Soccer programs

Coastal's move leaves the Sun Belt with only 3 Men's Soccer programs.


https://goccusports.com/news/2021/2/25/c...e-usa.aspx

Beat me to it. Good add.

The other 3 should come over too.

(02-25-2021 12:58 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  The other 3 should come over too.

We definitely don't need Central Arkansas and the two Georgia schools would fit nice geographically but wouldn't add a whole lot competitively. Not enough to justify going above 9.

(02-25-2021 01:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 12:58 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  The other 3 should come over too.

We definitely don't need Central Arkansas and the two Georgia schools would fit nice geographically but wouldn't add a whole lot competitively. Not enough to justify going above 9.

Ha. There probably isn't any justification to have men's college soccer at all.

(02-25-2021 01:11 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 12:58 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  The other 3 should come over too.

We definitely don't need Central Arkansas and the two Georgia schools would fit nice geographically but wouldn't add a whole lot competitively. Not enough to justify going above 9.

Ha. There probably isn't any justification to have men's college soccer at all.

Yeah OK... CUSA has 4 programs ranked at the start of the season. Marshall started the season at #9, Charlotte #12, Kentucky #22 and FIU at #23.

Central Arkansas can go back to the MVC and GA Southern and GA State can apply to the SoCon.

(02-25-2021 01:11 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 12:58 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  The other 3 should come over too.

We definitely don't need Central Arkansas and the two Georgia schools would fit nice geographically but wouldn't add a whole lot competitively. Not enough to justify going above 9.

Ha. There probably isn't any justification to have men's college soccer at all.

It's one of our better competitive sports as a league and growing in popularity in the States.

I imagine the Coastal fans are hoping this opens the door to a full C-USA invitation.

(Sun Belt fans appear to argue that in 3-2-1...)

(02-25-2021 01:44 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  I imagine the Coastal fans are hoping this opens the door to a full C-USA invitation.

(Sun Belt fans appear to argue that in 3-2-1...)

Coastal fan here, no. I am happy to get out of the Sun Belt Conference for soccer, 3 opponents is ridiculous. Looking forward to better competition against teams we usually schedule OOC. For the other sports, I am happy where we are at.

(02-25-2021 01:17 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:11 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 12:58 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  The other 3 should come over too.

We definitely don't need Central Arkansas and the two Georgia schools would fit nice geographically but wouldn't add a whole lot competitively. Not enough to justify going above 9.

Ha. There probably isn't any justification to have men's college soccer at all.

Yeah OK... CUSA has 4 programs ranked at the start of the season. Marshall started the season at #9, Charlotte #12, Kentucky #22 and FIU at #23.

Central Arkansas can go back to the MVC and GA Southern and GA State can apply to the SoCon.

Ok, Marshall is the best team in the conference. Can you throw up the attendance numbers from Marshall's 2019 season on this thread. I can't find them.

(02-25-2021 01:30 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:11 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 12:58 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  The other 3 should come over too.

We definitely don't need Central Arkansas and the two Georgia schools would fit nice geographically but wouldn't add a whole lot competitively. Not enough to justify going above 9.

Ha. There probably isn't any justification to have men's college soccer at all.

It's one of our better competitive sports as a league and growing in popularity in the States.

Ok, found Old Dominion's attendance numbers for 2019. Y'all averaged 437 per home game. I agree the sport of soccer is growing in popularity, but not college soccer.

(02-25-2021 02:33 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:17 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:11 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 12:58 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  The other 3 should come over too.

We definitely don't need Central Arkansas and the two Georgia schools would fit nice geographically but wouldn't add a whole lot competitively. Not enough to justify going above 9.

Ha. There probably isn't any justification to have men's college soccer at all.

Yeah OK... CUSA has 4 programs ranked at the start of the season. Marshall started the season at #9, Charlotte #12, Kentucky #22 and FIU at #23.

Central Arkansas can go back to the MVC and GA Southern and GA State can apply to the SoCon.

Ok, Marshall is the best team in the conference. Can you throw up the attendance numbers from Marshall's 2019 season on this thread. I can't find them.

Picture a USM men's basketball game in non-Covid times and I imagine you're in the ballpark.

(02-25-2021 02:39 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:30 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:11 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 12:58 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  The other 3 should come over too.

We definitely don't need Central Arkansas and the two Georgia schools would fit nice geographically but wouldn't add a whole lot competitively. Not enough to justify going above 9.

Ha. There probably isn't any justification to have men's college soccer at all.

It's one of our better competitive sports as a league and growing in popularity in the States.

Ok, found Old Dominion's attendance numbers for 2019. Y'all averaged 437 per home game. I agree the sport of soccer is growing in popularity, but not college soccer.

How many people watched your track and field team dude? At least soccer is more entertaining than that or golf.

(02-25-2021 02:43 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:33 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:17 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:11 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  We definitely don't need Central Arkansas and the two Georgia schools would fit nice geographically but wouldn't add a whole lot competitively. Not enough to justify going above 9.

Ha. There probably isn't any justification to have men's college soccer at all.

Yeah OK... CUSA has 4 programs ranked at the start of the season. Marshall started the season at #9, Charlotte #12, Kentucky #22 and FIU at #23.

Central Arkansas can go back to the MVC and GA Southern and GA State can apply to the SoCon.

Ok, Marshall is the best team in the conference. Can you throw up the attendance numbers from Marshall's 2019 season on this thread. I can't find them.

Picture a USM men's basketball game in non-Covid times and I imagine you're in the ballpark.

Agreed. We should cut that program too.

(02-25-2021 02:45 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:43 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:33 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:17 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:11 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  Ha. There probably isn't any justification to have men's college soccer at all.

Yeah OK... CUSA has 4 programs ranked at the start of the season. Marshall started the season at #9, Charlotte #12, Kentucky #22 and FIU at #23.

Central Arkansas can go back to the MVC and GA Southern and GA State can apply to the SoCon.

Ok, Marshall is the best team in the conference. Can you throw up the attendance numbers from Marshall's 2019 season on this thread. I can't find them.

Picture a USM men's basketball game in non-Covid times and I imagine you're in the ballpark.

Agreed. We should cut that program too.

You can't. Baseball thread is that way -------->

(02-25-2021 02:46 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:45 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:43 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:33 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 01:17 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  Yeah OK... CUSA has 4 programs ranked at the start of the season. Marshall started the season at #9, Charlotte #12, Kentucky #22 and FIU at #23.

Central Arkansas can go back to the MVC and GA Southern and GA State can apply to the SoCon.

Ok, Marshall is the best team in the conference. Can you throw up the attendance numbers from Marshall's 2019 season on this thread. I can't find them.

Picture a USM men's basketball game in non-Covid times and I imagine you're in the ballpark.

Agreed. We should cut that program too.

You can't. Baseball thread is that way -------->

Good point on the baseball. This was much easier to find.

2019 Attendance Top 25 (attendance per game)

1.    LSU: 10,555

2.    Ole Miss: 8,911

3.    Mississippi State: 8,586

4.    Arkansas: 8,344

5.    South Carolina: 5,998

6.    Texas: 5,889

7.    Texas A&M: 4,935

8.    Louisiana: 4,663

9.    Nebraska: 4,530

10.  TCU: 4,379

11.  Florida State: 4,330

12.  Clemson: 4,280

13.  Florida: 3,824

14.  Texas Tech: 3,708

15.  Oregon State: 3,640

16.  Auburn: 3,320

17.  Kentucky: 3,183

18.  Virginia: 3,081

19.  Southern Miss: 2,997

20.  Alabama: 2,926

21.  Arizona State: 2,913

22.  Vanderbilt: 2,887

23.  East Carolina: 2,771

24.  Hawaii: 2,651

25.  NC State: 2,596

(02-25-2021 02:54 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:46 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:45 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:43 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 02:33 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  Ok, Marshall is the best team in the conference. Can you throw up the attendance numbers from Marshall's 2019 season on this thread. I can't find them.

Picture a USM men's basketball game in non-Covid times and I imagine you're in the ballpark.

Agreed. We should cut that program too.

You can't. Baseball thread is that way -------->

Good point on the baseball. This was much easier to find.

2019 Attendance Top 25 (attendance per game)


19.  Southern Miss: 2,997

Which makes it the 4th most popular sport behind Women's basketball. If you have under 3K in attendance and are in the top 25 in the country. Then no one but you gives a **** whether it's soccer or baseball.

(02-25-2021 02:33 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  Ok, Marshall is the best team in the conference. Can you throw up the attendance numbers from Marshall's 2019 season on this thread. I can't find them.

Marshall's Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex holds just over 1000 and during most games in 2019 the Vet often referred to as Hoop's Family Field was either 1/2 or 3/4 full in other words 500-750 fans showed up to watch the games.

In Nov 2019 when #15 Kentucky showed up to play #20 Marshall there was 2,032 watched Marshall beat Kentucky 1-0. Three weeks later Marshall hosted a second round NCAA Tournament game against WVU where 2,126 watched Marshall dispatch WVU 2-1.

clt says marshal is not the best team in cusa mens soccer. that is insulting to Charlotte.

Charlotte:
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2011
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1996, 2011
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1996, 2011
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1992, 1996, 2011
NCAA Tournament appearances
1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
1983, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2010, 2013
Conference Regular Season championships
1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014

marshal:
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2019
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2019
NCAA Tournament appearances
2019
Conference Tournament championships
2019
Conference Regular Season championships
2000, 2019

(02-25-2021 05:20 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says marshal is not the best team in cusa mens soccer. that is insulting to Charlotte.

Charlotte:
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2011
NCAA Tournament College Cup
1996, 2011
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1996, 2011
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1992, 1996, 2011
NCAA Tournament appearances
1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
1983, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2010, 2013
Conference Regular Season championships
1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014

marshal:
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2019
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2019
NCAA Tournament appearances
2019
Conference Tournament championships
2019
Conference Regular Season championships
2000, 2019

It's the one thing about us that really eats you up, huh? New sheriff in town....get used to it.