There's a lot to go through in this, as its both the first conference tournament to be played during Covid, and also the first tournament played to be played after the conference switched to its Division play only format for this year.

Scheduling format: Each team played a double round robin against teams within their own division, and a few OOC games. In some cases we saw OOC games between East and West teams, and one of South's losses this season was to UL, even though it didn't count as a league game.

Since there were 6 East teams and 5 West teams, Eastern Division opponents played 10 conference games, Western Division teams played 8.

South Alabama as usual won the East going 8-0-2 in conference play losing to Georgia State and Coastal.

Arkansas State went undefeated in the West with only a draw against Little Rock for a 7-1-0 record. Since AState and South did not play this season, there will be no outright conference champion declared. Both teams are divisional champions, and the overall champs will be the tournament champions

Otherwise, Georgia State used a strong run to claim 2nd in the East, With Coastal finishing a close 3rd. Louisiana went 0-2 against Arkansas State but dominated the rest of the West to finish 2nd.

Tournament Format and Schedule:
All 11 teams qualify. The top 3 East Teams and top 2 West teams get first round byes and will not play until Wednesday. The rest begin play Monday:

All games on ESPN Plus. Fans are allowed, spectator policy is below

Monday November 2nd:

1:30pm East #5 Georgia Southern vs West #4 Little Rock
4:00pm East #4 Appalachian State vs West #5 UL Monroe
7:30pm East #6 Troy vs West #3 Texas State

Wednesday November 4th

11:00am East #3 Coastal Carolina vs West #2 Louisiana
1:30pm East #1 South Alabama vs Winner of GS/LR
4:00pm West #1 Arkansas State vs Winner of App/ULM
7:30pm East #2 Georgia State vs Winner of Troy/TxSt

Friday November 6th

4:00pm CCU/UL Winner vs USA/GS/LR
7:00pm AState/ULM/App vs GSU/Troy/TxSt

Sunday November 8th

1:00pm Championship Game


Spectator Policy: Masks required. Fans are required to spread out around the field and bleachers. No fans will be allowed on the field to mingle or visit with players and coaches

Conference Championship Trophy Ceremony is closed to the Public, with viewing areas given to watch from a safe distance.

Of Note:

The winner of this tournament will qualify to play in the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament which will not be played until The SPRING. That means whoever wins will likely play a limited OOC only schedule in the Spring to prepare for the NCAA Tournament.

I'll update with results as we go.

Mid Tournament Update:

Monday:

Little Rock beat Georgia Southern
App State beat ULM
Troy beat Texas State

Wednesday:

UL 3 Coastal 0
USA 2 Little Rock 2 (South wins 4-3 on PK's)
AState 1 App State 0
Ga State 4 Troy 1

Friday:

W2 Louisiana vs E1 South Alabama 4:00pm
E2 Georgia State vs W1 Arkansas State 7:00pm

Winners will play for the conference title on Sunday.

The Jags advance to the finals with a 4-1 win over the Cajuns.

AState 1 Georgia State 0 Final

As expected, we have an Arkansas State vs South Alabama final. The two division champions

stAte currently up 1-0 over South with less then 30 minutes to go.

stAte will play a girl down the last 25. Inutes due to red card.

South has the equalizer with less then 6 minutes to go, 1-1.

South has now taken their proper place and is leading 2-1 at the 2:00 mark.

SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUARS are your women’s conference champions.


Thank you all for coming to the USA soccer invitational!!!

Now give me back my Bubas Cup!!!!

The Jags’ win means two things:

1. We will represent the conference in the NCAA Tournament.
2. Will will face perennial top team Florida State in said tournament.

However, due to coronavirus, the tournament will not take place until April/May of 2021. That means we have 6 months to prepare for the Seminoles. It’ll be interesting to see how we navigate the lay-off.

So close. We probably win if we're playing with 11, the Red Card was just too much to overcome.

Just not yet to the point that we can beat South consistently. Got to be able to do it to take the next step. But we get closer by the year.

I’m going to say I’m still ticked off about this game. First of all I was there and Astate was the better team till the Center Ref decided to make her mark on the game. The RED CARD was a joke...a very bad call! Astate held for 20+ minutes as USA used their advantage to attack repeatedly (as they should have)...Astate had to lay back and play defense to try and preserve the lead. USA scored their 2 goals with less than 6 minutes to go with a man advantage. Kudos to USA for taking advantage of the situation. Poor decision on the Center Referee changed the outcome of that game. Call me a sore loser if you will, I’ll own it!

(11-10-2020 09:12 PM)JSinLR Wrote:  I’m going to say I’m still ticked off about this game. First of all I was there and Astate was the better team till the Center Ref decided to make her mark on the game. The RED CARD was a joke...a very bad call! Astate held for 20+ minutes as USA used their advantage to attack repeatedly (as they should have)...Astate had to lay back and play defense to try and preserve the lead. USA scored their 2 goals with less than 6 minutes to go with a man advantage. Kudos to USA for taking advantage of the situation. Poor decision on the Center Referee changed the outcome of that game. Call me a sore loser if you will, I’ll own it!

That girl had already been given a yellow card for essentially the same issue. Got to be aware of the situation before you decide to roll up another girl while you’re on the ground. Might have been a tough call, but it was also a bad decision by a senior. We also don’t know if something came out of her mouth during the altercation that may have made the yellow a little easier.

Either way, was a great game, you guys had me worried, I believe the red definitely changed the way stAte played that game.

(11-10-2020 09:12 PM)JSinLR Wrote:  I’m going to say I’m still ticked off about this game. First of all I was there and Astate was the better team till the Center Ref decided to make her mark on the game. The RED CARD was a joke...a very bad call! Astate held for 20+ minutes as USA used their advantage to attack repeatedly (as they should have)...Astate had to lay back and play defense to try and preserve the lead. USA scored their 2 goals with less than 6 minutes to go with a man advantage. Kudos to USA for taking advantage of the situation. Poor decision on the Center Referee changed the outcome of that game. Call me a sore loser if you will, I’ll own it!

You’re a sore loser but I agree. It was an absolute BS call.