2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
DurationFall season: September 17 – November 22, 2020
Spring season: February 3 – May 17, 2021
Number of teams207 186 (21 sitting out due to COVID-19)
Top goalscorer15 goals
Gloire Amanda (Oregon State)
Statistics
Biggest home winPortland 15-0 Multnomah University
(03/31/2021)
Highest scoringPortland 15-0 Multnomah University
(03/31/2021)
Longest winning run4 games
Denver (03/18/21–current)
Longest unbeaten run9 games
Marshall (7-0-2) (03/11/21–current)
Longest winless run23 games
Harvard (0–22–1) (10/02/2018-current)
Longest losing run13 games
Canisius (10/12/19-current)
Highest attendance5,000 – NCAA Title Game,
Cary, NC 05/18/21[1]
Lowest attendance0 (multiple closed door games)
Tournament
DurationApril 30 to May 17, 2021
College Cup
DateMay 17, 2021
SiteWakeMed Soccer Park
(Cary, NC)
ChampionsMarshall
Runners-upIndiana
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 62nd season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The season was originally slated to begin on August 28, 2020, and conclude on November 15, 2020. The season was to culminate with the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, which was to be held from November 18 to December 13, 2020, with the four-team College Cup at Meredith Field at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, California.

On August 13, 2020, the NCAA tournament was suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Leading up to the postseason tournament suspension, some conferences had planned to play conference-only matches during the fall season, while some conferences opted to postpone the season to Spring 2021 (February to May 2021).[3] Ultimately, the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Sun Belt Conference began play for the 2020 fall season; while a handful of programs scheduled competitive fixtures for the fall 2020 season: Army, Kentucky, Mercer, Navy, South Carolina, and UAB.

On September 16, 2020, the NCAA announced that the spring season would run from February 3 to April 17, 2021, culminating with the NCAA tournament, which was reduced from 48 to 36 teams for this season only. The postponed NCAA tournament began on April 30 and ended on May 17, 2021. The ACC and Sun Belt champions, which were determined in November, earned automatic bids into the tournament. Nevertheless, the fall season began with Notre Dame beating Kentucky, 1–0, on September 17, 2020.

On March 24, 2021, the NCAA announced that the entirety of the men's and women's tournament would be consolidated, with all 36 men's teams and 48 women's teams playing all games in Cary, North Carolina and its vicinity during the period from April 27–May 17.[4]

Changes from 2019

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Coaching changes

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Program Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment
Central Connecticut Shaun Green Retired[5] December 6, 2019 Dave Kelly (interim) January 14, 2020[6]
Incarnate Word Chris Fidler (interim) Not retained after 2 seasons[7] November 11, 2019 Kiki Lara December 20, 2019[8]
George Mason Greg Andrulis Resigned[9] November 13, 2019 Elmar Bolowich January 13, 2020[10]
Boston U. Neil Roberts Retired[11] November 18, 2019 Kevin Nylen January 16, 2020[12]
Harvard Pieter Lehrer Fired[13] November 18, 2019 Josh Shapiro January 13, 2020[14]
UNC Asheville Mathes Mennell Resigned[15] November 19, 2019 Mick Giordano (Interim) February 7, 2020[16]
Valparaiso Mike Avery Program discontinued[17] November 20, 2019 — —
Boston College Ed Kelly Retired[18] November 25, 2019 Bob Thompson January 23, 2020[19]
Kansas City Rick Benben Retired[20] December 2, 2019 Ryan Pore January 14, 2020[21]
Drexel Doug Hess Fired[22] December 3, 2019 Michael Marchiano January 31, 2020[23]
San Diego State Lev Kirshner Fired[24] December 6, 2019 Ryan Hopkins January 21, 2020[25]
West Virginia Marlon LeBlanc Resigned[26] December 12, 2019 Dan Stratford January 20, 2020[27]
Eastern Illinois Kiki Lara Hired by Incarnate Word[28] December 23, 2019 Ronnie Bouemboue February 5, 2020[29]
Purdue Fort Wayne Mike Harper Resigned[citation needed] January 13, 2020 Stephen Gorton February 14, 2020[30]
FIU Kevin Nylen Hired by Boston U.[12] January 16, 2020 Kyle Russell February 21, 2020[31]
Stetson Cristian Neagu Fired [32] February 10, 2020 Emmett Rutkowski February 26, 2020[33]
VMI Charlie Hubbard Hired by James Madison (asst.) [34] March 5, 2020 Max Watson March 23, 2020 [35]
Cincinnati Hylton Dayes Resigned, program discontinued[36][37] March 13, 2020 — —
Appalachian State Jason O'Keefe Program discontinued[38] May 26, 2020 — —
Chicago State — — New program Trevor Banks July 20, 2020 [39]
Robert Morris Bill Denniston Retired[40] September 1, 2020 Jason O'Keefe November 24, 2020[41]
UTRGV Paul Leese Not retained [42] October 18, 2020 Bryheem Hancock November 24, 2020[43]
Radford Bryheem Hancock Hired by UTRGV [44] November 24, 2020 Chris Barrett, February 2, 2021[45]

New programs

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On November 27, 2017, it was announced that, in 2020, the Tritons of the University of California, San Diego, located in the San Diego, California district of La Jolla, would begin the transition from Division II to Division I as a member of the Big West Conference.[46]

On January 11, 2019, it was announced that the Trailblazers of Dixie State University, now known as Utah Tech University, of St. George, Utah would begin the transition from Division II to Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).[47]

On June 17, 2019, it was announced that the Knights of Bellarmine University of Louisville, Kentucky would begin the transition from Division II to Division I as a member of the ASUN Conference.[48]

Chicago State University announced on June 23, 2020, that it would begin men's soccer effective immediately. The school had first committed to adding the sport when joining the Western Athletic Conference in 2014, and it budgeted for a team in 2016, but the school did not then begin play due to financial challenges and seriously discussed leaving Division I.[49] The decision to finally add men's soccer came at the same time the school dropped baseball due to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cougars will play in their full-time home of the WAC [50] but will not begin conference play until 2021.[51]

On July 15, 2020, after months of consideration, the NCAA granted the highly unusual request of the University of St. Thomas to move directly from Division III to Division I. The school had already accepted an invitation to join the Summit League, and the Tommies will enter Division I and Summit League competition in 2021.[52]

Discontinued programs

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On November 20, 2019, Valparaiso announced that the men's soccer and tennis teams would be eliminated to allow greater attention to the school's other sports teams.[17]

On April 14, 2020, Cincinnati announced that, due to uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the men's soccer program would be discontinued effective immediately.[36]

On May 26, 2020, Appalachian State, a Division I men's soccer power in the late 1970s, cut the men's soccer program and two other men's programs in response to the financial impact of COVID-19.[38]

Conference realignment

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School Previous Conference New Conference
Cal State Bakersfield[53] Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Big West Conference
UC San Diego California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) (Division II) Big West Conference
Dixie State Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) (Division II) Western Athletic Conference (WAC)
Kansas City[54] Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Summit League
Bellarmine Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) (Division II) ASUN Conference
UConn[55] American Athletic Conference Big East Conference
Purdue Fort Wayne[56] Summit League Horizon League
Valparaiso Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Program discontinued (MVC now has only 5 teams)
Cincinnati American Athletic Conference Program discontinued
Appalachian State Sun Belt Conference Program discontinued (Sun Belt now has only 5 teams)
NJIT[57] ASUN Conference America East Conference
Robert Morris[58] Northeast Conference Horizon League
Chicago State[50] No team Western Athletic Conference
(played as independent in 2020)

Other changes

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In June 2020, the Missouri Valley Conference and SIU Edwardsville jointly announced that SIUE men's soccer would leave the Mid-American Conference and return to the MVC effective with the 2021 season.[59] While restoring the MVC to six teams, the move then reduced the MAC to only five teams.

The Sun Belt Conference had begun the 2020–21 school year with five men's soccer members, but by the start of the spring 2021 season, two were confirmed to be departing that July for conferences that sponsor men's soccer. On July 6, 2020, Howard announced that it would become an associate member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) in six sports no later than July 2021. Two sports joined the NEC for the 2020–21 school year, while the remaining four, including men's soccer, will join in July 2021.[60] Then, on January 29, 2021, the ASUN Conference officially announced three schools as incoming full members, including Sun Belt men's soccer associate member Central Arkansas.[61] With the Sun Belt men's soccer league by that time all but certain to disband after the 2020–21 school year, Conference USA (C-USA) and Coastal Carolina jointly announced on February 25 that the Chanticleers would become men's soccer members of the league effective with the fall 2021 season.[62] The end of Sun Belt men's soccer was confirmed on May 21 when the Mid-American Conference announced that the last two Sun Belt men's soccer members, Georgia Southern and Georgia State, would join the MAC for the fall 2021 season. This move also restored the MAC men's soccer league to seven teams.[63]

Season outlook

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Preseason polls

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NOTE: College Soccer News released its pre-season poll before the NCAA moved the season to the Spring semester. The ACC and the Sun Belt and some other teams played son Fall games, and the Ivy League cancelled its season. Before the Spring season got underway, College Soccer News conducted a new poll and published a new Top 30. The new poll is to the right of the older one.

United Soccer Coaches [1]
Rank Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
College Soccer News[64]
Rank Team
1 Georgetown
2 Stanford
3 Clemson
4 Wake Forest
5 SMU
6 Indiana
7 Virginia
8 UCF
9 Washington
10 Missouri State
11 UCSB
12 Maryland
13 Michigan
14 Virginia Tech
15 Marshall
16 Seattle U
17 St. John's
18 Louisville
19 Campbell
20 Penn State
21 Kentucky
22 Charlotte
23 UC Davis
24 Boston College
25 Yale
26 NC State
27 North Carolina
28 Pitt
29 California
30 Akron
College Soccer News[65]
Rank Team
1 Georgetown
2 Stanford
3 Clemson
4 Wake Forest
5 SMU
6 Indiana
7 UCF
8 Washington
9 Pitt
10 Missouri State
11 Virginia Tech
12 Maryland
13 Michigan
14 Marshall
15 Seattle U
16 Notre Dane
17 St. John's
18 North Carolina
19 Kentucky
20 Campbell
21 Penn State
22 Charlotte
23 Coastal Carolina
24 Boston College
25 California
26 Akron
27 Loyola Marymount
28 James Madison
29 Virginia
30 NJIT
Top Drawer Soccer [2]
Rank Team
1 Georgetown
2 Clemson
3 Pittsburgh
4 Stanford
5 Wake Forest
6 Akron
7 Indiana
8 SMU
9 Marshall
10 UCF
11 Virginia Tech
12 Notre Dane
13 Kentucky
14 North Carolina
15 Loyola Marymount
16 Washington
17 Saint Mary's
18 James Madison
19 Charlotte
20 Coastal Carolina
21 Maryland
22 Portland
23 Penn State
24 St. John's
25 Florida International
Soccer America [3]
Rank Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

Impact of COVID-19 on season

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Further information: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football

For the 2020 season, several changes in how the season began, and how conference play was organized affected the 2020 season.

  • The Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament, for the 2020 season only, will be reduced from eight teams to four, to minimize travel and contamination.[66]
  • The Big East Conference divided into two divisions, the "East" and "Midwest" divisions to minimize travel and to regionalize conference play.[67]
  • The Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, for the 2020 season only, will be reduced from six teams to four, to minimize travel and contamination.[68]
  • The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced that the men's soccer season will begin on September 11, rather than August 28.[69]
  • The Mid-American Conference discontinued its men's soccer tournament.[70] All teams will play each other home-and-home.
  • The Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, for the 2020 season only, will be reduced from six teams to four, to minimize travel and contamination.[71]
  • On July 8, the Ivy League cancelled all intercollegiate sports for the 2020 Fall semester; this includes both men's and women's soccer.[72]
  • On July 10, the Big Ten and Pac-12 Conferences announced all teams will play the 2020 season with conference-only matches[73]
  • On July 13, the Patriot League announced that all fall sports, including men's soccer would be cancelled.[74]
  • On July 17, the Atlantic 10 Conference announced that all fall sports, including men's soccer, would be postponed to spring 2021.[75]
  • On August 13, the Western Athletic Conference announced that all fall sports, including men's soccer, would be postponed to spring 2021. However, the league is allowing non-conference games.[76]
  • On August 13, the Southern Conference announced that conference competition in all fall sports, including men's soccer, would be suspended through the end of the calendar year.[77]
  • On August 14, the ASUN Conference announced that all fall sports, including men's soccer, would be postponed with the intent to hold them in the spring 2021.[78]
  • On August 15, the NCAA suspended the men's soccer championship for the fall season, with the possibility of being played in winter or spring 2021
  • On August 27, three conferences confirmed to play in the fall, with individual programs allowed to play games in the fall. The ACC and the Sun Belt played in fall 2020.
  • On October 15, the ASUN announced that it would split into North and South Divisions for the spring 2021 season only. Conference standings, and with them seeding in the conference tournament, were based exclusively on results within each division.[79]

Fall 2020 season

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Standings

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2020 ACC men's fall soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North
No. 2 Pittsburgh 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Virginia Tech 3 – 1 – 2 3 – 2 – 2
Notre Dame 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Virginia 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Louisville 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Syracuse 0 – 3 – 2 0 – 3 – 2
South
No. 3 Wake Forest 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
North Carolina 3 – 1 – 2 3 – 2 – 2
No. 1 Clemson‡ 3 – 2 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Duke 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
NC State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 6 – 1
Boston College† 0 – 0 – 0 0 – 0 – 0
As of March 9, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, Boston College suspended the Fall 2020 men's soccer season; begins play in March.
2020 Sun Belt Conference men's fall soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 23 Coastal Carolina ‡ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Georgia State 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 2
Central Arkansas 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 2
Georgia Southern 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
As of March 2, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Rankings

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Top-ranked team

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See also: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2020 Top 25 coaches poll and 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Weekly United Soccer Coaches #1 ranked team (Fall 2020)
Date Team Date Team Date Team Date Team
September 22 Wake Forest September 29 Wake Forest October 6 Wake Forest October 13 Wake Forest
October 20 Pitt October 27 Pitt November 3 Pitt November 10 Pitt
November 17 Pitt November 24 Clemson end of fall 2020 season

Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week

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  • Bold denotes TDS player of the week.

Major upsets

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In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by an unranked team that defeats a ranked team.

All rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll.

Date Winner Score Loser
October 9, 2020 North Carolina 1–0 No. 3 Clemson
October 13, 2020 Clemson 2–1 No. 1 Wake Forest
November 15, 2020 Virginia 2–0 No. 2 Wake Forest

Fall postseason

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Conference winners and tournaments

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Conference Regular
Season
Champion(s) 		Tournament
Winner 		Conference
Tournament 		Tournament
Dates 		Tournament
Venue (City)
ACC North- Pitt
South- Wake Forest 		Clemson Tournament November 15–22 Dorrance Field • Chapel Hill, NC
Sun Belt Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina Tournament November 11–15 GSU Soccer Field • Atlanta, GA

Spring 2021 season

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Standings

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Note: W-L-T records are through the Finals of the NCAA tournament.

2020 America East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pod A
No. 19 New Hampshire ‡ 5 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Vermont 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
UMass Lowell 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Pod B
Hartford 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Binghamton 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Albany 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Pod C
NJIT 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
UMBC 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Stony Brook 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Note: Due to COVID-19, the NCAA suspended the 2020 men's soccer season for fall
2020 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 UCF ‡ 7 – 3 – 0 9 – 4 – 1
Tulsa 6 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 2
Temple 5 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 2
SMU 5 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
South Florida 4 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Memphis 2 – 8 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central
George Washington 3 – 1 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
VCU 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Davidson 2 – 2 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
George Mason 0 – 3 – 3 0 – 6 – 3
North
No. 22 Fordham ‡ 3 – 0 – 2 7 – 1 – 2
UMass + 3 – 1 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
La Salle 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Rhode Island 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Saint Joseph's 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
West
Dayton 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Saint Louis 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 5 – 0
Duquesne 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
St. Bonaventure 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 ACC men's spring soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 7 Clemson ‡ 4 – 1 – 1 14 – 3 – 3
Louisville 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 8 – 1
No. 6 Wake Forest + 3 – 0 – 2 13 – 3 – 2
NC State 1 – 2 – 3 3 – 8 – 4
Boston College * 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 3 – 1
Syracuse 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 7 – 4
Coastal
No. 3 Pittsburgh + 5 – 1 – 0 16 – 4 – 0
No. 4 North Carolina + 4 – 1 – 1 9 – 5 – 4
Duke 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 10 – 3
Virginia 2 – 4 – 0 7 – 8 – 1
No. 15 Virginia Tech + 2 – 4 – 0 7 – 6 – 4
Notre Dame 1 – 5 – 0 8 – 9 – 0
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC
Note: *- Due to COVID-19, Boston College suspended the Fall 2020 men's soccer season; began play in March.
2020 ASUN Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North
Bellarmine # 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Liberty 1 – 3 – 1 7 – 3 – 2
Lipscomb 1 – 2 – 1 6 – 5 – 2
South
Jacksonville ‡ 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 2
North Florida 2 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 3
Florida Gulf Coast 2 – 2 – 2 3 – 4 – 4
Stetson 1 – 3 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
As of May 3, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East
No. 5 Georgetown + 7 – 0 – 2 9 – 2 – 2
No. 9 Seton Hall ‡ 5 – 1 – 2 10 – 2 – 3
Providence 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
St. John's 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Villanova 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
UConn 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Midwest
No. 14 Marquette + 5 – 1 – 1 8 – 2 – 2
Creighton 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Butler 4 – 2 – 2 4 – 6 – 2
DePaul 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 2
Xavier 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Big South Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 23 High Point ‡ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 2 – 0
USC Upstate 6 – 1 – 1 6 – 4 – 2
Campbell 5 – 1 – 1 8 – 2 – 2
UNC Asheville 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Gardner–Webb 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Presbyterian 2 – 4 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Radford 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Longwood 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Winthrop 0 – 7 – 1 0 – 8 – 1
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Indiana ‡ 7 – 1 – 0 12 – 2 – 2
No. 11 Penn State + 6 – 1 – 1 10 – 2 – 2
Michigan 5 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Maryland + 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 2
Rutgers 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Michigan State 4 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Ohio State 3 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Northwestern 2 – 7 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 7 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big Ten
2020 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North
Hofstra 2 – 0 – 2 5 – 2 – 3
Drexel 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
Delaware 1 – 1 – 2 2 – 1 – 2
Northeastern 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 5 – 1
South
No. 21 James Madison ‡ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 3
UNC Wilmington 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
Elon 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
William & Mary 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Charleston 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 3
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Conference USA men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Marshall ‡ 6 – 0 – 1 13 – 2 – 3
No. 20 Charlotte + 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 2
No. 16 Kentucky + 3 – 3 – 1 12 – 5 – 2
FIU 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Florida Atlantic 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 4 – 2
South Carolina 2 – 4 – 1 8 – 7 – 1
UAB 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 12 – 1
Old Dominion 0 – 4 – 3 1 – 4 – 3
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Horizon League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern Kentucky 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Oakland 6 – 1 – 2 6 – 1 – 2
UIC 6 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Milwaukee ‡ 6 – 4 – 0 8 – 5 – 0
Wright State 5 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Cleveland State 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Green Bay 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Purdue Fort Wayne 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Detroit Mercy 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Robert Morris 1 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
IUPUI 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Quinnipiac 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Rider 2 – 0 – 1 3 – 1 – 1
Niagara 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Saint Peter's 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Fairfield 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Monmouth ‡ 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Iona 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Manhattan 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 4 – 0
Siena 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Canisius 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 6 – 0
As of May 3, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bowling Green † 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 5 – 1
Western Michigan 5 – 3 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
West Virginia 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Akron 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Northern Illinois 4 – 6 – 0 5 – 8 – 1
SIU Edwardsville 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
As of May 3, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Missouri State ‡ 7 – 1 – 0 12 – 2 – 0
Loyola Chicago 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 4 – 2
Drake 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Bradley 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 7 – 2
Evansville 0 – 7 – 1 0 – 9 – 1
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Northeast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
St. Francis Brooklyn ‡ 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 3
LIU 3 – 1 – 3 3 – 1 – 4
Central Connecticut 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Merrimack # 2 – 1 – 2 2 – 1 – 2
Bryant 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 2 – 2
Fairleigh Dickinson 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Mount St. Mary's 1 – 3 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
Sacred Heart 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
As of May 3, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Patriot League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
North
Lafayette 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Holy Cross 2 – 1 – 0 2 – 2 – 0
Boston University 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 2 – 1
Colgate 1 – 2 – 0 1 – 3 – 1
Army 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 3 – 1
South
Loyola (MD) 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 1
American ‡ 2 – 1 – 2 4 – 2 – 3
Navy 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Bucknell 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 4 – 1
Lehigh 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
As of May 28, 2021
2020 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Stanford † 7 – 2 – 1 10 – 3 – 1
No. 8 Washington + 7 – 3 – 0 12 – 4 – 0
No. 18 Oregon State + 6 – 4 – 0 9 – 5 – 0
California 4 – 5 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
UCLA 2 – 6 – 2 3 – 7 – 2
San Diego State 1 – 7 – 2 1 – 7 – 2
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman 5 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
UNCG ‡ 3 – 1 – 2 9 – 3 – 2
East Tennessee State 3 – 1 – 2 3 – 5 – 3
Belmont 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 3 – 2
Mercer 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 9 – 1
Wofford 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
VMI 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
As of May 3, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Denver † 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Omaha + 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Oral Roberts 6 – 3 – 1 8 – 4 – 1
Kansas City 5 – 4 – 1 5 – 8 – 1
Western Illinois 2 – 6 – 1 2 – 8 – 2
Eastern Illinois 0 – 7 – 2 0 – 8 – 2
  • ↑ – Season title based on points per game
    + – Omaha replaced Denver in the 2020 NCAA Tournament due to Covid-19 protocols
As of May 3, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Sun Belt Conference men's spring soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
#24 Coastal Carolina ‡ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 4 – 2
Georgia State 4 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 2
Central Arkansas 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 9 – 2
Georgia Southern 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
As of May 28,
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 West Coast Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17Loyola Marymount† 5 – 0 – 2 6 – 0 – 3
Saint Mary's 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Santa Clara 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
San Francisco 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
San Diego 3 – 2 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Portland 1 – 3 – 3 2 – 4 – 3
Pacific 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Gonzaga 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
2020 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 25 Grand Canyon + 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
UTRGV 6 – 1 – 2 6 – 2 – 2
San Jose State 5 – 1 – 2 5 – 1 – 3
California Baptist # 5 – 4 – 1 6 – 4 – 2
UNLV 4 – 4 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
Seattle 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Air Force ‡ 4 – 4 – 1 6 – 5 – 2
Dixie State # 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Utah Valley 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Incarnate Word 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Houston Baptist 0 – 9 – 1 0 – 9 – 2
Chicago State ¿ 0 – 0 – 0 1 – 2 – 0
  • ‡ – Conference tournament champion
    + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA tournament
    # – Ineligible (In transition)
    ¿– Not competing in WAC until 2022
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Rankings

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Top-ranked team

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See also: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2020 Top 25 coaches poll and 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Weekly United Soccer Coaches #1 ranked team (Spring 2021)
Date Team Date Team Date Team Date Team
January 11 (preseason) None until after season starts February 8 — February 15 —
February 22 — March 1 Clemson March 8 Clemson March 15 Clemson
March 22 Clemson March 29 Clemson April 5 Pitt April 12 Pitt
April 19 April 26 None until after tournament May 24

Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week

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  • Bold denotes TDS player of the week.

Spring postseason

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Conference winners and tournaments

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Conference Regular
Season
Champion(s) 		Tournament
Winner 		Conference
Tournament 		Tournament
Dates 		Tournament
Venue (City)
America East New Hampshire New Hampshire 2020 Tournament April 15–17 Wildcat Stadium (Durham, NH)
American UCF UCF 2020 Tournament April 16–18 UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (Orlando, FL)
ASUN North: Bellarmine[a]
South: Jacksonville		 Jacksonville 2020 Tournament[b] April 10–18[c] Quarterfinals: Campus sites
Semifinals: Southern Oak Stadium (Jacksonville, FL)
Final: Stetson Athletic Training Center (DeLand, FL)
Atlantic 10 Dayton Fordham 2020 Tournament April 15–17 Baujan Field (Dayton, OH)
Big East Georgetown Seton Hall 2020 Tournament TBD Shaw Field (Washington, DC)
Big South High Point High Point 2020 Tournament April 14–17 Higher seed
Big Ten Indiana Indiana 2020 Tournament April 10–17 Bill Armstrong Stadium (Bloomington, IN)
Big West Season cancelled due to COVID-19
Colonial James Madison James Madison 2020 Tournament April 15–17 Vidas Field (Philadelphia, PA)
Conference USA Marshall Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19
Horizon Northern Kentucky Milwaukee 2020 Tournament April 11–17 Higher seed
Ivy Season cancelled due to COVID-19
MAAC Quinnipiac Monmouth 2020 Tournament April 11–17 Higher seed
Mid-American Bowling Green No tournament
Missouri Valley Missouri State Missouri State 2020 Tournament April 13–17 Higher seed
Northeast St. Francis Brooklyn St. Francis Brooklyn 2020 Tournament April 16–18 Higher seed
Pac-12 Washington No tournament
Patriot Lafayette American 2020 Tournament TBD TBD
Southern Furman UNCG 2020 Tournament TBD TBD
Summit Denver [d] No tournament
WAC Grand Canyon Air Force 2020 Tournament TBD TBD
West Coast Loyola Marymount No tournament
  1. ^ For the rescheduled spring 2021 season only, the ASUN split into divisions, with conference standings based strictly on results within each division.
  2. ^ The ASUN Conference officially called this season's tournament the "2021 Spring" edition.
  3. ^ The final, originally scheduled for April 17 at Jacksonville University's Southern Oak Stadium, was postponed to the following day due to unplayable field conditions and moved to the Stetson University campus.[91]
  4. ^ Omaha replaced Summit League champion Denver in the 2020 NCAA tournament due to COVID-19 protocols.

Postseason awards

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Hermann Trophy

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Main article: Hermann Trophy

The Hermann Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player. The finalists were announced on May 21.[92] On May 27, 2021, Gloire Amanda of Oregon State won the Hermann Trophy.

  • Glorie Amanda – Oregon State
  • Victor Bezerra – Indiana
  • Valentin Noël – Pitt

TDS National Player of the Year

[edit]
Main article: TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award

The TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award recognizes the top college soccer player in the nation by the TDS staff. On May 25, 2021, Veljko Petkovic of Pitt won the award.[93]

Senior CLASS Award

[edit]
Main article: List of Senior CLASS Award men's soccer winners
  • The Senior CLASS Award is presented each year to the most outstanding senior in NCAA Division I. Thomas M'Barek of Cleveland State won the award.[94] The following finalists were:
    • Jacob Graiber (DF), UIC
    • Justin Malou (DF), Clemson
    • Thomas M'Barek (DF), Cleveland State
    • Jacob Montes (MF), Georgetown
    • Yannik Oettl (GK), UCF
    • George Proctor (DF), Georgia State
    • Tor Saunders (GK), Coastal Carolina
    • Chris Sullivan (MF), Bowling Green
    • Joel Walker (FW), Oregon State
    • Marc Ybarra (MF), Michigan

All-Americans

[edit]
Main article: 2020 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans
Further information: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer First-Team All-America teams

Conference player and coaches of the year

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Conference Conference
Player of the Year 		Offensive
Player of the Year 		Defensive
Player of the Year 		Midfielder
of the Year 		Goalkeeper
of the Year 		Rookie
of the Year 		Conference
Coach of the Year
ACC[95] — Valentin Noel
(Pitt) 		Jasper Löeffelsend
(Pitt) 		Daniel Pereira
(Virginia Tech) 		— Bertin Jacquesson
(Pitt) 		Jay Vidovich
(Pitt)
America East[96] — Regsan Watkins
(NJIT) 		Bridger Hansen
(New Hampshire) 		Rory O'Driscoll
(New Hampshire) 		Alejandro Robles
(New Hampshire) 		Daniel Pacella
(Vermont) 		Marc Hubbard
(New Hampshire)
American[97] — Alex Meinhard
(Tulsa) 		Pierre Cayet
(Temple) 		Yoni Sorokin & Knut Ahlander
(UCF) & (SMU) 		Yannik Oettl
(UCF) 		Gino Vivi
(UCF) 		Scott Calabrese
(UCF)
ASUN[98] O'Vonte Mullings
(FGCU) 		O'Vonte Mullings
(FGCU) 		Ethan Dudley
(FGCU) 		— Gustavo Vasconcelos
(FGCU) 		Gabe Findley
(Liberty) 		Tim Chastonay
(Bellarmine)
Atlantic 10[99] — Jonas Fjeldberg
(Dayton) 		Patrick Shulte
(Saint Louis) 		Kingsford Adjei
(Dayton) 		— Alex Hughes
(UMass) 		Dennis Currier
(Dayton)
Big East[100] — Diego Gutierrez
(Creighton) 		Rio Hope-Gund
(Georgetown) 		Dante Polvara
(Georgetown) 		Giannis Nikopolidis
(Georgetown) 		Beto Soto
(Marquette) 		Andreas Lindberg
(Seton Hall)
Big South[101] — MD Myers
(High Point) 		Franck Momo
(Campbell) 		— — Sami Amal
(Campbell) 		Scott Halkett
(USC Upstate)
Big Ten[102] — Victor Bezerra
(Indiana) 		Jackson Ragen
(Michigan) 		Marc Ybarra
(Michigan) 		Roman Celenato
(Indiana) 		Laurence Wootton
(Ohio State) 		Todd Yeagley
(Indiana)
Big West Season canceled due to COVID-19
Colonial[103] Laolu Daranijo
(Drexel) 		Laolu Daranijo
(Drexel) 		T.J. Bush
(James Madison) 		— — Axel Ahlander
(James Madison) 		Paul Zazenski
(James Madison)
Conference USA[104] Vitor Dias
(Marshall) 		Vitor Dias
(Marshall) 		Patrick Hogan
(Charlotte) 		Preston Popp
(Charlotte) 		Oliver Semmle
(Marshall) 		Josh Thacker
(Old Dominion) 		Chris Grassie
(Marshall)
Horizon[105] Noah Jensen
(Oakland) 		Dylan Borczak
(Oakland) 		Jacob Graiber
(UIC) 		— Danny Birmingham
(Northern Kentucky) 		Logan Farrington
(Milwaukee) 		Stu Riddle
(Northern Kentucky)
Ivy Season canceled due to COVID-19
MAAC[106] — Dominic Law
(Saint Peter's) 		George Akampeke
(Monmouth) 		— Jared Mazzola
(Quinnipiac) 		Thomas Drillien
(Fairfield) 		Robert McCourt
(Monmouth)
Mid-American[107] Nick Markanich
(Northern Illinois) 		— — — — Harry Jolley
(Northern Illinois) 		Eric Nichols
(Bowling Green)
Missouri Valley[108] Billy Hency
(Loyola Chicago) 		Nicolo Mulatero
(Missouri State) 		Kyle Hiebert
(Missouri State) 		— Bryce Logan
(Bradley) 		Pablo Guillen
(Evansville) 		Jon Leamy
(Missouri State)
Northeast[109] Nicolas Molina
(St. Francis Brooklyn) 		— Harald Sollund
(St. Francis Brooklyn) 		— Callum James
(Oakland) 		Emil Jaaskelainen
(LIU) 		Tom Giovatto
(St. Francis Brooklyn)
Pac-12[110] Zach Ryan
(Stanford) 		— Charlie Ostrem
(Washington) 		— — Mark Fisher
(Stanford) 		Jamie Clark
(Washington)
Patriot[111] — Sam Brown
(Loyola Maryland) 		Nick Hazel
(Lafayette) &
Matt Nocita
(Navy) 		Justin Ingram
(Loyola Maryland) 		Chase Vosvick
(Loyola Maryland) 		David Jackson
(Navy) 		Dennis Bohn
(Lafayette)
Southern[112] Ben Hale
(Furman) 		— — — Ben Hale
(Furman) 		Theo Collomb
(UNCG) &
Jake Raine
(Furman) 		Doug Allison
(Furman)
Summit — —
Sun Belt — —
WAC — — —
West Coast

Other major awards

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Final rankings

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Rank United Soccer Coaches[104] TopDrawerSoccer.com College Soccer News
1 Marshall
2 Indiana
3 Pitt
4 North Carolina
5 Georgetown
6 Wake Forest
7 Clemson
8 Washington
9 Seton Hall
10 Stanford
11 Penn State
12 Missouri State
13 UCF
14 Marquette
15 Virginia Tech
16 Kentucky
17 Loyola Marymount
18 Oregon State
19 New Hampshire
20 Charlotte
21 James Madison
22 Fordham
23 High Point
24 Coastal Carolina
25 Grand Canyon
26
27
28
29
30

Statistics

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Individual statistics

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Goals
Rank Scorer School Games Goals
1 Glorie Amanda Oregon State 12 13
2 MD Myers High Point 12 12
3 Valentin Noel Pitt 14 11
4 Victor Bezerra Indiana 10 10
Laolu Daranijo Drexel 11 10
Paolo Gratton Milwaukee 11 10
7 Sebastian Chalbaud High Point 12 9
Nick Markanich Northern Illinois 13 9
Zach Ryan Stanford 11 9
10 Chris Donovan Drexel 10 8
Jack Lynn Notre Dame 16 8
Kimarni Smith Clemson 11 8
Goals Against Average
Rank Keeper School Games Minutes GA GAA
1 Roman Celentano Indiana 10 903 2 .199
2 Jacob Jackson Loyola Marymount 8 760 2 .237
3 Giannis Nikopolidis Georgetown 8 671 2 .268
4 T.J. Bush James Madison 7 662 2 .272
5 Padraic Gilley North Florida 6 580 2 .310
6 Oliver Semmle Marshall 12 1085 5 .415
7 Nathan Silveira Vermont 6 560 3 .482
8 Holden Trent High Point 12 1072 6 .503
9 Alejandro Robles New Hampshire 8 700 4 .514
10 Justin Grady George Washington 9 871 5 .516
Assists
Rank Player School Games Assists
1 Noah Jensen Oakland 9 14
2 Rudy Castro San Jose State 9 10
Charlie Ostrem Washington 12 10
4 Joshua Kidder Milwaukee 11 9
5 Gloire Amanda Oregon State 12 7
Grayson Barber Clemson 11 7
James Boote Seton Hall 12 7
Marcello Jones Coastal Carolina 14 7
Jasper Loeffelsend Pitt 14 7
Nicolo Mulatero Missouri State 11 7
Miles Peay UNC Asheville 9 7
Dawsun Schrum Oakland 9 7
Ben Shepherd UMass 10 7
Save Percentage
Rank Keeper School Games Minutes Saves GA Save %
1 Roman Celentano Indiana 10 903 32 2 .941
2 T.J. Bush James Madison 7 662 25 2 .926
3 Giannis Nikopolidis Georgetown 8 671 19 2 .905
4 Yannik Oettl UCF 9 841 47 5 .904
5 Jacob Jackson Loyola Marymount 8 760 17 2 .895
6 Nathan Silveira Vermont 6 560 22 3 .880
7 Justin Grady George Washington 9 871 36 5 .878
8 Josh Levine Fordham 8 779 35 5 .875
9 Chandler Hallwood Marquette 10 899 41 6 .872
10 Paul Tyson Georgia State 10 940 40 6 .870
Points
Rank Player School Games Goals Assists Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Saves
Rank Keeper School Games Saves
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
  • Individual statistics are through the games of April 17, 2021[115]

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