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1 Background  




2 Teams  


2.1  Stadiums and locations  




2.2  Head coaches  






3 Preseason  


3.1  Recruiting classes  




3.2  Preseason Coaches polls  




3.3  Preseason awards  


3.3.1  All−American Teams  




3.3.2  Preseason All SBC  






3.4  Preseason exhibitions  






4 Regular season  




5 Rankings  


5.1  National rankings  




5.2  Regional rankings - USC Southeast Region  






6 References  




7 External links  













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2022 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
Number of teams9
Regular Season
Tournament
Sun Belt Conference men's soccer seasons

← 2020

2023 →

2022 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
  • t
  • e
    		•  Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.6Kentucky‡ 5 – 0 – 3 15 – 1 – 5
    No.12Marshall+ 4 – 1 – 3 11 – 4 – 4
    Georgia State 4 – 2 – 2 12 – 4 – 3
    West Virginia 3 – 1 – 4 7 – 7 – 4
    Coastal Carolina 2 – 1 – 5 5 – 5 – 6
    Old Dominion 3 – 4 – 1 6 – 8 – 2
    James Madison 2 – 3 – 3 8 – 8 – 4
    South Carolina 1 – 4 – 3 5 – 8 – 4
    Georgia Southern 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 14 – 1
    As of December 13, 2022
    Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
    Source: Sun Belt

    The 2022 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season was the 20th season of men's varsity soccer in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC), marking the return of SBC men's soccer after a one-season hiatus.[1] The season ended with the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

    Background[edit]

    Amajor conference realignment initially triggered in July 2021 when Oklahoma and Texas announced their plans to leave the Big 12 Conference for the Southeastern Conference eventually led to the reinstatement of Sun Belt men's soccer. Further moves in this realignment cycle saw three men's soccer schools announce that they would join the SBC no later than 2023: Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) member James Madison, and then-reigning national champion Marshall and Old Dominion from Conference USA (C-USA). Accordingly, league commissioner Keith Gill announced on November 1, 2021, that SBC men's soccer would be reinstated no later than 2023.[2]

    Shortly after James Madison announced its departure for the SBC, the CAA invoked a provision of its bylaws to bar JMU from its conference championship events. This led the SBC to announce on February 2, 2022, that JMU would join the conference in July 2022 instead of 2023.[3] The following month saw a legal dispute between C-USA and the three schools set to leave that league for the SBC (Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss, with Southern Miss sponsoring soccer only for women) over their departure date. On March 29, C-USA and those schools reached a settlement that allowed them to join the SBC in July 2022.[4] A little more than a week later on April 6, the SBC announced that men's soccer would be reinstated in 2022. The three incoming members were joined by existing full members Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, and Georgia State plus new associate members Kentucky, South Carolina, and West Virginia.[5]

    Teams[edit]

    Stadiums and locations[edit]

    Team Location Stadium Capacity
    Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Conway, South Carolina Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field 1,000
    Georgia Southern Eagles Statesboro, Georgia Eagle Field 3,500
    Georgia State Panthers Decatur, Georgia GSU Soccer Complex 1,892
    James Madison Dukes Harrisonburg, Virginia Sentara Park 1,500
    Kentucky Wildcats Lexington, Kentucky Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex 3,368
    Marshall Thundering Herd Huntington, West Virginia Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex 1,006
    Old Dominion Monarchs Norfolk, Virginia Old Dominion Soccer Complex 4,000
    South Carolina Gamecocks Columbia, South Carolina Stone Stadium 5,700
    West Virginia Mountaineers Morgantown, West Virginia Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium 1,600

    Head coaches[edit]

    Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2021 season

    Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Record at school SBC record NCAA
    Tournaments[6]     		NCAA
    College Cups[6]     		NCAA
    Titles[6]
    Coastal Carolina Shaun Docking Charleston Southern 24 318–159–45 (.652) 298–140–43 (.664) 17–7–1 (.700) 15 0 0
    Georgia Southern John Murphy Anderson (SC) 7 102–97–25 (.511) 36–53–10 (.414) 10–13–2 (.440) 0 0 0
    Georgia State Brett Surrency Jacksonville (asst.) 12 123–88–18 (.576) 123–88–16 (.577) 21–11–3 (.643) 3 0 0
    James Madison Paul Zazenski James Madison (asst.) 5 112–41–14 (.713) 42–18–10 (.671) 0–0–0 (–) 3 0 0
    Kentucky Johan Cedergren Dartmouth (asst.) 11 116–54–26 (.658) 116–54–26 (.658) 0–0–0 (–) 8 0 0
    Marshall Chris Grassie Charleston (WV) 6 155–48–22 (.738) 56–28–14 (.643) 0–0–0 (–) 3 1 1
    Old Dominion Alan Dawson North Carolina (asst.) 25 380–190–57 (.652) 251–160–46 (.600) 0–0–0 (–) 12 0 0
    South Carolina Tony Annan Atlanta United Academy 2 5–9–2 (.375) 5–9–2 (.375) 0–0–0 (–) 0 0 0
    West Virginia Dan Stratford Charleston (WV) 3 79–10–12 (.842) 18–6–7 (.694) 0–0–0 (–) 1 0 0

    Preseason[edit]

    Recruiting classes[edit]

    Rankings
    Team TDS CSN Signees
    Coastal Carolina
    Georgia Southern
    Georgia State
    James Madison
    Kentucky
    Marshall
    Old Dominion
    South Carolina
    West Virginia

    Preseason Coaches polls[edit]

    The 2022 SBC Preseason Poll was released on August 15, 2022. The league's head coaches ranked West Virginia as the preseason favorite, with 5 out of 9 first place votes.[7] Full results of the poll are shown below:

    Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
    1 West Virginia 5
    2 Marshall 3
    3 Kentucky 1
    4 South Carolina
    T-5 Coastal Carolina
    T-5 James Madison
    7 Georgia State
    8 Old Dominion
    9 Georgia Southern

    Preseason awards[edit]

    All−American Teams[edit]

    USC 1st Team USC 2nd Team TDS 1st Team TDS 2nd Team CSN 1st Team CSN 2nd Team

    Preseason All SBC[edit]

    Position Player Class School
    Goalkeeper Oliver Semmle 5th Year Marshall
    Defender Luis Grassow Senior Kentucky
    Robert Screen 5th Year Kentucky
    Gabriel Alves Junior Marshall
    Bjarne Thiesen Junior West Virginia
    Midfielder Ross Finnie Senior Georgia State
    Rodrigo Robles Junior James Madison
    Vinicius Fernandes 5th Year Marshall
    Forward Alvaro Garcia-Pascual Sophomore Coastal Carolina
    Luca Erhardt Senior James Madison
    Eythor Bjorgolfsson Senior Kentucky
    Milo Yosef Senior Marshall

    Preseason exhibitions[edit]

    Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
    August 12 7:00 p.m. No. 14 Marshall Rio Grande (OH) Evan Davis Soccer Field • Rio Grande, OH  Not reported    
    August 12 7:00 p.m. UNCG Old Dominion ODU Soccer Complex • Norfolk, VA T 0–0    
    August 12 7:00 p.m. No. 6 West Virginia Duquesne Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field • Pittsburgh, PA  Not reported    
    August 13 7:00 p.m. James Madison VCU Sports Backers Stadium • Richmond, VA ESPN+  Not reported    
    August 14 7:00 p.m. No. 15 Wake Forest Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Field • Conway, SC T 1–1    
    August 14 7:00 p.m. Winthrop Georgia Southern Eagle Field at Erk Park • Statesboro, GA      
    August 14 7:15 p.m. Radford No. 14 Marshall Hoops Family Field • Huntington, WV      
    August 16 11:00 a.m. Richard Bland Old Dominion ODU Soccer Complex • Norfolk, VA W 6–0    
    August 16 3:00 p.m. Navy James Madison Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA      
    August 17 7:00 p.m. No. 19 Virginia Tech No. 6 West Virginia Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium • Morgantown, WV (Rivalry) B12N+      
    August 19 7:00 p.m. Georgia Southern North Georgia UNG Soccer Field • Dahlonega, GA      
    August 19 7:00 p.m. No. 24 North Carolina James Madison Sentara Park • Harrisonburg, VA      
    August 19 7:30 p.m. No. 14 Marshall No. 20 Maryland Ludwig Field • College Park, MD BTN+ L 1–2   2,393
    August 20 7:00 p.m. NC State Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Field • Conway, SC      
    August 20 7:00 p.m. Old Dominion UNCW UNCW Soccer Stadium • Wilmington, NC      
    August 20 7:00 p.m. No. 6 West Virginia No. 15 Wake Forest Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC ACCNX T 0–0    
    #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. All times are in Eastern Time.

    Regular season[edit]

    The regular season will begin on August 25, 2022.

    Rankings[edit]

    Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

    National rankings[edit]

        Improvement in ranking
      Drop in ranking
    RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
    NV No votes received
      Pre Wk
    1    		 Wk
    2    		 Wk
    3    		 Wk
    4    		 Wk
    5    		 Wk
    6    		 Wk
    7    		 Wk
    8    		 Wk
    9    		 Wk
    10    		 Wk
    11    		 Wk
    12    		 Wk
    13    		 Wk
    14    		 Wk
    15    		 Wk
    16    		 Final
    Coastal Carolina USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    CSN NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Georgia Southern USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    CSN NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Georgia State USC RV NV NV RV RV RV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    CSN 30 NV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV
    James Madison USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    CSN NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Kentucky USC 8 6 5 6 5 5 3 2 2 None released
    TDS 15 11 9 6 6 4 3 3 4
    CSN 10 6 3 5 7 5 5 3 3
    Marshall USC 14 11 8 7 4 3 6 4 6 None released
    TDS RV 18 13 9 9 5 7 4 8
    CSN 17 12 11 8 8 6 8 4 6
    Old Dominion USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    CSN NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    South Carolina USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    CSN NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    West Virginia USC 6 18 23 NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
    TDS 7 4 10 21 NV NV NV NV NV
    CSN 5 3 29 RV NV NV NV NV NV

    Regional rankings - USC Southeast Region[edit]

        Improvement in ranking
      Drop in ranking
    RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
    NV No votes received

    The United Soccer Coaches' Southeast region ranks teams across the Atlantic 10 Conferences.

      Wk
    1    		 Wk
    2    		 Wk
    3    		 Wk
    4    		 Wk
    5    		 Wk
    6    		 Wk
    7    		 Wk
    8    		 Wk
    9    		 Wk
    10    		 Wk
    11    		 Wk
    12
    Coastal Carolina 6 7 NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Georgia Southern NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Georgia State 9 6 6 5 5 5 7 6
    James Madison 10 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
    Kentucky 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
    Marshall 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
    Old Dominion NV NV NV NV NV NV NV 10
    South Carolina NV NV 9 10 8 7 8 8
    West Virginia 2 5 7 7 NV NV NV NV

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall". April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  • ^ Traylor, Grant (November 1, 2021). "Sun Belt confirms men's soccer being reinstated". The Herald-Dispatch. Huntington, WV. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  • ^ "James Madison to Compete in the Sun Belt Conference Beginning Fall 2022" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  • ^ Thamel, Pete (March 29, 2022). "Move of Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss from Conference USA to Sun Belt now complete". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  • ^ "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  • ^ a b c "NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Brackets" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.org. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  • ^ "Sun Belt Announces Men's Soccer Preseason Awards & Poll". sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.

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