2020 Big East Conference men's soccer season

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2020 Big East Conference men's soccer season
Big East Conference logo.svg
League NCAA Division I
Sport Soccer
Number of teams11
Regular Season
Big East Conference men's soccer seasons
2020 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
East
No. 5 Georgetown + 7 –0 –29 –2 –2
No. 9 Seton Hall ‡ 5 –1 –210 –2 –3
Providence 3 –3 –14 –4 –1
St. John's 3 –5 –05 –5 –0
Villanova 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
UConn 0 –6 –11 –6 –1
Midwest
No. 14 Marquette + 5 –1 –18 –2 –2
Creighton 5 –3 –06 –6 –0
Butler 4 –2 –24 –6 –2
DePaul 2 –5 –02 –5 –2
Xavier 0 –5 –13 –7 –1
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2020 Big East Conference men's soccer season will be the eighth season for the realigned Big East Conference. Including the history of the original Big East Conference, this will be the 25th season of men's soccer under the "Big East Conference" name.

Contents

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fall season was postponed to the spring. [1]

Entering the season, Georgetown were the defending conference tournament champions, as well as the defending conference regular season champions.

Changes from previous season

SchoolPrevious ConferenceNew Conference
UConn [2] American Athletic Conference Big East Conference

Teams

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Butler Bulldogs Indianapolis, Indiana Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl 7,500
Creighton Bluejays Omaha, Nebraska Morrison Stadium 6,000
DePaul Blue Demons Chicago, Illinois Wish Field1,200
Georgetown Hoyas Washington, D.C. Shaw Field 1,625
Marquette Golden Eagles Milwaukee, Wisconsin Valley Fields 1,600
Providence Friars Providence, Rhode Island Anderson Stadium 3,000
Seton Hall Pirates South Orange, New Jersey Owen T. Carroll Field 1,800
St. John's Red Storm New York City, New York Belson Stadium 2,168
UConn Huskies Storrs, Connecticut Morrone Stadium 5,100
Villanova Wildcats Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Higgins Soccer Complex 1,000
Xavier Musketeers Cincinnati, Ohio Corcoran Field 1,600

Spring 2021 season

The earliest that the season can start is February 3, 2021. The latest possible date is April 17. [1]

Preseason poll

The preseason poll will be released in December 2020 or January 2021.

Team RankingPointsFirst Place Votes
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Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were originally to be released in July and August 2020. Only CollegeSoccerNews.com released a preseason poll for 2020.

UnitedSoccer CSN SoccerAmerica Top DrawerSoccer
Butler————
Creighton————
DePaul————
Georgetown————
Marquette————
Providence————
Seton Hall————
St. John's————
UConn————
Villanova————
Xavier————

MLS SuperDraft

The MLS SuperDraft was held on January 21, 2021 and was held virtually through its website. [3] A total of five players from the Big East Conference were selected in the Draft. [4] A record four Georgetown players were drafted. [5]

Total picks by school

TeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Comp.Total
Butler00000
Creighton00101
DePaul00000
Georgetown21104
Marquette00000
Providence00000
Seton Hall00000
St. John's00000
UConn00000
Villanova00000
Xavier00000

List of selections

RoundPick #MLS teamPlayerPositionCollegeRef
18 Orlando City Derek Dodson FW Georgetown [6]
119Orlando City Rio Hope-Gund DF Georgetown [7]
238 Minnesota United Sean O'Hearn DF Georgetown [8]
364 Toronto FC Paul Rothrock MF Georgetown [9]
370 Portland Timbers Diego Gutierrez FW Creighton [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "NCAA DI Council approves moving fall championships to the spring | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Huskies back home: UConn officially in Big East". ESPN.com. July 1, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ "2021 SuperDraft Tracker". MLSSoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ Robinson, Anthony (January 21, 2021). "Diego Gutierrez Selected By Portland Timbers During 2021 MLS SuperDraft". Creighton University Athletics. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Four Georgetown players selected in MLS SuperDraft, including two first rounders". Soccerwire. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  6. ↑ Poe, Julia (January 21, 2021). "Orlando City trades up, picks Derek Dodson at No. 8 in MLS SuperDraft". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  7. ↑ Rollins, Sean (January 21, 2021). "2021 MLS SuperDraft: Orlando City Selects Georgetown Defender Rio Hope-Gund and Penn State Defender Brandon Hackenberg at No. 19 and No. 22". The Maneland. SB Nation. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  8. ↑ "McMaster, Kibunguchy and O'Hearn Selected in 2021 SuperDraft". Minnesota United FC. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Toronto FC select Di Rosa, Crofts, Rothrock and Maples in the 2021 MLS Superdraft". torontofc.ca. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  10. ↑ Mickanen, Dylan (January 21, 2021). "Portland Timbers select Creighton's Diego Gutierrez to close 2021 MLS Superdraft". NBC Sports Northwest . Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved January 23, 2021.
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