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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox sports season The 2020 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season was the 19th season of men's varsity soccer in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The regular season began on September 18 and concluded on November 6, 2020. The season culminated with the Sun Belt Tournament which began on November 13 and concluded on November 15, 2020.

Background

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the season

Шаблон:Further The COVID-19 pandemic drastically affected the landscape of men's soccer in the Sun Belt Conference. Long-time program, Appalachian State suspended its men's varsity soccer program in the wake of the pandemic, due to anticipated budget cuts in the athletics program. Additionally, Sun Belt associate member Howard opted out of playing during the fall season due to concerns with the ongoing pandemic.

The SBC and Atlantic Coast Conference were the only two men's soccer conferences that played during fall 2020.

The conference opted to play a six-match season with all programs doing a home-and-home series, or double round robin against every program in the conference. Most teams completed the fall season playing only 8–12 matches instead of the normal 15–18 matches.

Discontinuation of men's soccer

Appalachian State's decision to drop men's soccer was the first move that led to the discontinuation of SBC men's soccer after the 2020–21 school year. In July 2020, Howard announced that it would become an associate member of the Northeast Conference in six sports, with men's soccer being one of four sports moving in July 2021.[1] This left the SBC with only four men's soccer members, two less than the six required to maintain an automatic NCAA tournament berth. The next move that affected SBC men's soccer came in January 2021, when the ASUN Conference announced three schools as incoming full members, including SBC associate Central Arkansas.[2] The following month saw Coastal Carolina announce that it would become a single-sport member of Conference USA (C-USA), joining another in-state C-USA associate in South Carolina.[3] This left Georgia Southern and Georgia State as the only remaining Sun Belt men's soccer programs, and those two schools announced they would move that sport to the Mid-American Conference in late May 2021.[4]

Return of Sun Belt men's soccer

A major 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 member James Madison, and then-reigning national champion Marshall and Old Dominion from Conference USA. Accordingly, league commissioner Keith Gill announced on November 1, 2021 that SBC men's soccer would be reinstated no later than 2023.[5]

Later developments in the realignment cycle[6][7] led the SBC to reinstate men's soccer in 2022 instead of 2023.[8]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Central Arkansas Bears Conway, Arkansas Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex 1,000
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
Atlanta Center Parc Stadium 24,333

Head coaches

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Team Head coach Previous job Years at
school
Overall record Record at
school
Sun Belt
record
NCAA
Tournaments[9]
NCAA
College Cups[9]
NCAA
Titles[9]
Ref.
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Central Arkansas Шаблон:Sortname Vermont (asst.) 9 Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage 2 0 0 [10]
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Coastal Carolina Шаблон:Sortname Charleston Southern 22 Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage 13 0 0 [11]
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Georgia Southern Шаблон:Sortname Anderson (SC) 4 Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage 0 0 0 [12]
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Georgia State Шаблон:Sortname Jacksonville (asst.) 10 Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage 2 0 0 [13]
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell |Howard Шаблон:Sortname St. John's College High School 6 Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage Шаблон:Winning percentage 0 0 0 [14]

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 27, 2020.[15]

Team Ranking Points First Place Votes
1. Central Arkansas 12 1
2. Coastal Carolina 10 1
Georgia State 10 1
4. Georgia Southern 8 1

Preseason national polls

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, only College Soccer News released a preseason poll.

United
Soccer
CSN[16] SoccerAmerica Top DrawerSoccer
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Central Arkansas N/A N/A N/A
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Coastal Carolina N/A RV N/A N/A
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Georgia Southern N/A N/A N/A
style=Шаблон:NCAA color cell width=75|Georgia State N/A N/A N/A

Preseason honors

Defensive Player – Preseason All-Conference
  • Alberto Suarez, Central Arkansas
Offensive Player – Preseason All-Conference
  • Aris Briggs, Georgia State
Preseason All-Conference Team
Position Nat. Player Team
FW Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Georgia State
FW Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Georgia Southern
FW Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Coastal Carolina
MF Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Central Arkansas
MF Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Georgia State
MF Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Georgia State
DF Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Central Arkansas
DF Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Georgia Southern
DF Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Central Arkansas
GK Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Georgia State
GK Шаблон:Flag Шаблон:Sortname style=Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle| Georgia Southern

Regular season

Conference results

Шаблон:2020 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings Шаблон:2020 Sun Belt men's spring soccer standings

For the 2020 season, each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.

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Weekly results

Legend
Index to colors and formatting
SBC member won
SBC member lost
SBC member tied
SBC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Week 1 (Sep. 14 – Sept. 20)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 18 7:00 p.m. Georgia State Mercer Bear FieldШаблон:BulletMacon, GA W 2–1 161
September 19 5:00 p.m. UAB Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Soccer ComplexШаблон:BulletConway, AR L 2–3 105
September 19 7:00 p.m. Georgia Southern South Carolina Eugene Stone StadiumШаблон:BulletColumbia, SC L 0–2 320

Week 2 (Sep. 21 – Sept. 27)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 22 7:00 p.m. Georgia Southern Mercer Betts StadiumШаблон:BulletMacon, GA L 0–3 161
September 24 7:00 p.m. Georgia State South Carolina Stone Soccer StadiumШаблон:BulletColumbia, SC W 3–1 320
September 26 6:00 p.m. UAB Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA W 3–2 266

Week 3 (Sep. 28 – Oct. 4)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
September 30 5:00 p.m. UAB Georgia State Center Parc StadiumШаблон:BulletAtlanta, GA W 4–0 214
October 2 2:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Kentucky Bell Soccer ComplexШаблон:BulletLexington, KY L 1–2 (OT) 83
October 4 2:00 p.m. Georgia Southern Georgia State GSU Soccer FieldШаблон:BulletAtlanta, GA GSU 2–0 377

Week 4 (Oct. 5 – Oct. 11)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 6 7:00 p.m. Mercer Georgia State GSU Soccer FieldШаблон:BulletAtlanta, GA W 2–0 298
October 10 1:00 p.m. Georgia State Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer FieldШаблон:BulletConway, SC CCU 1–0 150
October 10 7:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Georgia Southern Eagle FieldШаблон:BulletStatesboro, GA UCA 4–1 233

Week 5 (Oct. 12 – Oct. 18)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 13 8:00 p.m. Georgia State UAB BBVA FieldШаблон:BulletBirmingham, AL W 4–1 195
October 16 2:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Coastal Carolina GSU Soccer FieldШаблон:BulletAtlanta, GA CCU 3–2 50
October 16 7:00 p.m. Georgia State Georgia Southern Eagle FieldШаблон:BulletStatesboro, GA GSU 3–0 273
October 18 1:00 p.m. Coastal Carolina Central Arkansas GSU Soccer FieldШаблон:BulletAtlanta, GA CCU 1–0 (OT) 62

Week 6 (Oct. 19 – Oct. 25)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 24 2:00 p.m. Georgia State Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Soccer ComplexШаблон:BulletConway, AR UCA 2–0 84
October 25 2:00 p.m. Coastal Carolina Georgia Southern Eagle FieldШаблон:BulletStatesboro, GA CCU 2–1 (OT) 150

Week 7 (Oct. 26 – Nov. 1)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
October 31 2:00 p.m. Georgia Southern Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Soccer ComplexШаблон:BulletConway, AR UCA 1–0 96
November 1 2:00 p.m. Coastal Carolina Georgia State GSU Soccer FieldШаблон:BulletAtlanta, GA GSU 2–0 223

Week 8 (Nov. 2 – Nov. 8)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance
November 6 12:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Georgia State GSU Soccer FieldШаблон:BulletAtlanta, GA GSU 1–0 194
6:00 p.m. Coastal Carolina Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA CCU 3–0 291

Players of the Week honors

Week Offensive Defensive Ref.
Player Position Team Player Position Team
Sep. 23 Aris Briggs FW Georgia State Paul Tyson GK Georgia State [17]
Sep. 30 Matthew Fearnley MF Georgia State George Proctor DF Georgia State [18]
Oct. 7 Aris Briggs FW Georgia State Gunther Rankenburg GK Georgia State [19]
Oct. 14 Soren Jensen MF Central Arkansas Tor Saunders GK Coastal Carolina [20]
Oct. 21 Andrew Bennett MF Georgia State Tor Saunders GK Coastal Carolina [21]
Oct. 28 Soren Jensen MF Central Arkansas Zach Schawl GK Central Arkansas [22]
Ethan Hackenberg FW Coastal Carolina
Nov. 4 Matthew Fearnley MF Georgia State George Proctor DF Georgia State [23]
Nov. 10 Marcello Jones MF Coastal Carolina George Proctor DF Georgia State [24]

Postseason

Sun Belt Tournament

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All four teams qualified for the modified Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament was played from November 13–15, with Coastal Carolina winning the championship in penalties over Georgia State.

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NCAA Tournament

The winner of the 2020 SBC Tournament will earn an automatic berth into the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed from November/December 2020 to April/May 2021.

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
TBD Coastal Carolina

Postseason awards and honors

2020 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Individual Awards[25]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year George Proctor, Georgia State
Offensive Player of the Year Aris Briggs, Georgia State
Newcomer of the Year Tor Saunders, Coastal Carolina
Freshman of the Year Jason Kemble, Coastal Carolina
Coach of the Year Shaun Docking, Coastal Carolina
2020 Sun Belt Men's Soccer All-Conference Team[25]

Aris Briggs, Georgia State (F)
Adam Davie, Georgia Southern (F)
Kasper Andersen, Central Ark. (F)
Matthew Fearnley, Georgia State (MF)
Soren Jensen, Central Ark. (MF)
Marcello Jones, Coastal Carolina (MF)
Ross Finnie, Georgia State (MF)
George Proctor, Georgia State (D)
Alberto Suarez, Central Ark. (D)
Mael Couteau, Coastal Carolina (D)
Ramon Munoz, Georgia State (D)
Tor Saunders, Coastal Carolina (GK)
Paul Tyson, Georgia State (GK)

MLS SuperDraft

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The 2021 MLS SuperDraft will be held in January 2021.

Total picks by school

Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Comp. Total
style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Central Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0
style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Coastal Carolina 0 0 1 0 1
style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Georgia State 0 0 1 0 1
style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Georgia Southern 0 0 0 0 0
style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Howard 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 2 0 2

List of selections

Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College Ref.
3 61 Real Salt Lake Шаблон:Sortname Шаблон:Sort Georgia State [26]
3 74 Nashville SC Шаблон:Sortname Шаблон:Sort Coastal Carolina [27]

Notable undrafted players

The following players went pro after the 2020 season despite not getting drafted in the 2021 MLS draft.

Player Nationality Position College Team League

References

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External links

Шаблон:Sun Belt Conference men's soccer navbox Шаблон:2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season Шаблон:2020 in American soccer