UCF joins the Sunbelt for Soccer

Well kind of....

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UCF</a> will join the Sun Belt as men&#39;s soccer affiliate, the league has announced.<br><br>The Knights will begin play in 2023.</p>&mdash; Cody Junot (@CJunot) <a href="https://twitter.com/CJunot/status/1539307551401328640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Missing a massive opportunity right now… SBC will be the equivalent of a P5 in soccer..

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Originally Posted by ManAboutTown

Missing a massive opportunity right now… SBC will be the equivalent of a P5 in soccer..

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Yep. Big miss. Damn shame.

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Originally Posted by ManAboutTown

Missing a massive opportunity right now… SBC will be the equivalent of a P5 in soccer..

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Not equivalent. It will be a major conference.

We should be all over this. Missing a massive, Golden opportunity.

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Originally Posted by CajunNation

Not equivalent. It will be a major conference.

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Major or P5 conference*

Typo

So I looked it up, UCF went 9-4-1 in men's soccer 2 years ago including losing in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament to #2 ranked Pittsburgh.

During that season, they beat JMU #17 in the NCAA tournament. SBC men's soccer is going to be pretty damn good.

Kentucky was #10 last year in RPI
West Virginia was #13 last year in RPI
Marshall was #20 last year in RPI
Georgia State was #32 in RPI last year
JMU was #63 last year in RPI
Coastal was #70 last year in RPI
Georgia Southern was 120 last year in RPI
South Carolina was #150 last year in RPI
ODU was #151 last year in RPI

That is 4 in the top 32 and 6 in the top 70. For reference their are 208 Men's college soccer teams.

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Originally Posted by ManAboutTown

Missing a massive opportunity right now… SBC will be the equivalent of a P5 in soccer..

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I would love to have a men's soccer program.

What men's program do we drop or what women's program(s) do we add and where does the money come from for the new offerings?

I think, and I repeat think, we would either have to add a women's program or cancel a men's program.

Women's Beach Volleyball would be great and add men's soccer. But we probably still need to add some women's scholarships based on those numbers.

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Originally Posted by Rainman66

I would love to have a men's soccer program.

What men's program do we drop or what women's program(s) do we add and where does the money come from for the new offerings?

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Seems to be the question that no one has an answer for at this point. Or, here is my donation to fund a soccer program and begin the movement. Maybe the ominous $125K donor can divert his money to the new soccer fund?

Given fuel and travel are increasing, I don’t see anyone adding non revenue sports.