2019 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season

2019 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 30, 2019 – November 6, 2019
Number of teams6
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Regular season
Season championsCentral Arkansas
  Runners-upCoastal Carolina
Season MVPOffensive:
Defensive:
Goalkeeper:
Tournament
ChampionsCoastal Carolina
  Runners-upGeorgia State
Sun Belt Conference men's soccer seasons
← 2018
2019 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Arkansas 4 – 1 – 0 10 – 7 – 1
Coastal Carolina ‡ 3 – 2 – 0 10 – 8 – 3
Appalachian State 2 – 3 – 0 11 – 7 – 1
Georgia State 2 – 3 – 0 12 – 4 – 4
Georgia Southern 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 9 – 2
Howard 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 12 – 1
As of 29 November 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2019 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season was the 18th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began in late August 2019 and concluded in mid-November 2019.

Background

The 2018 regular season began in August 2018 and concluded in November 2018. The regular season champions, Georgia State, also won the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament and earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. It was Georgia State's first berth into the NCAA tournament since 2011. There, Georgia State were eliminated in the first round in a penalty shoot-out by Charlotte.

Head coaches

As of the 2018 season
Team Head coach Previous job Years at
school 		Overall record Record at
school 		Sun Belt
record 		NCAA
Tournaments[1] 		NCAA
College Cups[1] 		NCAA
Titles[1] 		Ref.
Appalachian State Jason O'Keefe North Carolina (asst.) 4 18–23–13 (.454) 18–23–13 (.454) 3–7–4 (.357) 0 0 0 [2]
Central Arkansas Ross Duncan Vermont (asst.) 9 33–66–9 (.347) 33–66–9 (.347) 13–25–6 (.364) 2 0 0 [3]
Coastal Carolina Shaun Docking Charleston Southern 22 296–144–37 (.659) 276–125–35 (.673) 9–4–1 (.679) 13 0 0 [4]
Georgia Southern John Murphy Anderson (SC) 4 90–67–22 (.564) 24–23–7 (.509) 8–4–2 (.643) 0 0 0 [5]
Georgia State Brett Surrency Jacksonville (asst.) 10 89–75–12 (.540) 89–75–12 (.540) 15–6–3 (.688) 2 0 0 [6]
Howard Phillip Gyau St. John's College High School 6 8–72–13 (.156) 8–72–13 (.156) 2–19–3 (.146) 0 0 0 [7]

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 13, 2019.[8]

Team Ranking Points First Place Votes
1. Coastal Carolina 28 2
2. Georgia State 27 2
Georgia Southern 27 1
4. Central Arkansas 22 1
5. Appalachian State 15 0
6. Howard 7 0

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.

United
Soccer[9] 		CSN[10] SoccerAmerica[11] Top DrawerSoccer[12]
Appalachian State — — — —
Central Arkansas — — — —
Coastal Carolina RV RV RV RV
Georgia Southern — — — —
Georgia State — RV — —
Howard — — — —

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.

Team Tournament Finish
Coastal Carolina Portland Tournament 1st
Georgia Southern Aaron Olitsky Tournament 1st

Results

Index to colors and formatting
Sun Belt member won
Sun Belt member lost
Sun Belt member tied
Sun Belt teams in bold

All times Eastern time.† denotes Homecoming game

Week 1 (Aug. 25–31)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
August 30 5:00 PM Georgia Southern UNCW Patriot's Point Soccer Stadium • Charleston, SC W 4–2 673 Report
August 30 7:00 PM #19 St. John's Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC AppVision L 0–2 417 Report
August 30 7:00 PM Georgia State Presbyterian Martin Stadium at Edens Field • Clinton, SC W 2–1 107 Report
August 30 9:00 PM Wright State Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR W 4–1 185 Report
August 30 10:00 PM Coastal Carolina #22 Oregon State Merlo Field • Portland, OR W 2–1 210 Report
August 31 7:00 PM Howard Longwood Longwood Athletics Complex • Farmville, VA ESPN+ L 0–3 118 Report

Week 2 (Sep. 1–7)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
September 1 4:30 PM Georgia Southern Charleston Patriot's Point Soccer Stadium • Charleston, SC CAA.tv W 2–0 457 Report
September 1 5:00 PM Coastal Carolina #20 Portland Merlo Field • Portland, OR W 1–0 1,092 Report
September 1 7:00 PM Loyola (MD) Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC AppVision W 2–1 437 Report
September 1 8:00 PM Campbell Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR T 1–1 2OT 124 Report
September 2 7:00 PM Belmont Georgia State GSU Soccer Complex • Decatur, GA W 3–1 108 Report
September 6 7:00 PM George Mason Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC AppVision W 2–0 328 Report
September 6 7:00 PM #12 Coastal Carolina #10 Charlotte Transamerica Field • Charlotte, NC L 1–2 1,017 Report
September 6 7:00 PM Merrimack Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA ESPN+ Cancelled
September 7 6:00 PM Georgia State UNC Asheville Greenwood Soccer Field • Asheville, NC T 2–2 2OT 374 Report
September 7 8:00 PM Incarnate Wood Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR W 2–1 0 Report

Week 3 (Sep. 8–14)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
September 8 1:00 PM Georgia Southern #18 Florida Gulf Coast FGCU Soccer Complex • Fort Myers, FL L 1–5 201 Report
September 8 3:00 PM American Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC AppVision W 1–0 217 Report
September 9 7:00 PM North Florida Georgia State GSU Soccer Complex • Decatur, GA W 2–0 131 Report
September 10 3:00 PM Mount St. Mary's Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC L 0–1 221 Report
September 10 9:00 PM Central Arkansas Missouri State Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium • Springfield, MO L 0–1 568 Report
September 12 3:00 PM Brown Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC L 0–1 235 Report
September 13 7:00 PM #15 Coastal Carolina #21 West Virginia Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium • Morgantown, WV L 2–5 927 Report
September 13 7:00 PM Georgia Southern North Florida Hodges Stadium • Jacksonville, FL W 2–1 140 Report
September 13 8:00 PM Dayton Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR W 2–1 255 Report
September 14 7:00 PM High Point Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC W 1–0 527 Report

Week 4 (Sep. 15–21)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
September 15 12:00 PM Howard Bryant Sutton Field • Smithfield, RI W 3–2 150 Report
September 15 2:00 PM Houston Baptist Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR W 4–0 187 Report
September 17 3:00 PM St. Francis Brooklyn Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC L 0–1 97 Report
September 17 6:00 PM Georgia State Gardner–Webb Greene–Harbison Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC T 2–2 2OT 57 Report
September 17 7:00 PM Appalachian State Elon Rudd Field • Elon, NC ESV L 0–1 632 Report
September 17 7:00 PM Campbell #24 Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SC W 1–0 145 Report
September 18 7:00 PM Georgia Southern Stetson Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL L 1–2 229 Report
September 21 7:00 PM Appalachian State UNCG UNCG Soccer Stadium • Greensboro, NC SDN W 4–2 712 Report
September 21 7:00 PM Radford #24 Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SC W 3–2 146 Report
September 21 7:00 PM Campbell Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA ESPN+ L 0–1 450 Report
September 21 7:00 PM Winthrop Georgia State GSU Soccer Complex • Decatur, GA W 4–0 98 Report
September 21 8:00 PM Central Arkansas UTRGV UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex • Edinburg, TX L 0–1 281 Report
September 21 8:00 PM Georgia Southern UAB BBVA Field • Birmingham, AL CUSA.tv W 3–1 261 Report

Week 5 (Sep. 22–28)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
September 22 1:00 PM Howard Robert Morris North Athletic Complex • Moon Township, PA T 1–1 2OT 133 Report
September 24 3:00 PM La Salle Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC L 0–1 240 Report
September 25 7:00 PM UNC Asheville Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN+ W 1–0 723 Report
September 25 7:00 PM VCU #24 Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SC T 1–1 2OT 95 Report
September 27 7:00 PM Mercer Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA TBL L 2–3 300 Report
September 28 12:00 PM Howard VMI Patchin Field • Lexington, VA W 4–2 75 Report
September 28 7:00 PM Georgia State ETSU Summers-Taylor Stadium • Johnson City, TN T 2–2 2OT 382 Report
September 28 7:30 PM #24 Coastal Carolina #8 Kentucky Bell Soccer Complex • Lexington, KY L 0–1 1,195 Report
September 28 8:00 PM Central Arkansas SIU Edwardsville Ralph Korte Stadium • Edwardsville, IL L 0–2 475 Report

Week 6 (Sep. 29–Oct. 5)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
October 1 6:00 PM Georgia State Stetson Spec Martin Stadium • DeLand, FL W 1–0 297 Report
October 1 7:00 PM ETSU Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC AppVision T 1–1 2OT 782 Report
October 1 7:00 PM USC Upstate Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SC L 0–1 122 Report
October 1 7:00 PM Jacksonville Georgia Southern Armstrong Soccer Field • Savannah, GA L 0–1 453 Report
October 1 7:00 PM Howard Radford Patrick Cupp Stadium • Radford, VA L 1–2 2OT 679 Report
October 1 8:00 PM Central Arkansas #8 SMU Westcott Field • Dallas, TX L 0–3 1,985 Report
October 4 7:00 PM Wofford Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA W 3–2 351 Report
October 5 7:00 PM William & Mary Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SC L 0–1 261 Report
October 5 7:00 PM Mercer Georgia State GSU Soccer Complex • Decatur, GA W 2–1 OT 328 Report

Week 7 (Oct. 6–12)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
October 6 2:00 PM Appalachian State Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR BNN ASU 1–0 258 Report
October 7 7:00 PM Howard Pittsburgh Ambrose Urbanic Field • Pittsburgh, PA ACCN+ L 0–6 207 Report
October 8 7:00 PM Georgia Southern South Carolina Stone Stadium • Columbia, SC SECN+ T 1–1 2OT 1,234 Report
October 8 8:00 PM Central Baptist Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR W 10–0 326 Report
October 8 8:00 PM Georgia State Lipscomb Lipscomb Soccer Complex • Nashville, TN L 1–3 234 Report
October 11 5:00 PM Coastal Carolina Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR UCA 1–0 387 Report
October 12 7:00 PM Howard Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN+ ASU 4–0 815 Report
October 12 7:00 PM Georgia Southern Georgia State GSU Soccer Complex • Decatur, GA ESPN+ GSO 2–1 382 Report

Week 8 (Oct. 13–19)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
October 15 1:00 PM Howard George Washington Mount Vernon Athletic Field • Washington, DC A10N W 1–0 122 Report
October 15 7:00 PM Coastal Carolina UNCW UNCW Soccer Stadium • Wilmington, NC T 0–0 2OT 862 Report
October 15 7:00 PM Georgia State Charlotte Transamerica Field • Charlotte, NC W 1–0 790 Report
October 16 7:00 PM UAB Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN+ W 2–1 2OT 517 Report
October 18 8:00 PM Central Arkansas Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA UCA 2–1 472 Report
October 19 3:00 PM Georgia State Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC HOW 2–1 261 Report
October 19 7:00 PM Coastal Carolina Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN+ CCU 4–2 721 Report

Week 9 (Oct. 20–26)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
October 22 7:00 PM Winthrop Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA TBL
October 22 8:00 PM Central Arkansas Memphis Mike Rose Soccer Complex • Memphis, TN
October 23 7:00 PM Coastal Carolina Charleston Patriot's Point Soccer Stadium • Charleston, SC
October 25 7:00 PM Appalachian State Penn State Jeffrey Field • State College, PA BTN+
October 26 1:00 PM Georgia Southern Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC
October 26 2:00 PM Oral Roberts Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR
October 26 7:00 PM Georgia State Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SC

Week 10 (Oct. 27–Nov. 2)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
October 29 3:00 PM St. Bonaventure Howard Greene Stadium • Washington, DC
October 29 7:00 PM Appalachian State North Carolina Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC ACCN+
October 29 7:00 PM UAB Georgia State GSU Soccer Complex • Decatur, GA
November 2 7:00 PM Appalachian State Georgia Southern Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA ESPN+
November 2 8:00 PM Central Arkansas Georgia State GSU Soccer Complex • Decatur, GA
November 3 2:00 PM Howard Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SC

Week 11 (Nov. 3–Nov. 9)

Date Time (ET) Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Report
November 9 7:00 PM Georgia State Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN+
November 9 7:00 PM Georgia Southern Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Stadium • Conway, SC ESPN+
November 9 8:00 PM Howard Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Track and Soccer Complex • Conway, AR ESPN+

Postseason

Sun Belt Tournament

Main article: 2019 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament
Semifinals Championship
      
1  
4  
 
 
2  
3  

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
TBD

Rankings

National rankings

    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
Appalachian State USC NV NV NV NV NV RV RV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV
Central Arkansas USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Coastal Carolina USC NV 12 15 24 RV NV NV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Georgia Southern USC NV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Georgia State USC NV RV RV RV RV RV NV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Howard USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Regional rankings - USC Southeast Region

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV No votes received
  Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12
Appalachian State NV 7 4 6 6 6 8
Central Arkansas NV NV NV 9 10 NV 7
Coastal Carolina 1 2 8 5 5 NV NV
Georgia Southern 5 9 NV NV NV 8 NV
Georgia State 7 10 9 8 7 9 9
Howard NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Awards and honors

Postseason honors

2019 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Goalkeeper of the Year
Coach of the Year
Newcomer of the Year
2019 Sun Belt Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Newcomer Team

Home Match Attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Gm 1 Gm 2 Gm 3 Gm 4 Gm 5 Gm 6 Gm 7 Gm 8 Gm 9 Gm 10 Gm 11 Total Average % of Capacity
Appalachian State ASU Soccer Stadium 1,000 417 437 328 217 527 723 782 — 3,434 491 49.1%
Central Arkansas Bill Stephens Stadium 500 185 124 310 255 187 — 1,061 212 42.4%
Coastal Carolina CCU Soccer Field 1,000 145 146 95 122 — 508 127 12.7%
Georgia Southern Eagle Field 700 450 472 453 — 1,375 458 65.5%
Georgia State GSU Soccer Field 1,500 108 131 98 — 337 112 7.5%
Howard Greene Stadium 7,000 221 235 97 240 — 793 199 2.8%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High


2020 MLS Draft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held in January 2020. No SBC players were selected in the draft.

Homegrown players

Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[13] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[14] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract. No SBC players signed homegrown contract.

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