Marshall's 2022 SBC Men's Soccer Schedule

Sat. Sept 17 – at Kentucky
Sat. Sept 24 – WEST VIRGINIA
Sat. Oct 1 – at Coastal Carolina
Sat. Oct 8 – at South Carolina
Sat. Oct 15 – OLD DOMINION
Wed. Oct 19 – at Ga. State
Sun. Oct 23 – GA SOUTHERN
Tues. Nov 1 – JAMES MADISON

Huge that we get WVU @ home again this year - last year's game shattered state attendance records!

(04-06-2022 11:26 AM)EigenEagle Wrote:  I'm glad we have a venue for soccer under construction now and not continuing to play in a high-schoolish erector set structure.

That's awesome. Looks like 3000+. Marshall's stadium is 1000, but we really need to expand. There is limited room around the stadium to do so.

(04-06-2022 07:15 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 06:33 AM)gdunn Wrote:  Burner account was upset about this because it could be the end of CUSA soccer.

Would be a mistake not to at least invite FIU for soccer if CUSA can no longer sponsor the sport. They usually put together a good squad. I figure either SBC or AAC will take them. That's one sport they are an asset in. Would work for UCF, too, I'm sure.

I agree. FIU is solid and would help make SBC a force with the new lineup.

GreenSteve

GS partnering with the USL2 team is brilliant. The USL divisions are really expanding soccer in under marketed cities and getting some great stadiums built.

This is fantastic news. VERY solid conference, and a great "get" for the Sun Belt. WE continue to rise, together!

The interesting thing here is that we've designed the schedule to model what professional leagues are doing. Teams will largely only place once a week until the end of the season when they'll have a couple 2 game weeks. Maximizes rest, and should increase the overall quality of play.

The Sun Belt brand grows ever more powerful. Great news!!

Nice set up for SBC that adds more to the league. I'm jealous of you who have a men's team.

I wish Troy would add men's soccer. Not sure they would get financial or fan support but I'd be excited nonetheless.

(04-06-2022 03:04 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I wish Troy would add men's soccer. Not sure they would get financial or fan support but I'd be excited nonetheless.

I think that's the same boat USM is in.. Again.. Not my thing but excited this is happening.

(04-06-2022 11:29 AM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  Marshall's 2022 SBC Men's Soccer Schedule

Sat. Sept 17 – at Kentucky
Sat. Sept 24 – WEST VIRGINIA
Sat. Oct 1 – at Coastal Carolina
Sat. Oct 8 – at South Carolina
Sat. Oct 15 – OLD DOMINION
Wed. Oct 19 – at Ga. State
Sun. Oct 23 – GA SOUTHERN
Tues. Nov 1 – JAMES MADISON

Huge that we get WVU @ home again this year - last year's game shattered state attendance records!

Curious….what is the attendance record? I couldn’t easily locate it. I only saw 500 on a few of the box scores.

(04-06-2022 03:14 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:04 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I wish Troy would add men's soccer. Not sure they would get financial or fan support but I'd be excited nonetheless.

I think that's the same boat USM is in.. Again.. Not my thing but excited this is happening.

It's that you can't just start up Men's soccer, you also have to match scholarships with Women's sports. Most of us already have women's soccer too, so it not only requires supporting (at minimum) two more teams, but also finding a good woman's sport to add.

(04-06-2022 03:39 PM)Luckyshot Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:14 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:04 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I wish Troy would add men's soccer. Not sure they would get financial or fan support but I'd be excited nonetheless.

I think that's the same boat USM is in.. Again.. Not my thing but excited this is happening.

It's that you can't just start up Men's soccer, you also have to match scholarships with Women's sports. Most of us already have women's soccer too, so it not only requires supporting (at minimum) two more teams, but also finding a good woman's sport to add.

Gotcha.

(04-06-2022 03:47 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:39 PM)Luckyshot Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:14 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:04 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I wish Troy would add men's soccer. Not sure they would get financial or fan support but I'd be excited nonetheless.

I think that's the same boat USM is in.. Again.. Not my thing but excited this is happening.

It's that you can't just start up Men's soccer, you also have to match scholarships with Women's sports. Most of us already have women's soccer too, so it not only requires supporting (at minimum) two more teams, but also finding a good woman's sport to add.

Gotcha.

That’s where the sand volleyball comes in.

(04-06-2022 03:04 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I wish Troy would add men's soccer. Not sure they would get financial or fan support but I'd be excited nonetheless.

The student support would be tremendous.

The local support would not. Soccer isn't big in Lower Alabama.

(04-06-2022 03:34 PM)Cajunjudo Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 11:29 AM)CoachMaclid Wrote:  Marshall's 2022 SBC Men's Soccer Schedule

Sat. Sept 17 – at Kentucky
Sat. Sept 24 – WEST VIRGINIA
Sat. Oct 1 – at Coastal Carolina
Sat. Oct 8 – at South Carolina
Sat. Oct 15 – OLD DOMINION
Wed. Oct 19 – at Ga. State
Sun. Oct 23 – GA SOUTHERN
Tues. Nov 1 – JAMES MADISON

Huge that we get WVU @ home again this year - last year's game shattered state attendance records!

Curious….what is the attendance record? I couldn’t easily locate it. I only saw 500 on a few of the box scores.

3,033 against WVU.

(04-06-2022 03:04 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I wish Troy would add men's soccer. Not sure they would get financial or fan support but I'd be excited nonetheless.

Prior to the National Championship, soccer was an afterthought at Marshall. Now, the expectations are so high that some of the fan base is upset after losing in the fall to Ohio State.

(04-06-2022 04:26 PM)Herd6993 Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:04 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I wish Troy would add men's soccer. Not sure they would get financial or fan support but I'd be excited nonetheless.

Prior to the National Championship, soccer was an afterthought at Marshall. Now, the expectations are so high that some of the fan base is upset after losing in the fall to Ohio State.

It shouldn’t be hard to get 500 a game, it all comes down to marketing. To many schools do very little advertising of their non-revenue sports. I bet if you polled college sports fans, 99.99999999999% could not tell you who the defending champion is in any sport other than football, mens basketball, baseball and softball.

So glad we are are in the Sun Belt. It’s awesome have proactive conference leadership and to see great things happening. Only had a passive interest in soccer until the championship but have started going to some games. Will be at more games this year.

(04-06-2022 04:02 PM)Usajags Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:47 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:39 PM)Luckyshot Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:14 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(04-06-2022 03:04 PM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  I wish Troy would add men's soccer. Not sure they would get financial or fan support but I'd be excited nonetheless.

I think that's the same boat USM is in.. Again.. Not my thing but excited this is happening.

It's that you can't just start up Men's soccer, you also have to match scholarships with Women's sports. Most of us already have women's soccer too, so it not only requires supporting (at minimum) two more teams, but also finding a good woman's sport to add.

Gotcha.

That’s where the sand volleyball comes in.

We added that to help balance out things a couple of years back.