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Figured I'd start a thread as the preseason coaches poll is out. 4 teams in the top 25 and 3 in the top 7.

3. Georgetown
6. Creighton
7. Providence
19. Xavier

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1/nscaa-coaches

Creighton blanked Northwestern 5-0 in our final exhibition.

Hoyas won @ #15 Syracuse 3-0, lost 2-1 @ the Philadelphia Union, then beat #2 defending Champions UVA 3-0 (Played an extra 30 minutes and won 1-0)

Creighton 1
Michigan 0

Butler 1
Wisconsin 0

Xavier 8
EIU 0

Omaha1 wrote:Creighton 1
Michigan 0

Butler 1
Wisconsin 0

Xavier 8
EIU 0

4,838 fans at the Creighton game. Great atmosphere.

Wow! Nice turnout!

We unfortunately lost our opening game at Oregon State 1-0 in OT.

Friars start the season off with wins over Bryant and Monmouth. Mac Steeves continues his scoring tear and receives College Soccer News National Player of the Week.

http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/awards/player-of-the-week/795-college-soccer-news-national-player-of-the-week-week-ending-august-30-2015

X goes to 2-0 with 2-0 win on road over Wisconsin.

Outside of basketball, the Big East has a pretty solid men's soccer league.

ChelseaFriar wrote:Friars start the season off with wins over Bryant and Monmouth. Mac Steeves continues his scoring tear and receives College Soccer News National Player of the Week.

http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/awards/player-of-the-week/795-college-soccer-news-national-player-of-the-week-week-ending-august-30-2015

What a run this kid is on. he becomes the 1st player ever to win the College Cup MVP on a team that did not advance to the finals and he starts off the next year scoring all the goals in his teams first 2 games.