College soccer

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College soccer is association soccer played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes. College soccer is probably most widespread in the United States, but is also important in South Korea and Canada.

In the United States, college soccer is featured in many collegiate athletic associations including NCAA, NAIA, the NCCAA, the USCAA, and the National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association for schools without collegiate programs, but have a collegiate club team.[1]

Many top American college soccer players play for separate teams in the Premier Development League (PDL) during the summer. One college club, the BYU Cougars men's team, has foregone playing in the NCAA or NAIA and instead play all of their games in the PDL.[2]

An NCAA tournament game between Indiana University and the University of Tulsa in 2004

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Rules [edit]

While similar in general appearance, NCAA rules diverge significantly from FIFA Laws of the Game. If a player accumulates five yellow cards over the period of one season, he or she is banned one game. A manager may make unlimited substitutions; however, a player cannot re-enter a game in the same half that he left in. All matches have an overtime period if the game remains tied after 90 minutes. As opposed to a classic two half overtime, a sudden death rule is applied. If neither team scores in the two ten-minute halves, the match ends in a draw (unless it is a playoff match, then it would be penalty kicks). College soccer is played on a "running clock" that is constantly counting down unless the referee signals for the clock to be stopped by injuries, the issuing of misconducts, or when he feels a team is wasting time. The clock is also stopped after goals until play is restarted. In most professional soccer leagues, there is an up-counting clock with the referee adding injury time to the end of each 45-minute half.[3]

Divisions and conferences in the United States [edit]

NCAA Division I [edit]

Fans at college soccer games (here at Indiana University in 2004) often number in the thousands for matches between top teams

There are 201 Division 1, 207 Division II, and 408 Division III Men's Soccer Programs.[4]

NCAA Division II [edit]

NCAA Division III [edit]

NAIA [edit]

Divisions and conferences internationally [edit]

Canada [edit]

In Canada, there are two organizations that regulate university and collegiate athletics.

Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) [edit]

Canadian Colleges Athletic Association [edit]

South Korea [edit]

In South Korea, Korea University and Yonsei University compete in soccer, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, and rugby.

United Kingdom [edit]

In the United Kingdom, association football in colleges and universities is governed by the BUSA Football League.

National college soccer awards [edit]

See Category:College soccer trophies and awards in the United States

Notable American men's college soccer graduates [edit]

Noted as players [edit]

Noted in other fields [edit]

Notable non-American men's college soccer graduates [edit]

Noted as players [edit]

Noted in other fields [edit]

Notable men's college soccer coaches [edit]

Notable American women's college soccer graduates [edit]

Notable non-American women's college soccer graduates [edit]

See also [edit]

Notes and references [edit]

  1. ^ "National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association". Retrieved 5 July 2012. 
  2. ^ BYU far from a traditional college soccer program
  3. ^ NCAA SOCCER 2010 AND 2011 RULES AND INTERPRETATIONS. NCAA. 
  4. ^ http://web1.ncaa.org//wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/about+the+ncaa/who+we+are+landing+page
  5. ^ Then known by his real name of Tom Boric.

External links [edit]
NCAA
Division I sports
and championships
Division II
Division III
NAIA
Sports and
championships
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