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Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Soccer
The Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. The Thundering Herd plays its home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex in Huntington and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Division I, Division I Sun Belt Conference (SBC). Marshall fielded its first intercollegiate men's soccer team in 1979. The Herd are coached by Chris Grassie, who has a record of 100–37–25 and a national championship during his eight previous seasons at Marshall. Seasons 2020 season In 2020, the Marshall Men's soccer team, coached by Chris Grassie, broke several records and made a historic run in the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. After winning the 2020 Conference USA men's soccer season, Conference USA Regular Season championship, they received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Grassie
Chris Grassie (born 21 September 1978) is an English Association football, football coach who is currently the head coach of the Marshall University Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer, men's soccer team. During his tenure as coach of the Herd, he led the program to 3 Conference USA trophies, 1 Sun Belt Conference trophy, and the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, 2020 NCAA National Championship. Playing career As a player at Alderson Broaddus University, Alderson Broaddus, Grassie was named to the all-conference team multiple times and was a team captain. He majored in political science and history. Grassie played in England from 2002 to 2003 with Northwich Victoria F.C. Coaching career Grassie began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Alderson Broaddus University in Philippi, West Virginia. After one season, he became a graduate assistant at Marshall University under coach Bob Gray (soccer), Bob Gray from 2004 to 2006. Grassie would move on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2022 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament was the 27th edition of the Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament ran from November 6 to November 13, 2022. Kentucky won the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) tournament and with it the SBC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament. The conference announced the top two seeds would host the quarterfinals and semifinal rounds, and then the highest remaining seed in the finals would host the finals. #1 seed Kentucky and #2 seed Marshall earned the right to host the first two rounds of the tournament. Background The Sun Belt shuttered its men's soccer league after all of its members moved the sport to other conferences by the end of the 2020–21 school year. The conference had lost one men's soccer team before the season when full conference member Appalachian State dropped men's soccer in May 2020, citing financial impacts from COVID-19. That July saw associate member Howard announce that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Soccer Team
The 2022 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team represented Marshall University in men's college soccer during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 44th season the university fielded a men's varsity soccer program. The Thundering Herd, led by sixth-year head coach Chris Grassie, played their home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex as members of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The Thundering Herd played in the inaugural eight team College Spring League during the 2022 spring season, ultimately winning the championship match held in Columbus, Ohio at Historic Crew Stadium vs. Bowling Green, 2-1. Roster Updated September 23, 2022 Goal Scorers Source: Schedule Source: Spring Season Exhibitions Regular season Conference Tournament NCAA Tournament Awards and honors Rankings 2023 MLS Draft References {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall Thundering Herd men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 63rd edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament that determined the national champion of the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The College Cup, the semifinals and finals of the tournament, were played on December 10 and December 12 in Cary, North Carolina. Qualification Pending the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, 48 teams have been selected to participate. There were 23 automatic bids: the 20 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 25 berths are determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify. The NCAA Selection Committee also named the top sixteen seeds for the tournament, with those teams receiving an automatic bye into the second round of the tournament. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Soccer Team
The 2021 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team represented Marshall University in men's college soccer during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 43rd season the university fielded a men's varsity soccer program. The Thundering Herd, led by fifth-year head coach Chris Grassie, played their home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex as members of Conference USA (C-USA). The Thundering Herd entered the 2021 season as defending NCAA Division I men's soccer national champions and ranked first nationally in the preseason polls by United Soccer Coaches, College Soccer News, and Top Drawer Soccer. Roster Updated August 13, 2021 Schedule Source: Exhibitions Regular season Conference Tournament NCAA Tournament Awards and honors Rankings 2022 MLS Draft References {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer, 2021 season 2021 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 62nd edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's college soccer. Pending developments with the COVID-19 pandemic, the first four rounds of the competition were scheduled to be held at the home ground of the higher seed, while the College Cup (semifinals and final) was to be held at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. The championship match was originally scheduled to take place on December 13, 2020. On August 13, 2020, the tournament was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, although the possibility of playing the tournament during the spring 2021 remained. On September 10, 2020, it was reported that the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament would tentatively be rescheduled from April 30 to May 17, 2021. This was approved on September 16, 2020, with a reduced tournament field size of 36 teams. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Soccer Team
The 2020 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team represented Marshall University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 42nd season of the university fielding a men's varsity soccer program. The Thundering Herd, led by fourth-year head coach Chris Grassie, played their home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex as members of Conference USA (C-USA). The 2020 NCAA season was impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic., with Conference USA announcing the move of the men's soccer season from the fall to the following spring. Marshall finished the season as the regular season champions defeating Charlotte, 2–0, in the regular season finale to claim their back-to-back title. Marshall would qualify for the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament with the automatic bid from Conference USA. Marshall would defeat undefeated Fordham, #1 seeded Clemson, defending national champion Georgetown, and College Cup hosts UNC on the way to the national champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 61st edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's college soccer. The first four rounds of the competition were held at the home ground of the higher seed, while the College Cup (semifinals and final) were held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The championship match took place December 15, 2019. Qualification As in previous editions of the NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament features 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 are allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths are supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automaticall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Marshall Thundering Herd Men's Soccer Team
The 2019 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team represented Marshall University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 41st season of the university fielding a men's varsity soccer program. The Thundering Herd, led by third-year head coach Chris Grassie, played their home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex as members of Conference USA. The 2019 season proved to be the program's most successful season at the time. Marshall finished as the Conference USA men's soccer tournament and regular season champions making their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Marshall also was ranked in the Top 25 for the first time since 2001. Roster Updated November 17, 2019 Schedule Source: , - !colspan=6 style="", Regular season , - !colspan=6 style="", , - , - !colspan=6 style="", , - , - Rankings References {{2019 in American soccer 2019 Marshall Thundering Herd Marshall T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
