2020 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 2020 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
| color = #00549E
| color text = #FFFFFF
| league = NCAA Division I
| sport = Soccer
| logo = Sun Belt Conference logo.svg
| pixels = 175px
| caption =
| duration = September 18, 2020 – November 16, 2020
| no_of_teams = 4
| season = Regular Season
| season_champs = Coastal Carolina
| season_champ_name =
| second_place = Georgia State
| minor_premiers =
| MVP = George Proctor, Georgia State
| MVP_link =
| top_scorer = Tied (3) (5)
| top_scorer_link =
| draft = 2021 MLS SuperDraft
| draft_link = 2021 MLS SuperDraft
| top_pick =
| picked_by =
| finals = Tournament
| finals_link = 2020 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
| finals_champ = Coastal Carolina
| finals_runner-up = Georgia State
| finals_MVP = Tor Saunders, Coastal Carolina
| finals_MVP_link =
| seasonslistnames = Sun Belt Conference men's soccer
| prevseason_link = 2019 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
| prevseason_year = 2019
| nextseason_link = 2022 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
| nextseason_year = 2022
|attendance=3,066|average_attendance=192
}}
The 2020 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season was the 19th season of men's varsity soccer in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The regular season began on September 18 and concluded on November 6, 2020. The season culminated with the Sun Belt Tournament which began on November 13 and concluded on November 15, 2020.
Background
{{main|2019 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season}}
=Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the season=
{{further|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football}}
The COVID-19 pandemic drastically affected the landscape of men's soccer in the Sun Belt Conference. Long-time program, Appalachian State suspended its men's varsity soccer program in the wake of the pandemic, due to anticipated budget cuts in the athletics program. Additionally, Sun Belt associate member Howard opted out of playing during the fall season due to concerns with the ongoing pandemic.
The SBC and Atlantic Coast Conference were the only two men's soccer conferences that played during fall 2020.
The conference opted to play a six-match season with all programs doing a home-and-home series, or double round robin against every program in the conference. Most teams completed the fall season playing only 8–12 matches instead of the normal 15–18 matches.
=Discontinuation of men's soccer=
Appalachian State's decision to drop men's soccer was the first move that led to the discontinuation of SBC men's soccer after the 2020–21 school year. In July 2020, Howard announced that it would become an associate member of the Northeast Conference in six sports, with men's soccer being one of four sports moving in July 2021.{{cite press release|url=https://hubison.com/news/2020/7/6/general-six-howard-athletics-programs-join-the-northeast-conference-as-associate-members.aspx |title=Six Howard Athletics Programs Join the Northeast Conference as Associate Members |publisher=Howard Bison |date=July 6, 2020 |access-date=April 15, 2021}} This left the SBC with only four men's soccer members, two less than the six required to maintain an automatic NCAA tournament berth. The next move that affected SBC men's soccer came in January 2021, when the ASUN Conference announced three schools as incoming full members, including SBC associate Central Arkansas.{{cite press release |url=https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210126nthmsg |title=ASUN Conference Announces Three New Institutions; Adds Football as 20th Sport |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=January 29, 2021 |access-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129160022/https://www.asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20210126nthmsg |url-status=dead }} The following month saw Coastal Carolina announce that it would become a single-sport member of Conference USA (C-USA), joining another in-state C-USA associate in South Carolina.{{cite press release|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2021/2/25/general-coastal-carolina-added-as-mens-soccer-member.aspx |title=Coastal Carolina Added as Men's Soccer Member |publisher=Conference USA |date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=April 15, 2021}} This left Georgia Southern and Georgia State as the only remaining Sun Belt men's soccer programs, and those two schools announced they would move that sport to the Mid-American Conference in late May 2021.{{cite press release|url=https://getsomemaction.com/news/2021/5/21/georgia-southern-georgia-state-added-as-affiliate-members-in-mens-soccer.aspx |title=Georgia Southern, Georgia State Added As Affiliate Members in Men's Soccer |publisher=Mid-American Conference |date=May 21, 2021 |accessdate=May 27, 2021}}
=Return of Sun Belt men's soccer=
A major conference realignment initially triggered in July 2021 when Oklahoma and Texas announced their plans to leave the Big 12 Conference for the Southeastern Conference eventually led to the reinstatement of Sun Belt men's soccer. Further moves in this realignment cycle saw three men's soccer schools announce that they would join the SBC no later than 2023: Colonial Athletic Association member James Madison, and then-reigning national champion Marshall and Old Dominion from Conference USA. Accordingly, league commissioner Keith Gill announced on November 1, 2021 that SBC men's soccer would be reinstated no later than 2023.{{cite news|url=https://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/sun-belt-confirms-mens-soccer-being-reinstated/article_e08dea8c-b0bd-51cd-9810-0a1365bdc1e5.html |title=Sun Belt confirms men's soccer being reinstated |first=Grant |last=Traylor |newspaper=The Herald-Dispatch |location=Huntington, WV |date=November 1, 2021 |accessdate=November 2, 2021}}
Later developments in the realignment cycle{{cite press release |title=James Madison to Compete in the Sun Belt Conference Beginning Fall 2022 |url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2022/2/2/general-james-madison-to-compete-in-the-sun-belt-conference-beginning-fall-2022.aspx |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=February 2, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Thamel |first=Pete |author-link=Pete Thamel |title=Move of Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss from Conference USA to Sun Belt now complete |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33626016/move-marshall-old-dominion-southern-miss-conference-usa-sun-belt-now-complete |website=ESPN.com |date=March 29, 2022 |access-date=March 29, 2022}} led the SBC to reinstate men's soccer in 2022 instead of 2023.{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2022/4/6/sun-belt-conference-announces-return-of-mens-soccer-this-fall.aspx |title=Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=April 6, 2022 |access-date=April 7, 2022}}
Teams
=Stadiums and locations=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team !Location !Stadium !Capacity |
| Central Arkansas Bears
|Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex | style="text-align:center" |1,000 |
| Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
|Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field | style="text-align:center" |1,000 |
| Georgia Southern Eagles
| style="text-align:center" |3,500 |
| rowspan="2" |Georgia State Panthers
| style="text-align:center" |1,892 |
| Atlanta
| style="text-align:center" |24,333 |
Head coaches
{{updated|the 2019 season}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" |
| width="110" | Team
! Head coach ! Previous job ! Years at ! Overall record ! Record at ! Sun Belt ! NCAA ! class="unsortable" | Ref. |
|---|
| style={{NCAA color cell|Central Arkansas Bears}} |Central Arkansas
| {{sortname|Ross|Duncan|Ross Duncan (soccer)}} |Vermont (asst.) | 9 | {{Winning percentage|33|66|9|record=y}} | {{Winning percentage|33|66|9|record=y}} | {{Winning percentage|13|25|6|record=y}} | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| style={{NCAA color cell|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}} |Coastal Carolina
| {{sortname|Shaun|Docking}} | 22 | {{Winning percentage|296|144|37|record=y}} | {{Winning percentage|276|125|35|record=y}} | {{Winning percentage|9|4|1|record=y}} | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| style={{NCAA color cell|Georgia Southern Eagles}} |Georgia Southern
| {{sortname|John|Murphy|John Murphy (soccer, born 1967)}} | 4 | {{Winning percentage|90|67|22|record=y}} | {{Winning percentage|24|23|7|record=y}} | {{Winning percentage|8|4|2|record=y}} | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style={{NCAA color cell|Georgia State Panthers}} |Georgia State
| {{sortname|Brett|Surrency |
|Jacksonville (asst.)
| 10
| {{Winning percentage|89|75|12|record=y}}
| {{Winning percentage|89|75|12|record=y}}
| {{Winning percentage|15|6|3|record=y}}
| 2
| 0
| 0
|-
! style={{NCAA color cell|Howard Bison}} |Howard
| {{sortname|Phillip|Gyau}}
|St. John's College High School
| 6
| {{Winning percentage|8|72|13|record=y}}
| {{Winning percentage|8|72|13|record=y}}
| {{Winning percentage|2|19|3|record=y}}
| 0
| 0
| 0
|}
Preseason
=Preseason poll=
The preseason poll was released on August 27, 2020.{{cite web |title=2020 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Preseason Poll & Honors |url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2020/8/27/2020-sun-belt-conference-mens-soccer-preseason-poll-honors.aspx |website=Sun Belt Conference |accessdate=September 7, 2020 |date=August 27, 2020}}
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;"
|! colspan=1 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;"| !Team Ranking !Points !First Place Votes |
| 1.
|Central Arkansas |12 |1 |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2.
|Coastal Carolina |10 |1 |
| Georgia State
|10 |1 |
| 4.
|Georgia Southern |8 |1 |
=Preseason national polls=
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, only College Soccer News released a preseason poll.
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;"
|style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;"| | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"| United | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" |SoccerAmerica | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;" |Top DrawerSoccer | |||
| style="text-align:center;"
! style={{NCAA color cell|Central Arkansas Bears}} width=75|Central Arkansas | N/A
! — | N/A | N/A |
| style="text-align:center;"
! style={{NCAA color cell|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}} width=75|Coastal Carolina | N/A
! RV | N/A | N/A |
| style="text-align:center;"
! style={{NCAA color cell|Georgia Southern Eagles}} width=75|Georgia Southern | N/A
! — | N/A | N/A |
| style="text-align:center;"
! style={{NCAA color cell|Georgia State Panthers}} width=75|Georgia State | N/A
! — | N/A | N/A |
=Preseason honors=
;Defensive Player – Preseason All-Conference
- Alberto Suarez, Central Arkansas
;Offensive Player – Preseason All-Conference
- Aris Briggs, Georgia State
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Preseason All-Conference Team ! Position ! Nat. ! Player ! Team |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |FW | style="background:white" | {{flag|USA}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Aris|Briggs|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia State Panthers}}| Georgia State |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |FW | style="background:white" | {{flag|ENG}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Adam|Davie|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia Southern Eagles}}| Georgia Southern |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |FW | style="background:white" | {{flag|ITA}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Claudio|Repetto}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}}| Coastal Carolina |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |MF | style="background:white" | {{flag|DEN}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Soren|Jenson|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Central Arkansas Bears}}| Central Arkansas |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |MF | style="background:white" | {{flag|ENG}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Matthew|Fearnley|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia State Panthers}}| Georgia State |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |MF | style="background:white" | {{flag|SCO}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Ross|Finnie|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia State Panthers}}| Georgia State |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |DF | style="background:white" | {{flag|ESP}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Alberto|Suárez|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Central Arkansas Bears}}| Central Arkansas |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |DF | style="background:white" | {{flag|MEX}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Aldair|Cortes|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia Southern Eagles}}| Georgia Southern |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |DF | style="background:white" | {{flag|ITA}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Edoardo|Calzola|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Central Arkansas Bears}}| Central Arkansas |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |GK | style="background:white" | {{flag|ENG}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Paul|Tyson|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia State Panthers}}| Georgia State |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:white" |GK | style="background:white" | {{flag|BRA}} | style="background:white" | {{sortname|Jose Eduardo|Bomfim|nolink=1}} | style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia Southern Eagles}}| Georgia Southern |
Regular season
=Conference results=
{{2020 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings}}
{{2020 Sun Belt men's spring soccer standings}}
For the 2020 season, each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.
{{#invoke:sports results|main
| source = [https://sunbeltsports.org/calendar.aspx?path=msoc&season=2020 Sun Belt Conference]
| update = complete
| a_note = yes
| matches_style = FBR
| team1 = UCA | team2 = CCU | team3 = GSO | team4 = GSU
| name_UCA = Central Arkansas
| name_CCU = Coastal Carolina
| name_GSO = Georgia Southern
| name_GSU = Georgia State
| match_UCA_CCU = 2-3
| match_UCA_GSO = 1-0
| match_UCA_GSU = 2-0
| match_CCU_UCA = 1-0
| match_CCU_GSO = 2-1
| match_CCU_GSU = 1-0
| match_GSO_UCA = 1-4
| match_GSO_CCU = 0-3
| match_GSO_GSU = 0-3
| match_GSU_UCA = 1-0
| match_GSU_CCU = 2-0
| match_GSU_GSO = 2-0
}}
=Weekly results=
;Legend
| class="wikitable" |
| Index to colors and formatting |
|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|SBC member won |
| style="background:#fcc;"
|SBC member lost |
| style="background:#ffc;"
|SBC member tied |
| SBC teams in bold |
All times Eastern time.
==Week 1 (Sep. 14 – Sept. 20)==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" | ||||||
| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
| September 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Georgia State | Mercer | Bear Field{{bullet}}Macon, GA | W 2–1 | 161 |
| style="background:#fcc;"
|September 19 |5:00 p.m. |UAB |Central Arkansas |Bill Stephens Soccer Complex{{bullet}}Conway, AR |L 2–3 | 105 | ||||||
| style="background:#fcc;"
|September 19 |7:00 p.m. |Georgia Southern |Eugene Stone Stadium{{bullet}}Columbia, SC |L 0–2 | 320 |
==Week 2 (Sep. 21 – Sept. 27)==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" | ||||||
| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#fcc;"
|September 22 |7:00 p.m. |Georgia Southern | Mercer | Betts Stadium{{bullet}}Macon, GA | L 0–3 |161 | ||||||
| style="background:#cfc;"
|September 24 |7:00 p.m. |Georgia State |South Carolina |Stone Soccer Stadium{{bullet}}Columbia, SC |W 3–1 | 320 | ||||||
| style="background:#cfc;"
|September 26 |6:00 p.m. |UAB |Georgia Southern |Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA |W 3–2 | 266 |
==Week 3 (Sep. 28 – Oct. 4)==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" | ||||||
| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|September 30 |5:00 p.m. |UAB |Georgia State |Center Parc Stadium{{bullet}}Atlanta, GA |W 4–0 |214 | ||||||
| style="background:#fcc;"
|October 2 |2:00 p.m. |Central Arkansas |Bell Soccer Complex{{bullet}}Lexington, KY |L 1–2 (OT) |83 | ||||||
| October 4
|2:00 p.m. |Georgia Southern |Georgia State |GSU Soccer Field{{bullet}}Atlanta, GA |GSU 2–0 |377 |
==Week 4 (Oct. 5 – Oct. 11)==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" | ||||||
| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|October 6 |7:00 p.m. |Mercer |Georgia State |GSU Soccer Field{{bullet}}Atlanta, GA |W 2–0 | 298 | ||||||
| October 10
|1:00 p.m. |Georgia State |Coastal Carolina |CCU Soccer Field{{bullet}}Conway, SC |CCU 1–0 |150 | ||||||
| October 10
|7:00 p.m. |Central Arkansas |Georgia Southern |Eagle Field{{bullet}}Statesboro, GA |UCA 4–1 |233 |
==Week 5 (Oct. 12 – Oct. 18)==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" | ||||||
| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc;"
|October 13 |8:00 p.m. |Georgia State |UAB |BBVA Field{{bullet}}Birmingham, AL |W 4–1 |195 | ||||||
| October 16
|2:00 p.m. |Central Arkansas |Coastal Carolina |GSU Soccer Field{{bullet}}Atlanta, GA |CCU 3–2 |50 | ||||||
| October 16
|7:00 p.m. |Georgia State |Georgia Southern |Eagle Field{{bullet}}Statesboro, GA |GSU 3–0 |273 | ||||||
| October 18
|1:00 p.m. |Coastal Carolina |Central Arkansas |GSU Soccer Field{{bullet}}Atlanta, GA |CCU 1–0 (OT) |62 |
==Week 6 (Oct. 19 – Oct. 25)==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" | ||||||
| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 24
|2:00 p.m. |Georgia State |Central Arkansas |Bill Stephens Soccer Complex{{bullet}}Conway, AR |UCA 2–0 |84 | ||||||
| October 25
|2:00 p.m. |Coastal Carolina |Georgia Southern |Eagle Field{{bullet}}Statesboro, GA |CCU 2–1 (OT) |150 |
==Week 7 (Oct. 26 – Nov. 1)==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" | ||||||
| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 31
|2:00 p.m. |Georgia Southern |Central Arkansas |Bill Stephens Soccer Complex{{bullet}}Conway, AR |UCA 1–0 | 96 | ||||||
| November 1
|2:00 p.m. |Coastal Carolina |Georgia State |GSU Soccer Field{{bullet}}Atlanta, GA |GSU 2–0 |223 |
==Week 8 (Nov. 2 – Nov. 8)==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;" | ||||||
| Date | Time (ET) | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|November 6
|12:00 p.m. |Central Arkansas |Georgia State |GSU Soccer Field{{bullet}}Atlanta, GA | GSU 1–0 | 194 | ||||||
| 6:00 p.m.
|Coastal Carolina |Georgia Southern |Eagle Field • Statesboro, GA | CCU 3–0 | 291 |
=Players of the Week honors=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Week
! scope="col" colspan="3"| Offensive ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Defensive ! rowspan="2" |Ref. |
|---|
| Player
! Position ! Team ! Player ! Position ! Team |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Sep. 23
|Aris Briggs |FW |Georgia State |Paul Tyson |GK |Georgia State |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Sep. 30
|Matthew Fearnley |MF |Georgia State |George Proctor |DF |Georgia State |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Oct. 7
|Aris Briggs |FW |Georgia State |Gunther Rankenburg |GK |Georgia State |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Oct. 14
|Soren Jensen |MF |Central Arkansas |Tor Saunders |GK |Coastal Carolina |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Oct. 21
|Andrew Bennett |MF |Georgia State |Tor Saunders |GK |Coastal Carolina |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | Oct. 28
|Soren Jensen |MF |Central Arkansas | rowspan="2" |Zach Schawl | rowspan="2" |GK | rowspan="2" |Central Arkansas |
| Ethan Hackenberg
|FW |Coastal Carolina |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Nov. 4
| Matthew Fearnley | MF | Georgia State | George Proctor | DF | Georgia State |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Nov. 10
| Marcello Jones | MF | Coastal Carolina | George Proctor | DF | Georgia State |
Postseason
=Sun Belt Tournament=
{{main|2020 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer tournament}}
All four teams qualified for the modified Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament was played from November 13–15, with Coastal Carolina winning the championship in penalties over Georgia State.
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1 =
| RD2 =
| seed-width =
| team-width =
| score-width = 40
| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team1 = Coastal Carolina
| RD1-score1 = 6
| RD1-seed2 = 4
| RD1-team2 = Georgia Southern
| RD1-score2 = 0
| RD1-seed3 = 2
| RD1-team3 = Georgia State (pen.)
| RD1-score3 = 1 (4)
| RD1-seed4 = 3
| RD1-team4 = Central Arkansas
| RD1-score4 = 1 (2)
| RD2-seed1 = 1
| RD2-team1 = Coastal Carolina (pen.)
| RD2-score1 = 0 (4)
| RD2-seed2 = 2
| RD2-team2 = Georgia State
| RD2-score2 = 0 (3)
}}
= NCAA Tournament =
The winner of the 2020 SBC Tournament will earn an automatic berth into the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was postponed from November/December 2020 to April/May 2021.
| class="sortable wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" |
| Seed
! Region ! School ! 1st Round ! 2nd Round ! 3rd Round ! Quarterfinals ! Semifinals ! Championship |
|---|
| TBD
! | | | | | | |
=Postseason awards and honors=
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"| 2020 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Individual Awards{{cite web |title=Sun Belt Announces Men's Soccer 2020 Postseason Honors |url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2020/11/12/sun-belt-announces-mens-soccer-2020-postseason-honors.aspx |website=Sun Belt Conference |accessdate=November 16, 2020 |date=November 12, 2020}} |
| style="text-align:right;"| Award
! style="text-align:left;" | Recipient(s) |
|---|
| style="text-align:right;"|Player of the Year
| style="text-align:left;" |George Proctor, Georgia State |
| style="text-align:right;"|Offensive Player of the Year
| style="text-align:left;" |Aris Briggs, Georgia State |
| style="text-align:right;"|Newcomer of the Year
| style="text-align:left;" |Tor Saunders, Coastal Carolina |
| style="text-align:right;"|Freshman of the Year
| style="text-align:left;" |Jason Kemble, Coastal Carolina |
| style="text-align:right;"|Coach of the Year
| style="text-align:left;" |Shaun Docking, Coastal Carolina |
MLS SuperDraft
{{main|2021 MLS SuperDraft}}
The 2021 MLS SuperDraft will be held in January 2021.
=Total picks by school=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Team
!Round 1 !Round 2 !Round 3 !Comp. !Total |
|---|
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Central Arkansas Bears}}"|Central Arkansas
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 0 |
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}}"|Coastal Carolina
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ! 1 |
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Georgia State Panthers}}"|Georgia State
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ! 1 |
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Georgia Southern Eagles}}"|Georgia Southern
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 0 |
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Howard Bison}}"|Howard
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 0 |
| Total
! 0 ! 0 ! 2 ! 0 ! 2 |
=List of selections=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%; text-align:center;" | ||||||
| Round || Pick # || MLS team || Player || Position || College ||class="unsortable"| Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 61 | Real Salt Lake | {{sortname|Aris|Briggs}} | {{sort|4|FW}} | Georgia State | {{cite web |title=RSL Selects Aris Briggs from Georgia State University |url=https://www.rsl.com/post/2021/01/21/rsl-selects-aris-briggs-georgia-state-university |website=RSL.com |publisher=Real Salt Lake |access-date=January 23, 2021 |date=January 21, 2021}} |
| 3 | 74 | Nashville SC | {{sortname|Tor|Saunders}} | {{sort|1|GK}} | Coastal Carolina | {{cite web |last1=Parks |first1=Chris |title=CCU goalkeeper Tor Saunders drafted into the MLS |url=https://www.wbtw.com/sports/ccu-goalkeeper-tor-saunders-drafted-into-the-mls/ |website=WBTW |publisher=Nexstar Media Group |access-date=January 23, 2021 |date=January 22, 2021}} |
=Notable undrafted players=
The following players went pro after the 2020 season despite not getting drafted in the 2021 MLS draft.
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References
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External links
- [https://sunbeltsports.org/index.aspx?path=msoc Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer]
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