2020 Big East Conference men's soccer season explained

2020 Big East Conference men's soccer season
Prevseason Year:	2019
Prevseason Link:	2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season
Seasonslistnames:	Big East Conference men's soccer
Color:	1B3A68
Color Text:	FFFFFF
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Soccer
Pixels:	175px
No Of Teams:	11
Season:	Regular Season

The 2020 Big East Conference men's soccer season will be the eighth season for the realigned Big East Conference. Including the history of the original Big East Conference, this will be the 25th season of men's soccer under the "Big East Conference" name.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fall season was postponed to the spring.^[1]

Entering the season, Georgetown were the defending conference tournament champions, as well as the defending conference regular season champions.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
	Indianapolis, Indiana	Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl	7,500
Creighton Bluejays	Omaha, Nebraska	Morrison Stadium	6,000
	Chicago, Illinois	Wish Field	1,200
Georgetown Hoyas	Washington, D.C.	Shaw Field	1,625
Marquette Golden Eagles	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Valley Fields	1,600
Providence Friars	Providence, Rhode Island	Anderson Stadium	3,000
Seton Hall Pirates	South Orange, New Jersey	Owen T. Carroll Field	1,800
St. John's Red Storm	New York City, New York	Belson Stadium	2,168
UConn Huskies	Storrs, Connecticut	Morrone Stadium	5,100
Villanova Wildcats	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Higgins Soccer Complex	1,000
Xavier Musketeers	Cincinnati, Ohio	Corcoran Field	1,600

Spring 2021 season

The earliest that the season can start is February 3, 2021. The latest possible date is April 17.

Preseason poll

The preseason poll will be released in December 2020 or January 2021.

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were originally to be released in July and August 2020. Only CollegeSoccerNews.com released a preseason poll for 2020.

MLS SuperDraft

See main article: 2021 MLS SuperDraft.

The MLS SuperDraft was held on January 21, 2021 and was held virtually through its website.^[3] A total of five players from the Big East Conference were selected in the Draft.^[4] A record four Georgetown players were drafted.^[5]

Total picks by school

Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Comp.	Total
Butler	0	0	0	0	0
Creighton	0	0	1	0	1
DePaul	0	0	0	0	0
Georgetown	2	1	1	0	4
Marquette	0	0	0	0	0
Providence	0	0	0	0	0
Seton Hall	0	0	0	0	0
St. John's	0	0	0	0	0
UConn	0	0	0	0	0
Villanova	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier	0	0	0	0	0

List of selections

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	Ref
1	8	Orlando City			Georgetown	^[6]
1	19	Orlando City			Georgetown	^[7]
2	38	Minnesota United			Georgetown	^[8]
3	64	Toronto FC			Georgetown	^[9]
3	70	Portland Timbers			Creighton	^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: NCAA DI Council approves moving fall championships to the spring NCAA.com. 2021-01-07. www.ncaa.com. en.
2. Web site: 2020-07-01. Huskies back home: UConn officially in Big East. 2021-01-07. ESPN.com. en.
3. Web site: 2021 SuperDraft Tracker . MLSSoccer.com . January 23, 2021 . January 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210108122902/https://www.mlssoccer.com/superdraft/2021/tracker . dead .
4. Web site: Robinson . Anthony . Diego Gutierrez Selected By Portland Timbers During 2021 MLS SuperDraft . Creighton University Athletics . January 23, 2021 . January 21, 2021.
5. Web site: Four Georgetown players selected in MLS SuperDraft, including two first rounders . Soccerwire . January 23, 2021 . January 21, 2021.
6. Web site: Poe . Julia . Orlando City trades up, picks Derek Dodson at No. 8 in MLS SuperDraft . . January 23, 2021 . January 21, 2021.
7. Web site: Rollins . Sean . 2021 MLS SuperDraft: Orlando City Selects Georgetown Defender Rio Hope-Gund and Penn State Defender Brandon Hackenberg at No. 19 and No. 22 . The Maneland . SB Nation . January 23, 2021 . January 21, 2021.
8. Web site: McMaster, Kibunguchy and O'Hearn Selected in 2021 SuperDraft . Minnesota United FC . January 23, 2021 . January 21, 2021.
9. Web site: Toronto FC select Di Rosa, Crofts, Rothrock and Maples in the 2021 MLS Superdraft . torontofc.ca . January 23, 2021 . January 21, 2021.
10. Web site: Mickanen . Dylan . Portland Timbers select Creighton's Diego Gutierrez to close 2021 MLS Superdraft . . . January 23, 2021 . January 21, 2021.