2024 D3 Men's Soccer National Perspective

[Kuiper]

East coast bias.

Can't argue with that. Who would you like to see included there outside of the East Coast/midwest?

I don't want to speak for Gray Fox, but my guess is he would want to see Occidental on that list. 

[Kuiper]

Div3Footy has posted its players to watch for 2024

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-XehWpozCd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

GK Gunnar Hoffman
CB Luke Madden
CB Connor Koschineg
LB Eli Piltcher
RB Ian Chesney
CM Kai Walsh
CM Josh Grand
CM JR Cozine
LW Alem Duratovic
RW Weyimi Agbeyegbe
ST Mohammad Nuhu

Honorable Mention

J. Palomino, T. Huck, G. Culley, D. Decker, S. Bechtel, K. Kaliebe, A. Knutson, D. Boettcher, M. Perugini

[Gray Fox]

East coast bias.

Can't argue with that. Who would you like to see included there outside of the East Coast/midwest?

I don't want to speak for Gray Fox, but my guess is he would want to see Occidental on that list. 

St Thomas might be a good team to watch.  A good team with a new coach that may make them more mature.

[SKUD]

Does anyone else think this list is missing Amer Lukovic?

[Kuiper]

Does anyone else think this list is missing Amer Lukovic?

Montclair State's 2024 roster isn't out yet, but I noticed that Lukovic was on the MLS Super Draft 2024 Eligible List (which didn't bind a player this year).  Do we know that he's returning to college or to Montclair State?

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-superdraft-2024-eligible-players

[SKUD]

Good question Kuiper.

[kansas hokie]

United Soccer coaches pre-season poll out...is this basically the same as end of 2023?

https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-men/

[Kuiper]

United Soccer coaches pre-season poll out...is this basically the same as end of 2023?

https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/rankings/college-rankings/ncaa-diii-men/

Yes.  Identical

[Kuiper]

Pretty cool that Augsburg men's soccer alum Tyler Heaps '13 was named sporting director for MLS expansion team San Diego FC

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/08/15/san-diego-fc-names-tyler-heaps-as-clubs-first-sporting-director-expect-a-coach-very-soon/

Heaps worked for U.S. Soccer for five years as coordinator of analytics and research, manager of analytics and research and director of sporting analytics. The son of a chemist, he graduated from Minnesota's Augsburg University with a degree in mathematics and computer science. He was drawn to analytics after seeing the movie "Moneyball," and soon after college decided to make it his livelihood.

https://athletics.augsburg.edu/sports/mens-soccer/roster/tyler-heaps/16535

[laker4141]

Does anyone else think this list is missing Amer Lukovic?

Montclair State's 2024 roster isn't out yet, but I noticed that Lukovic was on the MLS Super Draft 2024 Eligible List (which didn't bind a player this year).  Do we know that he's returning to college or to Montclair State?

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-superdraft-2024-eligible-players

He tore his ACL this summer. Not sure what that will do in terms of his eligibility/future

[Gregory Sager]

SUNY New Paltz joining the NJAC.  That's the first non-New Jersey school in that conference I think

https://x.com/njacsports/status/1808153404675613022?s=46&t=uXiupHZfR0TxrRyWF9BmRg

Yes, in terms of full membership, but for several years now there's been a presence in NJAC football of associate member schools from outside of the Garden State. Christopher Newport and Salisbury are currently two of the six football teams in the NJAC.

It makes complete sense for SUNY New Paltz to switch conferences, since travel distances for Hawks teams are so ridiculously long in the SUNYAC. I wonder if the school's braintrust has been pushing for this move for a long time or if this is a recent application. Like you, this addition also makes me wonder if the NJAC is anticipating one or more departures from its ranks.

[stlawus]

This is pretty granular griping at this point but if you don't have your roster posted by now I'm assuming you're doing it to "hide" your roster from the opposition for opening weekend.  To be 2 days away from the season starting and not listing your roster is quite pathetic in my opinion.  You can make excuses about overstretched SIDs all you want, but even the most barebones operation would have the ability to post a roster days before the season started.  That leads me to believe it's intentional on the coaching staffs part.

[Gray Fox]

This is pretty granular griping at this point but if you don't have your roster posted by now I'm assuming you're doing it to "hide" your roster from the opposition for opening weekend.  To be 2 days away from the season starting and not listing your roster is quite pathetic in my opinion.  You can make excuses about overstretched SIDs all you want, but even the most barebones operation would have the ability to post a roster days before the season started.  That leads me to believe it's intentional on the coaching staffs part.

Knowing it and getting it posted on a web page are two different things.

[stlawus]

They are but this is also a problem that has come up in basketball in recent years.  Some think that hiding a roster can give them that slight competitive edge if only for a game or 2, and intentionally leave it off the site.  I can sympathize with certain cases like a non-tech savvy head coach or late tryouts, but for the most part all that sort of housekeeping is taken care of the first week of preseason.  If it was only 1 or 2 cases I wouldn't care, but when it's a significant amount of teams then in my opinion something is up.

[Gregory Sager]

It happens in football as well.