Soccer - CUSA

Question

What will happen to USC's soccer program with the CUSA-MWC merger. Will we still be able to play in the new conference?

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by SpartanSpur.

Answer 1

Pretty sure the CUSA-MWC merger is for football only. The conferences remain separate in all other sports. At least that is my understanding.

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by scrantonicity.

Answer 2

Good question. I wish the rest of the SEC would sponsor soccer. UK is the only other SEC school with a men's soccer team and they're in C-USA with USC. Coach Berson says he believes they will add the three schools in the MWC that sponsor soccer AFA, UNLV, and New Mexico.

Link: Daily Gamecock

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by w-c cock.

Answer 3

No it's all sports. Hawaii is the only school which will be football only.

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by w-c cock.

Answer 4

It will be all sports thus creating a huge travel expense - Hawaii is the one "only football" member / MWC will play each other / CUSA will play each other - two winners will play for a (whatever they end up naming the conf) championship , the idea is to try to put the winner in a BCS bowl game.
This thing is gonna be one hell of a mess for sure that or bankrupt some of the smaller ($$$ wise) members.

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by Carolina Cat.

Answer 5

Maybe WVU will join now since the B1g 12 does not have soccer.

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by SpartanSpur.

Answer 6

Heard that WVU was going to petition the ACC for soccer , just to see what they could do to Clemson in yet another field event.

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by Carolina Cat.

Answer 7

As someone who actually goes to a few home games each year, I'm less concerned about travel budget and more concerned about the status of the program. I don't think the merger should hurt us any. Hyman will just have to rub a couple more nickels together on some travel.

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by goldengamecock.

Answer 8

Travel to the state of Wyoming , Nevada as well as California for a soccer match..yes that would be real cost effective.

These are the schools involved.
Southern Miss, Marshall, East Carolina, UAB, Tulsa, Rice, UTEP and Tulane from C-USA and Wyoming, Air Force, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, Fresno State, Nevada and Hawaii from the MWC. Hawaii(football-only).

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by Carolina Cat.

Answer 9

Well, it's not like it really matters. Only four current MWC schools - SDSU, New Mexico, Air Force, UNLV - sponsor men's soccer. Three of them currently play as part of a MWC/WAC/Big Sky congolomerate known as the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, and SDSU competes as an affiliate member of the Pac-12.

Long story short - the CUSA-MWC merger shouldn't affect men's soccer very much, if at all.

Originally posted on Fighting Gamecocks Forum by scrantonicity.