While most soccer fans in this country will be paying primary attention to MLS Cup, there will be 17 college soccer games played that are as important to the teams playing them as MLS Cup is to its participants. A total of 15 conferences have their tournament championship Sunday and two more conferences will decided their regular season champion - and who gets its automatic bid. Additionally, there are still some vital regular season games for teams hoping for an at-large bid to be played, one final chance to get another W to help sway the selection committee. Here's the slate. SUNDAY America East Boston University (10-7-1) vs. Binghamton (11-2-7) Atlantic Coast Conference Virginia (15-4) vs. Maryland (15-4-1) Atlantic 10 George Washington (8-8-4) vs. Temple (12-7-2) Big East Connecticut (11-7-2) vs. vs. Seton Hall (12-7-2) Big South Coastal Carolina (13-7-1) vs. Birmingham Southern (12-6-1) Big Ten Michigan St. (10-6-1) vs. Northwestern (13-4-2) Colonial Athletic Association Old Dominion (13-4-2) vs. Hofstra (10-9-1) Conference USA Alabama-Birmingham (12-5) vs. Memphis (15-3-1) Horizon League Wisconsin-Milwaukee (12-4-3) vs. Detroit (14-5) Ivy League (reg. season game; winner is conf. champ) Dartmouth (6-3-6) vs. Brown (8-6-2) Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Marist (10-7) vs. Rider (6-13) Mid-Continent Conference Oral Roberts (11-4-1) vs. Western Illinois (10-9) Missouri Valley Southern Methodist (14-3-1) vs. Tulsa (10-5-3) Northeast Conference Long Island (8-6-4) vs. Farleigh Dickinson (10-7-1) Patriot League Lehigh (11-6-3) vs. American (12-5-2) Southern Conference Davidson (11-9-1) vs. vs. Charleston (15-5-1) West Coast Conference (non-tournament) Santa Clara (14-5) vs. San Diego San Francisco (13-4-1) vs. Gonzaga Portland (10-7-2) vs. St. Mary's Note: If San Francisco wins, they win the WCC; if they lose, Loyola Marymount, which is idle, wins it. Non-Tournament/Championship games involving teams with a shot at an at-large bid. Florida International (11-5) vs. South Carolina (11-6-1) Washington (11-5-2) vs. Oregon State Cal State Northrige (10-5-2) vs. UC Irvine Denver (11-5-1) vs. Air Force
Fantastic job! I have a close eye on the MAAC and Ivy league where teams with ugly records could end representing their leagues.
Wake were beaten, 2-1, in Friday's semifinals by Virginia. The ACC final is underway. Anyone with digital cable and the sports tier can see this game live on Fox College Sports Atlantic. Those with that same lineup can also view the Big East Final on CSTV. That match is in the second half.
will any of these games be going on between 3:30 and 5:30 eastern time? it'd be better for the game to coordinate not running any conference finals and MLS Cup at the same time