The 2020 West Coast Conference men's soccer season is the 33rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season, originally scheduled to begin on August 30, 2020, and conclude on November 6, 2020, was postponed to spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, the season will begin on February 3, 2021, and conclude on April 11, 2021. The first set of conference games are scheduled for February 28, 2021.
The defending champions are the Saint Mary's Gaels who won the regular season last year (the conference does not host a tournament).
Previous season
The 2019 season began on August 29, 2019, and concluded on November 12, 2019. Saint Mary's won the regular season, and earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Loyola Marymount, the WCC runners-up, earned an at-large bid into the tournament. Saint Mary's earned a first-round bye, and was seeded 12th-overall in the tournament while Loyola Marymount entered in the first round. Loyola Marymount hosted Seattle in the first round and lost 1–3. Saint Mary's hosted UCSB in the second round and lost 0–4.
Anders Engebretsen and Miguel Berry were named Co-Players of the Year for the conference. Filippo Zattarin won the Defensive Player of the Year Award. Remi Prieur was named Goalkeeper of the Year; Noel Caliskan was named Rookie of the Year, and finally, Adam Cooper was named Coach of the Year.
Miguel Berry was selected by Columbus Crew with the 7th overall pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft. Chicago Fire drafted Jonathan Jimenez in the first round with the 26th overall pick. Rey Ortiz, Remi Prieur, and Anders Engebretsen were drafted in the Draft.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Gonzaga Bulldogs Spokane, Washington Gonzaga Soccer Field Loyola Marymount Lions Los Angeles, California Sullivan Field Portland Pilots Portland, Oregon Merlo Field Saint Mary's Gaels Moraga, California Saint Mary's Stadium San Diego Toreros San Diego, California Torero Stadium San Francisco Dons San Francisco, California Negoesco Stadium Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara, California Stevens Stadium
Head coaches
Team Head coach Previous job Years atschool Overall record Record atschool WCCrecord NCAATournaments NCAACollege Cups NCAATitles Ref.
Preseason WCC Media Poll To be announced.
All-WCC Preseason Team To be announced.
Regular season Weekly results Legend Index to colors and formattingWCC member wonWCC member lostWCC member tiedWCC teams in bold All times Eastern time.
Week 1 (Feb. 3 – Feb. 7) To be determined.
Week 2 (Feb. 8 – Feb. 14) To be determined.
Week 3 (Feb. 15 – Feb. 21) To be determined.
Week 4 (Feb. 22 – Feb. 28) To be determined.
Week 5 (Mar. 1 – Mar. 7) To be determined.
Week 6 (Mar. 8 – Mar. 14) To be determined.
Week 7 (Mar. 15 – Mar. 21) To be determined.
Week 8 (Mar. 22 – Mar. 28) To be determined.
Week 9 (Mar. 29 – Apr. 4) To be determined.
Week 10 (Apr. 5 – Apr. 11) To be determined.
Rankings
National
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week
Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 FinalGonzaga C Loyola Marymount C Pacific C Portland C Saint Mary's C San Diego C San Francisco C Santa Clara C
Far West Regional + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week
Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Gonzaga C Loyola Marymount C Pacific C Portland C Saint Mary's C San Diego C San Francisco C Santa Clara C
Postseason NCAA Tournament
The WCC regular season winner will qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Other teams can still earn an at-large bid into the tournament.
Postseason awards and honors
2020 WCC Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Player of the YearDefensive Player of the YearGoalkeeper of the YearCo-Coaches of the YearFreshman of the Year
2020 WCC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Freshman Team
2021 MLS Draft
The 2021 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 21, 2021. No players from the WCC were selected in the draft.
Homegrown players
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
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