The 2025 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season is the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC), as part of the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.
Previous season
Marshall won both the Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament championship. Marshall would make it to the College College Cup, losing in the National Championship to Vermont.
Teams
Stadiums and locations TeamLocationStadiumCapacityCoastal Carolina ChanticleersConway, South CarolinaCCU Soccer Complex1,000Georgia Southern EaglesStatesboro, GeorgiaEagle Field3,500Georgia State PanthersDecatur, GeorgiaGSU Soccer Complex1,892James Madison DukesHarrisonburg, VirginiaSentara Park1,500Kentucky WildcatsLexington, KentuckyWendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex3,368Marshall Thundering HerdHuntington, West VirginiaVeterans Memorial Soccer Complex1,006Old Dominion MonarchsNorfolk, VirginiaOld Dominion Soccer Complex4,000South Carolina GamecocksColumbia, South CarolinaStone Stadium5,700UCF KnightsOrlando, FloridaUCF Soccer and Track Stadium2,000West Virginia MountaineersMorgantown, West VirginiaDick Dlesk Soccer Stadium1,600
Preseason Preseason poll The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 10 head coaches. The results of the poll were released on August 13, prior to the season starting. The full results of the poll are shown below:
1 Marshall 97 (8) 2 West Virginia 92 (2) 3 UCF 74 4 Kentucky 67 5 South Carolina 65 6 James Madison 48 7 Old Dominion 36 8 Georgia Southern 30 9 Georgia State 24 10 Coastal Carolina 17
Preseason awards
Preseason All-Sun Belt Team
Position Player Class School Goalkeeper Sebastian Conlon Senior Kentucky Defender Josh Gordon Senior Carlos Hernando Graduate Student West Virginia Takahiro Fujita Junior Marshall Midfielder Alejandro Velazquez-Lopez Sophomore South Carolina Alexander Stjernegaard Senior Isaac Scheer Sophomore West Virginia Agustin Lopez Kentucky Forward Ryan Holmes Junior Georgia Southern Marcus Caldeira Senior West Virginia Ethan Ballek South Carolina
Preseason national polls The preseason national polls were released in August 2025.
UnitedSoccer Top DrawerSoccer CollegeSoccer NewsCoastal Carolina — — —Georgia Southern — — —Georgia State — — —James Madison — — —Kentucky — — —Marshall 2 6 1Old Dominion — — —South Carolina — — —UCF — — —West Virginia 16 16 11
Regular season
National rankings
Improvement in ranking Drop in ranking Not ranked previous week Pre Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 FinalCoastal Carolina — — — ——————————None released— —————————————————Georgia Southern ———RV25196112420RVRV—None released— ——————5101817—25—————Georgia State —————————————None released— —————————————————James Madison —————————————None released— —————————————————Kentucky —181718221824192525т181819None releasedRV ——————222225—242122————Marshall 22210642217129111712тNone released17 65465211119712181717232323Old Dominion —————————————None released— —————————————————South Carolina —————————————None released— —————————————————UCF —————————————None released— —————————————20252525West Virginia 1610615131084310191617None released23 1691420161315881319151318242424
Postseason
NCAA tournament
Seed School First round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship W 3–2 vs. – (Orlando) L 0–2 @ (7) – (Washington) W 4–3 vs. – (Morgantown) L 2–3 @ (10) – (High Point) Marshall W 1–0 vs. – (Huntington) L 0–2 @ (15) NC State – (Raleigh) L 1–2 @ Saint Louis – (St. Louis)W–L (%): Total:
Awards
Source:
2025 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s) Coach of the Year Johan Cedergren – Kentucky Player of the Year Marcus Caldeira – West Virginia Offensive Player of the Year Marcus Caldeira – West Virginia Defensive Player of the Year Noah Holmstrom – Georgia Southern Goalkeeper of the Year Sebastian Conlon – Kentucky Newcomer of the Year Lilian Ricol – UCF Freshman of the Year Emil Seedorff – Georgia Southern
2025 Sun Belt Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Freshman Team F – Marcus Caldeira, West Virginia F – Ricky Louis, Georgia Southern F – Lilian Ricol, UCF F – Pablo Pozos, West Virginia MF – Clarence Awoudor, UCF MF – Loed Klaasen, Coastal Carolina MF – Agustin Lopez, Kentucky DF – Takahiro Fujita, Marshall DF – Noah Holmstrom, Georgia Southern DF – Marqes Muir, Kentucky GK – Sebastian Conlon, Kentucky F – Ethan Ballek, South Carolina F – Isaiah Chisolm, Kentucky F – Lewis Rouke, Old Dominion F – Alex Ruiz, Kentucky MF – Kevin Larsson, Kentucky MF – Nacho Martinez, West Virginia MF – Rai Pinto, Marshall DF – Felix Ewald, West Virginia DF – Carlos Hernando, West Virginia DF – David de la Vibora, Marshall GK – Nate Martinez, Georgia Southern F – Angel Lopez, Coastal Carolina F – Seiryu Ono, UCF F – Sammie Walker, West Virginia MF – Juan Alvarez, West Virginia MF – Marcus Andersen, Kentucky MF – Matthew DeJianne, South Carolina MF – Emil Seedorff, Georgia Southern DF – Joao Alves, Marshall DF – Loir Holtz, Georgia Southern DF – Jem Hewlett, UCF DF – David de la Vibora, Marshall
MLS SuperDraft
Total picks by school
TeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Total Coastal Carolina – – – – Georgia Southern 1 1 – 2 Georgia State – – – – James Madison – – – – Kentucky – 1 1 2 Marshall – – – – Old Dominion – – – – South Carolina – – – – UCF – – 1 1 West Virginia – – – – Total 1 2 2 5
List of selections
Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College 1 2 FC Dallas FW Georgia Southern 2 50 Nashville SC DF Kentucky 57 New York City FC MF Georgia Southern 3 65 LA Galaxy GK Kentucky 71 New York City FC MF UCF
References
External links Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer