Clemson Men’s Soccer Ranked in NSCAA Preseason Poll

Aug. 14, 2007

CLEMSON, SC–The Clemson men’s soccer team is ranked 12th in the preseason National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll released Tuesday.

The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Final 16 last year and the Tigers return five starters from that team. Clemson also has 19 letter winners returning. The Tigers finished the 2006 season with a 13-5-2 record overall.

The Tigers opened practice for the 2007 campaign Tuesday morning. Clemson has an exhibition match with UNC-Greensboro on Saturday, August 18, at Historic Riggs Field. Match time is set for 7:00 p.m.

The Tigers will open the 2007 season on Friday, August 31, as Clemson plays host to South Carolina.

Rank	School	2006 Final Record
1	UC Santa Barbara	17 – 7 – 1
2	UCLA	14 – 6 – 4
3	Wake Forest University	18 – 3 – 4
4	Duke University	18 – 4 – 1
5	University of Virginia	17 – 4 – 1
6	Santa Clara University	13 – 5 – 5
7	Indiana University	15 – 4 – 3
8	Southern Methodist University	17 – 2 – 4
9	University of Maryland	16 – 5 – 1
10	Notre Dame	15 – 6 – 2
11	California	13 – 6 – 1
12	Clemson	13 – 5 – 2
13	West Virginia	15 – 3 – 3
14	Northwestern	14 – 8 – 0
15	New Mexico	14 – 4 – 3
16	North Carolina	11 – 6 – 3
17	St. John’s (NY)	14 – 6 – 2
18	Washington	13 – 7 – 1
19	Lehigh	15 – 2 – 3
20	Towson	15 – 2 – 3
21	Old Dominion	14 – 6 – 2
22	Saint Louis	13 – 5 – 2
23	North Carolina-Greensboro	16 – 8 – 1
24	Harvard	14 – 5 – 0
25	Connecticut	10 – 7 – 2
2006 Final Record and Rank Shown

Also receiving votes: Creighton, Fairfield, Stanford, Ohio State, Illinois-Chicago, South Carolina, Rutgers, Rhode Island, San Diego State, Winthrop, Kentucky