Head Coach Matt Thompson enters his 7th season as head coach at UDC. |
UDC received six of 10 first-place votes to top the coaches' survey with 93 points. The Firebirds posted the most successful season in program history in 2017 with a 15-7 record, a runner-up finish in the ECC Championship, and a first-ever NCAA Championship berth and victory.
Expectations are high for UDC due in part to the return of six All-Conference honorees, including the ECC Offensive Player of the Year, Gabriel Torres.
Mercy College and New York Institute of Technology come in at No. 3 and No. 4 with 75 and 74 points, respectively, to round out the teams expected to make the ECC's postseason tournament.
2018 ECC Men's Soccer Preseason Poll
School
|
Pts.
|
2017 Record
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1. Dist. Columbia (6)
|
93
|
15-7-0 (6-3-0 ECC)
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2. LIU Post (4)
|
88
|
18-1-2 (8-0-1 ECC)
|
3. Mercy
|
75
|
13-5-0 (7-2-0 ECC)
|
4. NYIT
|
74
|
9-9-1 (5-4-0 ECC)
|
5. Queens
|
50
|
8-6-2 (4-3-2 ECC)
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6. Bridgeport
|
43
|
4-10-1 (3-5-1 ECC)
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7. Molloy
|
42
|
5-12-0 (3-6-0 ECC)
|
8. St. Thomas Aquinas
|
38
|
5-9-1 (3-6-0 ECC)
|
9. Daemen
|
34
|
7-11-0 (3-6-0 ECC)
|
10. Roberts Wesleyan
|
13
|
4-13-0 (1-8-0 ECC)
|
( ) - first place votes
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