![]() “I want to thank Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod for inviting us to be a part of the league’s men’s soccer lineup, but circumstances change constantly, and competing in the Sun Belt Conference is now the best option going forward for our soccer program at this time,” Director of Athletics, Associate Vice President Shane Lyons, said through a University statement on Wednesday. Moving our men’s soccer program to the Sun Belt Conference gives us the best chance to compete nationally in a strong soccer conference.” ![]() “Previously, we had planned to have our men’s soccer team compete in Conference USA, but realignment has changed those plans. The Sun Belt Conference will bring back men’s soccer beginning in fall 2022, the league announced on Wednesday, and West Virginia school officials felt it would be the best course of action to change course from Conference USA to the Sun Belt. “Moving our men’s soccer program to the Sun Belt Conference gives us the best chance to compete nationally in a strong soccer conference.” ~Shane Lyons /9aMiimmIKq West Virginia Men’s Soccer Joins Sun Belt Conference In a somewhat suprising turn of events, on Wednesday, WVU officials and the Sun Belt Conference announced that West Virginia, along with two Southeast Conference (SEC) schools that sponsor men’s soccer programs, Kentucky and South Carolina, would now be affiliate members in the Sun Belt Conference. Less than a year ago, West Virginia men’s soccer program announced that it would be moving to Conference USA from the Mid-American Conference, where it competed as an affiliate member in recent years due to the lack of men’s soccer programs in the Big 12 Conference, where most of the school’s other athletic programs belonged. ![]()
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