2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Changes from 2012 -- Conference realignment
Table:
School

Previous Conference

New Conference

Adelphi

Independent

Northeast-10 Conference (NCAA Division II)

Air Force

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Western Athletic Conference

Boston University

America East Conference

Patriot League

Butler

Atlantic 10 Conference

Big East Conference

Charlotte

Atlantic 10 Conference

Conference USA

Cincinnati

Big East Conference (1979–2013)

American Athletic Conference

College of Charleston

Southern Conference

Colonial Athletic Association

Connecticut

Big East Conference (1979–2013)

American Athletic Conference

Creighton

Missouri Valley Conference

Big East Conference

CSU Bakersfield

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Western Athletic Conference

Denver

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

The Summit League

DePaul

Big East Conference (1979–2013)

Big East Conference

Florida Atlantic

Mid-American Conference

Conference USA

George Mason

Colonial Athletic Association

Atlantic 10 Conference

Georgetown

Big East Conference (1979–2013)

Big East Conference

Georgia State

Colonial Athletic Association

Independent

Grand Canyon

Pacific West Conference (NCAA Division II)

Western Athletic Conference

Houston Baptist

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Western Athletic Conference

Incarnate Word

Lone Star Conference (NCAA Division II)

Independent

Louisville

Big East Conference (1979–2013)

American Athletic Conference

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The Adelphi Panthers are the athletic teams that represent Adelphi University , located in Garden City , Long Island , New York , in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports . The university fields 23 varsity sports programs , and the Panthers compete as members of the Northeast-10 Conference in 22 of their 23 sports . The women 's bowling team competes within the East Coast Conference as an affiliate . Adelphi has been a member of the NE10 since 2009 , after joining from the ECC . Opened in 2008 , the 76,000-square-foot Center for Recreation and Sports ( CRS ) features a three-court gymnasium , a suspended running track and significantly upgraded athletic training and rehabilitation rooms . Complementing CRS is Adelphis fully renovated Woodruff Hall , which houses a fitness center , pool and additional playing courts . Adelphi also has invested in its fields and outdoor competition spaces , including its all-weather Motamed Field , Janet L. Ficke Field for softball and William J. Bonomo Memorial Field for baseball .
In American college sports , NCAA Division I independent schools are four-year institutions that do not belong to a conference for a particular sport .
The Northeast-10 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) s Division II level . Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont . It is the only Division II collegiate hockey conference in the United States .
NCAA Division II ( D-II ) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment offered in Division III . Before 1973 , the NCAA 's smaller schools were grouped together in the College Division . In 1973 , the College Division split in two when the NCAA began using numeric designations for its competitions . The College Division members who wanted to offer athletic scholarships or compete against those who did became Division II , while those who chose not to offer athletic scholarships became Division III . Nationally , ESPN televises the championship game in football , CBS televises the men 's basketball championship , and ESPN2 televises the women 's basketball championship . CBS Sports Network broadcasts six football games on Thursdays during the regular season , and one men 's basketball game per week on Saturdays during that sport 's regular season . The official slogan of NCAA Division II , implemented in 2015 , is Make It Yours .
The Air Force Falcons men 's soccer program represents the United States Air Force Academy in all NCAA Division I men 's college soccer competitions . Founded in 1956 , the Falcons compete as associate members in the Western Athletic Conference . They are coached by Doug Hill . Air Force plays their home matches at Cadet Soccer Stadium .
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ( MPSF ) is a college athletic conference with members located mostly in the western United States , although it now has members as far east as Oklahoma . The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level , primarily in Olympic sports that are not directly sponsored by a school 's home conference ( such as the Pac-12 and Big West , whose members all participate in MPSF competition in at least one of its sports ) .
The Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) is an American collegiate athletic conference formed on July 27 , 1962 , and affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I . The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States , with member institutions located in Arizona , California , New Mexico , Utah , and Washington , along with the non-western states of Missouri and Illinois ( traditionally associated with the Midwest ) , as well as Texas ( traditionally associated with the Southwest ) . Due to most of the conference 's football-playing members leaving the WAC for other affiliations , the conference discontinued football as a sponsored sport after the 2012-13 season and left the NCAA 's Football Bowl Subdivision ( formerly known as Division I-A ) . The WAC thus became the first Division I conference to drop football since the Big West in 2000 . The WAC then added men 's soccer and became one of the NCAA 's eleven Division I non-football conferences .
The Boston University Terriers are the ten men 's and fourteen women 's varsity athletic teams representing Boston University in NCAA Division I competition . Boston University 's team nickname is the Terriers , and the official mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier . The school colors are Scarlet and White . The mascot is named Rhett after Rhett Butler from Gone With the Wind , because no one loves Scarlet more than Rhett . The majority of BU 's teams compete as members of the Patriot League , with the ice hockey teams competing in Hockey East and rowing competing in the EARC .
The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA Division I , whose members are located mainly in the Northeastern United States , specifically New England . Its nine members include the public flagship universities of three states , and one private university .
The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States . Outside the Ivy League , it is among the most selective group of higher education institutions in NCAA Division I and has a very high student-athlete graduation rate for both the NCAA graduation success rate and the federal graduation rate . The Patriot League consists of 10 core members : American University , the United States Military Academy ( Army ) , Boston University , Bucknell University , Colgate University , College of the Holy Cross , Lafayette College , Lehigh University , Loyola University Maryland and the United States Naval Academy ( Navy ) . All 10 core members participate in the NCAA 's Division I for all Patriot League sports that they offer . Since not all schools sponsor every available NCAA sport , such as ice hockey and wrestling , most schools are affiliated with other collegiate conferences . Additionally , the Patriot League has a unique arrangement for football . Bucknell , Colgate , Holy Cross , Lafayette , and Lehigh are members of the Patriot League 's Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) conference . Of the five other conference members , American , Boston University and Loyola Maryland do not sponsor football while Army and Navy play in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ; Army is an independent while Navy currently competes as an associate member of the American Athletic Conference . Four other private institutions are Patriot League members only for specific sports and are referred to as 'Patriot League associate members . ' Fordham University and Georgetown University are associate members in football , while MIT is an associate member in women 's rowing and University of Richmond is an associate member in women 's golf .
The Butler Bulldogs men 's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Butler University , an NCAA Division I member school located in Indianapolis , IN . The team played its final season in the Horizon League in 2011 ; on July 1 , 2012 , the Bulldogs joined the Atlantic 10 Conference for one season . The team currently plays in the Big East Conference .
The Atlantic 10 Conference ( A-10 ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's ( NCAA ) Division I . The A-10 's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern Seaboard , as well as some in the Midwest - Massachusetts , New York , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , Virginia , Ohio , and Missouri as well as in the District of Columbia . Although some of its members are state-funded , half of its membership is made up of private , Catholic institutions . Despite the name , there are 14 full-time members , and two affiliate members that participate in women 's field hockey only . The current commissioner is Bernadette McGlade , who began her tenure in 2008 .
The Big East Conference ( stylized as BIG EAST ) is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in all sports except football , which is not sponsored . The conference has been officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference , effective on August 1 , 2013 . The conference was originally founded by Dave Gavitt on May 31 , 1979 . Its nucleus is composed of the Catholic Seven members of the original Big East Conference : DePaul University , Georgetown University , Marquette University , Providence College , Seton Hall University , St. John 's University , and Villanova University . In December 2012 , these schools chose to split from the football playing schools in order to focus on basketball , and in March 2013 reached a settlement , whereby they acquired the Big East Conference name , logos , history , and the rights to the men 's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden . Butler University , Creighton University , and Xavier University also joined the conference on its July 1 , 2013 launch date . The conference also entered into a 12-year , $ 500 million television contract with Fox Sports , Fox Sports 1 ( FS1 ) , Fox Sports 2 ( FS2 ) , and Fox Sports Networks ( FSN ) and a 6-year television contract with CBS and CBS Sports Network ( CBSSN ) . On June 24 , 2019 the member schools of the Big East voted 10-0 to extend an invitation to the University of Connecticut ( UConn ) to rejoin the conference , which was accepted two days later . The football-playing members of the old Big East , along with several other schools , formed the American Athletic Conference , which retains the old Big East 's charter and structure . However , both conferences claim 1979 as their founding date . As part of the separation agreement , the basketball schools were able to retain the basketball records while the football schools retained the football records respectively . Val Ackerman , former WNBA president , has been commissioner since June 26 , 2013 .
The Charlotte 49ers men 's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte . The team is a member of the Conference USA of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The team plays their home games at Transamerica Field in Charlotte , North Carolina . In 2011 , the team reached the championship of the NCAA Division I Men 's Soccer Championship , for the first time in their program 's history .
Conference USA ( C-USA or CUSA ) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States . The conference participates in the NCAA 's Division I in all sports . C-USA 's offices are located in Dallas , Texas .
The Cincinnati Bearcats men 's soccer team represents the University of Cincinnati in all NCAA Division I men 's college soccer competitions . Cincinnati presently competes in the American Athletic Conference , and has previously competed in various conferences , including the Big East Conference , Conference USA , the Great Midwest Conference and the Big Central Soccer Conference . The Bearcats play their home fixtures at Gettler Stadium on the University of Cincinnati campus in Cincinnati , Ohio . Cincinnati is currently coached by Hylton Dayes , a former player who has coached the Bearcats since 2001 .
The Big East Conference was a collegiate athletics conference that consisted of as many as 16 universities in the eastern half of the United States from 1979 to 2013 . The conference 's members participated in 24 NCAA sports . The conference had a history of success at the national level in basketball throughout its history , while its shorter ( 1991 to 2013 ) football program , created by inviting one college and four other associate members ( their football programs only ) into the conference , resulted in two national championships . In basketball , Big East teams made 18 Final Four appearances and won seven NCAA Championships ( UConn with three , Villanova , Georgetown , Syracuse , and Louisville with one each ) . Of the Big East 's full members , all but South Florida attended the Final Four , the most of any conference , though Marquette , DePaul , Notre Dame , Rutgers , Cincinnati , and Pittsburgh made all their trips before joining the Big East . In 2011 , the Big East set the record for the most teams sent to the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Championship by a single conference with eleven out of their sixteen teams qualifying . In football , the Big East entered competition as a conference in 1991 , after inviting five football colleges to become members of the Big East , joining three teams from the Big East whose football teams were competing as Division I independents ( Boston College , Pittsburgh and Syracuse ) to form a new Division I football league . The strength of this league earned the Big East an automatic berth in the Bowl Championship Series , when that series was created in 1998 . The Big East won two national football championships , both by University of Miami . Between 2005 and 2012 , four of the more successful football schools left the Big East for other conferences , starting a process that led to a complete realignment of the Big East in 2013 . On July 1 , 2013 , the non-football playing schools ( also known collectively as the secular Catholic 7 ) formed a non-football playing conference that retains the Big East Conference name . The remaining six football-playing members , three of whom had only joined the Big East in 2005 when the earlier exodus had started , joined with four schools from other conferences to become the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) , which is the Big East 's legal successor .
The American Athletic Conference ( The American or AAC ) , is an American collegiate athletic conference , featuring 12 member universities and six associate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's ( NCAA ) Division I , with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) . Member universities represent a range of private and public universities of various enrollment sizes located primarily in urban metropolitan areas in the Northeastern , Midwestern , and Southern regions of the United States . The American 's legal predecessor , the original Big East Conference , was considered one of the six collegiate power conferences of the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) era in college football , and The American inherited that status in the BCS 's final season . With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014 , The American became a Group of Five conference , which shares one automatic spot in the New Year 's Six bowl games . [ note 3 ] The league is the product of substantial turmoil in the old Big East during the 2010-14 conference realignment period . It is one of two conferences to emerge from the all-sports Big East in 2013 . While the other successor , which does not sponsor football , purchased the Big East Conference name , The American inherited the old Big East 's structure and is that conference 's legal successor . However , both conferences claim 1979 as their founding date , and the same history up to 2013 . The American is headquartered in Providence , Rhode Island , and led by Commissioner Michael Aresco .
The Charleston Cougars are the varsity intercollegiate athletic teams representing the College of Charleston in Charleston , South Carolina . The Cougars compete in NCAA Division I and are currently members of the Colonial Athletic Association . The university sponsors 20 varsity sports teams including men and women 's basketball , cross country , golf , soccer and tennis ; women's-only dance team , equestrian , beach volleyball , softball , track and field and volleyball ; men's-only baseball ; and co-ed sailing and cheerleading . The university 's most successful sports are co-ed sailing , which has won 14 national championships since 1986 , women 's volleyball , which has qualified for the NCAA Tournament seven times since 2002 and men 's baseball , which has qualified for the NCAA Tournament seven times since 2004 .
The Southern Conference ( SoCon ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision ( formerly known as Division I-AA ) . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama , Georgia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , and Virginia . Established in 1921 , the Southern Conference ranks as the fifth-oldest major college athletic conference in the United States , and either the third- or fourth-oldest in continuous operation , depending on definitions . Among conferences currently in operation , the Big Ten ( 1896 ) and Missouri Valley ( 1907 ) are indisputably older . The Pac-12 Conference did not operate under its current charter until 1959 , but claims the history of the Pacific Coast Conference , founded in 1915 , as its own . The Southwest Conference ( SWC ) was founded in 1914 , but ceased operation in 1996 . The Big Eight Conference claimed the same history as the Missouri Valley from 1907 to 1928 during its existence ; though it essentially merged with four SWC members to form the Big 12 Conference in 1996 , the Big 12 does not claim the Big Eight 's legacy . The Ivy League was formally organized in 1954 with athletic competition starting in 1955 , but claims the history of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League , which competed from 1901 to 1955 , as its own . The SoCon was the first conference to use the three-point field goal in basketball in a November 29 , 1980 game at Western Carolina against Middle Tennessee State University ( MTSU ) , where Ronnie Carr shot the historic shot from 22 feet ( 6.7 m ) away and the Catamounts won 77-70 . The Southern Conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision and is considered a mid-major conference in basketball . It has also garnered considerable national attention from its recent success in these sports : in particular , former member , three-time Division I NCAA Football champion Appalachian State Mountaineers , who stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines 34-32 on September 1 , 2007 ; from the Davidson Wildcats , who reached the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament by upsetting power programs Gonzaga ( a mid-major school which became a power program in the 2000s ) , Georgetown , and Wisconsin .
The Colonial Athletic Association ( CAA ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina . Most of its members are public universities , and the conference is headquartered in Richmond . The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of four schools in the Northeast ( of five that joined from rival conference America East ) after the turn of the 21st century , which added balance to the conference . The CAA was founded in 1979 as the ECAC South basketball league . It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports ( although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports ) . As of 2006 , it organizes championships in 21 men 's and women 's sports . The addition of Northeastern University in 2005 gave the conference the NCAA minimum of six football programs needed to sponsor football . For the 2007 football season , all of the Atlantic 10 Conference 's football programs joined the CAA football conference , as agreed in May 2005 .
The UConn Huskies men 's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of Connecticut . The team is a member of the American Athletic Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .
The Creighton Bluejays men 's soccer team represents Creighton University in NCAA men 's Division I soccer competitions . They compete in the Big East Conference and have risen to prominence in collegiate men 's soccer in the last few decades having gone to the NCAA Division I Men 's Soccer Tournament in 22 of the previous 23 seasons , going back to 1992 , with five appearances in the College Cup semifinals and one appearance in the National Championship Match . In conference play , the Bluejays have won 13 conference regular season championships and 13 conference tournament championships ; the most recent being the 2014 Big East Conference Regular Season Championship . Creighton is the only soccer program in the nation to have at least one athlete taken in every Major League Soccer ( MLS ) draft from 1996 - 2014 . They are currently coached by Elmar Bolowich .
The Missouri Valley Conference ( also called MVC or simply The Valley ) is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States . Currently , its members are located in the midwestern United States .
The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners men 's soccer team represents California State University , Bakersfield in all NCAA Division I men 's college soccer competitions . The Roadrunners play in the Western Athletic Conference .
The Denver Pioneers men 's soccer team represents the University of Denver in NCAA Division I men 's soccer competitions . The Pioneers compete in The Summit League .
The Summit League , or The Summit , is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Indiana and Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the West , with additional members in the Western state of Colorado and the Southern state of Oklahoma . Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982 , it was rebranded as the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989 . On June 1 , 2007 , the conference changed its name from the Mid-Continent Conference . League headquarters are in Sioux Falls , South Dakota . The membership currently consists of nine full members plus four associate members . In July 2020 , the University of Missouri-Kansas City will return as a full member after a seven-year absence with the new athletic identity of the Kansas City Roos , while Purdue University Fort Wayne will leave for the Horizon League . A total of 31 schools have been full members , but the only charter member remaining in the league today is Western Illinois University .
The DePaul Blue Demons men 's soccer team is the intercollegiate soccer program representing DePaul University . The school competes in the Big East Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) .
The Florida Atlantic Owls men 's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton , Florida , United States . The team is a member of the Conference USA , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I. FAU 's first men 's soccer team was fielded in 1980 . The team plays its home games at FAU Soccer Stadium in Boca Raton . The Owls are coached by Joey Worthen . The Owls most successful achievement in their history came in 2004 , where they finished as co-regular season champions of the Atlantic Sun Conference . In 2007 , the Owls won the Atlantic Soccer Conference Tournament , although it does not have a binding NCAA birth . Their strongest performance in the Atlantic Sun Men 's Soccer Tournament came in 1997 , 1999 and 2003 , where the Owls reached the finals , but lost on all three occasions . Florida Atlantic has never qualified for the NCAA Division I Men 's Soccer Championship
The Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois . Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan , with single members located in Illinois , Indiana , and New York . For football , the MAC participates in the NCAA 's Football Bowl Subdivision . The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland , Ohio , and has two members in the nearby Akron area . The MAC has been referred to as the Conference of Quarterbacks because of the accomplishments of numerous former players in the National Football League . The conference also ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates .
The George Mason Patriots men 's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of George Mason University in Fairfax , Virginia , United States . The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I. George Mason 's first men 's soccer team was fielded in 1968 . The team plays its home games at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax , Virginia .
The Georgetown Hoyas men 's soccer team represents Georgetown University in all men 's Division I NCAA soccer competitions . The Georgetown Hoyas joined the new Big East Conference on July 1 , 2013 with other private schools from the former Big East Conference in which they previously competed . They won a national championship in 2019 , and was the national runner-up in 2012 . They have made nine total appearances in the NCAA Men 's Division I Soccer Championship , and have won the Big East conference tournament four times and the regular season title seven times .
The Georgia State Panthers men 's soccer team represents Georgia State University in all NCAA Division I men 's college soccer competitions . The Panthers play in the Sun Belt Conference .
The Grand Canyon Antelopes men 's soccer program represents Grand Canyon University in all NCAA Division I men 's college soccer competitions . Founded in 1985 , the Antelopes have competed in the Western Athletic Conference since 2013 . The Lopes are coached by Schellas Hyndman . GCU plays its home matches at GCU Stadium .
The Pacific West Conference ( also known as the PacWest ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division II level . Member institutions are located in California and Hawai ' i . The conference sponsors the following sports : basketball , cross country , golf , soccer , tennis and track & field outdoor for both men and women ; baseball for men only ; softball and volleyball for women only . The newest PacWest sports are men 's tennis and women 's golf , both added in 2012-13 .
Houston Baptist Huskies , also known as Houston Baptist , HBU or Huskies , refers to the sports teams of Houston Baptist University . HBU 's official school colors are royal blue and orange . With the inception of the athletics program at the university in 1960 until 1990 the Huskies were a part of the NCAA . After playing for seventeen years as a member of the NAIA , the Huskies began play as an NCAA Division I team again in 2007 and became a full member of the NCAA for the 2011-12 academic year . After one year of independent status in the NCAA , HBU joined the Great West Conference , and began play as a member in 2008 for all sports but basketball , baseball , softball , volleyball , and women 's soccer . These teams remained independent until the 2009-2010 season when they joined the other HBU teams . Men 's soccer joined the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation since the Great West did not sponsor the sport . On November 9 , 2011 , officials from the Southland Conference visited HBU in their expansion drive . On November 21 , Houston Baptist accepted an invitation to join the Southland Conference joining July 1 , 2013 . The school started a football program in 2013 and began Southland play in 2014 . There are also plans for a new basketball arena . With the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation dropping men 's soccer after the 2012 season , the HBU team moved to the Western Athletic Conference , which began sponsoring the sport from 2013 onwards .
The Incarnate Word Cardinals are composed of 23 teams representing the University of the Incarnate Word in intercollegiate athletics , including men and women 's basketball , cross country , golf , soccer , swimming & diving , tennis , and track and field . Men 's sports include baseball and football . Women 's sports include softball , synchronized swimming , and volleyball . The Cardinals compete in NCAA Division I and are members of the Southland Conference . UIW has sent multiple fencers to compete in multiple NCAA Fencing Championships ( 2016 & 2017 ) .
The Lone Star Conference ( LSC ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division II level . Member institutions are located in the southwestern United States , with schools in Texas , Oklahoma , New Mexico , and Arkansas . The conference was formed in 1931 when five schools withdrew from the old Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association . Charter members included East Texas State ( now Texas A & M-Commerce ) , North Texas State ( now University of North Texas ) , Sam Houston State , Southwest Texas State ( now Texas State ) , and Stephen F. Austin . Among the five charter members , only Texas A & M-Commerce remains in Division II and in the conference - the other four charter members moved up to Division I ( in football , North Texas and Texas State compete in NCAA Division I FBS , while Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston compete in NCAA Division I FCS ) . The Lone Star Conference operates from the same headquarters complex in the Dallas suburb of Richardson as the American Southwest Conference .
The Louisville Cardinals men 's soccer team represents the University of Louisville in all NCAA Division I men 's college soccer competitions . The team presently competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference . The team currently plays in the soccer-specific Lynn Stadium on the campus . Nearly all of the Cardinals success has come in the last ten years of play under the helm of Ken Lolla . The Cardinals first qualified for the NCAA Division I Men 's Soccer Championship in 2007 , and have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since then except 2015 . Their best run came in 2010 , where the Cardinals lost in the 2010 College Cup Final to the Akron Zips , 1-0 . Since then , the Cardinals have reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in 2011 , 2012 , and 2016 . On December 27 , 2018 , Louisville named assistant coach John Michael Hayden to replace Lolla , who resigned on December 11 after leading the team for 13 seasons . Hayden , a graduate of local Trinity High School ( named Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year ) played 4 seasons at the University of Indiana ( winning two NCAA Championships ) and several seasons professionally before retiring . Hayden served as an assistant coach for the Cardinals for four years before being promoted to his first head coaching position .