2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
The 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 61st season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began on August 30, 2019 and continued into the third weekend of November 2019. The season culminated with the four-team College Cup at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, December 13–15, 2019. A total of 206 men's soccer teams played in Division I during this season. The Georgetown Hoyas won their first NCAA title, defeating the Virginia Cavaliers 7–6 on penalty kicks following a 3–3 draw  after.two extra time periods. Changes from 2018. New programs. The Merrimack Warriors began the transition from Division II to Division I, joining the Northeast Conference. Long Island University announced in October 2018 that its two current athletic programs—the Division I LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and the Division II LIU Post Pioneers—would merge into a single Division I athletic program under the LIU name after the 2018–19 school year. The unified program, which maintains LIU Brooklyn's Division I and Northeast Conference memberships, announced its new nickname of Sharks on May 15, 2019. With both campuses having sponsored men's  soccer, the two teams became a single LIU team based at the Post campus in Nassau County, New York in the 2019 season. Rebranded programs. In addition to LIU, one other Division I men's soccer program assumed a new athletic identity during the 2018–19 offseason. On July 1, 2019, the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) announced that its athletic program, previously known as the UMKC Kangaroos, would henceforth be known as the Kansas City Roos. Upcoming programs. Three schools that sponsor men's soccer began transitions from Division II in the 2020–21 school year. Bellarmine will join the  ASUN Conference, Dixie State will join the Western Athletic Conference, and UC San Diego will join the Big West Conference. Discontinued programs. Despite the program's many successes, the University of New Mexico's Board of Regents voted, for economic reasons, to discontinue the men's soccer program and three other sports teams at the conclusion of their 2018–19 seasons. Conference realignment. This was also the final season for four schools in their then-current conferences. The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners and Kansas City Roos both left their then-current home of the Western Athletic Conference, with the Roadrunners joining  the Big West Conference and the Roos returning to the Summit League in July 2020. The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons left the Summit League for the Horizon League. The UConn Huskies left the American Athletic Conference to join several of their former conference mates in the Big East Conference. Regular season. Major upsets. In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher. All rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll. Early season tournaments. Several universities  hosted early season soccer tournaments. Postseason. Postseason awards. Hermann Trophy. The Hermann Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player. The finalists were announced on December 12. On January 4, 2020, Robbie Robinson of Clemson won the Hermann Trophy. TDS National Player of the Year. The TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award recognizes the top college soccer player in the nation by the TDS staff. On December 23, 2019, Joe Bell of Virginia won the award.