Let's talk Hawkeye men's soccer

[Row55]

If it can be shown that B10 soccer attracts TV audiences, it will happen for sure.

St. Louis has a group trying to get a MLS franchise, and they also claim that crowds would be huge due to the sports growing popularity. But they also want a new government-funded stadium, apparently ignoring the TWA Dome debacle.

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Soccer will never rival football, basketball or even baseball and wrestling at Iowa. It will do Ok at schools like Stanford, John Hopkins, Pacific, Columbia and the like...but it ain't gonna go over well at Iowa. It will draw like Rowing and Crew do.

Ummmmmmm, the final Top 25 from last season says otherwise, old Soy.. It ain't the '70s anymore, buddy..

School Rank Name Record Previous Ranking
1 Stanford 19-2-2 3
2 Indiana 18-1-6 2
3 North Carolina 17-4-1 4
4 Akron 18-4-2 5
5 Wake Forest 19-2-2 1
6 Louisville 13-2-5 7
7 Michigan State 13-3-4 13
8 SMU 17-3-1 6
9 Fordham 14-6-3 NR
10 Western Michigan 17-4-1 10
11 Wisconsin 12-5-5 20
12 Butler 14-5-2 16
13 Coastal Carolina 14-7-1 23
14 Clemson 12-6-1 8
15 Duke 13-4-3 14
16 Georgetown 14-4-2 9
17 FIU 12-2-4 11
18 New Hampshire 13-4-5 30
19 Virginia 14-4-5 15
20 Colgate 12-11-1 NR
21 Notre Dame 11-7-2 17
22 Seattle 15-4-4 22
23 Dartmouth 12-3-2 18
24 Michigan 12-6-2 21
25 Old Dominion 13-6-2 25

Attendance rankings (midwest schools in bold)...

1. Maryland 13 52,189 4,014
2. UConn 10 38,225 3,822
3. UC Santa Barbara 11 38,093 3,463
4. Cal Poly 8 22,762 2,845
5. Clemson 14 36,903 2,635
6. Creighton 13 33,836 2,602
7. Grand Canyon 9 22,568 2,507
8. South Carolina 12 29,829 2,485
9. Louisville 14 32,463 2,318
10. Portland 8 18,382 2,297
11. Wake Forest 16 36,512 2,282
12. Indiana 12 26,677 2,223
13. Akron 12 25,765 2,147
14. Utah Valley 9 16,167 1,796
15. Virginia 13 22,216 1,708
16. North Carolina 13 20,365 1,566
17. Kentucky 11 16,602 1,509
18. UCLA 12 17,949 1,495
19. Notre Dame 11 15,110 1,373
20. New Hampshire 8 10,987 1,373
21. New Mexico 10 13,611 1,361
22. Saint Joseph's 8 10,571 1,321
23. Syracuse 12 15,828 1,319
24. Saint Louis 8 10,083 1,260
25. Michigan 10 12,434 1,243

 

[cidhawkeye]

Ummmmmmm, the final Top 25 from last season says otherwise, old Soy.. It ain't the '70s anymore, buddy..

School Rank Name Record Previous Ranking
1 Stanford 19-2-2 3
2 Indiana 18-1-6 2
3 North Carolina 17-4-1 4
4 Akron 18-4-2 5
5 Wake Forest 19-2-2 1
6 Louisville 13-2-5 7
7 Michigan State 13-3-4 13
8 SMU 17-3-1 6
9 Fordham 14-6-3 NR
10 Western Michigan 17-4-1 10
11 Wisconsin 12-5-5 20
12 Butler 14-5-2 16
13 Coastal Carolina 14-7-1 23
14 Clemson 12-6-1 8
15 Duke 13-4-3 14
16 Georgetown 14-4-2 9
17 FIU 12-2-4 11
18 New Hampshire 13-4-5 30
19 Virginia 14-4-5 15
20 Colgate 12-11-1 NR
21 Notre Dame 11-7-2 17
22 Seattle 15-4-4 22
23 Dartmouth 12-3-2 18
24 Michigan 12-6-2 21
25 Old Dominion 13-6-2 25

Attendance rankings (midwest schools in bold)...

1. Maryland 13 52,189 4,014
2. UConn 10 38,225 3,822
3. UC Santa Barbara 11 38,093 3,463
4. Cal Poly 8 22,762 2,845
5. Clemson 14 36,903 2,635
6. Creighton 13 33,836 2,602
7. Grand Canyon 9 22,568 2,507
8. South Carolina 12 29,829 2,485
9. Louisville 14 32,463 2,318
10. Portland 8 18,382 2,297
11. Wake Forest 16 36,512 2,282
12. Indiana 12 26,677 2,223
13. Akron 12 25,765 2,147
14. Utah Valley 9 16,167 1,796
15. Virginia 13 22,216 1,708
16. North Carolina 13 20,365 1,566
17. Kentucky 11 16,602 1,509
18. UCLA 12 17,949 1,495
19. Notre Dame 11 15,110 1,373
20. New Hampshire 8 10,987 1,373
21. New Mexico 10 13,611 1,361
22. Saint Joseph's 8 10,571 1,321
23. Syracuse 12 15,828 1,319
24. Saint Louis 8 10,083 1,260
25. Michigan 10 12,434 1,243

Maryland would fall nicely into 16th place right behind St. Cloud State for hockey attendance.

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Maryland would fall nicely into 16th place right behind St. Cloud State for hockey attendance.

Let's face it, the top hockey schools are a lot of "what else is there better to do in winter?" places. The only interesting cities that time of year are in bold...

North Dakota 21 11408 11,500 99.2
Wisconsin 19 10436 15,237 68.5
Minnesota 19 8726 10,000 87.3
Nebraska-Omaha 18 6118 7,898 77.5
Penn State 19 5906 5,704 103.5
Minnesota-Duluth 20 5811 6,800 85.5
Denver 21 5664 6,026 94
Michigan 19 5399 6,637 81.3
Ohio State 20 5337 17,500 30.5
Michigan State 16 5157 6,470 79.7
Mass.-Lowell 18 4867 6,496 74.9
Boston College 18 4632 7,884 58.8
Notre Dame 21 4604 5,022 91.7
Colorado College 17 4598 7,343 62.6
New Hampshire 18 4422 6,501 68
Maine 18 4078 5,641 72.3
Connecticut 17 4066 9,000 45.2
St. Cloud State 21 4025 5,159 78
Boston University 18 3800 6,300 60.3
Vermont 17 3752 4,003 93.7
Minnesota State 21 3744 5,280 70.9
Cornell 17 3592 4,300 83.5
Michigan Tech 16 3314 4,200 78.9
Yale 17 3210 3,500 91.7
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On top of that, the amount of money needed to maintain a hockey arena FAR exceeds that of some soccer stands and field. Besides, Iowa already has a soccer complex that just might need more seating.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

Iowa has a title IX problem with adding soccer as is. HOWEVER, I do not understand why we have a men's gymnastics team when there are NO high school boys gymnastics programs in the state while soccer is now one of the most popular sports by participation. It makes no sense to bring in out of state guys for gymnastics while D-1 soccer talent in our own state has to leave or play at Drake.

This.

 

[cidhawkeye]

Let's face it, the top hockey schools are a lot of "what else is there better to do in winter?" places. The only interesting cities that time of year are in bold...

North Dakota 21 11408 11,500 99.2
Wisconsin 19 10436 15,237 68.5
Minnesota 19 8726 10,000 87.3
Nebraska-Omaha 18 6118 7,898 77.5
Penn State 19 5906 5,704 103.5
Minnesota-Duluth 20 5811 6,800 85.5
Denver 21 5664 6,026 94
Michigan 19 5399 6,637 81.3
Ohio State 20 5337 17,500 30.5
Michigan State 16 5157 6,470 79.7
Mass.-Lowell 18 4867 6,496 74.9
Boston College 18 4632 7,884 58.8
Notre Dame 21 4604 5,022 91.7
Colorado College 17 4598 7,343 62.6
New Hampshire 18 4422 6,501 68
Maine 18 4078 5,641 72.3
Connecticut 17 4066 9,000 45.2
St. Cloud State 21 4025 5,159 78
Boston University 18 3800 6,300 60.3
Vermont 17 3752 4,003 93.7
Minnesota State 21 3744 5,280 70.9
Cornell 17 3592 4,300 83.5
Michigan Tech 16 3314 4,200 78.9
Yale 17 3210 3,500 91.7
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On top of that, the amount of money needed to maintain a hockey arena FAR exceeds that of some soccer stands and field. Besides, Iowa already has a soccer complex that just might need more seating.

Umm, not a lot to do in Iowa during the winter. May want to adjust your talking points because that supports hockey over soccer

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Umm, not a lot to do in Iowa during the winter. May want to adjust your talking points because that supports hockey over soccer

Besides watch an elite wrestling team that has won the bulk of our NCAA titles?

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

This. Scoccer is a boring version of Hockey. Without the ice and toughness.

Hockey NEEDS to happen. Upgrade the club team and pack that new rink in coralville!

I played both at high school in Michigan. Soccer was every bit as tough. I love both sports, but your opinion is based on ignorance.

PS- I also played rugby in HS and college, and that was tougher than either.

 

[Wasnt-drunk-didnt-troll]

As a guy who had to leave the state to play because Iowa didn't have soccer and I didn't want to go to school in the same city I grew up in I really wish U of I had a team.


With that being said i will leave this here.

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