| 2020 West Coast Conference men's soccer season | |
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| League | NCAADivision I |
| Sport | Soccer |
| Duration | February 28 – April 11, 2021 |
| Teams | 10 |
| 2021 MLS SuperDraft | |
| Regular Season | |
| Season champions | Portland |
| Runners-up | Pacific |
| West Coast Conference men's soccer seasons | |
← 2019 2021 → | |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17Loyola Marymount† | 5 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 1 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings fromUnited Soccer Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2020 West Coast Conference men's soccer season is the 33rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Theseason, originally scheduled to begin on August 30, 2020, and conclude on November 6, 2020, was postponed to spring 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, the season will begin on February 3, 2021, and conclude on April 11, 2021. The first set of conference games are scheduled for February 28, 2021.
The defending champions are theSaint Mary's Gaels who won the regular season last year (the conference does not host a tournament).
The 2019 season began on August 29, 2019, and concluded on November 12, 2019. Saint Mary's won the regular season, and earned the conference's automatic berth into theNCAA Tournament. Loyola Marymount, the WCC runners-up, earned an at-large bid into the tournament. Saint Mary's earned a first-round bye, and was seeded 12th-overall in the tournament while Loyola Marymount entered in the first round. Loyola Marymount hosted Seattle in the first round and lost 1–3. Saint Mary's hosted UCSB in the second round and lost 0–4.
Anders Engebretsen and Miguel Berry were named Co-Players of the Year for the conference. Filippo Zattarin won the Defensive Player of the Year Award. Remi Prieur was named Goalkeeper of the Year;Noel Caliskan was named Rookie of the Year, and finally,Adam Cooper was named Coach of the Year.
Miguel Berry was selected byColumbus Crew with the 7th overall pick in the2020 MLS SuperDraft.Chicago Fire draftedJonathan Jimenez in the first round with the 26th overall pick.Rey Ortiz,Remi Prieur, andAnders Engebretsen were drafted in the Draft.
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| Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final | ||
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| Gonzaga | C | ||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | C | ||||||||||||||
| Pacific | C | ||||||||||||||
| Portland | C | ||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | C | ||||||||||||||
| San Diego | C | ||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | C | ||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | C | ||||||||||||||
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| Not ranked previous week |
| Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | ||
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| Gonzaga | C | ||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | C | ||||||||||||
| Pacific | C | ||||||||||||
| Portland | C | ||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | C | ||||||||||||
| San Diego | C | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | C | ||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | C | ||||||||||||
The WCC regular season winner will qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Other teams can still earn an at-large bid into the tournament.
| 2020 WCC Men's Soccer Individual Awards | ||||||
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| Player of the Year | ||||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | ||||||
| Goalkeeper of the Year | ||||||
| Co-Coaches of the Year | ||||||
| Freshman of the Year | ||||||
| 2020 WCC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
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The2021 MLS SuperDraft will be held on January 21, 2021.
| Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Team | School |
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The Homegrown Player Rule is aMajor League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[2] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as theMLS SuperDraft.
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[3] Players can playcollege soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.