2021 Men's Soccer Official Thread

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[SIZE= 26px]2021 Gamecock Men's Soccer Official Season Thread[/SIZE]​

The 2021 season represents a new era for Men's Soccer, as new Head Coach Tony Annan takes over for longtime former Head Coach Mark Berson, who retired after leading the program for 43 seasons. Coach Annan looks to build on last season's successes that saw the team finish 8-7-1 overall and 2-4-1 in Conference USA action.

The team came into 2021 voted as the #7 team in the Conference USA by the league's nine head coaches. The league is headed by the defending C-USA and NCAA Champions Marshall, who also received all first-place votes.

2021 C-USA Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll
1. Marshall (9)
2. Charlotte
3. Kentucky
4. Coastal Carolina
5. FIU
6. Florida Atlantic
[SIZE= 16px]7. South Carolina[/SIZE]
8. Old Dominion
9. UAB
(first-place votes in parenthesis)

The 2021 schedule is as follows:

[SIZE=10.0pt]Aug 17th (Tue) 7 p.m. – vs [/SIZE]Anderson (Exhibition) [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR]

[SIZE=10.0pt]Aug 21st (Sat) 12 p.m. – at James Madison (Exhibition) [/SIZE]Harrisburg, VA

[SIZE=10.0pt]Aug 26th (Thu) 7 p.m – vs College of Charleston [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – LOSS 0-1 (OT), (0-1, 0-0)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Aug 29th (Sun) 7 p.m. – vs Winthrop [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – WIN 4-1, (1-1, 0-0)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Sep 3rd (Fri) 7 p.m. – at [/SIZE]Clemson Clemson, S.C. – LOSS 0-5, (1-2, 0-0)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Sep 7th (Tue) 7 p.m. – vs Presbyterian [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – LOSS 1-2, (1-3, 0-0)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Sep 11th (Sat) 7 p.m. – [COLOR= rgb(41, 128, 185)]C[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(231, 76, 60)]USA[/COLOR] – vs Coastal Carolina [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – LOSS 1-4, (1-4, 0-1)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Sep 17th (Fri) 7 p.m. – vs South Carolina Upstate [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – LOSS 0-1, (1-5, 0-1)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Sep 21st (Tue) 7 p.m. – vs Mercer [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – WIN 2-1, (2-5, 0-1)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Sep 25th (Sat) 7 p.m. – [COLOR= rgb(41, 128, 185)]C[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(231, 76, 60)]USA[/COLOR] – at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. [/SIZE]– LOSS 0-3, (2-6, 0-2)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Sep 28th (Tue) 7 p.m. – vs Gardner Webb [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – WIN 1-0, (3-6, 0-2)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Oct 3rd (Sun) 7 p.m. – [COLOR= rgb(41, 128, 185)]C[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(231, 76, 60)]USA[/COLOR] – vs Florida Atlantic [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – TIE 2-2, (3-6-1, 0-2-1)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Oct 9th (Sat) 8 p.m. – [COLOR= rgb(41, 128, 185)]C[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(231, 76, 60)]USA[/COLOR] – at Alabama-Birmingham [/SIZE]Birmingham, AL – WIN 2-0, (4-6-1, 1-2-1)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Oct 12th (Tue) 7 p.m. – vs Georgia Southern [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – WIN 3-1, (5-6-1, 1-2-1)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Oct 16th (Sat) TBA – [COLOR= rgb(41, 128, 185)]C[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(231, 76, 60)]USA[/COLOR] – vs Florida International [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – LOSS 1-4, (5-7-1, 1-3-1)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Oct 23rd (Sat) 7 p.m. – [COLOR= rgb(41, 128, 185)]C[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(231, 76, 60)]USA[/COLOR] – at [/SIZE]Kentucky Lexington, KY – TIE 0-0, (5-7-2, 1-3-2)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Oct 30th (Sat) 7 p.m. – [COLOR= rgb(41, 128, 185)]C[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(231, 76, 60)]USA[/COLOR] – at Marshall Huntington, W.V. [/SIZE]– LOSS 0-4, (5-8-2, 1-4-2)

[SIZE=10.0pt]Nov 5th (Fri) 7 p.m. – [COLOR= rgb(41, 128, 185)]C[/COLOR][COLOR= rgb(231, 76, 60)]USA[/COLOR] – vs Old Dominion [COLOR= rgb(255, 255, 255)]Columbia, S.C. Stone Stadium[/COLOR][/SIZE] – LOSS 2-3, (5-9-2, 1-5-2)

 

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Gamecocks Drop Friday Night Match Against No. 4 Clemson




CLEMSON—The South Carolina men's soccer team fell to No. 4 Clemson on Friday night, 5-0, at Historic Riggs Field.
 
"I was incredibly proud of my boys and the work they put in," head coach Tony Annan said. "Obviously I'm always disappointed to lose games, but I'm leaving here very proud of my team. I'm very proud of the boys in there who absolutely put a shift in."
 
The Gamecocks (1-2-0) were down two men for nearly 49 minutes of action after both Jake O'Connor (36') and Jordan Matthews (42') were handed red cards for collecting two yellow cards in the match.
 
The No. 4 Tigers (3-0-0) scored their first two second-half goals within mere minutes of each other.
 
Ousmane Sylla scored the game-winning goal for Clemson. In the 66th minute, he received a corner kick, dribbled his way in toward Tristan Himes and put a shot past Himes' right side for a goal.
 
The Gamecocks are back in action at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night for a matchup with Presbyterian College at Stone Stadium.

https://gamecocksonline.com/news/2021/9/3/mens-soccer-gamecocks-drop--night-match-against-no-4-clemson.aspx