Atlantic_Soccer_Conference References

Atlantic Soccer Conference
Sport	Association football
Founded	2000
Ceased	2011; 13 years ago
Commissioner	Alexis Schug
Organising body	NCAA
Sports fielded	1 men's: 1; women's: 0; ;
Division	Division I
No. of teams	9 at establishment; 5 in final season
Headquarters	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Region	Atlantic Coast and Texas

Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC) was a college athletic conference which only sponsored men's soccer. The conference participated in the NCAA's Division I and its champion did not receive an automatic bid to the annual NCAA Men's Soccer Championship Tournament. It was founded in 2000 with nine colleges and universities as its members but disbanded following the 2011 season when its membership dwindled to three members.

Membership

School	Nickname	Tenure in ASC	Current Soccer Conference (as of 2022 season)
Adelphi University	Panthers	2000–2011	Northeast-10 Conference ( Division II)
University at Albany	Great Danes	2000–2000	America East Conference
Binghamton University	Bearcats	2000–2001	America East Conference
Florida Atlantic University	Owls	2007–2007	American Athletic Conference
Florida International University (FIU)	Golden Panthers^[a]	2000–2004	American Athletic Conference
Hartwick College	Hawks	2000–2006	Empire 8 ( Division III)^[b]
Houston Baptist University	Huskies	2008–2011	Western Athletic Conference
Howard University	Bison	2000–2011	Northeast Conference
Longwood University	Lancers	2005–2011	Big South Conference
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)	Highlanders	2004–2011	America East Conference
State University of New York at Oneonta (Oneonta)	Red Dragons	2000–2005	State University of New York Athletic Conference ( Division III)
Philadelphia University^[c]	Rams	2000–2007	Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference ( Division II)
Stony Brook University	Seawolves	2000–2000	Colonial Athletic Association

^ FIU dropped "Golden" from its nickname in 2010.
^ Hartwick continued playing men's soccer in Division I, most recently in the Sun Belt Conference, before moving that team to its full-time Division III home of the Empire 8 in 2018.
^ In 2017, Philadelphia University merged with Thomas Jefferson University, a nearby school that only awarded postgraduate degrees and had no athletic program. The two institutions brand themselves collectively as "Jefferson". The PhilaU athletic program continued as the Jefferson athletic program, retaining the Rams nickname.

Conference champions

Season	Regular Season Champion (W-L-T)	Tournament Champion
2000	FIU (7-1-0)	No tournament
2001	Philadelphia (5-1-0)	No tournament
2002	FIU (4-0-1)	No tournament
2003	FIU (4-0-1)	No tournament
2004	FIU (5-0-0)	No tournament
2005	Hartwick (5-1-0)	Hartwick
2006	Adelphi (5-0-1)	Adelphi
2007	Florida Atlantic (4-0-1)	Florida Atlantic
2008	Adelphi (4-0-0)	Longwood
2009	Adelphi (2-1-1)	Adelphi
2010	Houston Baptist (3-0-1)	Adelphi
2011	Longwood (4-0-0)	Longwood

References

[1] FIU dropped "Golden" from its nickname in 2010.

[2] Hartwick continued playing men's soccer in Division I, most recently in the Sun Belt Conference, before moving that team to its full-time Division III home of the Empire 8 in 2018.

[3] In 2017, Philadelphia University merged with Thomas Jefferson University, a nearby school that only awarded postgraduate degrees and had no athletic program. The two institutions brand themselves collectively as "Jefferson". The PhilaU athletic program continued as the Jefferson athletic program, retaining the Rams nickname.

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