Soccer FSU opens up at No. 1 in soccer coaches' poll

[Bob Ferrante]

FSU sports information:

The reigning national champion Florida State soccer team earned all eight first-place votes en route to earning the top spot in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll. The Seminoles have earned the No. 1 spot to start the season for the fourth time in six seasons.

Florida State was one of three ACC schools ranked inside the top five and one of seven ACC schools ranked inside the top 25. New conference opponent and national championship runner-up Stanford was ranked No. 2 followed by BYU, Penn State, and Clemson. FSU is scheduled to play four ranked teams, all four in Tallahassee, and two teams receiving votes.

The Seminoles are coming off their fourth straight national championship in 10 seasons and fourth straight conference title. The team returns 10 players from last season and brought in the No. 1 ranked recruiting class with seven freshmen and seven transfers.

Florida State will host an exhibition match against TCU on Friday before opening its season in Tampa against South Florida on Aug. 15.

 

[billanole]

Eric brings TCU to town. This should be a good matchup,

 

[Bob Ferrante]

We've had some storms in Tallahassee and the FSU-TCU match hasn't started. We'll pass on what updates we get from FSU sports info later tonight

 

[c691027]

5-2 looked good! Thoughts? Defense missing Nesbeth snd Brow shutting things down! Attack is potent!!