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Aug. 30, 2000
The University of Virginia men’s soccer team was tabbed third in the nation in the Soccer AmericaPre-Season Top 20. The Cavaliers were third only to pre-season #1 Duke and #2 Connecticut. UVa was also tabbed #10 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) in the NSCAA Pre-Season Top 25. Here’s a look at both pre-season polls:
Soccer America’s Pre-Season Top 20
Rank School1 Duke2 Connecticut3 VIRGINIA4 UCLA5 Clemson6 SMU7 Portland8 Penn State9 Indiana10 Furman11 Rhode Island12 Stanford13 Wake Forest14 Maryland15 Saint Louis16 Santa Clara17 UAB18 UMBC19 Brown20 Washington
NSCAA Pre-Season Top 25
Rank School1 Indiana2 Santa Clara3 UCLA4 Connecticut5 Furman6 Penn State7 Duke8 UAB9 Saint Louis10 VIRGINIA11 Wake Forest12 Washington13 S.W. Missouri14 SMU15 St. John's16 Maryland17 Brown18 Yale19 San Diego20 Rutgers21 Creighton22 UMBC23 Stanford24 North Carolina25t Rhode Island25t Virginia Commonwealth