2013_Atlantic_10_Conference_men's_soccer_season Knowpia

The 2013 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer season will be the 18th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season will mark the first for the incoming George Mason Patriots. The venue for the 2013 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament was Baujan Field at the University of Dayton.

The defending regular season champions are the Charlotte 49ers who left the Atlantic 10 to join Conference USA as part of the 2010–13 NCAA conference realignment. The Saint Louis Billikens are the defending tournament champions.

Changes from 2012 edit

Richmond dropped men's soccer after the 2012 season.^[1]
George Mason joined the Atlantic 10 after playing in the Colonial Athletic Association
Butler, Charlotte, Temple and Xavier all left the conference. Butler and Xavier joined the Big East Conference, Charlotte joined C-USA, and Temple joined the American Athletic Conference.
Chase Brooks, former head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles program, was hired by Duquesne.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Dayton Flyers	Dayton, Ohio	Baujan Field	2,000
Duquesne Dukes	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Rooney Field	2,200
Fordham Rams	Bronx, New York	Coffey Field	8,000
George Mason Patriots	Fairfax, Virginia	George Mason Stadium	5,000
George Washington Colonials	Washington, D.C.	Mount Vernon Athletic Complex	1,000
La Salle Explorers	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	McCarthy Stadium	7,500
UMass Minutemen	Amherst, Massachusetts	Rudd Field	800
Rhode Island Rams	Kingston, Rhode Island	URI Soccer Complex	1,547
St. Bonaventure Bonnies	St. Bonaventure, New York	McGraw-Jennings Field	2,000
Saint Joseph's Hawks	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Finnesey Field	600
Saint Louis Billikens	St. Louis, Missouri	Hermann Stadium	6,050
VCU Rams	Richmond, Virginia	Sports Backers Stadium	3,250

Team	Head coach	Captain	Shirt supplier
Dayton Flyers	Dennis Currier	TBA	Nike
Duquesne Dukes	Chase Brooks	TBA	Nike
Fordham Rams	Jim McElderry	TBA	Nike
George Mason Patriots	Greg Andrulis	TBA	Adidas
George Washington Colonials	Craig Jones	TBA	Nike
La Salle Explorers	Pat Farrell	TBA	Nike
UMass Minutemen	Sam Koch	TBA	Adidas
Rhode Island Rams	Gareth Elliott	TBA	Adidas
St. Bonaventure Bonnies	Mel Mahler	TBA	Diadora
Saint Joseph's Hawks	Don D'Ambra	TBA	Nike
Saint Louis Billikens	Mike McGinty	Robbie Kristo	Nike
VCU Rams	David Giffard	Juan Monge Solano	Nike

The format for the 2013 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament will be announced in the Fall of 2013.

Home/Away	DAY	DUQ	FOR	GMU	GWU	LAS	MAS	URI	STB	STJ	STL	VCU
Dayton Flyers
Duquesnse Dukes
Fordham Rams
George Mason Patriots
George Washington Colonials
La Salle Explorers
Massachusetts Minutemen
Rhode Island Rams
St. Bonaventure Bonnies
Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Louis Billikens
VCU Rams	background: #80808

^ O'Connor, John (September 21, 2012). "UR adding men's lacrosse, cutting men's soccer, men's track". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved April 24, 2013.