Zips' Jared Embick a big fan of 2-semester men's college soccer season
If passed by the cabinet in June, men's college soccer would move to a 2-semester system in August 2027. Akron coach Jared Embick gives his thoughts.
If things play out in early summer like NCAA Division I men’s soccer coaches want, they may finally get the change they’ve been looking for. The oversight committee adopted legislation this week that would split the college soccer season across the fall and spring semesters. If adopted by the Division I cabinet in late June, it would take effect Aug.
1, 2027 . Under the proposed new format, teams would continue to have a 25-game limit for their regular season. However, it would be divided over two semesters, with a maximum of 18 games in the fall and up to 10 in the spring.
The fall season would run from late August through the Saturday before Thanksgiving and the spring season would begin in mid-February, with the specific dates for the postseason yet to be determined. It would also fall in line with the MLS schedule and its SuperDraft change, which plans on going to a similar schedule beginning in July 2027. “I like it,” Akron coach Jared Embick said.
“I think once we work through the kinks long term that's going to be better for the game and development. When you’re looking at, if you're U. S.