LONG BEACH, Calif. - The College of Charleston men's soccer team achieved No. 44 in the Men's Soccer Preseason Rankings released on Wednesday by TopDrawerSoccer.com, a leading publication on college soccer.
TopDrawerSoccer.com's Tournament 48 and Tournament 64 rankings are a running attempt to project the postseason college soccer tournament qualifiers. Updated rankings are released every Monday.
Congruent with the Cougars' aim to continually challenge and assess themselves against the finest teams in the Country, six of the Cougars' 2011 opponents are included in the preseason rankings including No. 1 UNC, No. 20 South Carolina, No. 25 Princeton, No. 31 Denver, No. 38 UNC Greensboro and No. 47 Coastal Carolina.
The Cougars open their preseason on Wednesday, Aug. 17 with a scrimmage at Presbyterian College at 6 p.m.
CofC opens the regular season on Friday, Aug. 26 with a marquis match against South Carolina at 7 p.m. at Patriots Point. The match will draw the eyes of the nation as it will be featured on the FOX Soccer Channel as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Game of the Week.
Season tickets to all men's and women's matches are available to adults for $40 and youth tickets for fans 18 years of age and younger for $15. Tickets are available to all CofC faculty and staff members for $32. Seating at all soccer games is general admission.
Season tickets and individual game tickets can be purchased online at www.cofcsports.com/tickets or by calling the box office at 843-953-COFC (2632).