Topic: 2023 Soccer Season Ticket Sales Update

[chris88]

According to Herdzone seating availability chart, out of 1,000 available reserved season tickets 838 have been sold (by my count). Meaning 162 left.  There is no way to tell how many GA season tickets have been sold on the other side. Not sure how that matches up with last year at this time but I would take it as a positive sign since the BG fees were added to all the reserves this season and WVU does not play in Hton this season, nor do we have a marquee OOC match at home....although we have BigEast Xavier coming.

[whf]

According to Herdzone seating availability chart, out of 1,000 available reserved season tickets 838 have been sold (by my count). Meaning 162 left.  There is no way to tell how many GA season tickets have been sold on the other side. Not sure how that matches up with last year at this time but I would take it as a positive sign since the BG fees were added to all the reserves this season and WVU does not play in Hton this season, nor do we have a marquee OOC match at home....although we have BigEast Xavier coming.

We have a home sequence of Kentucky and South Carolina, that should be enough to entice fans to the Vet.  I'm expecting big crowds at every game that matters.  The new SBC is a great (better than I thought it was going to be) league, good competition at home just from the league games themselves.  OOC would be hard pressed to beat the league opponents.   Soccer is, in my estimation, the only sport we have where the in-conference schedule better that we can accomplish in OOC games' scheduled.

[svherd]

We had great crowds at all the home games last year and I expect better this year. A guy in my office ordered season Tix for the first time.

[chris88]

The league is pretty good and will get better. We play 4 teams that went to NCAA last year although only one was SBC (UK). Pitt plays 6 in Sept alone (3 OOC). WVU will be better as they rolled through their spring schedule 5-0 including wins over Maryland and Wake Forest plus two teams we play in Wright State and VCU. Three Horizon teams too many as they were ranked worst RPI league in country last year. If we replaced at least one of those with a BE, Big10, A10, or ACC school it would help our rpi immensely. Now i'm assuming two of the Horizon games this year were fulfillment of two game contracts from games last year (Wright State, Cleveland St). So let's hope we can upsize the schedule a little more next year. Would love to see something like Akron, Belmont, Dayton and another BE, ACC team to replace Pitt next year. Or how about UNCG who we play in BB.

Speaking of SB soccer, I came across this video of UCF soccer facility that opened in last couple of years. Pretty impressive:

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I rewatched 1st half of match vs Brazilian team and think we are going to be quite good despite losing six starters who played on natl champ team, five of which signed pro contracts and one who transferred to Pitt (Souza). Just remains to be seen how long it takes team to gel with so many new parts. Depth will allow us to play faster and fresher. As i've stated, we have to finish better around net. 39-2-4 when we've scored 2+ goals since early 2018 and one of those losses was the two hand ball PKs awarded to VT in 2021 in 2nd half. Also, since Fordham match in NCAAs we have scored 1 goal or less in every post season game (conf tourn and NCAA's) we have played. That's 10 straight postseason matches of 1 goal or less.

[svherd]

The league is pretty good and will get better. We play 4 teams that went to NCAA last year although only one was SBC (UK). Pitt plays 6 in Sept alone (3 OOC). WVU will be better as they rolled through their spring schedule 5-0 including wins over Maryland and Wake Forest plus two teams we play in Wright State and VCU. Three Horizon teams too many as they were ranked worst RPI league in country last year. If we replaced at least one of those with a BE, Big10, A10, or ACC school it would help our rpi immensely. Now i'm assuming two of the Horizon games this year were fulfillment of two game contracts from games last year (Wright State, Cleveland St). So let's hope we can upsize the schedule a little more next year. Would love to see something like Akron, Belmont, Dayton and another BE, ACC team to replace Pitt next year. Or how about UNCG who we play in BB.

Speaking of SB soccer, I came across this video of UCF soccer facility that opened in last couple of years. Pretty impressive:

&ab_channel=SportsDissectedbyCOISKI

I rewatched 1st half of match vs Brazilian team and think we are going to be quite good despite losing six starters who played on natl champ team, five of which signed pro contracts and one who transferred to Pitt (Souza). Just remains to be seen how long it takes team to gel with so many new parts. Depth will allow us to play faster and fresher. As i've stated, we have to finish better around net. 39-2-4 when we've scored 2+ goals since early 2018 and one of those losses was the two hand ball PKs awarded to VT in 2021 in 2nd half. Also, since Fordham match in NCAAs we have scored 1 goal or less in every post season game (conf tourn and NCAA's) we have played. That's 10 straight postseason matches of 1 goal or less.

Great post, as always. Thanks.
Yeah, I hope we are more offensive focused this season. We have some fire power and hope we use it. We'll have to in order to make another natty run.