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Atlantic Soccer Conference

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Atlantic Soccer Conference
SportAssociation football
Founded2000
Folded2011; 15 years ago (2011)
CommissionerAlexis Schug
Organizing bodyNCAA
Sports fielded
  • 1
    • men's: 1
    • women's: 0
DivisionDivision I
No. of teams9 at establishment; 5 in final season
HeadquartersPhiladelphia, PA
RegionAtlantic Coast and Texas

Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC) was a college athletic conference headquartered in Philadelphia, which only sponsored men's soccer. The conference participated in the NCAA's Division I and its champion did not receive an automatic bid to the annual NCAA tournament.

It was founded in 2000 with nine colleges and universities as its members but disbanded following the 2011 season when its membership dwindled to three members.[1]

Membership

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Team State Tenure Current conference[a]
Adelphi PanthersNew York 2000–2011 Northeast-10 (D-II)
Albany Great DanesNew York 2000 America East
Binghamton BearcatsNew York 2000–2001 America East
Florida Atlantic OwlsFlorida 2007 American
Golden Panthers[b]Florida 2000–2004 American
Hartwick HawksNew York 2000–2006 Empire 8 (D-III)[c]
Houston Baptist HuskiesTexas 2008–2011 Ohio Valley
Howard BisonWashington, D.C. 2000–2011 Northeast
Longwood LancersVirginia 2005–2011 Big South
NJIT HighlandersNew Jersey 2004–2011 America East
Oneonta Red DragonsNew York 2000–2005 SUNYAC (D-III)
Jefferson Rams[d]Pennsylvania 2000–2007 Central Athletic (D-II)
Stony Brook SeawolvesNew York 2000 Coastal Athletic
Notes
  1. As of November 2025
  2. FIU dropped "Golden" from its nickname in 2010.
  3. Hartwick continued playing men's soccer in Division I, most recently in the Sun Belt Conference, before moving that team to its full-time Division III home of the Empire 8 in 2018.
  4. In 2017, Philadelphia University merged with Thomas Jefferson University, a nearby school that only awarded postgraduate degrees and had no athletic program. The two institutions brand themselves collectively as "Jefferson". The PhilaU athletic program continued as the Jefferson athletic program, retaining the Rams nickname.

Champions

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Key
  • (x) = title number

References

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  1. "Longwood Clams ASC Championship Over Adelphi In Penalty Kick Shootout". Longwood Lancers. LongwoodLancers.com. November 13, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2017.

References

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