NCAA Committee Approves Splitting Men’s Soccer Season Between Fall and Spring Beginning in 2027-28
The new calendar limits fall play to 18 matches and gives athletes more recovery time, with transfer rules also tightened.
- On Wednesday, the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Oversight Committee adopted legislation to split the men's soccer season across fall and spring semesters, moving the national tournament to the spring starting in 2027-28.
- Prominent coaches including Maryland's Sasho Cirovski and Indiana's Todd Yeagley have advocated for this two-semester model for years, arguing it improves student-athlete welfare by reducing mid-week games and missed class time.
- Under the new format, teams retain a 25-game limit, with a maximum of 18 matches from late August until the Saturday before Thanksgiving and up to 10 in the spring.
- The committee also adjusted the transfer window to one 15-consecutive day period in the spring following the College Cup. Washington coach Jamie Clark called the move "a new era for college soccer."
- Pending review by the Division I Cabinet in late June, the changes will take effect August 1, 2027; there is no current movement to restructure the women's season.
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NCAA committee approves splitting men's soccer season between fall and spring beginning in 2027-28
The NCAA Division I men’s soccer season will be split between the fall and spring with the national tournament moving to the spring starting in 2027-28.
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