In what may have been a precursor of things to come the University of Cincinnati's head soccer coach for the last 19 seasons resigned roughly a month ago on March 13.
At 10 a.m., the Bearcats soccer team was gathered on a Zoom meeting with Athletic Director John Cunningham. What happened next was a jaw-dropping shock for several of the players, including a quintet of Greater Cincinnati recruits.
Three years shy of its 50th anniversary, the University of Cincinnati men's soccer program has been shut down. Since 1973, the Bearcats formally put on the cleats 877 times with a record of 385-408-84.