With such a successful athletics program fans expect nothing but the best every year. Sadly, the does not always happen. The men’s soccer team’s 2015 season is a perfect example of that. Expectations were high for a team that was in its second year in the Atlantic Coast Conference and at Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium. A 7-9-3 season with no tournament bid is probably not what anyone thought would happen.
What was the cause for the poor record? First, the competition faced by the Cardinals included many of the top teams in the country, such as Wake a Forest, Stanford, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Boston College.