United Soccer Conference
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The United Soccer Conference was an NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

 Division I College Athletic Conference founded in 2005 whose members competed in the sport of women's soccer. On February 10, 2007 New Jersey Institute of Technology joined the conference, however later that year on July 1, 2007 Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne, North Dakota State, and South Dakota State left the conference and joined The Summit League. On February 12, 2009 it was announced that the Great West Conference would add Delaware State, Howard, and South Carolina State as associate members to compete in a soccer conference with Houston Baptist, NJIT, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah Valley beginning with the 2009-2010 school year. This left Longwood to compete as an independent for the 2009-10 school year, and caused the United Soccer Conference to fold.

Former Members

  • Delaware State Hornets
    Delaware State Hornets football
    The Delaware State University Hornets football team plays at 7,193-seat Alumni Stadium located in Dover, Delaware. The facility opened in 1957 as a multi-purpose for football, and track and field. The Hornets compete in Division I FCS, and are full-members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference...

    * (2005-2009)
  • Howard Bison
    Howard University
    Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...

    * (2005-2009)
  • IPFW Mastodons
    IPFW Mastodons
    The IPFW Mastodons are the athletic teams of Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. The Mastodons compete as an National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I school in the The Summit League for most sports and in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association for men's...

    * (2005-2006)
  • Longwood Lancers
    Longwood University
    Longwood University is a four-year public, liberal-arts university located in Farmville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1839 and became a university on July 1, 2002...

    * (2005-2009)
  • NJIT Highlanders (2007-2009)
  • North Dakota State Bison
    North Dakota State Bison soccer
    The North Dakota State University Bison soccer team is part of the athletic program at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. They are members of the NCAA Division I. The current Bison soccer head coach is Pete Cuadrado.-Head coaches:...

     (2006)
  • South Carolina State Bulldogs
    South Carolina State University
    South Carolina State University is a historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. It is the only state funded, historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina and is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.- Colleges, departments,...

    * (2005-2009)
  • South Dakota State Jackrabbits
    South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
    The South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team is a Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Jackrabbits were a Division II program in the North Central Conference until moving to Football Championship Subdivision in 2004...

     (2006)
  • Utah Valley Wolverines* (2005-2009)

* charter members

Conference Champions

Season Conference Champion
2005 Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne
2006 South Dakota State
2007 Utah Valley State
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