COLONIA, N.J. – With the season around the corner, the East Coast Conference has announced the 2026 Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches Polls. The D'Youville University Men's Soccer team has been picked to finish seventh in the upcoming season.  

D'Youville finished the 2025 season with a 4-9-3 record with a 2-5-1 record in East Coast Conference play.  The Saints found success against the College of Staten Island and Daemen University in ECC play while also recording wins against California University of Pennsylvania and West Virginia Wesleyan.

The team welcomes back 15 familiar faces including three Seniors and one graduate student, while welcoming in twelve new faces to complete the 27-man roster.
 
2026 ECC Men's Soccer Preseason Poll
1. Queens - 80 points (8 first-place votes)
2. Roberts Wesleyan - 71 points (1 first-place vote)
3. Mercy - 56 points
4. St. Thomas Aquinas - 54 points
5. District of Columbia - 44 points
6. Molloy - 39 points
7. D'Youville - 30 points
8. Staten Island - 20 points
9. Daemen - 11 points



Offensive Player of the Year
Bradyn Brown - Queens
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Tommy Wagner - Queens