PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers men's soccer program will be among 13 NCAA teams that will compete in the second annual College Development Program with U.S. Soccer.

Rutgers will be joined by Boston College, Clemson, Connecticut, Duke, Georgetown, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Providence, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest in participating in this year's program.

The College Development program was designed to further player development and help identify new youth national team prospects and has programs participate under international standards that makes integration into the professional game and national teams easier. U.S. Soccer Talent Identification network scouts will attend select games. Schools will receive a full analytic report of each match from Opta, U.S. Soccer's official data supplier.

Initiated last year as a collaboration between U.S. Soccer and six NCAA men's soccer programs, the college teams will run this year's event as an approved U.S. Soccer competition, following the Federation's technical framework of best practices for elite youth development. The games will operate similar a U.S. Soccer Development Academy match: featuring traditional timekeeping, a maximum game day roster of 18 players and three substitution moments with no re-entry.

This year's 13 participating teams will be split into North and South Divisions. Boston College, Connecticut, Providence, Rutgers and Syracuse will comprise the North Division, while the South Division will be split into two groups: Georgetown, Pitt, Virginia and Virginia Tech in one, and Clemson, Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest in the other.

The South Division teams will play each member of their group once from March 2 to April 6, followed by playoffs on April 13. The top team in each group will face-off, as well as the runner-up, third-placed, and fourth-placed teams in each group. Each team in the five-school North Division will play each other once from March 23 to April 26, and the team with the most points will be crowned as Division champion.

2019 Spring College Program Schedule

North Division
March 23
Boston College vs. Syracuse – TBA

March 30
Providence vs. Rutgers – 1:00 p.m.
Boston College vs. Connecticut - TBA

April 6
Rutgers vs. Boston College – 1:00 p.m.
Connecticut vs. Syracuse – 2:00 p.m.

April 9
Connecticut vs. Providence – 7:30 p.m.

April 13
Syracuse vs. Providence – 1:00 p.m.

April 14
Rutgers vs. Connecticut – 1:00 p.m.

April 20
Syracuse vs. Rutgers – 2:30 p.m.

April 26
Providence vs. Boston College – 8:00 p.m.

South Division – Group 1
March 2
North Carolina vs. Duke – 12:00 p.m.
Wake Forest vs. Clemson – 3:00 p.m.

March 30
Clemson vs. North Carolina – 3:00 p.m.
Duke vs. Wake Forest – 4:00 p.m.

April 6
Duke vs. Clemson – 1:00 p.m.
North Carolina vs. Wake Forest – TBA

South Division – Group 2
March 2
Virginia vs. Virginia Tech – March 2, 1:00 p.m.

March 23
Pitt vs. Georgetown – March 23, 3:00 p.m.

March 30
Virginia vs. Georgetown – 1:00 p.m.
Virginia Tech vs. Pitt – 1:00 p.m.

April 6
Pitt vs. Virginia – 12:00 p.m.
Georgetown vs. Virginia Tech – 1:00 p.m.

South Division Playoffs – April 13 at Wake Forest
1st Place Group 1 vs. 1st Place Group 2
2nd Place Group 1 vs. 2nd Place Group 2
3rd Place Group 1 vs. 3rd Place Group 2
4th Place Group 1 vs. 4th Place Group 2
 
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