FWIW, from what I was told nobody had to deal with negative recruiting more than UND the last 10 years or so. With all the conference stuff, transition, nickname, etc. Stuff came up quite often from other schools as UND was an easy target.
At this point soccer is like women's hockey for me. When you need to try and convince people of your relevancy, you're not....since we live in the U.S, that is.