2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season explained

Competition:Big Ten Conference
Season:2014
Premiers:Maryland
Winners:Maryland
Continentalcup1:NCAA Tournament
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Indiana
Maryland
Michigan State
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

Penn State Nittany Lions were the two-time defending regular season champions, while the Indiana Hoosiers were the defending tournament champions.

Changes from 2013

Rutgers and Maryland joined the conference from the American Athletic Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference respectively.[1]

Preseason

Newcomers Maryland was picked to win the conference ahead of Penn State.[2]

Preseason poll

Projected
Rank
School2013 Finish
1Maryland2nd (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2Michigan State3rd
3Michigan4th
4Penn State1st
5Indiana5th
6Northwestern7th
7Wisconsin2nd
8Rutgers8th (American Athletic Conference)
9Ohio State6th

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Indiana HoosiersBloomington, IndianaArmstrong Stadium
Maryland TerrapinsCollege Park, MarylandLudwig Field
Michigan WolverinesAnn Arbor, MichiganU-M Soccer Stadium
Michigan State SpartansEast Lansing, MichiganDeMartin Soccer Complex
Northwestern WildcatsEvanston, IllinoisLakeside Field
Ohio State BuckeyesColumbus, OhioOwens Memorial Stadium
Penn State Nittany LionsState College, PennsylvaniaJeffrey Field
Rutgers Scarlet KnightsPiscataway, New JerseyYurcak Field
Wisconsin BadgersMadison, WisconsinMcClimon Stadium

Personnel

TeamHead CoachShirt supplier
Indiana Todd Yeagley Adidas
Maryland Sasho Cirovski Under Armour
Michigan Chaka Daley Adidas
Michigan State Damon Rensing Nike
Northwestern Tim Lenahan Under Armour
Ohio State John Bluem Nike
Penn State Bob Warming Nike
Rutgers Dan Donigan Adidas
Wisconsin John Trask Adidas

Regular season

Results

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

See main article: 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

NCAA Tournament

See main article: 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

SeedRegionSchool1st Round2nd Round3rd RoundQuarterfinals
33Michigan Statebgcolor=#dddW 1–0 vs. Oakland – (East Lansing)T, 2–2 W, 4–3 pen. vs. Washington(East Lansing)L, 2–3 vs. Providence(East Lansing)
42Marylandbgcolor=#dddL, 0–1 vs. UMBC(College Park)
52Indianabgcolor=#dddL, 0–1 vs. Xavier(Bloomington)
1Ohio StateT, 1–1 W, 13–12 pen. vs. Akron(Columbus)L, 1–2 vs. Notre Dame(Notre Dame)
1Penn StateW 2–1 vs. Hartwick(Evanston)L, 1–2 vs. Syracuse(Syracuse)
4NorthwesternL, 0–1 vs. SIU Edwardsville(State College)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maryland accepts Big Ten invite. Brett McMurphy and Dana O'Neil. ESPN. November 20, 2012. November 8, 2017.
  2. Web site: Maryland Selected as Preseason Favorite. Big Ten. August 20, 2014. November 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171109080816/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/082014aac.html. November 9, 2017. dead.